Category: TV

Nashville – Season 1

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The series stars Connie Britton as Rayna Jaymes, a legendary country music superstar whose stardom is beginning to fade, and Hayden Panettiere as rising star Juliette Barnes. …

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I hate football, yet loved Friday Night Lights, partly because of Connie Britton.

I dislike both Country and Western music. Would Connie Britton convince me to like Nashville?

Season 1 got a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. People love it. 

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For me it’s OK. Not nearly as good as Friday Night Lights. Too much soap opera. I doubt I’ll go on to season 2.

ABC cancelled the series after 4 seasons. Fans are still trying to #BringBackNashville.

Tiny House TV shows

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I was surprised to hear of a reality TV series featuring very small houses.

Turns out there are MANY Tiny House TV shows. 🙂

Plenty of people should be downsizing.

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Bosch – season 1

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John and Laura recommended the  BBC One series Luther. Excellent.

And – as a followup – they recommended Bosch. Another excellent cop drama. Bosch is older, whiter, less sexy …

Luther is extreme in every way. Bosch “stubbornly slow-paced”. 🙂

Bosch is an American police procedural television series produced by Amazon Studios. It stars Titus Welliver as Los Angeles Police detective Harry Bosch.

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Also well worth watching. I’m continuing on to season 2.

Fargo (season 2)

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Excellent. It’s still got the Coen brothers weirdness of the original film.

And much better than True Detective (season 2).

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The second season of the American anthology black comedy–crime drama television series Fargo premiered on October 12, 2015, on FX.

Starring Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson, Jesse Plemons, Jean Smart and Ted Danson, the season consisted of ten episodes and concluded its airing on December 14, 2015.

Set primarily between Fargo, North Dakota and Luverne, Minnesota in March 1979, the season is a prequel to the first season detailing the events that lead to a massacre in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that was often mentioned in season one. …

related – Season 3 of Fargo won’t premiere until 2017

actor Jesse Plemons

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I’m astonished at the career this guy has already enjoyed.

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Jesse Lon Plemons (born April 2, 1988) is an American actor.

He is best known for playing Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights, Todd Alquist in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad, and Ed Blumquist in the second season of the FX anthology series Fargo.

Plemons is also known for his film roles, including Like Mike (2002), Battleship (2012), The Master (2012), and as mobster Kevin Weeks in Black Mass (2015). …

House of Cards (season 4)

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The fourth season has received generally positive reviews from critics.

On Metacritic, the season has a score of 76 out of 100 based on 17 reviews.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a score of 89 out of 100, with an average rating of 8.1/10 based on 27 reviews. The site’s critical consensus reads, “House of Cards retains its binge-worthiness by ratcheting up the drama, and deepening Robin Wright’s role even further.”

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It’s must watch TV. Addressing the issues of the day, especially the Donald Drumpf phenomenon. Evil in power.

That said, the plot line is pretty stupid. I’m surprised those writers cannot do better with the talent they’ve got.

It was great to see Robin Wright have a bigger role, but that’s about the only improvement this season.

Doug Stamper is good. Still.

Joel Kinnaman as Will Conway, Republican Governor of New York and Nominee for President of the United States running against Frank was a good choice.

But House of Cards could be much better.

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True Detective (season 2)

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… With a principal cast of Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly, and Vince Vaughn, the season comprises eight episodes and concluded its initial airing on August 9, 2015.

The season’s story takes place in California and follows the interweaving stories of officers from three cooperating police departments …

On paper, with that cast, this series must have looked fantastic.
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a rating of 65%, based on 72 reviews …

Hank Stuever of The Washington Post gave it a generally positive review, praising the performances, and wrote, “There is something still lugubrious and overwrought about True Detective, but there’s also a mesmerizing style to it — it’s imperfect, but well made.”[ …

Many who loved season 1 were critical of season 2. Too dark. Too confusing. A “self-serious mess“.

It tried too hard to be edgy, cool.

It needed some humour. Even one good character.

Still, I recommend True Detective (season 2). And look forward to season 3.

The Man in the High Castle

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I watched season 1. The premise of the story is interesting. The technology in 1962 fascinating.

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Not sure I’ll continue to season 2, however.

The Man in the High Castle is an American dystopian alternative history television series produced by Amazon Studios …

The series is loosely based on the 1962 novel of the same name by American science fiction author Philip K. Dick. …

The story is an alternative history of the world in which the Axis powers won World War II. The United States has been partitioned into three parts: The Japanese puppet state of the Pacific States of America, a Nazi puppet state that comprises the eastern half of the former United States; and a neutral zone that acts as a buffer between the two areas, called the Rocky Mountain States. …

A second season of ten episodes has been announced for a 2016 release.

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