Did you ever talk about being a parent with your regulars? If so, did it hurt or help your ability to make money?

No that’s a faun. A fraud is a garment worn by a priest.

I guess McNulty made a difference after all

Never go full Footloose

Narrator: “They didn’t.”

Comrade, there’s propaganda 😠…and propaganda! 😁

The Death of Stalin

https://youtu.be/E9eAshaPvYw

The Mandalorian

There are cool moments ( ||Luke’s return|| ) but I find the writing to be mediocre.

At least it’s better than the Book of Boba Fett. That show is a disservice to the character of Boba Fett. He’s a remorseless assassin, not a mob boss with a heart of gold.

Luke Cage ended with him as the crime boss running Harlem. Hope Marvel picks that back up

I think the real answer is that at the time they were making Thunderbolts it was still unclear whether the Netflix shows would be canon. Maybe for Thunderbolts 2?

Season 1 was fantastic. Season 2 was all right. Season 3 was pretty bad.

I would love to see if they acknowledge whatever happened to Trish though

I watched it and would say the quality stays consistent for the most part. Some of the B plot gets a little over the top in the later episodes though

The Killer Angels is set in the American Civil War, so not really as far back as you described,but it really set the standard for modern historical fiction. The author used primary sources (letters, journals etc of the officers on both sides) to get as accurate a depiction of events, personalities, and inner thoughts as possible. It is the book that the movie Gettysburg is based on, but written like 20-30 years before the movie.

You did say you were open to worthy suggestions and I think this is really a worthy one.

Oh man. Perfectly skewers megachurch culture. Outrageous, over the top characters. Can be surprisingly heartfelt at times but also random dick shots that give you no warning whatsoever. It has a very Danny McBride feel, so if you like his other stuff you’ll like this.

Most people say The Sopranos marked the beginning of the prestige TV era, because it was the first of a cluster of high quality, high production value shows that came out around the same time. But there are some precursors that come to mind, mostly from HBO. Rome and Oz, for example.

You could make a case to go back even further with shows like NYPD Blue (90s) or even Hill Street Blues (80s) as examples of high quality TV with long, dramatic character arcs, though these shows didn’t have much in the way of contemporaries to define them as part of an era.

Did you get that thing I sent ya?

I’ve been watching Blue Lock and really enjoying it so far. I usually watch more fantastical anime like JJK, stuff that involves magic or superpowers. This is the first one I’ve watched where the show isn’t based in anything superhuman, but it’s kind of presented that way. Like eyes flash or players get an aura when they’re in the zone, and it really works. Also some genuinely surprising plot development.

I’m over halfway through the latest season of Fargo. This one is a bit more on the nose with its commentary than previous seasons but it’s still better than most TV. Jon Hamm is just sinister in this.

Just started the latest season of The Righteous Gemstones. I love this show because I came out of a conservative Christian household so all the observations about the hypocrisy of megachurch culture ring especially true for me.

Space: Above and Beyond

Set in the 2050s as mankind has learned to predict and use naturally occurring wormholes for interstellar travel, they are drawn into a war with a new alien species that destroyed a colony. The show focuses on a squadron of fighter pilots in space. One of them is a cloned, enhanced human used to fight in an earth bound war against synthetics and is seen as subhuman by many.

The show had a very good plot, a serialized story but also self contained episodes, interesting moral dilemmas. But it was horribly marketed by Fox so it died after a season or two. The final episode was a huge cliffhanger too.

No ads and no extortion of third party apps is a big plus

I’m not a fan of most of the new SW content, but Andor is fucking fantastic and should not be on this list