What We’re Watching Wednesday 5/22/19

NYTino24

begging4abump

When it’s just me, I’m watching Imposters on Netflix. When the hubs is here too, we’re watching Barry (to make use of the HBONow subscription we got for GoT.)

chichiphin

Barry is awesome @begging4abump we love it. 

We are also watching Chernobyl on HBO and it’s so intense. If you can’t handle bodily injury or gore, def avoid. 

Just finished: The Act (Hulu original and amazing), VEEP on HBO, and the latest of The Orville which is pretty funny. 

And as always, RHONY, but just started Potomac. 

whitealbum29

@begging4abump @chichiphin - my SO just started watching Barry! It sounds good, I love Bill Hader.

We're watching a lot of non-current stuff right now...and looking at the below list I'm like, wow we watch a lot of TV.

On my own - Mad Men (for the second time), just started Fleabag on Amazon.

With SO - Beverly Hills 90210, The Sopranos (my first time) and just started GOT from the beginning last night (also my first time)! He watched all of it and wanted to go back to the beginning and watch with me.

Also just finished Veep and Catastrophe and I'm waiting for Insecure, Divorce, Shameless and Transparent to come back...

brookert615

Okay so a few things we have loved: The Good Place, WestWorld, The OA, The Travelers and the Magicians. We are thinking of something on HBO to start because we had it for GoT as well.

inthewoods23

@brookert615 we love Westworld! My dad gave season 1 to DH for Christmas a few years ago and we never watched it until a few months ago (when we finally upgraded our Blu Ray to the 4k ultra HD so that the disc could actually play). Loved it and bought season 2 shortly after it came out.

Our current watches are Parks and Rec and YouTube videos. I have a really hard time getting myself to watch new shows!

jennifer_louise

These are some good suggestions! 

I'm working on The Good Place and Bones. 

But, those are on the back burner at the moment because after seeing Endgame, I decided to watch all the other Marvel movies in order (there's 22 of them so that'll hold me for a bit). 

brookert615

@inthewoods23 Oh my goodness WW is so good, we totally binged it! lol Kind of agree with you on watching Parks and Rec - definitely on our re-watch a lot list lol.

@jennifer_louise We were trying to do the same before we watched Captain Marvel and End Game. We kind of failed but they had them on a few of the movie channels for free! 

kpearse99

@jennifer_louise I loved Bones!!! Such a good show!  The Good Place is also a really good one!

We also watch Barry!

We are currently watching The Village (same writers as Parenthood... it's so good!).  Just finished Dead To Me (Netflix) and are anxiously awaiting the next season of Handmaid's Tale and Big Little Lies to air. 

I also am addicted to So You Think You Can Dance, so I am anxiously awaiting that to come back on starting in June.

b_1029

I watch too many things (thanks Hulu and Netflix) but these are my faves- The Village, Chicago Fire, The Resident, New Amsterdam, 9-1-1, also recently finished The Act and liked it. I also can’t wait for Handmaids Tale to start again!

kpearse99

@b_1029 isn't New Amsterdam so good?!?!  My friend, Alex, plays Casey on the show! 

b_1029

@kpearse99 whoa that’s so cool! I like his character! And what an ending.

kagesstarshroom

@begging4abump Barry is so good/weird/good. We really liked it & could totally see why it got an Emmy (maybe the lead actor got an Emmy?)

@whitealbum29 Mad Men is maybe my all time fave show? I hope you are enjoying it. 

@brookert615 omg I LOVE the Magicians! I haven't seen the new season though bc I've been watching it when it comes out on Netflix, so I've seen the first 3. I will admit, I thought the first two seasons were good but also just "okay" at times--and yet, the third season was KILLER, so good.

DH & I are watching Shrill on Hulu--and also we've been watching Masterchef Junior on Tuesdays and we tend to watch Antiques Roadshow on Mondays=). I missed last night's episode though! I catch up on my own on MCJ via Hulu if we miss it (missed it last night.)

AFM on my own I'm watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (I just finished Next Generation--took me a few years! Best finale to a tv series EVER, though, so I've been recommending it to everyone upset about GoT.) Also, Dead To Me (after that first ep, [we were gonna watch it together] MH decided he didn't want to watch it--I don't think he could deal with watching it with me bc of the one character's ******SPOILER ALERT & TW********** RPL. He looked over when that was revealed & was like "are you okay?" & I was crying, but I'd gotten a TW alert from someone on TTCAL, so I was ready. 

whitealbum29

@kpearse99 - omg even more shows I watch. Can't wait for Handmaid's Tale and Big Little Lies!!

brookert615

@kagesstarshroom Yes! Same in regards to the Magicians! I feel like they're finally getting their footing in the show for sure. Oh I forgot about Star Trek! 

kagesstarshroom

@brookert615 Margot and Eliot are the best characters, Penny is a close third, and the third season didn't exactly center around them, but less played up Quentin and Julia as the "main" characters and treated their storylines more equally, so that helped. But also, the storylines were just the best in s3 (except most of Alice's, but I understand her character is important in the long run). Did you finish s3? I don't want to say much in case you haven't. I CAN'T WAIT for s4 to be on Netflixxxxx.

ETA: spelling

brookert615

@kagesstarshroom Totally agree! Yes we are caught up with season three! I really like Margot, Eliot and Penny being the top favorites! I am super excited to see what S4 holds! Eeeek! 

MJDsquared

We finished Dead to Me and LOVED IT, but while I was watching it I immediately was like wooooow this needs a TW (**TW** though this was pre-loss for me **TW**).

After that we didn't know what to watch. DH is super particular about his shows, and we like to have a 30-minute comedy to watch before bed. We rotate The Office and Friends but didn't want to go back to those (I wish Scrubs was still on Netflix). We started Easy but didn't really love that it's just different characters and stories every episode, so last night we started Horrible People on Hulu, which is pretty funny so far. Another option was You're the Worst. Has anyone watched that and liked it? Same question RE: Horrible People since we just started it?

On my own I'm finally watching season 2 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Super excited for season 3 of Handmaids Tale.

kagesstarshroom

@MJDsquared omg MH & I are the EXACT same re: a 30 minute comedy to watch before bed!! Here are alll of the ones on Netflix we've done and loved: Schitt's Creek, Everything Sucks, Grace & Frankie, Disjointed --& now we're watching Shrill on Hulu. We've watched Broad City on Hulu as well & Barry on HBO (we get free HBO Go w/ our At&t phone plans). GLOW (on Netflix) is excellent, and it's run time is sometimes shorter and other times longer? But it's SO FREAKING GOOD we didn't care. I am sure we've gone through more, but these were the most memorable ones! I wish I had opinions on the two you mentioned, but I will check them out! We started The Ranch and didn't really like it, so we stopped watching it. MMM is sooooo gooooood. Hope you like S3!

MJDsquared

@kagesstarshroom I should mention we have watched Schitt's Creek (LOVE) and I have watched Grace & Frankie, Broad City, and Shrill on my own. We don't have HBO, unfortunately. I'm going to look into all of your other recommendations though! Thank you!

emeraldduchess

I am about halfway through re-watching the first season of "Designated Survivor" on Netflix. I had started watching it in the fall. Before I start the second season, I figured I needed to go back to season 1 so I didn't get confused!  I don't usually enjoy political dramas, but this one got me hooked, plus Keifer Sutherland's performance is great.

craftywitch

I watch Sci-fi trash non-stop and am currently watching Netflix Colony Season 3 and The Rain Season 2.

Anxiously awaiting the next season of Handmaid's Tale. Margaret Atwood published a follow-up to the book called The Testaments which I have on hold with the library and I'm really interested to know if the show is going to go in the same direction as the book.

kagesstarshroom

@emeraldduchess I watched some of that, the first season! it looks like it stayed/got good, but I never caught back on with it. 

Oooo & that reminds me: I forgot to add The Blacklist to my list bc I am behind and need to catch up via the NBC app if that's still possible, idk if the season finale even happened yet or what. 

shamrocandroll

I rage deleted HBO Now after the GOT Finale 

We also watch/watched: Shameless, The Good Place, Workin' Moms, OITNB, Stranger Things, Santa Clarita Diet, The Haunting of Hill House, The Walking Dead, New Girl

I watch solo: Grace & Frankie, Queer Eye, Glow

shamrocandroll

Ohhh and Jack Ryan was really good!  Looking forward to the next season of that!

shamrocandroll

We also watch The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.  I should probably have thought more before hitting "post". 

MJDsquared

Ohhh I also watch Jane the Virgin (but we don't have the CW so waiting for Netflix...), DH and I watch 911 which is probably the only show we watch On Demand/DVR, lol. We watch Queer Eye but have only watched a couple from the new season. Just gonna steal from @shamrocandroll out of laziness because I have watched most of these things
"Shameless, The Good Place, Workin' Moms, OITNB, Stranger Things, Santa Clarita Diet, The Haunting of Hill House, The Walking Dead, New Girl"
(OITNB we watched together but stopped; I watched more on my own but not all of it & Stranger Things we watched together; the rest were on my own ETA oh wait Shameless we watch together)

shamrocandroll

@MJDsquared Hey, good taste! 

brookert615

I agree with a lot of these! I totally forgot Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt! It's a little silly but I liked it lol.

m6agua

@MJDsquared You can watch Jane the Virgin on the CW app for free.

I loved Dead to Me, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, New Amsterdam, 9-1-1 and so many more you all mentioned.

I am currently watching:
The Bold Type (Hulu)
iZombie & Jane the Virgin (the CW app)
Schitts Creek (Netflix, per this boards recommendation) I just started season 2. I like it, I'm not sure if I love it
The Bachelorette (TV or Hulu)

kpearse99

@shamrocandroll New Girl is one of my all time favorites!!!  We have re-watched it like 6 times now!  Also, Working Moms was hilarious!!  Jack Ryan was great and Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is also a must watch!

celticknotfire

So many new show ideas!

Together: 911, Seal Team, The Orville, Live Rescue (it's not a favorite), random Discovery shows and specials

Me: currently re-watching Bones, HGTV, counting down the days until the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

brookert615

Oh! I really like the show Catfish, too! 

MJDsquared

@m6agua That's amazing! I downloaded the app immediately and I think it starts at episode 4 or 5. But you best believe I'm going to be checking often just in case they add earlier episodes back...

whitealbum29

@m6agua -- oooh another Bachelorette/Bachelor watcher! Another one I forgot about. I'm always trying to convince SO that he would get a kick out of it but he refuses to watch with me. I have high hopes for this season!

b_1029

@brookert615 ah how’d I forget about Catfish, they’re so entertaining! 

brookert615

@b_1029 I wonder if anyone here has been Catfished? I bet a bunch of us have and may not even know it! I always think about that kind of stuff lol.

shamrocandroll

@b_1029 @brookert615 I kind of wish I still had cable for that show.  I just know I'd get so much entertainment out of binging that one, but I don't think MH would be very into it.  I suppose I'll just have to get my kicks elsewhere since it's not worth paying for cable to me. 

varimama

@craftywitch since you said you like Sci Fi do you watch The Expanse? It was originally Syfy channel and now Amazon Prime Video is doing it. We just finished rewatching season 1 and haven’t started season 2 yet! We’re also rewatching Stargate SG1 (well I’m rewatching it’s DH’s first time). 

We have been rotating through some old classics at night (Seinfeld and King of Queens). 

I think we’re going to watch the 3rd season of True Detective on HBO now that GoT is done. (Loved season 1 hated season 2 so we’ll see how this one is). 

Alone I watch Call the Midwife, Grace
and Frankie, When Calls the Heart, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, and Supernatural 

NYTino24

@brookert615 There have been several catfish on TB... 

craftywitch

@varimama I haven't but always looking for a new show!

@celticknotfire Almost forgot about Orville! An absolute favorite! Everything I ever wanted included in StarTrek.