Armchair Critics - Let's Talk TV

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Classic recommendations - Firefly, Castle, Eureka, Quantum Leap (my favourite show of all time), Community

Eureka is brill! And warehouse.. 13! Two great shows.

[Necro]

Love The Rookie Molly. There's a little something... different that sets it apart from other shows of a similar nature.

[cee_jay]

Another big fan of The Rookie here. Really enjoyed it.

[Trigger]

Not to be confused with the Dennis Quaid movie of the same name

[E.N.]

Star Trek Lower Decks season 2 was out yesterday so I'll be getting stuck into that too

Is that good? Couldn't find it when it came out but didn't try too hard. Just seen it's on Prime though, might give it a spin

Quantum Leap (my favourite show of all time)

Excellent choice! I loved that so much, back in the day. I suspect it's dated but I would like to see it again at some point


Watched the first episode of Dispatches from Elsewhere tonight. Promising start, looking forward to carrying on. A bit like "The Game" with Michael Douglas, but more lighthearted. Quite an offbeat style to it, which I like

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Caught the first 2 eps of The Watch on bbc2 tonight. It was alright, I thought. Not spectacular enough to go on the high seas but decent enough that I stuck it on the planner for the next few weeks.

[Zaph]

Star Trek Lower Decks season 2 was out yesterday so I'll be getting stuck into that too

Is that good? Couldn't find it when it came out but didn't try too hard. Just seen it's on Prime though, might give it a spin

Watched season 1 and tbh wasn't that impressed. I like the premise behind it, but for me it just completely lacked any humour. If it didn't say Star Trek on it I definitely wouldn't have persevered with it to the end. Won't be bothering with season 2.

[Diamonds of Frost]

We are watching a truly groundbreaking and amazing show - Shmigadoon!!

[RSOAPS]

Star Trek Lower Decks season 2 was out yesterday so I'll be getting stuck into that too

Is that good? Couldn't find it when it came out but didn't try too hard. Just seen it's on Prime though, might give it a spin

I loved it. Does take a couple of episodes to hit its stride, but once it gets going it's excellent. By far my favourite of the recent Star Trek shows (although Discovery and Picard hadn't exactly set the highest of bars to begin with).

[jp liz v1]

Love The Rookie Molly. There's a little something... different that sets it apart from other shows of a similar nature.

The character Tim 

[Zaph]

We are watching a truly groundbreaking and amazing show - Shmigadoon!! 

I saw the trailer. I'm still scarred from the experience!!!

[aaronjennings]

Classic recommendations - Firefly, Castle, Eureka, Quantum Leap (my favourite show of all time), Community

Eureka is brill! And warehouse.. 13! Two great shows.

Add Haven to the list of amazing shows that SyFy made around that period

[iammetaldave]

Currents stories being watched -

1 - Curb Your Enthusiasm
2 - Billions
3 - Raised By Wolves
4 - The Rookie
5 - Prodigal Son

My all-out favourite is The Sopranos, to say I have watched it through no less than 20 times is not an exaggeration.

I have The Big Bang Theory on constant rotation as it's my go-to sleep TV show.. Sheldon is the bizz

[Kol]

Anyone watching Raised by wolves? Watched the first episode last night but not really digging it. Reluctant to continue.

[cee_jay]

I really disliked Raised by Wolves... But nobody was surprised by this in this house as SciFi isn't really my go to. Mr CJ enjoyed it, he is a massive SciFi fan.

[Mollyb60]

Classic recommendations - Firefly, Castle, Eureka, Quantum Leap (my favourite show of all time), Community

Eureka is brill! And warehouse.. 13! Two great shows.

Yes! Warehouse 13 was an excellent show. Never really watched Haven so I might have to give that a go this winter. 

Star Trek Lower Decks season 2 was out yesterday so I'll be getting stuck into that too

Is that good? Couldn't find it when it came out but didn't try too hard. Just seen it's on Prime though, might give it a spin

Quantum Leap (my favourite show of all time)

Excellent choice! I loved that so much, back in the day. I suspect it's dated but I would like to see it again at some point


Watched the first episode of Dispatches from Elsewhere tonight. Promising start, looking forward to carrying on. A bit like "The Game" with Michael Douglas, but more lighthearted. Quite an offbeat style to it, which I like

Loved Lower Decks. Its a rare show that makes me actually laugh out loud (Only ones I can think of off hand are Community, Schitts Creek, the Good Place and Archer maybe at a stretch) but this show does. It's proper Trek in my eyes. Not like the most recent trash coming out of the ST family (Discovery is pure bollox, Picard isn't much better). 
If you like Trek I'd highly highly recommend The Orville. An excellent show, and that's coming from me who hates Seth McFarland with a passion. Another show that's made me laugh out loud.

I actually have the full 5 season boxed set of Quantum Leap here. I started rewatching it a while back but never made it the whole way through before I upgraded my laptop and lost the DVD slot. I still think the show holds up really well and hasn't dated too badly at all. They tackled pretty tough issues very well during its run I think.

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Lower Decks is great fun, omg The Orville is epic, love it!

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Cool, I'll get onto Lower Decks
Agree with Discovery - I thought it was OK to start and really tried to stay onside with it but the third series was atrocious crap.
Picard was nice in a nostalgic way but really wasn't up to much

I did start the Orville and was really enjoying it until my NowTV credit ran out! Will get back to it

[E.N.]

I really disliked Raised by Wolves... But nobody was surprised by this in this house as SciFi isn't really my go to. Mr CJ enjoyed it, he is a massive SciFi fan.

Well that confused me until I googled it! I was thinking of the Caitlin Moran sitcom of the same name, which was grand.

On the Irish-tinged sitcoms theme, This Way Up on C4 is worth a watch. I was skeptical (as a general rule I think sitcoms written by stand-ups usually fall short) but I really liked it, Aisling Bea did a great job. Sharon Horgan being in it means you have to compare it to Catastrophe, and it's not that good, but still worth a watch

[Trigger]

I like Aisling Bea, she's very funny in her series of Taskmaster.. which if you haven't watched is brilliant

[Zaph]

I like Aisling Bea, she's very funny in her series of Taskmaster.. which if you haven't watched is brilliant

Saw her do a short stand up set at Cat Laughs a few years ago and she was very funny. Would definitely go see her again. She's very likeable and entertaining in anything she appears in.

[jp liz v1]

Currents stories being watched -

1 - Curb Your Enthusiasm
2 - Billions
3 - Raised By Wolves
4 - The Rookie
5 - Prodigal Son

My all-out favourite is The Sopranos, to say I have watched it through no less than 20 times is not an exaggeration.

I have The Big Bang Theory on constant rotation as it's my go-to sleep TV show.. Sheldon is the bizz

I much prefer Young Sheldon

[HeyV]

Not tv exactly but I started watching Greys Anatomy lately on Disney+ after years of loads of people in work telling me to watch it...
I’m now on season 12 and totally hooked!
Had never seen any of it before, so it’s totally new, fresh viewing for me!
No spoilers please  

[quickbeam]

Started The Good Wife this weekend.

[HeyV]

Started The Good Wife this weekend.

That’s another one on my list-are you enjoying it?

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Not tv exactly but I started watching Greys Anatomy lately on Disney+ after years of loads of people in work telling me to watch it...
I’m now on season 12 and totally hooked!
Had never seen any of it before, so it’s totally new, fresh viewing for me!
No spoilers please  

I never got around to it either *makes note*

I've been watching According to Jim, a bit dated in it's humour, but a grand background watch.

I have Masterchef Australia all downloaded from this year but haven't started it yet, plus Lego Masters AU and US.

[Toto Wolfcastle]

We've been watching series 2 of Taskmaster New Zealand lately. Series 1 was excellent and I think series 2 might actually be even funnier.

[HeyV]

Not tv exactly but I started watching Greys Anatomy lately on Disney+ after years of loads of people in work telling me to watch it...
I’m now on season 12 and totally hooked!
Had never seen any of it before, so it’s totally new, fresh viewing for me!
No spoilers please  

I never got around to it either *makes note*

I've been watching According to Jim, a bit dated in it's humour, but a grand background watch.

I have Masterchef Australia all downloaded from this year but haven't started it yet, plus Lego Masters AU and US.

Oh, you should give Greys a go! Never seen According to Jim, but I’ll make a note too! 
You can’t really go wrong with Masterchef - it’s one of those ones that you just HAVE TO watch just one more episode!

[HeyV]

We've been watching series 2 of Taskmaster New Zealand lately. Series 1 was excellent and I think series 2 might actually be even funnier.

What’s it all about?

[quickbeam]

Started The Good Wife this weekend.

That’s another one on my list-are you enjoying it?

Literally just the first episode so far, but it's definitely promising. Alibi are showing it from the beginning so I have had it recording the last few weeks.

(because I'm a tech illiterate and can't be dealing with all this streaming malarky the kids get up to these days)

[HeyV]

That’s another one on my list-are you enjoying it?

Literally just the first episode so far, but it's definitely promising.  Alibi are showing it from the beginning so I have had it recording the last few weeks.

(because I'm a tech illiterate and can't be dealing with all this streaming malarky the kids get up to these days)

That’s the series with yer man in it, isn’t it??

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We've been watching series 2 of Taskmaster New Zealand lately. Series 1 was excellent and I think series 2 might actually be even funnier.

What’s it all about?

Taskmaster is excellent, the brits version has 5 comedians competing to complete ridiculous tasks set by Greg Davis and Alex Horne. Hilarity ensues. Not seen the NZ version. The US version was a tad flat. You'll get the British one on all4 for free, and I think nearly all are up on their YouTube channel too. Would recommend!

[Toto Wolfcastle]

We've been watching series 2 of Taskmaster New Zealand lately. Series 1 was excellent and I think series 2 might actually be even funnier.

What’s it all about?

A bunch of comedians are given tasks to complete and points are awarded to find a winner. They film the tasks separately and only see how everyone else has done when they film the studio shows. There have been 11 UK series as well, plus some specials.

[Toto Wolfcastle]

What’s it all about?

Taskmaster is excellent, the brits version has 5 comedians competing to complete ridiculous tasks set by Greg Davis and Alex Horne. Hilarity ensues. Not seen the NZ version. The US version was a tad flat. You'll get the British one on all4 for free, and I think nearly all are up on their YouTube channel too. Would recommend!

The NZ version is on YouTube. Well worth a watch.

[quickbeam]

Literally just the first episode so far, but it's definitely promising.  Alibi are showing it from the beginning so I have had it recording the last few weeks.

(because I'm a tech illiterate and can't be dealing with all this streaming malarky the kids get up to these days)

That’s the series with yer man in it, isn’t it??

Tis.

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Thanks Toto, I'll stick it on my quick binge list for next week. I'm going to do Lower Decks season 1 tomorrow because I've forgotten most of it!

[jp liz v1]

Eureka is brill! And warehouse.. 13! Two great shows.

Add Haven to the list of amazing shows that SyFy made around that period

And also Orphan Black

[Neowise]

Add Haven to the list of amazing shows that SyFy made around that period

And also Orphan Black

Great show that.

[RSOAPS]

Not tv exactly but I started watching Greys Anatomy lately on Disney+ after years of loads of people in work telling me to watch it...
I’m now on season 12 and totally hooked!
Had never seen any of it before, so it’s totally new, fresh viewing for me!
No spoilers please  

I've also gotten into Grey's Anatomy for the very first time thanks to Disney + and loving it.

I'm obviously moving at a much slower viewing pace though, as I'm only quite early on in Season 3, but it's great.

I do know certain things that happen along the way, certain cast changes and the like, simply due to pop culture osmosis, so I'm perhaps trying to savour the experience of the early seasons a bit more knowing that perhaps not all of the characters I've become most attached to will be around forever.

[RSOAPS]

We've been watching series 2 of Taskmaster New Zealand lately. Series 1 was excellent and I think series 2 might actually be even funnier.

The New Zealand version is brilliant and Series 2 is currently up there with my favourite series of Taskmaster UK (series 7) but could quite probably surpass it.

David Correos may very well be the greatest Taskmaster contestant ever.