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[quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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