I need a new series to dive into

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Anonymous wrote:Older but not as widely seen - Nothing Trivial on Prime. New Zealand show that follows friends from a pub trivia team over the course of a few years.

+1 fun show. Other Australian/NZ shows: Offspring, the Heart Guy

Lovesick on Netflix also fun

Echo recommendation for Barry and Hacks. Righteous Gemstones is great too but a very specific kind of comedy.

I would add Wonderland to these. It's another fun show out of Australia

PP here thank you! I've been missing my Aussie/NZ shows.

Np who also liked Something Trivial and loved Offspring and Wonderland. would add Step Dave, a New Zealand show about a young single guy who falls for a hot middle aged woman with kids. Great to see entertaining shows savoy peeler my age or, gasp, older, but still hot and having fun.

Party tricks with the Offspring lead is also pretty good, just short

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Anonymous wrote:If you have not seen For All Mankind (Apple+) I recommend it. It's a drama that reimagines the space race and specifically the US space program if a few things had gone differently and we'd wound up investing more heavily in space exploration. It's really fun if you like space/astronaut stuff, plus since it starts in the 1960s it's also got this parallel universe/alternate history thing going on that's interesting. But mostly I just really love the cast and think it's really well written drama. It just started it's 3rd season.

I will warn you upfront there is a storyline in season 2 that is... bad. I still love the show despite that storyline, but I give everyone this caveat so that when they get to this storyline, they aren't like "oh my god do you enjoy this?" Because no, no one does. But everything is really good, I can overlook it. Mostly.

I also recently watched the Leftovers -- based on a book, it's about what would happen if some small percent (I can't remember if it's like 2%? 3%?) of the world's population just vanished in a moment. Like how would people cope with that, how would religions respond, how would people move forward (or not). It's a pretty fascinating contemplation on loss, grief, relationships, guilt, etc. Like For All Mankind, it has some "what the heck?" moments, but I think they are more than worth all the other stuff. The creator is Damon Lindelof, one of the creators of Lost and he was also the creator of the Watchman show with Regina King (who is also in the leftovers). He's ambitious with the TV he creates and I think this show is more successful than Lost in living up to that ambition.

Oh, and for fun, we've been watching Girls 5eva on Peacock. Tina Fey is a producer (not creator, but it has a VERY 30 Rock sensibility) and it's funny and has a great cast. Silly af but in a good way.

I also recommend For All Mankind. Just finished the first season. The first episode was not well paced and hard to get through, so I didn't think I'd like it, but after that I was hooked. All of the actresses are so good.

And the Leftovers is one of the best shows of all time, but isn't for everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Older but not as widely seen - Nothing Trivial on Prime. New Zealand show that follows friends from a pub trivia team over the course of a few years.

+1 fun show. Other Australian/NZ shows: Offspring, the Heart Guy

Lovesick on Netflix also fun

Echo recommendation for Barry and Hacks. Righteous Gemstones is great too but a very specific kind of comedy.

I would add Wonderland to these. It's another fun show out of Australia

PP here thank you! I've been missing my Aussie/NZ shows.

Np who also liked Something Trivial and loved Offspring and Wonderland. would add Step Dave, a New Zealand show about a young single guy who falls for a hot middle aged woman with kids. Great to see entertaining shows savoy peeler my age or, gasp, older, but still hot and having fun.

Party tricks with the Offspring lead is also pretty good, just short

Awesome, thank you, added Step Dave to my list (already watched Party Tricks)!

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Anonymous wrote:Older but not as widely seen - Nothing Trivial on Prime. New Zealand show that follows friends from a pub trivia team over the course of a few years.

+1 fun show. Other Australian/NZ shows: Offspring, the Heart Guy

Lovesick on Netflix also fun

Echo recommendation for Barry and Hacks. Righteous Gemstones is great too but a very specific kind of comedy.

I would add Wonderland to these. It's another fun show out of Australia

PP here thank you! I've been missing my Aussie/NZ shows.

Np who also liked Something Trivial and loved Offspring and Wonderland. would add Step Dave, a New Zealand show about a young single guy who falls for a hot middle aged woman with kids. Great to see entertaining shows savoy peeler my age or, gasp, older, but still hot and having fun.

Party tricks with the Offspring lead is also pretty good, just short

Awesome, thank you, added Step Dave to my list (already watched Party Tricks)!

Immediate PP here, forgot to add that Five Bedrooms is a good show with the sister from Offspring.

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We are loving Severance, although it is confusing at first. It’s kinda Matrix like.

Keep Sweet was good, but disturbing.

For All Mankind on Apple is so good!

I need more Better Call Saul! Just a few more weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:We are loving Severance, although it is confusing at first. It’s kinda Matrix like.

Keep Sweet was good, but disturbing.

For All Mankind on Apple is so good!

I need more Better Call Saul! Just a few more weeks.

I love For All Mankind and have waited so anxiously for season 3. It's taking all my willpower to hold off until the entire new season is out so I can binge it. I have zero patience with weekly episode releases.

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Anonymous wrote:Older but not as widely seen - Nothing Trivial on Prime. New Zealand show that follows friends from a pub trivia team over the course of a few years.

+1 fun show. Other Australian/NZ shows: Offspring, the Heart Guy

Lovesick on Netflix also fun

Echo recommendation for Barry and Hacks. Righteous Gemstones is great too but a very specific kind of comedy.

I would add Wonderland to these. It's another fun show out of Australia

PP here thank you! I've been missing my Aussie/NZ shows.

DP, not the one above -- If you like NZ shows, and like mysteries/police procedurals, try The Brokenwood Mysteries. It's on Acorn but might stream elsewhere. New season coming soon but start from the beginning. You can watch single episodes or come in late, for sure, but you won't know the residents of quirky little Brokenwood as well--many characters recur throughout the series. Vibe is pretty low-key; murders fairly weird; I like the cops a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:Older but not as widely seen - Nothing Trivial on Prime. New Zealand show that follows friends from a pub trivia team over the course of a few years.

+1 fun show. Other Australian/NZ shows: Offspring, the Heart Guy

Lovesick on Netflix also fun

Echo recommendation for Barry and Hacks. Righteous Gemstones is great too but a very specific kind of comedy.

I would add Wonderland to these. It's another fun show out of Australia

PP here thank you! I've been missing my Aussie/NZ shows.

DP, not the one above -- If you like NZ shows, and like mysteries/police procedurals, try The Brokenwood Mysteries. It's on Acorn but might stream elsewhere. New season coming soon but start from the beginning. You can watch single episodes or come in late, for sure, but you won't know the residents of quirky little Brokenwood as well--many characters recur throughout the series. Vibe is pretty low-key; murders fairly weird; I like the cops a lot.

Thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:Older but not as widely seen - Nothing Trivial on Prime. New Zealand show that follows friends from a pub trivia team over the course of a few years.

+1 fun show. Other Australian/NZ shows: Offspring, the Heart Guy

Lovesick on Netflix also fun

Echo recommendation for Barry and Hacks. Righteous Gemstones is great too but a very specific kind of comedy.

I would add Wonderland to these. It's another fun show out of Australia

PP here thank you! I've been missing my Aussie/NZ shows.

DP, not the one above -- If you like NZ shows, and like mysteries/police procedurals, try The Brokenwood Mysteries. It's on Acorn but might stream elsewhere. New season coming soon but start from the beginning. You can watch single episodes or come in late, for sure, but you won't know the residents of quirky little Brokenwood as well--many characters recur throughout the series. Vibe is pretty low-key; murders fairly weird; I like the cops a lot.

Thanks!

Have we mentioned The Heart Guy for Aussie shows? Also for really offbeat funny, staring Leo from Offspring, try The Moodys (after Moodys, I re-watched Leo’s Offsprinf season and enjoyed it much more).

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Anonymous wrote:Older but not as widely seen - Nothing Trivial on Prime. New Zealand show that follows friends from a pub trivia team over the course of a few years.

+1 fun show. Other Australian/NZ shows: Offspring, the Heart Guy

Lovesick on Netflix also fun

Echo recommendation for Barry and Hacks. Righteous Gemstones is great too but a very specific kind of comedy.

I would add Wonderland to these. It's another fun show out of Australia

PP here thank you! I've been missing my Aussie/NZ shows.

DP, not the one above -- If you like NZ shows, and like mysteries/police procedurals, try The Brokenwood Mysteries. It's on Acorn but might stream elsewhere. New season coming soon but start from the beginning. You can watch single episodes or come in late, for sure, but you won't know the residents of quirky little Brokenwood as well--many characters recur throughout the series. Vibe is pretty low-key; murders fairly weird; I like the cops a lot.

Thanks!

Have we mentioned The Heart Guy for Aussie shows? Also for really offbeat funny, staring Leo from Offspring, try The Moodys (after Moodys, I re-watched Leo’s Offsprinf season and enjoyed it much more).

Yes, I mentioned that one. I watched it after Offspring - not quite as good, but definitely scratched the itch.

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Anonymous wrote:Ms. Marvel - Disney+

Dopesick - Hulu

Night Sky - Prime

Family Band - The Cowsills Story - Prime

SuperPumped - Showtime

Night Sky is a nice little sci-fi drama. Sissy Spacek and JK Simmons are pretty good….and the intersecting plot lines and flashbacks add a lot to the overall theme. The supporting cast is very solid.

Agree on Night Sky. Great acting and good themes. I also agree on Dopesick. A bit angering, but a good show. Really speaks volumes to how the real world actually works.