Monday, February 21, 2022

Winter/Spring 2022 TV Discussion

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168 comments:

Mike V. said...

Ozark - we’re finally binging this one! Got to season 3…and I kept hearing it’s really good, but it’s crazy how much more interesting it got than s2. We just met the brother/substitute teacher dude. He’s nuts lol.

Discovery - started binging this one finally. I think I’m halfway into season 1. I thought she started off as captain after the pilot. Didn’t realize she’d have to work her way up to it. Lol But that’s more rewarding. I’m on the Groundhog Day episode that seems kinda more like Edge of Tomorrow or that episode of Agents of SHIELD. But I love a Groundhog Day trope!

Euphoria - Glad we caught up on this one…it turned out to be a really good show and one everyone was talking about. The last few episodes were insane.

Gemstones - finale was last night as well. Happy to say I figured out what was going on…not that it was that difficult lol. Still a hilarious show.

Idol - Season 20 has begun…and I’m still watching! (Still NOT blogging lol)

Mj said...

Have to get back to Gemstones. Had slowed down as we almost were caught up prior to finale

Mj said...

Have to restart this is us.

Friends rewatch. Going slowly. Last night watched We were on a break 2 parter

Mike V. said...

Friends - nice. Still put random ones on at night when I’m winding down. Definitely want to rewatch them in order again one day.

Mike V. said...

The batman - saw a special screening last night. They just keep getting darker, but this one was pretty well done. Focused on the detective aspect of Batman. It was long, but was engaged the whole time.

Marvel Netflix - It’s all coming to Disney + in 2 weeks. This is the most mature stuff they’ve put on D+ in the US. So they’re adding more parental filters. It was a safe space for my kids, now I gotta remove that content! Lol Not a big deal.

Mj said...

Yeah. I was shocked that stuff landed on D+.

The Batman. Zero interest

Gemstones - still have one or two to go. I am assuming your guess at what was going on was that the Texas couple were trying to kill Daddy so the other two can invest?

Mike V. said...

Batman - i really didn’t either. Have a friend who is an obsessive Bat-Fan…so I went with him. But I was pleased.

Gemstones - hmmm….if you have 1 or 2 to go, I’m not sure I feel right confirming or denying if that was my theory! :)

Euphoria - I guess my wife and I weren’t the only ones pulled into the webs of this show in season 2. The final episode ratings are 2nd only to Game Of Thrones. 16 million or something when you factor in all the streams on HBO Max. Apparently they keep adding to the numbers now because of how people watch television. So episode views go up over time on their trackers. I was surprised how good the show was.

Ozark - still on s3 ep 3 or something. Batman 2 nights ago and the new Sixers regime last night lol.

Legends - watched the season finale. Another great season wrapped up and another crazy cliffhanger with a potential cast changes again. Gotta say, I’m a big fan of who they brought on board though! A little sad about who most likely is no longer on the show.

Mike V. said...

Discovery - I have like 3 minutes left in a season 1 episode…i should really watch before I comment…but I think it was just basically teased that Lorca is the Lorca from the alternate dimension. And I’m getting crazy Fringe vibes here lol. And I’m 95% sure we’re going to run into Alt. Michael Burnham at some point. She’s at large? Yeah that’s a setup if I’ve ever heard of one.

Loved the Original Broadway cast of Rent reunion on the show between Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz. They were together in season 1 of the show…but before Cruz’s character was killed off they made a sly nod to their Rent history by discussing the La Boheme opera that it’s based on.

Decent show. I know you said it gets better. I’m in for the ride. IMDB ratings are pretty mediocre on it but it’s a fun show.


Picard - Started season 2 last week. Totally on board with the return of Q!

Ozark - working our way through s3. Marty has been taken by what seems to be the cartel…but he also just told the agent that he’d work for the FBI so it could be that lol

Mike V. said...

Discovery - so yep…Lorca was from the Terran dimension. And his sensitivity to sunlight was the tell! Jason Isaacs plays such a good villain. But he has played the hero role too…so it was a great way to throw us off the scent. He did some sketchy things in the first half of the season though that had me wondering. Plus, I knew he wasn’t in later seasons just based on cast pictures. I just figured he’d get killed heroically though. There are surprisingly a lot of episodes per season. I think 15 in the 1st? I keep thinking I’m in the finale but nope it keeps going. They’ve returned back to the normal dimension but 9 months later where Klingons are winning the war. Of course, I think this is the timeline of the rebooted Star Trek with Chris Pine and Zach Quinto….so it’s not really the PRIME dimension lol.

Haven’t been able to watch much else since my last update.

Mike V. said...

Discovery - I think i’m in the final S1 episode. Emperor Georgiou is pretending to be the old captain and they’re going to do something to volcanoes on Qo’onos.

Obi-wan - EW’s final print cover is a good one! There’s pics ahead of the coming feature in this link. I’m as psyched for this as I usually am a SW Film. It was supposed to be a film until Solo tanked. But Ewan and Hayden are back! Even Uncle Owen (Joel Edgerton) and Aunt Beru!
https://ew.com/tv/obi-wan-kenobi-first-look-photos/

Let’s do this! May 25 — the 45th Anniversary of Star Wars releasing in theaters.

MJ said...

Legends - heard someone was leaving

Discovery. My lips are sealed

Ozark - I don't remember hating S3. Been long time tho

Lorca. Yeah I kept thinking his sketchiness was him being Kirk like and edgy. Lol. Loved Georgie's.


Fett. So I read somewhere after finale some site did a redo of shows trailer. Basically part one is he must keep going in some cage. And the rest a new Mando season prequel. And got spoiled Grogu is a quitter for leaving Jedi training. Which made me chuckle since Luke did the same. Was amused by it

Awaiting Picard as they drop once a week. Need to get back to Discovery

And Legends. And This is Us. Sigh

Mike V. said...

Legends - posssssibly….

Discovery - almost done that finale ep. I was multi-tasking while it was playing this morning and missed a bunch. Emperor is about to blow up Qo’onos….and Michael took a stand against the admiral.

Fett - Yeah…it’s definitely Mando season 2.5. It was promoted as that early on…but calling it The Book of Boba Fett is confusing. Maybe they should’ve called it Mandalorian: The Book of Boba Fett lol. But with it also having to say Star Wars it would be STAR WARS: The Mandalorian: The Book of Boba Fett. A little confusing! Lol. Anyway…watch the eps they’re good and there’s more there. I also think we haven’t sent he last of Grogu/Jedi Order stuff. There’s more to what Luke did there. And there’s a little replicating the past Jedi Order mistakes. But of course…we know that is what happens in the sequels…so Filoni could be bridging the gap.

This is Us - No Spoilers - Watched last nights but was shocked when they said there are 10 straight episodes coming to end the series. 10?!?!!? That’s old school network tv there taking us right into May Sweeps lol.

Mike V. said...

Forgot to mention OZARK - No I’ve heard season 3 is GREAT….it was 2 I struggled to get through and it was perfectly fine. But I can already tell S3 is better. We finished ep 3 or 4. Marty was kidnapped by cartel and now he’s home. He gave the boss his demands.

Mike V. said...

Discovery - Finished S1 and started S2. So they ran into the Enterprise with Captain Pike! Now Pike has assumed command of the Discovery at least temporarily. Still wrapping up ep 1. And I guess maybe this isn’t the same universe as the Abrams movies since I’m assuming we’re going to have a run in with Spock and this definitely isn’t the actor that played Pike in Abrams first TREK film lol. I also saw there was a trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with Pike being the lead. Sounds like a spinoff of this Discovery world. I’ll have to google the multiple Trek Canons lol

Resident Alien - Caught up on this.

Mike V. said...

Discovery - Okay…so I shouldn’t have googled :) But basically at least seasons 1 and 2 are in the ORIGINAL SERIES canon and take place years PRIOR to Trek’s 5 year mission. But, apparently in later seasons there are references to the KELVIN timeline (i.e. Abrams movies). But we already knew they made the Abrams movies canon through time travel and alternate timelines and Leonard Nimmoy.

MJ said...

This is Us. 10? Oh wow. Thought I was almost done

Discovery - good ole Pike! Lol on googling. I had not heard of a spinoff.

Resident - was caught up til not watching last night. Lol. We had some Verizon issues. Sigh


Mike V. said...

This is us - i know….Olympics and the winter start is probably why it seems more than normal. We usually started in fall with a big break then came back for the remaining.

Resident - I’ve seen pieces here and there but it’s my wife that watches it. I think she’s a few behind in the new season but they’re recorded and ready!

Mike V. said...

Resident Alien - (Just realize you were talking about this above not THE RESIDENT which my wife watches lol) - Caught up now. Last night was the mid season finale and it was a doozy! Everything that was escalating all season blew up and set us up for the next half. Can’t really say more than that without spoiling. :)

This is us - one behind.

Discovery - I think I’m ready for S2 E3. Ep 2 was where they found descendants of 21st century earth on a very remote planet that no one had ever traveled to by starship. Turns out some spiritual alien (that MIchael saw too in S2E1) came to the humans during WWIII and the church was transported to this other planet. Pretty good ep. Felt like a classic trek episode of the week with some modern twists.

Flash - caught up. Hoping this is the final season. There’s talks that it might be.

Mj said...

Discovery - yes very much keeps to the heart of old Trek

Finished Fett. Went very quickly actually. Def better then I thought.

Something about Pam. Been amusing. Total take off of the true crime shows. Even has the same guy doing voiceover from old Dateline shows

Mike V. said...

Discovery - a little further into season 2. They’re chasing down Spock who is a wanted fugitive. Alt Georgiou is on the trail. Tilly was taken through the crazy spore network to a planet and they found Wilson Cruz’s character there who we thought died…well he did die but he’s able to exist there. And they were able to transport him to the Discovery. Tyler is back but people don’t trust him.

Picard - I’m caught up on this one but I think you’re waiting to binge. Liking season 2 better than 1 so far.

Fett - I undersold it on purpose! Lol The first 4 episodes had its moments but when it became the Mando show it instantly shot back into awesomeness. Can’t wait for season 3 of Mando! But really looking forward to Obi-Wan on 5/25. You see the trailer?? Chills.

Something about Pam - don’t think i heard about this one. Sounds like comedy gold though.

Ozark - stalled on this one because of vacation. Caught up on other stuff, been watching march madness. We’ll get back soon hopefully.

BCS - next month!

MJ said...

Ozark - still part 1 of season 4 right?



Pam. Follows This is Us on reg tv

Obi wan - have not seen trailer and will probably wait a bit to watch. Saying. But def will watch

Knew BCS was soon as BB being rerun

Angels of Newark. Not seen yet. Still deciding if want to watch Sopranos again and then prequel,? Did that with BB and Saul years ago

Mike V. said...

Ozark - we’re on season 3. Want to catch up before part 2 of 4 though.

Pam - oh right with Renee Z. I remember now!

Obi - I do not have the discipline to wait on Star Wars. Need to be part of the conversation! Lol

Many saints of Newark - I watched. It wasn’t too bad. Does have some subtle ties to the original series. Maybe some clues to answering the big cut to black question. Lol I’d love to rewatch sopranos though. So good.

Back at work finally. And typing on my phone. This will take some adjusting!

Anonymous said...

Lol. Watched trailer after I posted. I am actually excited for this one. I might just start watching Saturday evening! Not starting 1201 Saturday! Oh wait. Does it drop 1201 meaning just after midnight Thurs into Friday? So I can watch Friday night ? Don't ask. Long time issue for me

Oh! Wait the fade to black/worst ending ever? Hmmm. I might have to watch Friday night?

Jeez In person! Probably strange yet great. Yeah - have now readjusted Twice to using tablet or phone! Missing the kiddos?

Hmmm. I always lag behind. Could be fun if I DO start Obi and we can chat somewhat realtime! I can hold off on Sopranos prequel! Hmmmm

Mike V. said...

Hmm is this MJ or someone else? Lol surprise Richard comment?? Other??

Anyway…obiwan trailer? Not premiering until Wednesday 5/25. The 45th anniversary of the original Star Wars premiere. But I’m game for anyone that wants to discuss from week to week. I’ll certainly have thoughts! Every Wednesday at 3am eastern it’s available. I usually watch them Wednesday night.

As for sopranos in hindsight I enjoyed how he ended it. Just pissed everyone off who wanted to see the big guy get whacked. Basically left it ambiguous. But there’s enough info out there to indicate what happened including the many saints now.

I actually use an iPad Pro with keyboard at home for my blogging ventures. I think it would be too noticeable at my desk at work lol. I’ll see the kids just about as much as I do when I’m home. But definitely missing our new puppy. She’s probably having a rough time this week! Next week I’ll be home again. Phased approach.

Anyway you have time to fit in the sopranos before obi starts. And that’s a 6 week limited series.


In other news:
Flash renewed for season 9 ugh!! Legends has not been renewed yet. Ugh!!!

This is us. Painful episode to get through last night. They’re doing those big 3 episodes. Last night was Kate.

Go sixers!

MJ said...

Was MJ. For some reason thought Obi premiered this weekend. Did watch a trailer yst tho

Just finished Bodyguard from years ago on Netflix. Was pretty good. Rob Stark the lead. shall see if I do Sopranos marathon

MJ said...

Sixers doing well I take it! Since don't drive to work don't hear much local. Tho know Villanova got to sweet 16. Not a basketball fan anyway.

Mike V. said...

Ahh nice. Lol I figured it was. Guess when you see anonymous you get a different vibe from the message.

Sixers traded for James harden before the deadline. Embiid is having an mvp season. And 21 year old Maxey is reaping the benefits. Awesome team to watch. I’m not into bball either but went to a couple games and it’s hard not to love this team. They finally got rid of Ben Simmons in that trade too who didn’t want to be here anyway.

Yep on nova too.

I did know about bodyguard but never watched.

Maybe during the twd hiatus I’ll start an Obiwan thread. That might be something I could be tempted to recap. If only I had the time lol. I think I forgot to share. It’s rumored Damon Lindelof is working on a Star Wars film. He’s better suited for television. (Lost, leftovers, watchmen are all masterpieces) but I will watch whatever he puts out!

MJ said...

Heard about Harden/Simmons

So. I am behind on everything. We started a GofT marathon! Loving it. In season 2 now. Renly about to bite it. Dany and babies just arrived at Qarth.

Lindeloff and Star Wars. Hmmmm. We shall see. Oh and not planning on watching this Moon one


Mike V. said...

I’d be excited to do a GoT rewatch. The ending left such a sour taste in everyone’s mouths. Definitely rushed but I still enjoyed. One day I’ll get back. Still doing Discovery! They found Spock and are up against the federation on a mission to save the universe.

Moon Knight - supposed to be more mature MCU fare….and of course my son is excited to watch. I’m sure he’ll handle it. Obviously, I’ll still put my thoughts on the show here lol. But I get Marvel/Lucasfilm fatigue. It ain’t gonna slow down.

No TWD last night. Had to watch the big fight at the Oscars lol. Probably will watch tonight.

Mike V. said...

Moon Knight - I know you’re not going to watch, but the 1st ep was pretty good. Marvel Studios doesn’t really put out bad content. Lot of Egyptian lore in this one a la LOST but apparently faithful to the comics too. And Oscar Isaac’s titular character suffered from multiple personalities which is an actor’s dreams to really show what he’s got. F. Murray Abraham is the voice of the Moon Knight persona too. And Ethan Hawke is pretty good as what appears to be his adversary. MCU is diving a little into the Horror genre with this one. My son still was able to stomach episode 1 lol. This is really just holding me over until Obi-Wan!

This is us - caught up. Randall’s episode was obviously the best of the Big 3 episodes.

Discovery - Well apparently Michael is the Red Angel from the future or something lol…..i dunno. Still figuring that out. I do wonder if it’s actually Michael from the alternate universe though. Since she disappeared too. I know time travel will play a role in later seasons too so who knows. I like this Spock actor though. Kind of a mix of quinto and nimmoy.

Picard - Halfway through the latest ep.

MJ said...

Ugh. Hubby loves Egyptian lore. Sigh. F Murray Abraham? Really? He was in SG1 which was full of Egyptian lore. Crap. Now I have to share with husband. So probably am watching. Ugh. And I love horror! Damn you Mike! Lol


I think I might be behind on TWD now? In S4 of GofT now. Loving it!

Mike V. said...

Moon knight - sorry about that! Episode 2 was pretty good too. More clarity on how the moon knight and personalities work. Oscar Isaac is having a ball. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed if you watch. It’s a small commitment of 6 episodes in total.

Probably behind on twd. There’s one more ep before mid season finale. Then Saul! Nice on thrones! I bet when binging you won’t even notice how rushed the ending is. Lol seems to be the case with a show like this or lost. So many expectations on what the final episodes bring that disappointment is inevitable. But binging is a totally different experience.

Mike V. said...

Saul - back tomorrow!

Discovery - I’m on ep 2 of season 3. We’re in the future. MIchael and Crew are apart and not sure where either are. Communications are down on the Discovery so I’m guessing they’re in the same time they just can’t communicate. I’ve seen IMDB ratings of seasons 3 and 4…they’re very low…so I’m keeping expectations low. But I enjoyed S1 and 2. And Strange New Worlds with Pike/Spock and No1 looks pretty good too. Supposedly takes place after s2 of Discovery. I like that they essentially erased all knowledge of DIscovery and its crew from the timeline…because you know…in Star Trek: TOS Spock didn’t have a sister! Lol

Ozark - I think we’re close to being finished s3. It’s been good. We want to catch up by S4 part 2.

MJ said...

Discovery. Sigh. Think you are ahead now

Still on GofT! Tyrion with Dany now. And just torched the Dothraki widows place.

Read something very cool about Saul. Won't spoil. And S3 of Picard too

MJ said...

Heard Moon Knight pretty good

Mike V. said...

Discovery - Whoops! I thought you watched it all. Okay, I’ll just give status updates from now on lol

Thrones - ahh yes…you’re in the Benioff/Weiss “we have to make up the rest of this ourselves” territory! Lol.

Saul/Picard - If it’s similar to the news on Picard then I read about both. Gilligan came out and said it was basically inevitable but confirmed it so we don’t have to speculate. And S3 of Picard big reunion. But apparently Will Wheaton wasn’t included or something. I dunno…i didn’t read the details but I saw headlines about Wheaton lol.

Mike V. said...

Moon Knight - yes it’s good. You really don’t have to worry about Marvel (MCU that is…not Morbius lol) putting out bad content. Some stuff is just better than the rest. But I do always wonder how long they can keep this up. We’re going on 14 years now. That said, got my tickets for Dr. Strange Mutiverse of Madness!

Mj said...

Crap. Strange out soon? Going to theater to see that one!



Mike V. said...

Strange - May 6th. We’re going the following Tuesday on $5 night lol. Did you see Spidey: No Way Home yet? (That’s on video now but not streaming anywhere) WandaVision, Loki and No Way Home are all tied to the Strange sequel.

Moon Knight - still good! Ep 3 was great.

Mike V. said...

Strange - I’ll add you probably don’t have to see No Way Home to understand Dr. Strange 2 but there are a couple plot points that were unveiled that will play into the sequel. That said…before the pandemic Dr. Strange was supposed to be released BEFORE No Way Home so there were probably a few adjustments to both.

Mike V. said...

Thor: Love and Thunder (Theatrical not D+ lol) - Teaser Trailer just released. That’s July 8. Taika directing again (did Ragnarok). Looks great of course!

Discovery - Still plowing through S3. It’s aight.

Ozark - still trying to wrap up S3 of this as well. Got a lot to watch before 4/29. Probably not gonna make it.

This is us - we’re caught up and ready for this one to end. It’s fine…just a tough hang this season. Especially the past few Kate/Toby episodes.

Saul - I was a week off…I think it’s back this week.

Next Show - Once we’re wrapped up Ozark I think Succession (HBO) is our next target. Heard good things. Also want to watch Severance on Apple TV+.

Mike V. said...

Saul - yep 2 episode premiere tonight. Might take me a couple days to watch it all lol

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MJ said...

Saul - still not watched. Was a long premier so on late

GofT. Finished Monday

Spidey 3. Did not see but knew should before Strange

Mike V. said...

Saul - finished today. Took a couple mornings to knock it out. 2.5 hours with commercials lol. It was good. It’s been so long I kinda forget the details of what had been going on but fairly easy to follow the plot. And I can see it linking up with BB.

Thrones - any different thoughts on the finale after binging? Did it flow well or feel rushed?

Moon knight 4 and sixers game 3 tonight. At some point the kids need to go to bed too! Lol

MJ said...

GofT. Still say evil Dany came up fast. Husband disagreed. Sure there were signs but she always pulled back. Guess jon being true heir really sent her over the edge. Had forgotten that they send Jon to the wall yet again...but he says screw it and heads north of the wall with the Wildlings

Heard moon4 was a game changer

This is Us. Got spoiled about the wedding. Sigh. Some site had to have pics of 'the wobble' on home page

Mike V. said...

Thrones - yeah definitely hints for Dany but it seemed to come out of nowhere still. That’s where more time could’ve helped. I liked how it ended and saw how it could get there. Just seemed to come fast. Like I see how grrm is moving to a similar end if he ever finishes. Lol winds of winter has been in progress for 11 years.

Moon 4 - it was wacky but awesome!

This is us - I think we already knew about the wedding. We had a flash forward to Kate in a wedding dress. And may have even known who the groom was. We just didn’t know how we got to that point. The wobble wasn’t in the episode. Just a little fun viral video from the set. Lol

Mike V. said...

Ozark - We finished season 3. Wow…what a zinger at the end! We have a week to get through 7 episodes and be ready for part 2. It’ll be a stretch but we can try. S3 was definitely better than s2 which just dragged. Wendy setting up her brother’s death and Ruth being all over it…yikes. And then then Navarro taking out Helen in the final seconds…crazy…and not long before Byrd Son was going to kill her. (Really bad with names on shows these days lol). So this sets up a final season where they’re directly working with the cartel. Good stuff.

MJ said...

Ozark - I almost fell off the couch when he killed that lawyer!!! Wendy got pretty dark with the whole brother thing.

Lol on Wobble' not in EP. I have to watch it then

Site called Screen rant has article highlighting the ways a new show Outer Range is like Lost. I am intrigued

Watched half of Saul premier

Mike V. said...

Ozark - I’ve always thought Wendy was the worst of all of them! Marty almost had them out in season 2 and she wanted to dive further in. But yeah…she offed her brother…pretty tough stuff. We’re in ep 2 of s4. Still don’t think we’ll make it by Friday but we’re trying!

This is us - yeah…you should catch up. We’re getting close to the end. Maybe the last 4 episodes that have aired will go down better as a binge. But it’s a tough watch. Wedding one was really good. They’re all good…just tough. Lol

ScreenRant - it’s one of the twitter handles I follow and get my updates. Lol. Didn’t see that one though. I’ll have to check it out.

Saul - Ep 3 tonight!

Discovery - No spoilers - think I’m halfway through s3 now. Just gonna keep plowing through until I’m caught up. I don’t notice a real degradation in quality after s2. But season 2 was definitely the highlight from what I’ve watched so far. I think I know why s3 drops in IMDB ratings as much as it does and is more “politically” (use the term loosely based on how ridiculous the internet is with this stuff) driven than anything. But I could be wrong. Lol

MJ said...

This is Us. I have been avoiding. Lol.

Finished Saul premier. Will watch last night's today. Then think I will start hitting TWD and This is Us.

I have to check. I did not think we watched S3 of Discovery but husband thought we did. Hmmmm

Saul - premier spoilers



Gilligan always makes you scratch your head. Lol. The whole safe thing. Crack a safe. Put new one in and add some papers to new one. I know it has meaning! Took awhile to recognize tax people. Gus not treating Nacho so good. Why would Mike put Nachos hotel number in that safe if he wants Nacho to get home? Orders I guess? But who follows Jimmy and Kim?

Mike V. said...

This is us - I don’t blame you! But it’ll be over soon! One more tonight. Lol

Saul I’m caught up - yeah totally forgot tax people. Season 1 was so long ago. But they seemed familiar. Not really a show I want to rewatch but cool they’re tying in old threads. I think I missed the details on the safe stuff. But I do watch on the treadmill lol as for nacho let’s catch up after you watch ep 3!

Discovery - I thought when you told me you were watching you watched 3 too. 4 is the most recent season that finished. So maybe you just never started that one. I just lookded. I have 2 or 3 left of s3. The IMDb ratings drop even more dramatically in s4. I do wonder if it’s that bad or it’s politically charged. Lol

MJ said...

Discovery. Yeah I think I got mixed up. Think 4 is the one not yet watched. Binged so lost track of what season was what

Saul. Watched. And oh man! Both husband and I thought we knew Nacho from BB!!! I stated was anti-climatic since know Nacho doesn't die! I was shocked! Not that Nacho was a good guy - but I liked him. Mike not a good guy either but he is decent and says he will look after Nachos dad. Funny - is Kim become Wendy from Ozark? That whole opening scene speaks to my post on Gilligan. Never know where he is going but he always answers the question! Lol

This is Us. Did watch one. Caught Randall's robber. I joked Randall was going to adopt him. Was the Big Threes bday. Tots forgot Madison dumped Kevin!

Mike V. said...

Discovery - makes sense! So you did see the time jump right? Right now the crew is split up in a final season conflict. Im guessing saru might not make it. I just keep assuming Michael is going to become captain but I have no idea lol

Saul - nope he was never on Saul so I figured he’d die eventually. But I thought we had more time with him. He was on orphan black right? Yeah Kim seems to be worse than Saul but she turned into that because of him. Still have hope she survives and we see a Cinnabon flash forward with her alive lol

This is us - just watched last night’s and it was a good one. Stuff happened that many had been hoping would eventually happen. No spoilers. But I thought they did it well. Jeez I forgot them catching the robber was this season. Lol feels like she’s ago!

Moon knight 5 tonight hopefully. Getting very lost-y

MJ said...

Discovery. My lips are sealed

Moon Knight. We are going to watch!

MJ said...

Ozark - might start tonight. Probably tomm tho

Frankie & Grace also dropped. Know you never watched but final season also

MJ said...

This is Us. Watched Nicky's road trip EP. Deejay went to Boston to see Maliq and had first sex. Lol

MJ said...

Dayja. Wow that auto correct went away!

Mike V. said...

Discovery - Finished Season 3! Yep, Saru went with fellow Kelpian so Michael is finally captain. Only took 900 years lol. I saw the promo shots for season 4 and she’s standing behind the captain’s chair. I just always assumed it happened by season 2.

Ozark - too many things got in our way this week so we still have most of the first half of season 4 to watch. But at least we know we can finish the series when we get to it.

Frank and Gracie - yep never got into it. I think that’s the final season too right?

This is Us - Ahh yes…Nicky’s trip and Dayja (Always thought it was Deja but I have no idea! Lol)….all crazy stuff. Sounds like you’re in full gear now.

Think I started a response yesterday and got sidetracked before I posted. Ep 5 of Moon KNight was nuts…lots of similarities in themes it’s hitting that LOST hit. Don’t want to say much beyond that. But you’ll find yourself in sort of familiar territory with this show. At least with themes that were analyzed in in the blog comments back int he day!

Next shows: I think i brought this up higher in the comments but once we finish Ozark we’re going to hit Severance (Apple+) or Succession (HBO). Heard good things about both!

Gotta start considering what Star Wars I’m going to watch in prep for Obi-Wan. I’m thinking at least Revenge of the Sith, maybe the final episodes of Clone Wars. Then I’ll rogue one/original trilogy after it lol. There are specific quotes from the Original Trilogy that most fans are concerned about when they’re hyping up Hayden’s return as Vader and the “rematch of the century”. Vader tells Obi on the Death Star “when we last met I was but the learner, now I am the master”. It’s been 10 years since Revenge of the Sith. But they said they’re definitely factoring in all the Dialogue to what they’re doing. We’ll see. I mean…i won’t care too much…it’s just cool to see some fleshed out Obi-wan stories with hopefully good writers. And give Hayden a chance to redeem himself. (Hayden said he watched all of the clone wars and rebels as part of his prep to return. It’s a pretty factual statement to say that the clone wars series really fleshed out Anakin more than the prequels did. I’m guessing between this and Asohka series we’ll get to see some clone wars flashbacks and get live action Anakin and Obi-Wan and Asohka doing their thing. We’ll see!)

Mike V. said...

Legends - ugh. Canceled. If a show is on for 7 seasons you owe it to give them an ending.

https://ew.com/tv/legends-of-tomorrow-canceled-after-7-seasons/

MJ said...

Legends. Yes I heard. Sigh

We are going to see Strange with my nephew and his kids. Not opening weekend as he is OnCall

Moon. Not yet started

Splitting time between Frankie and Grace and Ozark. Ozark good so far. And throwing in an occasional TWD and This is Us.

Mike V. said...

Legends - still annoyed about this. I mean in general the Arrowverse needs to end. I think that’s where these cancellations are going. But Flash will definitely have an ending before it’s canceled. And Superman/Lois is kinda its own thing now even if it started out of the Arrowverse. I’m sure this has something to do with everything moving to HBO Max for DC content. But come on…end the series don’t cancel! Give them a 2 hour movie at a minimum!

Nice on Strange. Yeah…we’re doing Tuesday after opening weekend due to a busy weekend.

Ozark - still haven’t watched any more. We’ve been and continue to be swamped!

Discovery - started s4. It’s fine…lol. Watchable. We’ll see how it goes.

Strange New Worlds - think that might start by the end of the week. Getting pretty positive reviews so far. Classic Trek homage.

Picard - caught up on this one. I’ve enjoyed S2 so far.

Mike V. said...

Thrones - House of the Dragon - Trailer
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/game-thrones-house-dragon-trailer-1235141155/

All this makes me want to do is rewatch Game of Thrones! Lol

Mike V. said...

Picard - Finished S2! It was good. I don’t want to spoil anything, but events that happen kind of explain some of the controversy around casting for S3’s big reunion. That’s as vague as I can be and maybe too spoilery. But I’ll forget if I didn’t say it!

Discovery - 3 into S4. It’s aight.

Strange New Worlds - Watched the first 5 minutes. Picks up after the end of Discovery season 2. Definitely plan to watch.

Ozark - somewhere in season 4. Been busy this week, not much watched.

This is Us - we’re in the end game now. 3 left i think? The last episode was really good and filled in some holes missing for 6 seasons.

MJ said...

Ozark. We are done

Discovery I think we are on 6 or 7. One thing annoying me but won't say

Saul. I am up to date

Mike V. said...

Ozark - Still where we were. One more week of business but we might fit in a couple. Plus Sixers on a roll.

Discovery - Ahh you passed me. I just watched ep 4 where Tilly was training the cadets and decided to become a teacher. Interesting. Maybe the actress had a conflict unless this was her officially leaving the series regular cast. I mean there is one storyline that is certainly there to ‘trigger some/educate others’….There were a couple preachy moments but otherwise they’re just being who they are. It seems odd that a millennia in the future they still need to educate people on current day hot button topics, but they dressed it around spirits going to other bodies and even threw Picard in there for good measure lol.

Strange New Worlds - Pilot ep was pretty good! Felt classic trekish and they’re definitely shooting for a true prequel series to the original series though a sequel/spinoff to Discovery at the same time.

Think I forgot to say i finished Moon Knight. It was a good series. Seeing Dr. Strange tomorrow night.

Saul - same

Mike V. said...

Discovery - I may have stumbled upon the plot line you’re not thrilled with. Zora the artificial explora aboard discovery? I’m getting gideon vibes but not in a good way lol. Why one of their computers decided to start growing feelings is just a bizarre writing choice. Maybe traveling 900 years into the future has limited their story ideas. Lol anyway Book and Michael are at odds on how to deal with the dma (Terrible name for the big bad of the season lol) and he has run off with the dude that looks like goodwyn from lost. (For all I know it might be him but id think he’d look a little older now lol)

Dr strange 2 - it was…interesting! Raimi definitely brought his horror vision to the mcu. There certainly were highlights but the story overall….I need to sit on it. Lol

Saul - caught up on this week’s too.

Mike V. said...

Confirmed it’s not goodwyn lol

MJ said...

Sixers. Depends on the day. Lol. Behind now

Discovery. Yes Zora. But also another. Think just a symptom of back to back watching. I was like - ya gonna whine again? But is Germaine to season. Was not happy Tilly left...but has she? Lol. Yeah. Don't like scientist guy. This def ends very Trekish. Will say no more. Not watching new one til a few more drop

Seeing Strange Saturday. Might start What If tonight or tomorrow





Mike V. said...

Sixers - ugh. Embiid injury really affecting them. Hopefully they can force a game 7 and show up in Miami for it.

Trek - ahh yeah lots of whining. Lol definitely been a different show since the time jump. Now no tilly or Michelle yeoh who was always entertaining. I’m sure tilly will be back! Makes sense on strange new worlds. I’m sure something will be coming on after that so I can’t drop paramount + too. Ugh

Marvel - what it is a good thing to watch for strange 2. It’s all canon and multiverse related. Plus you get to see Chadwick’s final performances as tchalla.

Mike V. said...

Trek - Discovery - Just played some poker on the edge of space. Strange New Worlds - This one is really good so far. Anson Mount is just a compelling Christopher Pike. Supporting cast good too. It’s just a fun watch so far. (2 eps) I’d say more but don’t want to spoil.

This is Us - watched this week’s. I’m not sure how far behind you are but better buy some boxes of tissues. Lol. They’re wrapping everything up pretty well so far. I know i dreaded the final 10 straight episodes but it’s getting real now. Only 2 left. I don’t think this is too spoilery as it’s just speculation…but I have a feeling this finale when it comes will be a lot like the Parks and Rec Finale just from a dramatic perspective. Not sure if you saw that one so I won’t say more lol.

Ozark - got one more trip that ends our 3 weekend marathon of big events. Then we can try and wrap this one up. I’m tired of it lol.

MJ said...

Ozark - tired of it? I loved it all. Did not end as I expected


Ok. So half way thru What if? Decent

Finished Moon Knight. Weirdest show ever. Not sure I will watch S2

Dr Strange. Read no further if not watched. But feel you have




Dr Strange - also odd but very good. Not sure I liked them making Wanda the Big bad tho. And yes. Stayed for the credits! Took forever to get to 'its over' tho.

Went to theater who's chairs vibrated at appropriate times. Cool. But loud. Getting old. Sigh

This is Us. Still quite behind. Kevin back on Manny as dad this time. Deja getting birth control.

Mike V. said...

Ozark - I think we’re so tired by the time we sit down to watch that it’s taking us forever to finish. Our kids are just at an impossible age and they never go to sleep! Lol

What if - yeah I enjoyed them. And they definitely play into stuff coming up in the live action.

Dr strange - did you recognize the pizza guy as ash from evil dead? I never saw it but I know the actor. Name is escaping me and I’ll look up after I post. He’s been in every Sam raimi film. He’s the usher in Spider-Man 2 I remember. Lol movie was good. We’re able to tie in fantastic 4 and X-men before officially doing it thanks to the multiverse. And Patrick Stewart! Even the fan casting of krasinski as mr fantastic lol. But yeah Wanda as bad was rough. She’s probably not dead. We’ll see!

Fun with the theater! No thanks lol

This is us - yeah you have a ways to go!

Mike V. said...

Bruce Campbell! Just came to me lol


This is us - penultimate ep tonight!

MJ said...

Feel ya on the kids.

Oh yeah. We know Bruce Campbell!!! My husband loves him!
I was surprised by some of the c Dr ossovers. Did not r we cognize all of them tho


Mike V. said...

This is us - the last few episodes have been knocking it out of the park. I am pretty confident this will be a satisfying finale with the way they’re wrapping things up.

Strange - yeah lots of crazy stuff in there. I’d be typing more but I’m on my phone in the office. Lol. Krasinski as reed richards has been a fan casting so most likely this was just a playful nod at that and 616 Reed could be someone else. Anson Mount was the whisper dude. He played the character in the failed Immortals tv show. (Actor who plays Pike in new trek shows). Obviously that was Maria Rambeau as captain marvel instead of carol. And Xavier has been professor x in the other marvel movies that are not mcu. So basically we’re just confirming that all other non mcu films can be considered canon in different verses. Captain Carter we saw on what if. It would’ve been hilarious if they had Chris Evans on the council as the human torch from his old fantastic 4 film. Next to Hailey atwell as captain Carter. But I’m sure that could’ve gotten confusing even if meant to be a joke. Lol

Discovery - 2 eps left. I’m thankful to be almost caught up. This season has been rough lol

Mike V. said...

Discovery - Finished! S4 finale was decent. Really pulled a tease on Book’s transportation twist. But once the 10-C started asking Michael while she was sad, I figured they had him lol. I’m glad I’m through this one. Probably will be on a Star Wars binge next week prepping for Friday! Then I’ll pick up something new.

Ozark - think we’re on ep 5 of S4. Fell asleep last night and no idea what I missed lol.

Strange New Worlds - 3 episodes in and they’re still doing great Trek stuff. Think this one is a winner!

Flash - ugh…i wish they ended it this year. It’s terrible lol. I don’t know why I can’t quit things!

Mike V. said...

Flash - one more thing…i mean seriously how many times does the team advise the misguided person and they are so determined they ignore it….then by the end they realize they messed up and should’ve listened. And the other people are always like “oh it’s not your fault we all make mistakes”. I swear this is every episode of the flash now lol

Mike V. said...

BCS - mid season finale was good! Gilligan and Gould do a great job making stories work out in the long run. Don’t want to say more than that. :)

Obi - started my prep. Watched phantom menace with the kids and will try to get them to watch clones and sith over the next few days. I’m also watching some recommended clone wars episodes by Disney + UK twitter. If they know something and this turns out to be vital eps to watch I’m very interested to see what they’re going to do in live action. I mean I’m excited anyway lol but these are some pretty pivotal episodes in obi’s arc that haven’t been covered in live action. Anyway - We’ll see if I find time to throw a recap page out there for each kenobi week. Memorial Day is a busy time!

This is us - series finale tonight! They have properly gotten me to the point where I care again and can’t wait yet am dreading that it’s ending. That’s a good way to leave us. Because with twd and the flash it might be a case of good riddance! Lol

Mike V. said...

This is us - I won’t spoil but the last 4 or 5 eps of the show were some of the best this is us episodes of its run. The penultimate may have been the best of all of them. Finale was a nice bow on the whole show though. There were some scenes filmed back in season 3 to capture the kids at a certain age. It worked well. People will always complain about crap but I think they did a good job ending this one over the course of the final episodes. I’ll miss it! That’s all you can ask for.

Mike V. said...

Star Wars plan - attack of the clones tonight, revenge of the sith tomorrow, obiwan eps 1 and 2 Friday! Mix in a few more clone wars eps on my morning run. Don’t think I can finish all the recommended ones in time though. Good thing I’ve seen them a couple times. I listened to an interview with director deb chow. She said the primary things to watch are the prequels especially revenge of the sith. But everything else is icing. Also with the inquisitors being a main threat a little bit of Rebels (follows the forming of the rebellion in the years leading up to a new hope) wouldn’t hurt either. But they’ll do a good job explaining what the inquisitors are anyway. Psyched for more ewan and hopefully a redemption of Hayden’s acting! Lol

Mike V. said...

Obi-wan - I really did think about making a separate post and I still might. But ep 3 is already tomorrow lol. Maybe I’ll do a recap of the first 3. I’m loving it though! Had the fam rewatch the prequels before and I watched some key clone wars eps. Kids were really into it and want to keep going with rogue one and 4-9 after obi is done. Lots of Star Wars news coming out of celebration this weekend too. Andor looks really good and will be 2 seasons at 12 eps each. Written by Tony gilroy of Bourne fame and also came in a “secretly” fixed rogue one. Asohka looks to be a follow up of the end of the rebels animated series. So we’ll get live action portrayals or most of those characters. Exciting stuff! Mando s3 will be feb of next year and favreau is already writing season 4. But there’s lots of shows being created around the mando timeframe and unofficially being dubbed “the mando verse “. Asohka is one of them.

Stranger things 4- didn’t start it yet but will binge it soon.

Strange new worlds - I’ll let this build up a few eps then binge while watching the other shows.

Fantastic beasts 3 - just came onto HBO max. I’m almost done. About on par with the other 2. Not bad not great but expanding the lore.

Mike V. said...

I will say Jude law is exceptional as a young dumbledore. He has the right mannerism for it.

Mike V. said...

Stranger things 4 - 2 eps in and started 3rd. It’s good so far!

Obi-Wan - part iii was awesome! I really do want to write up something more about the show but only have my phone at work. Maybe tomorrow I’ll have some time.

Mike V. said...

Home today so I’ve started typing up a bona fide post for obi parts 1-3. I’m on 3 but doing you know real work at the same time. I’ll post eventually. I know no one else will read it but I feel better doing it lol

Stranger things 4 - episode 4 is nuts! Liking this season so far

Ozark - Darlene survived heart attack, killed that major player dude then just when you think Wyatt is gonna escape with Ruth he proposed to Darlene lol. Good times! And Wendy tried to put her own son in jail. She’s has absolutely lost it.

The boys - gonna have to wait until after stranger things.

Mj said...

Know I have been absent. Was sick. Went away few days. Then sick again

Picard - done. Was ok

Stranger - not started yet

Obi -. Not started

This us- still working on it

Saul has been fabulous

Discovery. We liked it

Mike V. said...

Sorry to hear you got sick twice over!

Picard - Liked the Star Trek IV vibes and Q’s return. But yeah, I’ve seen better. Lol

Stranger Things - I’m almost done the half season. It’s really good.

Saul - agreed!

Discovery - It was a lot to binge. The 4 seasons. I think I’ll be happy doing this in smaller chunks next season.

Strange New Worlds - I’m gonna be a few behind once I finish Stranger Things and catch up on The Boys. But I’m loving the show.

Ozark - We’re into the 2nd half finally! 6 to go. Nephew killed Darlene and Wyatt! Ruth killed nephew! Whaaat!?!?! Forgetting the drug lord’s name but he’s gonna have to get out of prison and run the cartel now for the FBI. That’s my guess anyway. Not sure where else they’d go with it to wrap it up lol

MJ said...

Discovery. True for you. I had somewhat caught up

Picard. I really did NOT enjoy his mother angst. Too much of it
Ugh. Strange New World's already started? Sigh

First Ladies. Been very good
Ozark. Totally forgot you were still watching. I almost fell off the couch when Darlene and cousin killed. Ruth goes on a tear!

MJ said...

Last night started Stranger Things. Since part 2 is July 1st not too long a wait

Mike V. said...

Yep really enjoyed these episodes and can’t wait for 7/1!

MJ said...

Stranger - trailer dropped for part two. Can't watch cause only 3 into part one. Lol.

Mrs Maisel. Think that starts this week

Soooo. Might not be watching much next few days. Hubby wants to watch Jan 6 stuff. Sigh.

Mike V. said...

Stranger - there’s a tease at the end of the half season. I’m guessing it’s that. But maybe not. I did well avoiding most promos for the first half so I’ll see if I can do it again for the next few weeks lol

Maisel - man we dropped the ball with that one. Final season? We started 2 and never finished.

1/6 - fun!! I’d definitely vote for escapism but enjoy! lol I probably won’t get much watched either as we have family visiting. But I do want to at least get in Ms Marvel ep 1.

Mike V. said...

I may hold off on recapping ep 4 of obi-wan. Not sure enough happened to justify a recap. I can just lump in with the next 1 or 2. Lol

Mike V. said...

1/6 - So apparently my wife wanted to watch the Jan 6th stuff too so that was last night for me.

Ms. Marvel still on deck. I’ve heard good things about the premiere but it’s getting review bombed due to the demographics of the character. Obi-Wan is getting review bombed for similar reasons. But there is a chance obi might just be “OKAY”. Painful for me to say. I’ll reserve judgement for the last 2. There’s definitely stuff I’ve enjoyed with it. Part 4 felt repetitive but maybe when watching all 6 together it won’t feel as much of a letdown. Cool stuff still happened. Lol

MJ said...

1/6. I really was not interested. But have to admit it was compelling

Ms Marvel. I am hoping to skip. Guessing the age thing is that she's a teen. But Obi getting age bombed? That is surprising.

Missing Saul. Tired of these split seasons

Mike V. said...

1/6 - yeah definitely compelling stuff. And the unseen footage was pretty revealing. Tough to say more without diving right in with no filters lol

Ms Marvel - oh no…I wasn’t talking about age. More about her race and possibly her not being a Ms. and not Mr. (Bri Larsen had to deal with this crap too)

Obi-Wan - Same thing with some race drama. Not for Ewan, but for a co-star. Granted, her character is not the best flushed out character just yet, but that doesn’t justify the toxic parts of “fandom” doing what they do (and what they did to other cast members in past films). Ever since Disney and Ewan took to social media to stand up for Moses Ingram, the reviews on all the major sites started tanking. Seems pretty clear what’s going on.

Saul - agreed.

Mike V. said...

Correction on Ms. Marvel - I meant BEING a MS and not a MR. Lol

Mike V. said...

Ms Marvel - Can confirm the show is good. Good production values. Really fun camera work and effects to illustrate what’s going on in Kamala’s creative imagination. Nice lived in avengers universe feel to it similar to the Spidey MCU films. She along with the Rambeau daughter (aka Photon in WandaVision) will join Captain Marvel in “THE MARVELS” film (i.e. Captain Marvel 2). But this just felt like a good episode of television and that you want to spend more time with the characters. I mean..obviously I’m going to watch Obi-Wan Part V before I watch Ms. Marvel 2 on Wednesday, but right now I think I’d rather watch Ms. Marvel. It was that enjoyable lol.

The Boys - I don’t think you watch this one but I’m all caught up on season 3 (4 episodes).

Strange New Worlds - I’m on the “Spock Amock” episode which people are hailing as one of the best trek episodes ever. It’s pretty good so far. Hopefully it didn’t get overhyped lol

Mj said...

The Boys -. We do. Not seen yet

Trek new world -. 2 in. Not bad.

Mike V. said...

Strange new worlds - all caught up. Definitely overhyped on the ep I was referring to but it was fun. The show is just fun and mostly episodic which seems to be the biggest knock on discovery.

Quantum leap - forget it I mentioned here but nbc picked up the reboot for the fall season. I’m cautiously optimistic. I hope if it is successful they’ll find a way to pull Scott Bakula into the show.

Mike V. said...

Was just reminded by an ad that there are only 2 more episodes of Stranger Things 4. But they’re like movie length. The finale is 2 hours and 20 minutes. Lol

Mj said...

Wait part 2 is 2 eps? Just longer? That's insane

Mike V. said...

Yeah it’s crazy. The duffer bros actually came out before the 1st part dropped and talked about episode lengths and how some are longer than feature films they’re working on. This is what streaming culture has brought us. Tv episodes with no set length lol. I still blame sons of anarchy and their bloated later seasons. Lol. But I honestly didn’t notice the length of the episodes for stranger things when I was watching. It didn’t seem to be long for the sake of being long. People complain about these Star Wars eps when they come in at 30 minutes. But if they tell their story it shouldn’t matter how long it is. Obi wan V out today!

Oh and speaking of. Taika has made Thor 4 an hour and 58 minutes. That just sounds to me like a crisply edited film to me! Endgame made sense to be 3 hours and never felt like it was that long. But a solo character film action adventure comedy? Sure 2 hours sounds right.

I really don’t know what my point is with any of this. Lol

MJ said...

Bloating - def blame FX but they had other shows do it before SOA I think. Oh and done with AHS. Will not watch new season

Finished First Ladies. Was good

Started Time travelers Wife. Never saw movie. I like it. A little chic-ish tho

Ane we started Locke and Key. Heard about for awhile but never got to it. Some spooky stuff but no gore. Parker might like it. One of the kids seems to be between 8 and 10 I would guess

Speaking of...might have the almost 14 and almost 9 year old nieces a few days next week. God help me! Lol. They are pretty good. Older one just graduated middle school - heading to some special arts HS in your old stomping grounds. Medford.

MJ said...

Oh. And I think I heard Piccard has a third season to come. Sigh

Mike V. said...

Bloating - hmm…yeah maybe. SOA abused it pretty bad though! Lol

Locke and KEy - heard of it too…but never looked into it. Maybe we’ll check it out.

Good luck with the nieces! And nice on Medford. No idea what school that is lol

OZARK - Finally finished! Everything came together at the end. Didn’t know who we were rooting for besides Ruth. :(. RIP! But family stuck together to the end which was cool. Damn Jonah! Lol We’ve moved onto Severance. I am liking more than the Mrs. She wanted to start Succession. We’ll get there.

Obi - one more ep! Think I may just update the post I already put out there for final 3.

MJ said...

Lock/key. Gotten a little darker. So perhaps not for your son

Ozark. Yeah decent ending

Severance? Not heard of it

Still watching Evil, strange world's, and some other one. They all drop weekly. Sigh


Mike V. said...

Lock and key - thanks for the tip. He’s getting into darker stuff but more on the Star Wars and marvel level. Ie I just showed both my kids revenge of the sith which I had hesitated before. And Dr Strange 2 was pretty dark for marvel.

Severance - another Apple TV+ show. That service is really stepping up its game with content. This one stars Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, John Tuturro and others. Basically the concept is they work at a place that severs their consciousness so that their work lives are a separate existence from their non work lives. Drama ensues! Lol 9 episode first season. We’re almost done 3.

Obi final ep dropped today. I’ll watch tonight. Not sure when I’ll get to write about the last 3. But might not need to write too much about them. I know me better than that! Lol

Ms marvel ep 3 dropped today too. It’s been really good. I love a high school drama and they’re doing it well.

I think umbrella academy dropped s3 today or Friday too. And westworld starts back up Sunday. Yikes!

Mj said...

Ah. No Apple tv

Find Breaking bad/Thanos video. Not safe for kids

Might have to start Obi soon then now that all dropped

Mike V. said...

For Ted lasso alone it’s worth getting Apple TV + for a free trial. (You don’t need an apple device to watch. Just a subscription to the app on any device you have. Fire/roku/chrome cast/ etc…)

I saw that video with tuko lol (bb/avengers) good times.

I’ll try to get the rest of my obiwan write up done before you get to 4-6 lol

Mike V. said...

Obi - I’ll try to write up the last 3 tomorrow and add to the post. But I will say they were able to cover any concerns I had by the end of the series and really stuck the landing. There are nits to pick and I’ll cover those too. But I’m glad it exists and I want to watch rogue one and the original trilogy pronto!

Mike V. said...

Forgot to write up 4-6 of Obi. But we can chat about it in the post above. I’ll get to it.

Mike V. said...

Slowly but surely I’ll finish the Obi recap. Just added Part IV to the post. I’m on vacation this week so I’ll steal away a few moments here and there to get it done. :)

Mike V. said...

Part V added to Obi. I’ll get to 6 soon.

WestWorld - watched premiere. More confusing crap. I’m not sure why I keep watching. I guess it’s the hope that it’ll eventually elevate to the prestige drama it can be. Lol

The Boys - I”m caught up. This show is nuts.

Ms Marvel - ep 4 is out today! I’m on vacation so not sure we’ll get to it. (But you’re not watching anyway so not sure why I’m writing this lol)

Mike V. said...

Part VI added. Yeah that’s a lot of work. Not sure I can keep that up for a 2nd season if it happens lol

MJ said...

The Boys. I have heard things

Locke and Key. We have been hitting it hard

Yeah. My sister took her grandkid - the almost 9 one - to another movie when we went to Strange 2.

Hopefully starting Obi this weekend!

Stranger Things final eps dropped. Heard Netflix crashed. Lol

Enjoy the weekend!!

Mike V. said...

The boys has been nuts. I started todays episode but might not finish until end of weekend. We’re road-tripping home.

Same for stranger things. I heard same on Netflix crashing. Guess the new model of releasing most, getting that discussion going then dropping the final eps might work for them. Builds excitement. I’ve heard good things about the final 2. Just positive buzz on the various sites.

Well each episode is recapped in there for obiwan when you get there. You should be able to read them without spoiling yourself. At least the first 3 lol

MJ said...

Stranger Things. I admit I had a few adult beverages. They were awesome. But there is a next season???? WTF? Thought this was it ??

Hmmm. Maybe start Obi tonight

Mike V. said...

ST - one more season yep! I still have an hour left in ep 9 but it’s been really good!

MJ said...

It was awesome. Stranger Things! Why did I think this was the end,? Sigh

Did start Obi. Only saw one tho

Mike V. said...

Stranger things - finished! I don’t know. I listen to all these podcasts and they were clearly talking about this being the penultimate season. If I didn’t listen I wouldn’t know lol. They were complaining about life/death stakes and for 3 seasons in a row they introduced a new character and killed then off. I’m fine with how it went. I honestly thought they might kill Max which makes it successful in my opinion. She’s left in a different state for now as far as we know. And she and will have been exposed to the upside down particles so no telling if they’re safe forever. The whole end conflict was edge of your seat drama and worked really well. People complained a little they the team never got back together during this really long season until the end. And it turned out they solved their issue via a zoom call lol. I joke because they speculated on the podcast that the design of the season may have been due to Covid protocol. If so then they did a great job working around those restrictions. This season was super fun. I enjoyed seasons 3 and 4 the most out of all 4. So really looking to what they do with the final. Sounds like 2024 :(

Obi - nice! Enjoy the ride! I’ll be interested if your binge of it works better than waiting week to week.

The Bear (Hulu but produced by FX I think) - heard lots of good things about this one so I dove into first couple eps. Really enjoying. Lip from shameless is the lead. Very Chicago based show about running a restaurant. But it’s more intense than that sounds. Lol

Still going through severance on Apple TV +. It’s slow but good. Heard so much about the finale so trying to get there. But still have 4 more hours to go through and it feels that long lol

Ms Marvel - still a delight of a show. They really knocked this one out of the park with giving us some great character moments while still creating another super hero. Feels like an actual tv show but a marvel movie at the same time.

MJ said...

Watched Angels of Newark - which we never got around to. Very good

Also realized never finished Grace and Frankie

Evil has been off the charts good!

Sulphur Springs enjoyable since kinda on the level of Goosebumps it has surprised me

Maisel done dropping so need to start that!

Mike V. said...

The Sopranos Prequel? Yeah it was good (many saints of Newark I think :)). James’s son is a dead ringer for him. Did you get the symbology of Tony being in that restaurant at the end? It’s the same one from the series finale. And a “death” happened while he was there. Seemed to be finally confirming that Tony was killed and that’s why the screen cut to black so abruptly. I can’t remember the name of it…Holsten’s? BTW…RIP Tony Sirico (Paulie Walnuts). It was a rough week for celebrity deaths. Celebrity mafia star deaths at that.

Nice on Evil - I’ll keep it on the tentative list.

Haven’t heard of Sulpher.

Nice on Maisel. We’re so far behind on that.

Did I mention THE BEAR above on Hulu? We’re further into it now…it’s so good.

Umbrella Academy - think I’m halfway through the new season.

Boys - finished

WestWorld - caught up.

Mj said...

Yes caught the restaurant thing

Saul. Watched last night. Wait to comment

We only get Hulu when Handmaid's is on. Lol

Mike V. said...

We finished the bear last night. It was great. Make a note to watch when handmaids comes back lol

Saul - I watched. Comment away! I gotta run to a meeting. But the meth lab will never be looked at the same again. Lol

Mj said...

Saul -. Lol on meth !ab! Actress who plays Kim really out did herself! When Lalo was filming I knew he was dead. Cause we know the lab remains hidden. Bad thing about prequels. It makes it anti-climatic. Like knowing Saul lives.

Kinda same for Obi Wan. Even the Soprano's prequel movie! And yes RIP Paulie Walnuts! Marc and I debated if we knew Junior was the one who had Christopha 's dad killed. Not sure we did. Yes spelling intentional on Christopher. Lol

Mike V. said...

Saul - yeah rhea seahorn is great and finally nabbed an Emmy nom! True in prequels. The thing with Saul is that they still know how to keep you in suspense with the characters where we don’t know their fate. Even the fate of Jimmy and Kim. I’m starting to think we’re going to see Kim after bb timeline. One podcast I listened to thinks the prequel timeline is almost over with how they wasted no time wrapping up Lalo. So maybe next episode is where we get the bb crossover and then we get 3 episodes post breaking bad. That would be wild.

Obiwan - true in that too. If anything it just continues to add depth to the prequels and recontextualizes the originals and even the sequels. Gotta think those ambered Jedi is part of palpatine’s plan for immortality where we know only the true path is via the light side and the force ghost future that Qui gon discovers.


Nice on the christopha spelling! I’m still not over that Long term Parking episode. :(

Thor love and thunder - a worthy addition to the Thor saga. Not as good as ragnarok but better than the first 2. It’s definitely getting mixed reviews but I enjoyed myself. Lol. Taika is helming the next star wars “film”. He doesn’t know what it’s going to be yet but that’s the next non Disney+ effort in the works. I like his comedy but not sure it all will translate well to Star Wars. We shall see! If it’s new characters and plot lines anything goes.

Mj said...

Love and Thunder. Not hearing 'great' things

They never mentioned Kim in BB that I can recall so assumed she died or left him. Hmmm

Squid Game nominated for an Emmy. Wow

Might start Hacks this week

Mike V. said...

Love and thunder - it’s fine. Lol people get too uptight. I get the complaints but it’s still a fun film. Not everything is going to be infinity war/end game or my fave - captain America: winter soldier but they all plant seeds for the films that might be there. Or we’re on the decline for marvel studios and there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Lol I’m still inclined to think Kevin feige knows what he’s doing. But we’ll see.

Squid game - I know crazy! I actually had seen a majority of the drama shows nominated. Going to work on succession after severance.

Hacks - heard good things.

Barry - also nominated. I started s1 but never finished. I heard s3 was amazing.

Saul - no she wasn’t. But how much do we really know of saul’s personal life in breaking bad?? I never considered it until this season. We also don’t see him going into hiding with anyone else either. So maybe they’re estranged for a bit. They can make it work. If anyone can it’s Vince gilligan and Peter Gould. Whatever we see will change the context of breaking bad forever. Kinda like how Star Wars is always peeling the onion more and more to make rewatches continuously rewarding.

Mike V. said...

Saul - I’m caught up. Exciting stuff happening! I’ll wait to say more.

Succession - awesome show. We put it off to watch those 9 episodes of severance. That took a month. We’re already on ep 8 of 10 of season 1 with succession. Classic modern day king lear stuff. Patriarch of a global corporate empire is getting old and the kids are chomping at the bit to take over. More to it than that but good enough elevator pitch. Lol

Umbrella academy - finished latest season. It was as good as previous seasons. Which I mean to say “aight” lol

Strange new worlds - finished season 1. Loved it!

Ready for a new binge. But weighing it against a thrones or rings rewatch ahead of the new fall shows.

Comic con this week/weekend so we’ll get news on those 2 above (already a new trailer for rings. Looks great!), probably some more marvel show/movie announcements. Who knows what else.

I read a preview of the new quantum leap reboot/restart. I’m in on the concept. I still feel they’re leaving room for Sam Beckett cameos! It would be in their best interest to do so.

Mike V. said...

Oh yeah and twd. I’m sure we’ll get a trailer for the final episodes.

Mike V. said...

Thrones - house of the dragon - official trailer ahead of comic con. Hibberd is on the beat now for Hollywood reporter and has some coverage linked in here too.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/house-of-the-dragon-official-trailer-1235183480/

I watched the pilot and some of ep 2 this morning. Still holds up! I have the fire and blood book (more like a history book than a story) but need to find out what parts of it are covered in season 1. Apparently the show will span different time periods and casts. I don’t know if that’s like a back and forth within the season or over time like the crown lol.

Mike V. said...

Just realized that was confusing. I rewatched game of thrones pilot not house of dragon which isn’t out yet lol

Mike V. said...

Lots of Comic-Con News from the weekend:

Walking Dead - Rick and Michonne are getting a spinoff series. 6 episodes to start and then a “few seasons” to follow. I’m sure this is in place of the Rick movie they had been discussing. But yikes….another series? Sure they were the best 2 characters and it would be great to see them, but I’d rather see them wrap up the main series. And hopefully they still will. There is a trailer for the final 8 episodes of that too. It’s all about their conflict with that dude from the commonwealth. If I see the trailer again I’ll drop the link.

MCU - lots of marvel announcements. Phase 4 ends with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in November. Trailer looks good. A lot of mourning the loss of Chadwick but also they’re going to face off against Namor and Atlantis. (I think it’s the equivalent of Aquaman in DC lol). Phase 5 kicks off with Antman 3 and Kang (a variant of the guy we met at the end of Loki and at least one of the big bands of the “Multiverse Saga” (also announced Phases 4-6 being this saga)). Lots of other announcements but the big ones are in Phase 6 which starts mid 2024 I think….Fantastic 4 (MCU’s F4 that is…not those terrible Fox movies. But I still say we might get Variant Chris Evans as Human Torch just because it’s the multiverse saga and why not? Lol) kicks off Phase 6 and then in 2025 we’ll get 2 Avengers Movies to cap off the Multiverse Saga - Avengers: Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars. (Secret Wars is all Marvel comics fans’ dream of an adaptation. Even bigger then the Infinity War comics and apparently a good way to close up any gaps from messing with the multi-verse.). Some thing Dr. Doom will be the big bad of this saga and not Kang. Especially with F4 being a big part of wrapping it up. There were a lot of empty slots in phase 6 when Feige announced everything. We speculate he’ll reveal them at D23 (Disney corporate event) in September. X-Men is still not on the board….and with some reveals in recent MCU content it’s definitely on the horizon. I thought people were kidding…but apparently it could be very realistic that the next “SAGA” would cap off with Avengers vs. X-Men which is another big comic event. But you know we’ll all be senior citizens by then! Lol IN all seriousness this Multiverse Saga will actually be a lot shorter than the Infinity Saga which spanned from 2008-2019. We lost a year to the pandemic but the Multiverse Saga will span from 2021-2025.

More info than you ever thought you’d need on the MCU!

No big Star Wars news as I’m sure it’ll be revealed at D23 and they just had Star Wars Celebration. I’m guessing a public mando trailer at D23 since it was exclusive to Celebration before (i saw bad phone filmed footage of it. From what I saw it looks amazing lol).

TV: Still watching Succession. Past halfway of S2…it’s still awesome. Still rewatching Thrones - halfway into S1. Still watching WestWorld (Caught up…wacky season). Better Call Saul - amazing. Still holding off discussing but I think I know what tonight will be!

Mike V. said...

Quantum Leap info - https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/quantum-leap-future-sam-beckett - They essentially confirmed Bakula is in the cards. Just have to establish the new cast.

Mike V. said...

Saul - I was happy to be wrong. The new ep was a curveball but still awesome!

MJ said...

Lol. Knew not House of Dragon. Awaiting that and LOTR. But leary of new cast. We shall see

Twd. Think I am done. Not planning to watch spinoffs. But Rick and Michonne could make me cave. Lol

Saul. Loving it. The whole Howard clean up. And the last con ?maybe? He was so wistful looking at the end!

Was sick, then away. Sorry haven't been posting

Working on my Evil. Also watching Blood and Treasure S1 again since 2 dropped. S1 was over two years ago. A very fun,light show. Indiana Joe's/Romancing the stone/Davinci code vibes. I like to watch when tired. Lol

Mike V. said...

Sorry to hear you were sick. Hope you’re feeling better and enjoyed your time off! But no worries on absense from this virtual space! Sometimes I just like to write my thoughts out into the void regardless of responses! But it’s always nice to get comments back lol

TWD - Couldn’t agree more - Rick and Michonne is something that intrigues me but TWD as a whole….I can’t take really any more of it. But I’ll finish the flagship show. And I would love if they give us Rick and Michonne in the finale. In fact, I would think they would need to to kind of tease a spinoff. (Even if the spinoff happens in the time period of their absence from TWD.

Saul - So good. Are you caught up? I’m guessing by your “last con” statement you probably are. Lol I don’t want to spoil the name of Monday’s episode but I think we’re going to be treated to gems from here on out. This all seems like gravy. The main story of BCS is over and we still have 3 episodes left! Kind of like BB’s essentially 3 episode finale.

Nice on Blood and Treasure. I like all those stories you referenced. Which reminds me…DIsney + if you like “making of” documentaries this is the mother of them all. “Light and Magic” tells the story of how Industrial Light and Magic (George Lucas’s effects shop) got started….it covers the ground breaking special effects of Star Wars all the way to computer graphics evolution. But tells the story of the key Special Effects workers along the way. I’ve seen them in all the Star Wars and Lucasfilm documentaries over the years. But hearing their stories is just great. Highlight recommend. I think it’s 6 episodes. I’m on 5.

Still rewatching Thrones but paused for Light and Magic. On Season 3 of Succession…still great! We’ll be done that by next week. Not sure what we’ll do next!

MJ said...

Saul. Yes up to date. You can say title. I will se it before show anyway tonight. Couldn't believe that was Carol Burnett !!!! Knew she was appearing at some point. Apparently she is a big fan of the show

MJ said...

Oh. We just started City on a Hill. Good so far. Excellent cast. Kinda the typical bad cop saga but it's well done

Mike V. said...

Saul - Episode tonight is called “Breaking Bad” :) Kinda gives you an idea of what it’ll cover lol I’m assuming it will show the events of BB from Saul’s perspective. But maybe not?? Paul Gould said he hoped we’d be surprised at how the cameos come into play.

Nice thanks for the recommendation. We’re almost done succession and will be looking for something to watch.

Mike V. said...

Flash Final season will be Season 9 - FINALLY!!!! Lol https://screenrant.com/the-flash-season-9-series-ending-confirmed-cw/ I’ve stayed with this one too long.

MJ said...

Flash - yeah needed to go for a long time

Saul -cameos were great. Two left. Sigh. I think Saul will be arrested, they will give him his comeuppance. Plus he is working with idiots . And a Kim mention in the Omaha years.



Mike V. said...

Saul - Love that the episode was called Breaking Bad and showed Jimmy/Saul/Gene breaking bad. Also showed his first appearance on BB with the extra scene. And that episode was called Better Call Saul lol. There have been 2 montage scenes in the past few episodes. And both happened as a result of Kim need. First she leaves him and now the heated phone call. But we now know where Kim lives and that she’s aware of what he’s been up to. One of the producers of the show said we will hear the context of that phone call but they didn’t want to have 2 long phone calls in a row so they went this route. It does seem like Gene is on the path to getting arrested. But we’ll see. It’s also interesting that they focused on Walt’s cancer and this next victim having cancer. Saul knows what people with cancer are capable of which is why it seems he wasn’t hesitant to rob another person he scouted as worthy of being robbed. These final episodes are solid. I have no doubt the final 2 will be just as good. Hoping for a happy ending for Kim and Jimmy but that doesn’t seem to be the M.O. of the Albuquerque show universe. Lol There we’re also some lines in that phone call that indicated Jesse’s actions in the el Camino movie. They think he’s in Mexico but he’s really in Alaska. Producers said as of this episode he is in Alaska. Not sure if that means we might see Jesse again. Guess we could still see both but from what I read that was the only scene where they were able to get Walt Jesse and Saul together.

Mike V. said...

Succession - finished the s3 finale. What a ride! Definitely recommend this one if you’re ever looking for a show. I’m assuming s4 will be this fall.

Andor - trailer looks great for this rogue one prequel. It’s basically about the forming of the rebellion. Focuses on cassian and red haired mon mothma (she was in return of the Jedi but this actress who looks just like her was in a deleted scene from revenge of the sith and then was in rogue one) anyway it got moved to September to steer clear of thrones/LOTR shows. 3 episode premiere on 9/21 of 12 eventual episodes. They’re doing a season 2 of 12 more then that’s it. Tony Gilroy is the writer/film maker and he was brought in to rescue rogue one in reshoots/rewrites.

Thrones - continuing my rewatch. I’m in s2. Also picked back up my audio book of fire and blood and focusing on the chapters covered in the new show house of the dragon. It’s all about the Targaryen civil war that occurs 200 years before game of thrones. It’s the beginning of the end of their dynasty. Lots of dragons and lots of throne/political intrigue. The book is cool in that it’s a telling from unreliable narrators with conflicting views. Which gives the show some leeway and shouldn’t get trapped in altering things from the book. The show is meant to be the canonical happenings of the reported events in the book. Early buzz is positive. We’ll see!

MJ said...

Saul. Yeah I read that about the ep titles too. Some are saying Carol Burnette - now that she has a computer will figure out who Gene is. Not sure tho

Mike V. said...

Saul - Yeah I saw that speculation as well. Clearly there is more in store for Carol’s character as she did see stuff going on in that garage. And it’s freaking Carol Burnette! Lol. But we’ll see. Talking Saul coming back for the final 2 eps too. Gotta make sure they record.

Thrones Rewatch - Getting closer to the battle of Blackwater. Man this show was so good. I’m interested to see how much I notice the drop off in quality near the end. But I’m guessing I won’t finish this before House of the Dragon comes. Still…I think some of those “scenes of people talking in rooms” is helpful to get immersed back in Westeros/Essos. Tywin and Arya talking about Harrenhal and Aegon the Conqueror destroying Harrenhal 300 years ago and the history of the dragons and Targs that conquered Westeros….they all still predate the characters we’ll see on House of Dragon but only by like 100 years. Getting more into the Fire and Blood book too…..I can’t keep all the characters straight…but there is a lot focused on Daemon Targaryen (who will be played by Matt Smith)….he sounds like a fun character who will get into shenanigans. His brother Viserys (not Dany’s brother lol) is king of the 7 realms when the show starts.

MJ said...

Saul - thx for heads up on talking Saul. Didn't hear that.

Sandman - not sure I will check it out. On the fence

Mike V. said...

Saul - No problem. Just checked my scheduled recordings…looks like it’s just listed as another episode of Better Call Saul (Talking Saul) so it should record.

Sandman - same…I’ve heard great things…also about “PREY” (predator prequel on Hulu). I’ve never seen any predator movies lol. But I’ve heard both of these are great.

MJ said...

Predator? Seriously? My husband loves some of them. Lol

Saul -. You watch? Spoilers ahead if no



So Kim - brunette and sad with a dull life. I was underwhelmed by hearing the other side of that call. Seemed like someone was yelling at Gene - which she did not

That conversation with Howard's wife was a tough one. Been saying all along - both of us - that 'Gene' was working with incompetence but damn. All he had to do is put a signal on and gently pull out of spot. Stop at sign and turn and drive. But nooo. He peels out and blows the stop sign and crashes. Lol

Knew Carol Burnette was gonna play into this. The great and mighty Saul is gonna be taken down by an old lady and life alert. Lol

Another Jessie visit. Is his friend the one they 'disappeared' in the acid bath??

Stayed up late to watch. Will do so for finale too. Will watch Talking tonight tho

Mike V. said...

Was just coming here to write about Saul too lol.

Yeah I’m probably skipping prey but was just sharing the rave reviews. Lol

I think it was all about perspectives with the phone call. But yeah there wasn’t much screaming. In any case Rhea Seehorn deserves all the Emmys for this show and especially this episode. Wow that shuttle scene was nuts! And the dukes/ miracle whip debate is real! Lol. Granted I just have recently been introduced to dukes and it’s so much better than Helmans!

Yeah the peel out was hilarious but totally incompetent. Meanwhile the cops were just arguing about a fish taco lol. Gene/Saul sticking around in that house. You knew it was gonna go bad and i could barely watch it as he stuck around. Then he almost seriously injures/ kills the shermanator with his dog’s remains and almost takes out carol burnette! Or at least threatens to! Yep carol with the alert was great. I don’t know how I expected this show to end but now I can’t imagine it ending any other way. There’s no happy ending in store here for Saul. Doesn’t look like Kim either.

Jesse’s scene with Kim was great. Kim was taken advantage of by Saul and jesse by Walt. Two ships passing at different stages. On TD they said this was pre breaking bad. But the outfit he’s wearing is from BB. I think you’re right on the acid bath.

Yep I watched this in real time last night with dvr delay of course. I’ll do the same next week. This is some of the best tv we’ve gotten lately!

MJ said...

For sure on best tv. Also watched on DVR delay. Lol. Yeah. That was really menacing what he did with that phone cord.

It has been off - but enjoyable how they keep time jumping. Reminds me of Fringe with the red and blue openings. Lol

Sigh. I shall miss this show

Mike V. said...

We just need to find out what Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould are working on next! They have a pretty good track record. Lol

Yeah time jumps and use of color are great. When carol was watching the bcs add that was in color in the black and white setting. Good stuff. Good call with fringe. Now I miss THAT show! Lol

Mike V. said...

Saul - Vince Gilligan interview on this ep

https://ew.com/tv/better-call-saul-vince-gilligan-on-waterworks-episode/

Mj said...

Lol on missing Fringe.

Mj said...

Oh. And never heard of Dukes. But hate Mayo. Hubby a Miracle Whip guy. My family does Hellmans

Mike V. said...

I was always a hellmans guy and after having dukes I can’t go back! Lol

Mj said...

Lol on Dukes

Read today Gilligan feels he made an error on penultimate ep. Something about not using a blue tooth ear wig. I don't get that crazy on this stuff

Resident Evil back last night I think. Yay. Will watch tonight. I had company yst

Mike V. said...

I saw a headline on that Gilligan thing but never looked at the details. Not even sure what a Bluetooth ear “wig” is. Lol but the scenes where he had the headset on looked fine.

I’m sure you mean resident alien and not the video game/movie franchise lol. I watched this morning. Still loving this show!

Mike V. said...

Or maybe you did mean resident evil lol. I missed the boat on this one.

https://tvline.com/2022/08/11/ratings-resident-evil-nielsen-streaming-top-10-chart/

Mike V. said...

BCS - Perfect ending to BCS and the Breaking Bad universe. It was a coda on the whole thing. The flashbacks were carefully chosen and executed. The time machine metaphor was great as we actually were back in time for each of those flashbacks too but discussed regret and how Jimmy has gone through his life with none. Not until that final court scene where he wanted to do right by Kim and come clean. And then the final scene smoking against the wall of the prison. Perfect callback to the pilot. We almost got that scene when they left Hamlin and McGill earlier this season but this was great. Bittersweet but Kim is back practicing law and alive. The antihero got his come uppance. Marie was back and we couldn’t tell if she was wearing purple. The whole season was carefully crafted and they couldn’t have done a better job. Bravo Vince and Peter!

Thrones -finished s3 and red wedding. Not gonna finish my rewatch before Sunday. I’ll be on vacation so not sure I’ll be watching house of dragon when it comes out or not. But I definitely will get to it.

Barry - finally getting back to this and am on s2. Funny and dark. Love Bill Hader and who doesn’t love winkler? Lol Throw in some Stephen Root and how can you go wrong?

MJ said...

Watching Saul finale tonight.

Mike V. said...

Hopefully you had restraint in reading my post! Lol enjoy!

MJ said...

I totally did! Excellent finale. No one should have been shocked Saul gotten by cops.


So no one should be shocked he went to jail. Marie showing up was a surprise. And damn to go from 190 years to 7. He u
Is a master. Tho Kim coming clean was a shock. Guess should not have been? Saul's face was priceless when he found out tho. But damn. He sacrificed and took a longer sentence to let Kim off the hook - and not the golf prison. True love. Lol. Heard of Blue Bunny - but I don't eat ice cream byeah yeah. Weirdo. Water ice and sherbet gal. Not sure I recall woman who told Kim Jimmy was owning up to Howard tho? Smoking scene was the rose on the cake tho. Top 5 of finales for sure


Thrones. Red wedding

g. Ahhh. Got battle of the bastards to come


Mike V. said...

Saul - gonna respond I promise! On vacation so just gotta find time lol

House of the dragon - loved the premiere! Want to discuss this too. Should create a walking dead like season discussion thread. I’ll try to get to that later.

MJ said...

Not seen Dragon. And ok on separate discussion

MJ said...

Been watching Maisel. City on a Hill. Resident Alien. Blood and Treasure. Got a few going on

Mike V. said...

Nice….I’m 1 back on Res Alien….too invested in my GoT rewatch! FYI - i created a new general thread up top. But no big deal. I see the comments everywhere lol