Be amused as firecat tries to decide what TV show to watch next

[firecat]

I just finished Bridgerton. What am I going to watch next?


Options:

• Finish rewatch of The Night Manager (because Tom Hiddleston, and I want to write fanfic for it (4 eps))
• Watch Rush (because Tom Ellis (10 eps))
• Watch Merlin (65 eps)
• Finish shows I'm behind on (listed by number of eps I need to watch to catch up):
  • The Expanse (season 5, 10 eps; season 6 isn't out yet and will be the final season)
  • American Gods (season 3, 10 eps, available on Starz only, $9/month)(series is finished)
  • Black Lightning (seasons 3–4, 23 eps)(series is finished)
  • Agents of SHIELD (seasons 6–7, 26 eps)(series is finished)
  • Elementary (season 6, 14 remaining eps; season 7, 13 eps; 27 eps altogether)(series is finished)
  • Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (~30 eps (series finished))
  • Doctor Who (seasons 10–12, 49 eps including specials)(new season premiering this year)
  • The Magicians (I'd have to start over from the beginning. 65 eps)(series finished)
  • ER (seasons 2–15, 306 eps)(series finished)

Feel free to chime in with opinions, and additional recommendations just to watch me scurry around making more list entries. :D
(Note: There are 28 additional shows on my series-to-watch list. These are just the higher priority ones.)

Comments

[kore]

Expanse! I should rewatch it. Also, this reminds me I should watch Elementary. I've heard Night Manager is quite good.

Magicians was a show of my heart for years and then that fourth season finale, oof. I should watch the fifth but I just can't. I have two or three unfinished fics for it, and it's all on Netflix, hmm....

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I have no recommendations, I watch so little TV, but how did you find Bridgerton?

[firecat]

Night Manager is SOOOOO GOOOOOOD (it's a rewatch for me).

Thanks for the heads-up about The Magicians.

[firecat]

Period drama series created by Chris Van Dusen and produced by Shonda Rhimes, and her influence shows. 8 eps so far, second season to come. Based on Julia Quinn's novels set in Regency London during the season, but it's an AU where there are more Black people in the aristocracy. This is mostly portrayed as "just the way it is," but there's one brief conversation that explains some of the reasons. Don't expect rigid historical accuracy. It's deliciously tropey, but you have to enjoy watching characters you're rooting for make stupid decisions. This isn't a show to watch because you love being surprised, a lot of it is quite predictable in its broad strokes. But the details still make it worth watching and OMG it is sooooo pretty; so many of the characters look like they walked out of a cross between a BBC costume drama and The Great British Baking Show and they were the pastries. Even with giving it lots of slack on being predictable, I felt that the last couple of eps didn't quite pay off on the expectations they set up. But it's still on my "to watch when new episodes come out" list.

[semperfiona]

LOL Join me in Chinese drama obsession!

- The Untamed (Netflix)
- Nirvana in Fire (Viki)
- Word of Honor (Viki, and still being released)

[mrissa]

Aaaaagh Black Lightning is finished? I haven't seen S4 either, but: sighhhhh I really like that show.

[jazzfish]

Ooh, Black Lightning is finished!

Who S10 was probably the most amusing of the Capaldi seasons, though I am STILL mad about Bill's ending. (Moffatt gonna Moffatt.) S11-12... Jodie Whittaker and her companions are fantastic and I wish they had more coherent stories. S11 is good but doesn't really build towards anything; S12 overcompensates and builds erratically towards some serious WTFery.

[firecat]

The Untamed is one of the 28 shows on my longer list!

And this is the first I've heard of Viki. (*quacks*) Gaaa, they've been around since 2010.

Thanks for the recs!

[firecat]

Yeah, at least it sounds like they had warning so presumably they were able to wrap it up, as far as any superhero show gets wrapped up.

[cappyhead]

I just finished Star Trek: Discovery and I love it a lot. Have you seen it yet?

[firecat]

"Moffatt gonna Moffatt" hahahaha

I like the idea of Doctor Who more than how it's written. I often find individual episodes and even story arcs too silly and get annoyed about how many of the characters are treated, but I haven't given up because every once in a while there's something stunning. Thanks for the heads-up about the WTFery to come.

[firecat]

I noped out of Voyager very early on when they dragged in shamanism, and haven't seen any of the subsequent ones. Should I?

[cappyhead]

I think you could watch Discovery all on its own and enjoy it. It's so very good: queer characters, nonbinary actors and characters, strong black female lead, aliens in command positions. It's amazing.

[snippy]

and they were the pastries is RIGHT ON just how I felt watching it!

[snippy]

I am really enjoying All Rise (about the staff at an LA courthouse - diverse cast) and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (a software engineer starts hearing people sing "heart songs" to her representing their emotions) - both in their second season on broadcast tv.

[sasha_feather]

Of these I'd rec Elementary and the Expanse.

I also super enjoyed "Ted Lasso" which is on Apple tv. 10 episodes, one season, is renewed.

[firecat]

Thanks, good to know!

[firecat]

Thanks, those look intriguing!

[firecat]

Thanks for the rec!

[firecat]

GMTA!

[conuly]

If you don't mind subtitles that are, I believe, somewhat less than wholly idiomatic at times (gosh! those punks!) then I'll rec Rookie Historian. I don't know why I like it so much, but I'm now on my third re-watch.

Note: After some careful research (aka: I glanced at Wikipedia) I've come to the conclusion that this is set in Not!Korean during the Not!Joseon period. That is, it's like a Korea AU - that's not any real king, or any particular real princes, or any actual historical events.

[firecat]

Less than wholly idiomatic subtitles can be delightful! Thanks for the rec.

[lirazel]

Judging entirely by my four friends who were obsessed with The Magicians--maybe be cautious with that one? All of them felt horribly betrayed by where the show went.

[firecat]

Horribly betrayed, eh? Maybe I’ll drop that one down or off the list.

[lirazel]

I can tell you what happens if you're interested in knowing, but it's, like, the biggest spoiler of the show so I don't want to say anything else unless you want to know.

[firecat]

Thanks, I won’t seek out the spoiler unless I decide to start watching, and that’s probably going to be a while.

[semperfiona]

Do report back if you watch the Untamed (or any of the others)!

I haven't posted much on dreamwidth (because i haven't posted much on dreamwidth period) but The Untamed has made me SO PROLIFIC on the ao3.

[firecat]

I look forward to checking out your Untamed work after I watch it!