Another bank of tv shows done thanks to my back injury and the final days of my Apple+ subscription. Bad sisters was enjoyable with rich characters and a nice mix of tragedy/comedy, not sure what another season would look like but think it’s coming back. Hijack is more the kind of thing I feel like I enjoy in movie form but they did a good job of keeping each hour intriguing and suspenseful, and you know Idris Elba. High Desert brought the quirky wannabe detective which I normally dig but this might have been a little too off even for me, but still kind of fun. After Party was yet another of the murder revealed at the beginning and then the unfolding which I like well enough, this one did a fun job really stylizing each person’s POV.
I also got back to Master of None on Netflix, I enjoyed the light humor of earlier seasons but hadn’t been back for the final Lena Waithe season which was different in tone but well done. And another ‘I wish I liked it more’ was the absurdists I’m a Virgo on Prime, definitely appealing aspects.
I have a lot of other streaming I’m catching up with but Bosch: Legacy on FreeVee/Am apparently took the front seat so will stay tuned for each week’s new eps. I will also be adding Paramount+ for another sample to get Ink Master in so I might dive into a few things while I’m there. I caught the first two eps of the new Frasier on CBS and it was amusing enough to revisit Grammer and the new cast, full season on P+.
- Everyone Else Burns (CW) Series Premiere, Thursday 10/26, 9:30pm – A comedy about a religious family who believes the world with end within the decade, this adds to the CW comedy lineup, I couldn’t stick with Son of a Critch but have been enjoying We Run the Burbs and Children Ruin Everything well enough.
- Black Cake (Hulu) Series Premiere, Wednesday 11/1 – This family drama/murder mystery that spans decades is based on the bestselling book.
- Ink Master (Para+) Season Premiere, Wednesday 11/1 – Time to reup my Paramount+ subscription (and catch the second season of Yellowjackets), an intro to the characters via a special on MTV the same night.
- All The Light We Cannot See (Net) Series Premiere, Thursday 11/2 – I really enjoyed this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel told through parallel stories of a blind French girl and a young German soldier, we’ll see how well it translates.
- Lawmen: Bass Reeves (Para+) Series Premiere, Sunday 11/5 – This first season of this anthology series focuses on the first Black US Marshal west of the Mississippi with David Oyelowo.
The procrastinator lists mostly scripted items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted are typically PST, please check your local listings.
