I only mentioned it because he has chimed in with geopolitical advice in the couple of episodes I've watched.

Season 2, Episode 1

Not heard of that, I just heard a radio interview with him a while ago.

It's nice to see Chocolate Bear is still around though!

some of the accents are brutally thick to the point of being unintelligible
were a few lines where i legit had no idea what the person was saying

i know the series aired in Italy already, did they shoot some of these people in Italian as well (tried to verify, saw some dubbing, read something about sudtitles, so idk), is that the point of them? otherwise wtf

Have you got to season 2 yet? I watch the whole show at least once a year, it's GOAT.

Travellers was pretty decent, ty thread!

I'm liking Sneaky Pete.

Petaq!

Through 3 episodes - agreed.

Although they've used the cheesy "distraction just in the nick of time" too often already

The Good Place ends S1 by droppin' the mic

Calling it - The Good Place wins Best Comedy Emmy

Is The Good Place worth checking out? Been meaning to, but can't bring myself to do it. I do think I'd probably like it a lot though.

Its alright. The finale was interesting. The first 3 or 4 episodes are pretty bad though so Id commit to 6 before starting.

Regarding HBO, togetherness was great and insecure was fantastic

I'm recommending Nobel on Netflix. It's a Norwegian show so its subtitled, so you do have to really commit your full attention to it, but totally worth it. Not too many shows really grab me that much, i'm often doing something else while watching shows.

It's got a Zero Dark Thirty feel to it. Norwegian special forces in Afghanistan running ops. Then they are later back in Norway facing some consequences of what they did, with regular extended flashbacks to other portions of their mission.

5 episodes in so can't speak to the ending, but it's a solid show and you should give it a chance.

Watched pilot of Sneaky Pete 1.5 years ago. Just watched it again (forgot most) and 2 Ep. Show is good.

RW, there's a new 6 Ep show called Six that is about special forces too.

Liked Nobel a lot. Thanks for the recs earlier itt

Are there any other scandi productions of this quality over the last 5-10 years I may have missed or is this in a league of its own?

movie, not tv show, but Rare Exports is great. Some kind of scandinavian.

agree with this

Togetherness was ok, I wouldn't say it was great. Very emo I'd say. A lot of it seemed made up on the spot, and not in a good way.

think it's the best network comedy in years, for what that's worth

imo the pilot was a little rough, grew each ep for a couple from there for me

by the middle/end, very solid indeed, looking promising for next season

good to know, i'll try to give that show a shot in the future, but just to clarify the point i was trying to make about HBO was about how they seem to be lacking that huge hit+critically acclaimed show going forward ... or even just a huge hit

like even a dumb, fun, popular show like i assume True Blood was

every time i see a trailer for one of their upcoming shows i'm like PASS

and they seem unable to find emerging stars to develop shows with, unlike the competition

maybe i'm being too hard on them, idk

It's almost like that Canadian didn't even read my post.

My girlfriend turned me on to this show, I loved it, its really funny and dark

I like Duplass generally but sort of hated Togetherness. Parts of it were good but other parts were really really bad.

HBO shows premiering in 2017

YOUNG POPE, hahaha it's terrible but I'm ALL IN

Big Little Lies


HARD PASS


The Duece

David Simon drama about the 70s porn industry starring James Franco? Uh, OK, I'll give it a shot.

Barry

Bill Hader as a down and out hit man? OK. I'll give it a shot

Room 104

HARD PASS. Wait, do I actually like Duplass???

Crashing

Judd Apatow and Pete Holmes comedy? Sure I'll give it a shot.