Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television

he was addicted to being financially dominated lol

ok that WAS was pretty amusing

i love Youre The Worst so much

is it currently on TV? i don't know but we just watched the first ep of Crazy Ex Girlfriend last night and it is REALLY GOOD

is the new pamela adlon show any good?

One episode in, I'd say yes but the litmus test is "did you like louie?"

x-post - I liked Crazy Ex at first but wound up HATING it after a handful of episodes. You're the Worst Season 3 is currently on but the first two seasons are on Hulu.

Ulysses otm about the Pam Adlon show from someone also one ep in.

I am having a terrible bout of insomnia right now hence all the binge watching.

I've just finished the first series of You're The Worst, which is currently showing in the UK on obscure channel 5STAR. Straight into my ten favourite shows, no question, and that's before getting into series 2 which seems to have been the point at which everyone started raving about it in my line of vision. Must seek out the second series ASAP because I've no idea when that's airing over here and I need to see it. Like, now.

It shouldn't be this great - smart-ass couple fail to commit, both have kooky sidekick best friends, so far so sitcom cliche - but it really is.

imo second season goes into a slightly different direction but is also good, and the third is building on that pretty well

I'm also curious how actual british people feel about the episode where Jimmy's family visits :)

Oh, I've had spoilers galore about the direction season 2 goes in, hence why I wanted to check it out. But I love it in and of itself thus far.

xpost - is it worse than Daphne's family in Frasier?

they visit but just want to sit on his couch, watch eurovision, and chain smoke

They're just really stereotypically chavy.

Watched the 3 new eps last night. Still good. I kind of love Lindsay even though she's obviously a terrible person and I might have been a little harsh on her brother-in-law. So, the other thing I'm watching right now is OITNB. Hadn't mentioned it here because I'm like 3 years behind on that one but I got excited when I saw that Poussey is Grethen's new therapist.

the bit where Jimmy's sister thinks her grocery store coworkers back home have been telling her tall tales about american stores, only to find out the vegetable misting w/thunder noises is real, is great

dammit it sounds good but Demand5 only has from ep3.

You'll get the gist from there.

Just found a couple of versions of YTW series 1 on Pirate Bay. Not sure if there's a 2 there taht isn't massive.
Also just found the Web series of High maintenance, at least up to 2014.

JUst finished The Night Of tonight. Where do I know the Indian lawyer from, is she the girl from lucky Man?
saw Riz on Jonathon Ross over the weekend, hadn't realised he was a British rapper until I saw that.

Yes, Lucky Man

The song at the end of YTW s3e2 is so good. Lina Tullgren, "Grace."

Feels weird how emotionally invested I am with everyone but Lindsay/hubby (who are still funny but Lindsay isn't as humanized for now) for what started out as a shitty people/shitty things sitcom.

Jimmy's face at the end of ep 3 was so beautifully acted, this show always catches me by surprise in the small moments

also the stupid doctor playing taps on harmonica cracked me up

watched eps 3 and 4, ep 3 was weird and the guy just reminded me of Will from the Inbetweeners
but 4 was better. I don't get who anyone is yet. And it's only 20 minutes long!
Crazy ex-g is way better ayooooo

Glad to see all the love for "You're The Worst". Season 2 had one of the most masterful portraits of depression on TV bar none.

I think I'm gonna watch this new ABC show Notorious for a few more episodes. It seems like my kind of garbage.

pleasantly surprised by the quality of Easy (Netflix), the scenarios/dialogue feel pretty natural. Has there been any discussion of the show here?

Watched so many pilots this week

Pitch: loved it. Great first ep. I'm in.

The Exorcist: surprisingly cinematic. Pilot is a bit too piloty but I liked it overal

Designated Surivor: zzzz, resultant paste of every president-y tv show ever. Keifer looks good in NASA glasses tho.

MacGyver: DNW. So fucking boring and dumb. Avoid like plague & watch Burn Notice reruns instead.

I watched three eps of Easy and hated the second and third. I don't get the appeal of Swanberg's stuff at all.

Swanberg's steez annoys the shit of me.

*out of me

I quite liked Happy Christmas and Drinking Buddies but I'm pretty sure those coasted on actors I liked rather than anything Swanberg did. This time it doesn't look strong on actors I like so I don't have high hopes.

Talky indie romantic things are completely hit or miss these days whether it's Swanberg or the Duplass Bros or Lynn Shelton.

I might stick with The Exorcist for a little while. Most of the horror stuff was TV cheesy, but when the sister was lurching across the attic it really creeped me out in a good way.

Will definitely give Designated Survivor a few more episodes.

The season premiere of Shameless is streaming online now (I have Showtime through Hulu); the broadcast premiere date is 10/2. Just watched it - it's a strong start.

i guess no one but me is watching Halt and Catch Fire?

Fleabag is now available in the US via Amazon. Interested to know what people think.

Fleabag is now available in the US via Amazon. Interested to know what people think.

unfunny, "edgy" raunch plus literal winking at the camera. terrible

it becomes a lot more than that but yeah don't stick with if you're not into her steez

Swanberg's steez annoys the shit of me.

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl)

How would you describe his steez (sic)? Of his work (that I'm aware of), I've only seen this series. The bulk of the material felt more realistic than that of shows like Love, Flaked, and Master of None. The general tone of Easy kind of recalls that of Louis in some instances, as well as the Marc Maron show (with less overt comedy). "Controlada" (one of the eight episodes) doesn't feel very stylized, at all. Same with the Brewery Bros eps, there's a sense of realism to the characters' actions. I'm wondering what it is about this stuff that rubs people the wrong way, and how would you define the style of it?

Fleabag is way better than the first episode suggests

Swanberg is basically the evolution of mumblecore with better lighting and sound.

case in point: I love Anna Kendrick & Jake Johnson but I found Drinking Buddies so meandering & awkward as to be almost unwatchable

it is so "real" that watching feels a) unnecessary and b) a waste of time

I watched 3 episodes of Easy. I like the first 2 episodes. Yeah theres an easygoing naturalness to it that I like. The Maron episode is pretty weak though.

I am watching Halt and Catch Fire, too!

new season of transparent is pretty damn good so far

I am watching the first ep of Transparent and really struggling with the crisis-line subplot, can't tell if poorly researched or if it's normal for American crisis lines to be this haphazard / poorly trained. Yikes.

i think that's the worst one thus far for me too. it improves notably once the whole cast shows up! Single character episodes betray just how hollow and self centered these characters aer.

has anyone watched "the kettering incident"? my friend just recommended it to me

Yes! Been watching it recently, only up to ep 4 or 5. It is verrrrry slow paced, but that doesnt disctract from the story. It almost has a picnic at hanging rock sort of feel, but modernised. Very slow and moody and creepy.

I haven't seen anything non-awful by Swanberg. Actors seem to love him though!

Thought Fleabag was wonderful. Some annoying BBC "edgy" signifiers (like the hideous rawk credits theme) but was really well-written for the most part. I don't think it quite pulled off the descent into "seriousness" in the last two episodes - some of the extended monologues were pretty dire and the last episode twist was, well, basically not a twist at all because it so obvious. (It's also a pet peeve of mine when writers confuse depression with suicidal depression, because there's dramatic mileage in the latter.)

But! I'd definitely watch more. The brief scene between Bill Patterson and Fleabag on the street in the last episode was lovely.

But - it wasn't supposed to be actually "suicidal" - right?

Right, the outcome is never in doubt, but it's using suicide as a dramatic prop, with a character whoclearly isn't suicidal. It's a fringe theatre cliche and lazy thinking about mental health. Just a trope I've noticed that irrationally annoys me.

(Sorry - I was talking about what Fleabag seems to be doing at the end, not the story with Boo.)

Untold Stories of the E.R. not sure if this is still being made or just being repeated on a channel I have.
But tend to find it interesting. Also Sex Sent Me to Hospital. But maybe that's just trash TV needing to be watched