Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

Big hit amongst the red state folks from what I understand.

that's an explanation.

I’m theoretically in Kutcher country and I’ve never even heard of it

it's like those network sitcoms like Last Man Standing that nobody watches but have been on for like 12 seasons

Last man standing gets good ratings

I’m pretty sure The Ranch does too. Just probably don’t associate with people who watch it. I work with a few uhhh, church going, conservative types and it’s like their favorite show.

For some reason on IMDB, they skip from S4 (last year) to S8 (this year), so there's actually just five seasons.

...and over 5000 images!

I watched the first season of The Ranch. It's a dumb sitcom with a laugh track, which isn't really my thing, but for a dumb sitcom with a laugh track I thought it wasn't bad. At the time, I didn't get the impression it was actually a conservative show, but it's definitely written by people who have spent a lot of time in red-state America and know it well. But I haven't seen it since Trump was elected, so I don't know how its politics come across now.

I just read a summary of Last Man Standing (i orig. thought you were talking about Last Comic Standing) and this show looks very...trash-like.

For some reason on IMDB, they skip from S4 (last year) to S8 (this year), so there's actually just five seasons.

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain),

totally weird that on Netflix it's also listed as season 8.

looking again on NF, I guess that they reconfigured older seasons into two parts.

The Ranch got some criticism during the #metoo heydey a year ago due to Danny Masterson still being on it (he'd been accused of something, I can't remember now).

https://news.avclub.com/at-the-drive-ins-cedric-bixler-zavala-accuses-church-of-1841194933

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Cedric Bixler-Zavala, singer for the bands The Mars Volta and At the Drive-In, alleged that Masterson sexually assaulted his wife Chrissie Carnell Bixler, and stated his band's song "Incurably Innocent" (from the 2017 album In•ter a•li•a) is about the incident.

In August 2019, four women filed a lawsuit against Masterson and the Church of Scientology for stalking and harassment, stemming from their rape allegations. One plaintiff claims her dog mysteriously died from (unexplained) traumatic injuries to its trachea and esophagus; she also alleges that church members chased her as she drove her car, filmed her without permission, harassed her online and posted ads to social media sites soliciting sex in her name. Another plaintiff stated that she and her neighbors observed a man snapping pictures from her driveway and later that night someone broke a window in her 13-year-old daughter's bedroom. Such stalking and harassment claims are indicative of a Scientology term titled Fair Game, which was officially cancelled by L. Ron Hubbard in 1968; but the plaintiffs lawyers claim it continues through 'outsourcing' to private investigators and off duty police officers, to any detractors and ex-members of the church. Masterson has since responded to one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit claiming "I’m not going to fight my ex-girlfriend in the media like she’s been baiting me to do for more than two years. I will beat her in court—and look forward to it because the public will finally be able learn the truth and see how I’ve been railroaded by this woman and once her lawsuit is thrown out, I intend to sue her and the others who jumped on the bandwagon for the damage they caused me and my family." He has not addressed the stalking or harassment claims.

On January 22nd, 2020, Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta & At The Drive-In reported that a second of his family pets had to be put down due to being fed rat poison wrapped inside a rolled up piece of raw meat alleging that this was done by Scientologists in response to his repeated public statements alleging Masterson of raping his wife (who was one of the four women who filed suit against Masterson). Masterson has yet to directly respond to any of Bixler-Zavala's claims or his prior rape allegations made by Chrissie Carnell Bixler with the closest acknowledgement being Masterson's wife Bijou Phillips making an Instagram post mocking Carnell Bixlers court papers against Masterson.

Also o_O @Masterson being married TO BIJOU PHILLIPS.

they're both by all accounts pretty awful, it makes sense

second season of sex education is great - this show has so much heart and the characters are so well-drawn, i fuckin' love it

watched this week, and agree.
i absolutely loved it.
my teenkid came in during one episode, and was annoyed i was watching it as all his friends have been watching it.
my response : 'you are more than welcome to watch it, but i suspect that this is not something you want to watch with me .. '
i just wish my life was so full of literal colour.
every scene is full of random rich colours.

it's cool that actual teens have been watching it!

all the teens are great in it and I want to protect them all

could not agree more.
but there a lot of scenes that i know mk2 (16) would find rather weird if i was sat next to him.
oh, and it's bloody funny.
i enjoyed a lot of genuine belly laughs.

I'm over 40 and watching that show with a parent would be uncomfortable

also, i wont deny it, as per the title of the show, i was educated.

i wanted to like it but i couldn't. i am a fan of sex education and gillian anderson but "show about teens" was the prevailing takeaway from what i watched and i am not a teen nor do i need to relate to any (not a parent, not anyone's go-to source of info)

But you <were> a teen at some point, right?

indeed i was -- and it was miserable, some of the worst years of my life objectively speaking. i am not nostalgic for that time whatsoever.

apologies for the tmi, netflix thread!

i hated my teens.
absolutely the worst time of my life.
saved only by nme/cabaret voltaire/on-u sound/foetus.
however, my own teens are living a very different life.
and if they get to learn about their own sexuality via a brilliantly funny/beautifully made tv show, then more power to them.

xpost etc.

I was a miserable teen and watching the show is kind of healing. Everyone is supported in some way, bad adults exist but they're countered by ones who have their shit together, and there's a sense of solidarity I seldom felt as a kid

https://gizmodo.com/at-long-last-our-netflix-autoplay-nightmare-is-over-1841499223

About time!

great news! hate those so much.

I really liked being a teenager, but not in an weirdo nostalgic way. I still really love all shows about teens. I still have to finish the second season of Sex Ed.

I once watched Superbad with my father in law while all three of us sat on our bed because our only tv was in the bedroom and he was visiting. We did not know the movie was going to be that sexual.

Granted, my FIL has been married 5 times so I am sure he was like "whatevs".

Superbad was interesting in that it straddled a time between a lot of the "teens trying to hook up! male hijinks!" and a somewhat different era. It felt dated in an odd way only a few years after release.

The dumb kid stuff and ott cops being idiots, maybe more timeless

Any non-sitcom series recommendations? Need something to sustain me in between episodes of Picard.

Cheer!

Watched and enjoyed!

About time!

I watched Bridesmaids with my mom, and there is that scene with the mom who has three teenage sons, and she complains that there is semen stains everywhere, on blankets, on all their laundry, and my mom laughed like I've kinda never seen before. Yeah, it was awkward.

Re Sex Education, I can't believe how much the actor who plays Adam looks like the actor who plays his father, Mr Groff. They are not related irl.

Re Sex Education, I can't believe how much the actor who plays Adam looks like the actor who plays his father, Mr Groff. They are not related irl.

isn't it?!

Wow, was wondering about that.

In related news, I was really pleased with all they did in S2 w/Mrs. Groff, especially given how she had maybe three lines first time around.

Yes, I really liked the character and was happy about that too. I also liked the female empowerment thing around the "breakfast club" scenario in s2. ep.7

They did that really well. An homage without it being obnoxiously shoved in the audience face

Watching Locke and Key, a terribly named but fun hokum - seems to be a lot more ‘adult’ than it’s otherwise YA nature.

The closed captions for one scene read “dubious instrumentation”

Also, starting a show with the exact worst haircut is the Chekhov’s gun of makeovers.

Re Sex Education, I can't believe how much the actor who plays Adam looks like the actor who plays his father, Mr Groff. They are not related irl.

― Good taste, bit Victorian but who isn't? (jed_), Friday, February 7, 2020 12:41 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Sameeeee!!! I also looked them up!

In every episode, I laughed, I cried, I empathized. I love it.

Giri/Haji has an early episode where someone is searching a crime scene to "investigatory music." xxp

locke and key is based on a comic so there you go with the name