@jamie , saw that you mentioned Dexter and heard about it from another friend so I decided to start from the beginning. Binge-watched the first season, I'm into the second one and getting into Dexter's dark humor.
I watched five seasons of Dexter before moving on. The Julia Stiles season and the John Lithgow season were my favorites. Lithgow in particular was really something. Antihero characters like Dexter, Ray Donovan, Walter White, Tony Soprano, Seong Gi-Hun, and so many others seem to have become as popular these days as traditional heroes. We've come a loooong way from the Gunsmoke days.
I watched five seasons of Dexter before moving on. The Julia Stiles season and the John Lithgow season were my favorites. Lithgow in particular was really something. Antihero characters like Dexter, Ray Donovan, Walter White, Tony Soprano, Seong Gi-Hun, and so many others seem to have become as popular these days as traditional heroes. We've come a loooong way from the Gunsmoke days.
I'm watching it to fill a need for something to follow. I got into Homeland years after others discovered it and after finishing that series I have yet to find another that has me as hooked. I tried Sleeper Cell, also an old one, but the writing and acting didn't compare. So for now I'll leave the CIA behind and follow a serial killer fighting for truth justice and the American way. Wish I could mix the plots a bit, because I find Dexter's girl Rita tiresome, and since I can't imagine him killing her, I could see someone from Homeland sliding into the plot to carry her off to GITMO.
I watched five seasons of Dexter before moving on. The Julia Stiles season and the John Lithgow season were my favorites. Lithgow in particular was really something. Antihero characters like Dexter, Ray Donovan, Walter White, Tony Soprano, Seong Gi-Hun, and so many others seem to have become as popular these days as traditional heroes. We've come a loooong way from the Gunsmoke days.
I'm watching it to fill a need for something to follow. I got into Homeland years after others discovered it and after finishing that series I have yet to find another that has me as hooked. I tried Sleeper Cell, also an old one, but the writing and acting didn't compare. So for now I'll leave the CIA behind and follow a serial killer fighting for truth justice and the American way. Wish I could mix the plots a bit, because I find Dexter's girl Rita tiresome, and since I can't imagine him killing her, I could see someone from Homeland sliding into the plot to carry her off to GITMO.
It's interesting to hear your reaction to Rita. I've chatted with a number of people about this series, and I've heard them say they got tired of Rita or Dexter's sister or Dexter's father or Dexter himself. Personally, I fell into that final group, but I always enjoyed the guest stars.
If you're looking to get hooked on a series, I'd recommend Breaking Bad. It's one of the few series that effectively showed the evolution of a character over multiple seasons.
5 episodes into “The Shrink Next Door” and still hate it. Tried “You” last night. The stalking is too creepy.
Need something new but we’ve seen Ted Lasso, Morning Show, Hacks, all of Yellowstone, Mare, American Rust, Friends from College, Only Murders, White Lotus, Nine Perfect Strangers.
Anyone watch True Story on Netflix? Anything else fairly recent that we’ve missed?
ETA: Also watched The Flight Attendant, Broadchurch, Dead to Me.
5 episodes into “The Shrink Next Door” and still hate it. Tried “You” last night. The stalking is too creepy.
Need something new but we’ve seen Ted Lasso, Morning Show, Hacks, all of Yellowstone, Mare, American Rust, Friends from College, Only Murders, White Lotus, Nine Perfect Strangers.
Anyone watch True Story on Netflix? Anything else fairly recent that we’ve missed?
ETA: Also watched The Flight Attendant, Broadchurch, Dead to Me.
I'd suggest Workin' Moms or Kim's Convenience on Netflix. Both fun and somewhat light. Short episodes.
Have you tried Succession on HBO? It's creepy and the people and situations are awful but I can't look away. Acting is superb.
Also, if you haven't seen Catastrophe, on Prime, I'd recommend it.
Tried an episode of Reservation Dogs based on phenomenal reviews. Couldn’t get through one episode.
I stuck with it, because my son was living with us at the time and really wanted to watch it. I felt it got better and better. Found it very affecting by the end.
In the under the radar category (but well reviewed by critics and viewers), I blew through and enjoyed the first 2 seasons of a Belgian series called Into the Night. It's labeled as a sci fi series, and its main story arc is driven by a sci fi premise, buts its more of a suspenseful human conflict thriller from episode to episode. If this is your kind of thing, it works.
Each episode of Dexter usually ends with a bit of a cliffhanger from what I remember so, it lends well to being binge-able.
Another show that ended each episode with a cliffhanger is 24. It's hard to stop watching that one once you start. It was such a great role for Kiefer. I can't believe it started in 2002 - it doesn't feel like that long ago.
In the under the radar category (but well reviewed by critics and viewers), I blew through and enjoyed the first 2 seasons of a Belgian series called Into the Night. It's labeled as a sci fi series, and its main story arc is driven by a sci fi premise, buts its more of a suspenseful human conflict thriller from episode to episode. If this is your kind of thing, it works.
I'm in the middle of a comedy drama called Reservation Dogs, about teens on a reservation out west who hustle and commit petty crimes to raise money so they can leave the reservation and go to California. It's not sit-commy or plot intensive. It a low key, slice of life thing, which I like.
I finished a South Korean sci fi series called The Silent Sea. I won't say it was great but there was something about it that made me binge watch it. It's suspenseful and mysterious.
Station Eleven on HBO is wonderful. It deals with a pandemic far more deadly than Covid and its aftermath, so it is upsetting, especially in early episodes. However, it's beautifully directed and filmed, and the actors' performances are superb.
Agree, great finale, but I was hoping this season was the start of a whole new Dexter for a few seasons.
I've held off watching Yellowjackets as I am not a fan of Juliette Lewis but I'm running out of things to watch. Waiting for Billions to start. Watching Homeland again.
I watched five seasons of Dexter before moving on. The Julia Stiles season and the John Lithgow season were my favorites. Lithgow in particular was really something. Antihero characters like Dexter, Ray Donovan, Walter White, Tony Soprano, Seong Gi-Hun, and so many others seem to have become as popular these days as traditional heroes. We've come a loooong way from the Gunsmoke days.