The Official Good Television Thread

[Einherjar86]

This season of Fargo is killer, loving it so much.

Haven't kept up with Better Call Saul. I should, it's just not as thematically appealing to me. I love the little surrealist bits of Fargo, like how Gloria doesn't register in front of automated sensors. That kind of stuff boosts the show to another level, for me.

When she said to another character "You see me, right?" Love it.

 

[Satanstoenail]

This season of Fargo is killer, loving it so much.

Haven't kept up with Better Call Saul. I should, it's just not as thematically appealing to me. I love the little surrealist bits of Fargo, like how Gloria doesn't register in front of automated sensors. That kind of stuff boosts the show to another level, for me.

When she said to another character "You see me, right?" Love it.

YES. Also

Spoiler

When Gloria realises that Ennis's side story has nothing to do with his death, and we've just spent most of the third episode exploring it.

I love the way you get a real feel for every character, large part or small. Maurice was awesome. Ennis Stussy was brutal. Even Rob McElhenney From Always Sunny's cameo ruled.

 

[mutantllama]

This season of BCS has been fantastic,(potential spoiler) the court room episode in particular. new season of Fargo is also good but not enjoying it as much as the previous two.

 

[Satanstoenail]

This season of BCS has been fantastic,(potential spoiler) the court room episode in particular. new season of Fargo is also good but not enjoying it as much as the previous two.

I dunno if it's just because I binged the first 3 Fargo episodes and then switched to Saul or what, but it felt like a slight drop in creative ambition and quality. Both shows totally rule though.

Also the use of music in Fargo is fucking incredible, this had me on the edge of my seat:

 

[The Ozzman]

Working through House of Cards new season. Robin Wright is aging super gracefully.

 

[no country for old wainds]

so what do people think of legion? i haven't seen any of it but it's getting some interesting reviews. same creator as fargo i think?

 

[rms]

HAS ANYONE WATCHED LEFTOVERS EXCEPT ME?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

I cant put my finger on exactly what it is, but Robin Wright looks super weird to me.

 

[Satanstoenail]

HAS ANYONE WATCHED LEFTOVERS EXCEPT ME?

Apparently not. I'm looking forward to bingeing it when Fargo & Saul are done.

 

[rms]

man, great finale. a lot of aussie cunts in there

 

[Satanstoenail]

Yeah I can't wait to check out the Melbourne setting. The show was surreal enough without being set in my home town.

 

[mutantllama]

Holy fuck that recent episode of Fargo.

Spoiler

Yuri getting shot in the wolf costume by hunters was fucking great.

 

[Einherjar86]

HAS ANYONE WATCHED LEFTOVERS EXCEPT ME?

Watched the finale last night. Really great show all three seasons, going to have to sit on it for a while. Seriously moving and mystifying.

Oh, and the penultimate episode was so absurd in the best ways.

 

[rms]

yes

you think Nora lied in the finale?

 

[rms]

didn't realize Twin Peaks started back up until I saw CF's post that I think is now deleted. but what the hell is going on? I stayed awake for the first 30-45 and it's entirely non-Lynchian and totally different...

 

[no country for old wainds]

that's the opposite of what i've heard from everyone else. word is that it's extremely lynchian, probably too much so.

 

[rms]

Nah you can't trust those people. I'm over an hour into the first episode and it's a bad cop drama that brings nothing of the "Blue Velvet" qualities that made "Twin Peaks" great

 

[no country for old wainds]

@Vegard Pompey discuss

i've been holding off 'cause i kinda wanna rewatch the end of the second season and the movie at least.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I'd say it's pretty damn Lynchian, but it seems to deliberately withhold the, to borrow a term from you, "seductive dreaminess" of the original series. It doesn't 'get' to me the way the original series does and it feels too much like a puzzle but I am in love with the unfettered creativity of it. It also feels like it's building toward something (and Lynch has previously described the new season as basically an 18-hour movie) so I can't fully pass judgment on it after just 5 episodes.

 

[rms]

I've finished the first three now and I've never seen Lunch waste so much screen time