Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

Re: Mark Sanford (HA!): "As a result, "hiking the Appalachian Trail" or "hiking the Appalachians" became a euphemism for a sexual scandal in the English language." -wiki

Enjoyed the new Simon Amstell special, 'Set Free'.

He's very skillful at displaying his vulnerability.

Instant Hotel is some addictive stuff. I really hope they're going to do more of it.

i read the Family and C Street back when they were released and didn't shut up about it for weeks. while a lot of it does seem rather quaint in the age of trump
i thought the Wolf King episode did a nice job of tying it all together.

The Inbestigators is fantastic kids TV (from the people behind the equally ace Little Lunch).

Also thought the first episode of The Dark Crystal was really good although quite um, dark in places.

The Bletchley Circle appeared on my netflix a week ago and two episodes in, I love it. (especially coming off The Bodyguard which was pthsssth (how did that get so any awards???))

Dark Crystal is SO fkng good, cannot stop watching

We started it and could only handle 15 minutes. I am going to try to start it again when I can concentrate more. It seems to get really good reviews.

Like the original film I do find it requires an odd kind of concentration to get into - I suppose because everything is different.

The Dark Crystal was the first movie my parents ever took me to see in the theater. I now realize I have no clue what is going on in this ( I finished one episode).

About halfway through the latest series of Thirteen Reasons Why. I get why ILX is suspicious of it but I think it's amazing - contemporary young adult social issues as interpreted by wildly ambitious, hyperliterate and audacious-to-the-point-of-horrifying Gen X goth writing/direction team. Even if I'm watching through my fingers, even if my sense of the show's moral centre undergoes all sorts of sickening rollercoaster upheavals, it's the most compelling thing on television by a street

Also it has an amazing soundtrack. Spotted Ride's Sennen in the last episode, alongside more contemporary offerings (the latest Low album makes an appearance in the same episode I think)

You might want to check out Euphoria

I watched the first season of 13 which was fine. The second one was bad. I am not touching the 3rd even though I am thrilled about the character who was killed. I kind of dislike all the actors on the show.

c+p for every television thread tbh

The third season of 13RW is the best so far in terms of actual writing imo, though I wouldn’t expect everyone to agree owing to how ethically queasy it can be at times. Its internal morality system has gone wild! It’s also leaning in heavily to the whole paranoid noir aesthetic and it just works so well.

Obviously super indulgent and road trip conceit lazy, but:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjljgkCQv5c

road trip conceit lazy

as opposed to the detailed, intricate concepts behind the previous Between Two Fernses, the CBB TV show, and Michael Bolton's variety show?

Yes. Road trip is what comedies do when they don't have enough ideas to fill an entire script.

(with exceptions, of course!)

seems like an excuse to hang sketches together, like those other Aukerman shows and the last long-form Ferns

Sixth season of The 100 is up - not bad for a CW sci-fi show but it's always rushing forward with 'what terrible thing can happen before this commercial break' and would be much better with a little pacing.

Season 2 of the 100 was pretty great

I watched the first episode of Samurai Gourmet with one of my daughters, and she gave me so many WTF glares then refused to watch another one. Can't say that I particularly want to watch another one, either, but hey, for a novelty it was an otherwise harmless 18 minutes.

Season 3 of Documentary Now is up, feat. "Original Cast Album: Co-op."

does documentary now ever get really funny and not just authentic? I liked the thin blue line one but the rest is just ok

watched ep 1 of The Family.
got bored.
worth spending time with the rest, or is it as drawn out and tedious as ep 1 ?

well, they at least stop showing that image of them playing touch football. I am stalled around episode 4 and may not pick it back up.

aren't there only 5 total? the re-enactments end after ep 1 iirc. that is what i found irritating about the beginning. idk if i can recommend it. my reflexive near-constant disgust about "the family" has finally begun to fade at least.

Those re-enactments were killing me. The part about the National Prayer Breakfasts were really interesting mostly because I had no clue what that involved.

Yeah re-enactments in general are unbearable. when "the family" went international is where i almost lost my mind -- i keep coming back to the phrase "nonconsensual diplomacy" and having waking nightmares thinking about it :(

so yeah i guess i would recommend it because it's real and monumentally fucked up

I was going back and forth between 20 minutes of The Family and 20 minutes of K Burns Vietnam doc here and there and that was probably not the best idea.

oh my GOD
rapidly cycling waking nightmare
the vietnam doc was excellent though, i'd recommend that to anyone

otm

It's very good. I was watching them back to back to really amp up my distrust of white men.

Anyone watching the Sasha Baron Cohen (in serious mode) Israeli spy thing?

i blew through all 4 seasons of Schitts Creek last week and onto s5 on demand - i’m so in love

It's the best show (haven't seen season 5 yet, still refuse to buy anything on demand)

My wife loves that show (Schitt's Creek)! She keeps prodding me to give it a chance.

weird to see some cbc content break out of the can con ghetto. I've only caught an episode or two but it seems a cut above

at first it seems like just a fish out of water comedy about awful people, which is fine, but it really blooms into something much richer & enjoyable over time. it has really blown me away

and Levy & O’Hara are just *chef’s kiss*

I kind of feel like one's taste for ott Chris Elliott plays a role in one's appreciation for this show.

The new Simon Amstell stand-up is excellent.

The Schitt's Creek characters all have lovable qualities that bloom over the course of the show's run, which lifts it well beyond its ridiculous premise.

cosigning the love for Schitt's Creek, imo once you get past the first few episodes it's all uphill

you mean downhill, right?

sorry I meant "increasing in quality" but mangled my metaphors

<3

uphill and downhill are both bad, right? lol