Finished TV series—who watches?

[Johnway]

Another series finished, this time its the turkish detective (2023) . based on a book series, the story follows Cetin Ikmen and his team as they solve murders that occur in istanbul.

The story also revolves around Mehmet Suleyman, who transfers from the Uk police force to work in the Turkish police force, his hidden agenda is to investigate a hit and run case involving his ex girlfriend. it soon transpires she was investigating the mysterious keiyra khan which brings its own risks that even the criminal underworld is hesitant to discuss.


I started to watch it namely my brother use to read the books and liked them. Overall i enjoyed the show with its exotic locale and Ikmen is a likeable character as he goes about investigating crimes. its not long, only 8 episodes (each case takes 2 episodes).

 

[DXCHASE]

Kaos (dark comedy- Netflix)

Starring Jeff Goldblum as Zeus who does a great job by the way. I binged this in a day because i wasnt able to play many games, but even if i couldve, i couldnt stop watching until the end. The story is ok, but each episode added greek mythology and i like greek mythology so i was kinda just here for the take on each "god" by their actors. Its pure dark comedy and some parts might turn people off, but i recommend this if you are a fan of Jeff Goldblum or greek mythology.

8/10

 

[Brian Boru]

New Tricks 2003, 107 x 1h
Dennis Waterman
Amanda Redman
Alun Armstrong
James Bolam
Anthony Calf
Susan Jameson
Denis Lawson
Nicholas Lyndhurst
Tamzin Outhwaite

Wonderful witty London cop show, probably 100 of the 107 episodes are tops. 3 retired cops brought back as consultants in a Cold Case squad, each with their own personality quirks. One of the best series I've seen.

10/10.

 

[Johnway]

A couple of days ago i finished watching the drama Nightsleeper on bbc iplayer. Essentially a tense cyber thriller, a night train from Glasgow to London gets hacked and hijacked essentially becomes a giant missile aimed at London. The few people left on board the train (the heart of britain) and the cyber security team work together to end it.

The series is full of twists and turns as soon the conspiracies, double dealings, power struggles and traitors emerge from the wood work. Pretty much everyone is not looking so innocent having some thing to hide or flawed. But are they responsible for the hack and/or working with the hacker dubbed the driver? regardless, they have to work together or everyone dies.

Some people did have some criticisms, like why didn't they just cut the power to the rail line powering the trains, but its dispelled that the heart of britain used both electric and diesel so it could carry on for hours and enough to complete the journey to london.

I enjoyed it overall, plenty of thrills to be had and the performances were all well done. its only 6 episodes long so its not exactly going to take long to watch.

 

[Dead2009]

Finished a doc style series called Horror's Finest. It went through certain horror movie genres each episode.

 

[Johnway]

Another drama series finished. This time i binged watch Ludwig (2024) a comedy crime drama. Our story involves John 'Ludwig' Taylor (David Mitchell), an introverted puzzle creator masquerading as his twin brother James to investigate what happened to him.

Unfortunately for john, he has to pretend that he is a police detective and its not long he is forced to solve murders. Luckily for John, not only does he revels in the task, but excels in it. Que new detective series.

Ok, the premise is a bit naff that borders on daytime tv dramas of unlikely people becoming super sleuths, but David Mitchell does a damn fine job carrying it as the socially awkward yet brilliant puzzle solver. There are a few twists and turns here and there, but the over arching main story of where is james isn't really solved in this series. At the very least, the puzzles and cases are interesting and not far fetched, so there's that.


ultimately, Ludwig does enough to make keep me interested in what happens in series 2.

 

[Brian Boru]

The Last Detective 2003, 17 x 45
Peter Davison
Sean Hughes
Emma Amos
Another funny crime show which is very laid back and relaxing. Peter is a former Doctor Who whom I first saw in the excellent All Creatures Great and Small, and is very good here. He's a detective constable who's stuck at the bottom of the pecking order, hence the show title.

75/100

 

[DXCHASE]

Alien: Romulus

Great addition to the Alien universe. Set between Alien and Aliens, this romp into another spacecraft that encounters the big bad Alien has some great visual effects because it stays true to the type of "vision" for future tech from the original movie. The sense of dred and horror could be felt and the actors seem to have all played their roles well. Not overtly gory and it does a good job with dealing with the Aliens acid which gets overlooked in other alien movies. The sounds from the pulse rifle used (a shout out to Aliense Colonial Marines!) If you like Alien movies, you shouldn't miss this.

9/10

 

[Brian Boru]

Hope Street 2020, 36 x 44m
This sadly isn't good—sadly cos it's set near where I lived for a while so I was looking forward to it.

It's supposed to be a police drama, which it mostly was in Season 1. We dropped it halfway thru Season 2 tho as it quickly devolved into a daytime soap, say 14m crime and 30m suds.

Scenery is lovely, plot holes of similar size and frequency to potholes, acting okay.

3/10

 

[Brian Boru]

Trigger Point
Only 12 episodes of 18 made on BritBox, but that's ok. It's nothing special, about a bomb disposal officer—in theory a team, but the lead gets all the screen time. Reminded me of how L&O SVU over-focused on Marisa Hargitay—fine actress like Vicky McClure here, but overdone.

6/10

 

[Brian Boru]

The Lincoln Lawyer

Season 3 wrapped, same as what I said earlier:

"Fun lawyer show, script is decent and there's nice chemistry between the cast.

7/10"

 

[Johnway]

I had hoped to watch all the episodes of Cheers, but alas, its on paramount comedy plus. So i did the next best thing and currently binge watching Fraser instead. For those of you not in the know, Fraser is a spin off of Cheers where Fraser Crane moves back to Seattle after his marriage collapses.


Honestly i'm absolutely loving it. Kelsey Grammer absolutely kills it and the amount of awkward situations he gets himself into is pretty hilarious. I've finished season 3, so we'll keep watching until i run out or channel 4 decides to give up on the box set...

 

[Johnway]

Another series finished, this time i've binged watched Return to paradise, the Australian spin off series of the Death in paradise series.

Our story involves DI Mackenzie Clarke returns home back to Dolphin Cove after she is suspended after being accused of evidence tampering. When a prominent local is murdered and there are no decent DIs to solve the murder, Clarke is temporarily put to work.

if you've watched Death in paradise/beyond paradise you know what to expect of the light hearted crime drama. Return to paradise is pleasant to watch as Clarke solves various murders that take place in Dolphin Cove. The side story is Clarke's past and the tension upon her return. We get the impression that she left abruptly and left a lot of people upset.

So... would i recommend it? I give it a thumbs up, if you like death in paradise, its worth watching.

The next one to binge is the channel 4 show: After the party im hear good things about it. For christmas i will be watching more Death in paradise and beyond paradise with their christmas specials and of course i'm still watching Fraser (onto series 6 now). Still cracking good series.

 

[Pifanjr]

I've watched both Arcane, a series based off of League of Legends, and Cyberpunk Edgerunners, which is based off of Cyberpunk 2077. While I haven't played either game, I enjoyed both series, they're great standalone stories.

 

[Frindis]

Watch both shows, especially like Arcane. They did a good job of making you like/dislike the characters and then completely turn things around. The last season had some fantastic episodes with the multiverse episode being my favorite.

 

[Johnway]

Another series finished, this time its After the party (2023)

The story revolves around Teacher Penny, a progressive environmentalist sort of person teaching at a secondary school. Her life comes crashing down when ex-Husband Phil returns from Scotland. 5 years ago, penny accused phil of being a pedophile after he caught him in bed next to a naked boy at his party. Although charges were not filed against phil it tore a massive rift between penny, her friends and family.

Penny is still distrustful with phil and his return to teaching at another school, penny fears for the safety of children and soon does everything she can to prevent phil teaching or better yet get him arrested. As her warnings fall on death ears, penny becomes increasingly extreme in her methods to stop phil and after each unsuccessful attempt it alienates those around her even further. How far will Penny go to stop phil? is phil even guilty? or is penny paranoid over a misunderstanding?

it was alright. its a tense drama and it flip flops back to is phil guilty or not. Penny is often portrayed as some one with *** vibes trying to persecute someone who is seemingly innocent. yet at the same time we see glimpses of Phil's activities and personality that suggest something isn't right or slight creepy.

Would i recommend it? The acting is good and seems to be highly rated but i didn't really connect with it tbh.