I was charmed by the first season.
Finally got back to the British comedy.
Doc Martin is grouchy, direct, and lacks social skills. No doubt on the autistic spectrum. Perhaps Aspergic.
Even better is his love interest, Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz), school headmistress at Portwenn Primary.
The 10th and final season should be released in 2022.
Other versions of the show have been launched in France, Germany, Spain and other nations.
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Dexter: New Blood launched 2021. A surprise sequel 8 years after the conclusion of the original TV series.
It was always a guilty pleasure for me. A show I probably shouldn’t have watched.
Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter reprising their roles as Dexter and Debra Morgan, respectively …
The plot is convincing. Jack Alcott plays Harrison Morgan, Dexter’s son. Creepy.
The rest of the cast is good too.
It’s 72% on Rotten Tomatoes and I’d say that’s about right.
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I’ve been watching this multiple times a day. It makes me happy.
The Bellas (Anna Kendrick, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson and more) and contestants from The Voice Season 13 Top 12 …
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Loved the first two seasons.
I thought the novelty might wear off — yet season 3 is just as good. Perhaps better.
I’m sorry it’s ending.
I’ll miss the music, for one thing.
The Civil War is a big theme. And the plot diverges more from her actual life. More to magic realism.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson (Gabriel Ebert) is an excellent addition. An author, abolitionist, and soldier who was one of the first to recognize the poet’s genius.
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Because I HATE advertising, I subscribe to YouTube Premium for about $10 / month.
Included in that bundle is YouTube Music. I downloaded about 100 favourite songs so I can listen offline on the rare occasion I want music rather than podcasts and audio books.
It includes “YouTube Original” TV and movies, a sad collection of things you’d never want to watch. Google has ALL the money so I’m surprised they don’t buy some streaming platforms and compete against Disney, Netflix and the rest.
BUT their only remaining scripted series is Cobra Kai.
However, I tried Impulse, a science fiction drama streaming television series based on the 2013 Steven Gould novel.
Excellent.
It’s part SciFi, part female teen coming-of-age drama.
16-year-old Henrietta “Henry” Coles who discovers she has the ability to teleport but has no control over her destination. …
The main plot gets more complex as it turns out there are others with her superpower. And they come looking for Henry.
Madelaine Hasson plays the strong, unlikable lead character.
The cast is all good, but I particularly like Enuka Okuma as Anna Hulce. A good cop in a very bad situation.
And Daniel Maslany as Townes Linderman, an autistic student.
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I also watched the second and final season — but don’t recommend it.
One highlight, however, of season two is Callum Keith Rennie as Nikolai, another with Henry’s powers who’s trying to help(?) her.
And Townes gets a girlfriend.
Raised by Wolves is an American science fiction drama launched September 2020.
… “two androids—Father and Mother—tasked with raising human children on Kepler-22b after the Earth was destroyed by a great religious war. …
Great casting.
Unfortunately, all the human embryos they brought with them did not survive — except one.
It looked bad.
BUT a large ship of human refugees arrives. Led by a priesthood, it’s the theocracy that destroyed Earth.
The androids were programmed to start the new seed civilization based on science. Conflict results, of course.
If you like SciFi, I recommend it.
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Not the best TV comedy of the year. But it is original. Brave.
100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas stand-up comedy diva, needs to maintain relevance: the head of the casino where she performs wants to pare down her performance dates.
Ava is a Gen Z comedy writer who is unable to find work due to being “canceled” over an insensitive tweet. The two reluctantly team up …
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I really like Carl Clemons-Hopkins as the one smart get-it-done character.
Hannah Einbinder is intriguing. Here she plays an awkward loser.
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Having traveled over 90 nations, IF you asked me where to go in December … near bottom of the list would be Toronto, OnTerrible. 😀
Yet for reasons I’m too embarrassed to relate, I ended up staying in a downtown hostel for 5 nights.
ON THE UPSIDE, the Planet Traveler Hostel in Kensington Market is excellent. I knew the eclectic Kensington neighbourhood from the Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1980.
The STAR of King of Kensington was Al Waxman, a household name in those days.
Waxman died in 2001 — but there’s a statue of him in a neighbourhood park. Crowded by homeless tents.
I really did enjoy funky Kensington, however. Weird shops, cafes, and restaurants.
I went looking for the #GardenCar. And found it.
There’s a lot of bad graffiti. And some excellent art.
My best meal was slow cooked ribs and brisket from Hogtown Smoke. I brought it back to the hostel where the wine was cheap. 😀
What do you do in a big city during wet, dark winter?
MOVIES. MUSEUMS. STAGE PLAY. WALK. WALK. WALK.
First stop was an immersive van Gogh exhibit.
I attended my second NBA game ever. Toronto defeated the defending Champion Bucks — who were without their MVP Giannis that night.
My first visit to the Royal Ontario Museum was a surprise. Expensive. But excellent. The space compares well against the Prado in Madrid, for example.
My highlight? Light of the Desert, the world’s largest faceted cerussite gem, weighing 898 carats (179.6 g).
Next December? … Hawaii. 😀
Having now finished the trilogy of novellas, I’m impressed.
It’s a complex plot with many twists and turns. AND the relationship between nerdy Eve and the psycho killer makes a lot more sense than in the TV show.
Luke Jennings is an excellent writer.
As a teen, I wasn’t a big fan of Foundation — the book series — though I loved everything else written by Asimov.
Too sprawling.
It must have been intimidating to try to produce a coherent TV show.
Foundation chronicles “…the thousand year saga of The Foundation, a band of exiles who discover that the only way to save the Galactic Empire from destruction is to defy it.” …
Goyer pitched the series in one sentence: “It’s a 1,000-year chess game between Hari Seldon and the Empire, and all the characters in between are the pawns, but some of the pawns over the course of this saga end up becoming kings and queens.” …
Casting is excellent. Lee Pace is particularly good as Brother Day.
It’s beautiful to look at. Skillfully done. Critics love the show but it’s only 70% on Rotten Tomatoes.
I’ll probably continue to season 2. But it’s not must-watch for me.
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