Watched a few episodes of Daria. Manages to be both funny and depressing.
We watched some as well and put it aside but will probably get back to it at some point. I had watched it before and thought it was a pretty clever show at times, but I think it helps to be in the right mood for it.
Sun_Worshiper, that's good to know about
Ted Lasso!
We finished
Revenge a couple nights ago. It was entertaining but certainly eyeroll-worthy at times. I always have fun trying to figure out when during a series the situation might have changed, such as planning for one season but finding out a second was approved or thinking you have another season and getting canceled. The fourth (final) season definitely feels like a throw-all-the-spaghetti-at-the-wall approach. Anyway, we had fun with it, and it was a good prep for my husband to build his disbelief suspension muscles for shows like
Pretty Little Liars.
Since then, we've been watching
Luther (Idris Elba), which I had seen previously. That is a really engaging show. One of my close friends who is like a mental twin tried it on my recommendation and didn't like it, but I think it's fairly highly rated and award winning and so forth. It's also very dark and a bit brutal at times. For those who are not aware, it's about a very perceptive and bright London police detective who doesn't always do things by the book and has some demons of his own. That sounds trite, and it's been done before, but I think this show is still an outlier. My husband agrees, and we are finishing season 2 tonight. Unfortunately, the show isn't very long, just a couple seasons with a couple episodes per season (e.g., 6 for the first season, 4 for the second season). At one hour each, the episodes almost feel like mini-movies given how much occurs, and I am often on the edge of my seat. I don't even mind sitting through the (quick) credits to see the "next" scenes. They do a good job of making me want to watch the next episode but not giving too much away.
