Trashy TV/ Addictive TV

My adult son is back living at home after completing his master's degree so the three of us are watching season 4 of The Boys. It is SO violent. Normally I don't want to watch something that violent and graphic but it's really good too. We watched S4E1 yesterday and will probably string it out - maybe an episode or two a week. I'm watching Love is Blind UK - guilty pleasure kind of show. The put out 4 episodes a week - next 4 drop on Wed.

There has been lots of fun talk of meditation in Skwigg's journal (and I am so grateful for that!) but I wanted to switch gears and pop over here to inquire as to whether or not anyone has watched or is watching Presumed Innocent?

I appear to be fairly particular about which shows are able to suck me in and this one has me hooked. It's not often I finish an episode of anything and find myself feeling compelled to roll into the next. I need my husband to hurry and catch up (which he can't do while away) so that I have someone to talk with about it. Last night I sat in the dark basement and nearly jumped out of my skin 3 times. It's not really even a jumpy show but I think I was spooked and then I kept telling myself, "LOOK AWAY!" and then decided I "needed" to start the next episode to ease my fears and it didn't help. Anyway, I'm about 5 or 6 episodes in and also just discovered it's a novel from 1987 so I might have to read it, too.

When I need to come back down to earth I put on old episodes of Beat Bobby Flay 😂

Finished Catastrophe and the last two seasons weren't as funny as the first two, but still thoroughly enjoyed it. I then binged "Owning Manhattan" and I can't get those hours back but it was kind of fun. We will probably watch the new season of The Boys next.

I find myself enmeshed in America's Sweethearts, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. I'm keeping an open mind about it and go back and forth between wondering why the hell I'm investing my time in this and loving every moment of the guilty pleasure it is. I've never been a fan of American Football, but I told my family I might have watch some Cowboys games now that I have a better understanding of all the work and effort that goes into the cheerleading performances. Although my husband says that as a TV spectator we don't get to see as much, which I find disappointing. I'm LOL to myself that our conversation included me talking about how much I wanted to watch the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and my husband telling me that no one pays any attention to the cheerleaders and they're all there to watch a football game.

The Bear, season three. I enjoyed it. I'm a little annoyed that it ended as it did. It felt like there should have been five more episodes in the season.

We watched the first episode of Catastrophe and we LOVED it. My husband wanted to watch another one but I made him wait so we can savor it one episode per night. I've never mentioned this forum to him but I told him tonight this is where I get my best TV recommendations. lol

My husband and I are watching Catastrophe. The episodes are 24 mins long and 6 ep per season so they’re quick and pretty funny. Be forewarned, however, the humor is pretty raunchy. There is a lot of LOL over here but we definitely don’t watch it anywhere near our kids. 🙉 It’s not a new show so I might be a few years behind with this..

I'm sure you all want to know that I finally finished Killing Eve. :) I think since I was expecting a not great ending I was okay with how it ended. The plot throughout the series is convoluted and my enjoyment of the show depended on me letting go of it making sense. If you are okay with a lot of brutal killings and blood I recommend it. It's worth is simply for Jodie Comer's portrayal of Villanelle. She's great. Taking a break from watching shows together so next one is TBD, but we'll figure it out by next week.

We still have 2 episodes to go in Season 4 of Killing Eve. So far I'm still liking it but I had to let go of any notion of the plot making sense. I'm just enjoying the characters. Maybe I'll hate it once I see how it ends. But as long as I don't try to follow the plot too closely it's a fun watch. I just looked back at my previous post and it didn't make sense to me during Season 2 either, but here we are. lol

We are halfway into season 2 of Killing Eve after almost quitting a few episodes into season 1. I went back and forth between liking Eve and really disliking Villanelle and vice versa. The plot makes no sense but I'm enjoying it if I don't think too hard. I've heard that it really goes downhill after season 2 so maybe we'll stop there unless anyone thinks there's value in continuing.

@sarah too , I chuckled at your comments about how it rains all the time in the Killing. Since it’s an adaptation of a Scandinavian tv show, it seems to me that most of their crime dramas are so dark. Literally- their cinematography & lighting budget seems limited, lol. I tried watching an Icelandic crime drama years ago on a flight to Europe and gave up bc I had a hard time seeing it!

Has anyone seen the Greatest Night in Pop documentary on Netflix about the making of We Are the World? It’s such a fun and breezy watch. And the project manager in me was very impressed with Quincy Jones’s ability to take these disparate vocalists and get them together for one pivotal song in under 24 hours. That’s a stressful assignment. It was fun to learn that Cyndi Lauper’s over abundance of bracelets literally interfered with the recording 😂

Who else is watching Baby Reindeer. 2 episodes in and woah 😳 lol 😅

We watched 2 seasons of the Killing and dh is done so I may be done too. So many twists and turns it got to be too much. I enjoyed it but thought they could've tightened it up and concluded in one season maybe. Also it doesn't rain THAT much in the PNW. lol

We finished The Gentlemen and went back to where we left off on the most recent True Detective with Jodie Foster. But dh really isn't into it so I may finish that one myself. I mentioned The Killing and he put it in our queue so I think we'll start that one next.

My go to when I need a little dose of Friends is to watch the YouTube clip of Monica and Ross doing The Routine. So funny. My other favorite clip is when all the friends (except Ross) know about Monica and Chandler and Phoebe is pretend trying to seduce Chandler.

I'll have to mention The Gentleman to my husband. I'm not a big fan of Guy Ritchie's style (if it's what I'm thinking of) but I know he is.

The last season of The Morning Show wasn't my favorite but it did pick up as it went along.

I feel like you can't ever go wrong with Friends! I have the DVD set but they have all of the episodes on HBO Max. It really is good to get in that daily dose of laughter.

I mentioned this on Sarah's journal already (as I rambled on after saying I wasn't going to say much 🤦‍♀️) but we finished The Killing, which I thought was excellent. Quite tense, but very good. We're almost done with Hanna, which has the same 2 leading actors from The Killing (different roles though). My husband had already seen both shows but said they were so good he was willing to watch them again (and he couldn't remember most of what he'd seen since it was years ago). I told him last night that I needed Hanna to end soon because the amount of tension in each one was killing me. I frequently find myself throwing a blanket over my head because sometimes I just can't take it 😂

When my husband is working I watch a different show and I just started Harlan Coben's "Fool Me Once" on Netflix. I've read all of his books and we've seen his other Netflix shows and really enjoyed them. They always seem to feature the same actors/actresses, which is interesting, and they're all interesting mysteries with suspense and twists. I read this book but can't remember any of it so it'll be a fun surprise. I think I need to throw in a few Friends episodes because it's dawning on me that I'm watching so many shows with suspense and tension. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment in that aspect..ha ha! I find I'm reading books of the same genre.

I wrote about it in my journal but thought I'd also mention here that I'm really loving season 10 of Alone. DH and I are also watching The Gentlemen on Netflix. It's a Guy Ritchie show and if you don't like his style you won't like it. Actually I can't really say I'm a fan of Guy Ritchie but I am enjoying this show.

I never finished the last season of The Morning. show and there wasn't anything else I immediately wanted to watch on Apple so I let my subscription lapse. But I'll probably go back and finish it if I subscribe again.

I finally finished Friends and I'm missing my daily dose of belly laughs. To make it up I started watching PBS's All Creatures Great and Small. Not the same kind of laughs but still a nice dose of the feel goods.

I have no business starting a new show when I have so many that I'm still in the middle of. That said I just binged over half of season 1 of The Morning Show. It is sooo good! I'm totally hooked.

YES to LOL at Friends! I was just re-hashing the episode where Chandler starts taking bubble baths and somehow all of the friends end up in the bathroom while he's in the tub surrounded by bubbles. I know it may not be "kid friendly" but there are certain episodes I don't mind them watching (mostly my 13 year old). Chloe's favorite is still the one where Joey and Chandler leave "the baby on the bus." It is always my go-to on gloomy days and/or nights when I'm home by myself.

I told my husband about the newest season of True Detective and he was a) shocked he didn't know about it (which secretely made me gleeful) and b) excited to start watching. I can't handle more than one show at a time (unless I'm throwing on a Friends episode) and right now where halfway through the second season of The Killing.

I couldn't handle The Bear. Somehow I got through it, but I always felt so high-strung and stressed out when I watched. I do think the acting was incredible.

Over the last two days I have watched so many episodes of Young Sheldon that Netflix is asking if I’m still alive. It is genuinely funny. Great characters, great actors, 80s nostalgia, very enjoyable. 9-year old genius, Sheldon, goes to high school, and then at 11, college. So much social awkwardness and geekery. My favorite character is Annie Potts (from Ghostbusters) as Sheldon’s smoking, drinking Meemaw. I have somehow never seen an episode of The Big Bang Theory, but I may have to watch it now.

Sarah I can never get enough of Friends! I've watched the whole series at least twice and I always put on an episode if I'm by myself in the evening to have it on in the background. I'll occasionally play one if I'm at home walk/jogging on the treadmill, too. I always get a good laugh.

My husband and I watched the first 1-2 series of True Detective (at least the first one with Matthew McConaughey and that was great. I didn't realize they had another one with Jodie Foster.

I'm also wanting to see the Barbie movie but it hasn't happened yet. OJ Simpson sounds intriguing! Yet another I'll add to my list 😁