General Television Thread

[DanLowth]

Luther is AWESOME. It's really over the top but I love it, and some of the villains are properly evil. They're quite video gamey, actually. Like in the most recent episodes which seemed to be based on Postal. It's not The Wire or The Shield or these other awesome police series, but it's not trying to be.

[hot rod]

Next Sunday is the first episode of the final season of Entourage. I've been watching all the seasons the past couple of days. I can't wait for the final season.

[Lord Nibbler]

Is Luther on BBC any good? It has Idris Elba in it which is enough to make me interested but I haven't really watched any BBC drama's in a long time.

Nope.

If you wanted a BBC drama you should have watched The Shadow Line. It wasn't great, all told, but it was a lot more interesting and original than Luther. Unfortunately I doubt it's still up on iPlayer.

I really hated the Shadow Line. Pretentious in a 'its really long and nothings happening, so it must be good' way. I actually gave up at one point simply because of the BBC's rubbish scheduling meaning I Sky+'d half an hour of Mock the Week and missed half an episode, but I've really no desire to iPlayer it because frankly I don't even care how it ended.

It was all about

pensions.

No, seriously.

Edited July 17, 2011 by Lord Nibbler

[GoGo Yubari]

I love that season two of Louie has pretty much turned his kids into a form of psychological torture.

[LL!]

It's pretty fantastic. I also love that he's witnessed two deaths within the first few episodes of this season too.

[Jimmy]

I'm loving Studio 60 at the moment, I'm racing through it. I'm sad there's only one season and I'm eight episodes in. My question is that if I like Studio 60 so much, am I likely to enjoy The West Wing? I'm getting the feeling I will, and I'm tempted to spend £50 for the whole box set on Amazon because the first season is £10 on its own.

So yeah, West Wing - worth the money?

[livid]

Yeah, The West Wing is awesome. You'll likely enjoy it if you like Studio 60 that much.

[Guest mr. potato head]

Yeah, as long as you're okay with some political stuff going over your head (but not too much), you'll absolutely love The West Wing. First two seasons at least are better-written than Studio 60 was.

[Jimmy]

Sweet, my teacher said he'd let me borrow it. But, as I've broken up for school, I'll have to wait for a few months. But I can busy myself with other shows until then. Cheers.

[Baddar]

I didn't think I would, but I'm really enjoying Teen Wolf. The first three episodes have aired so far over here on Living.

[Hickey]

Sweet, my teacher said he'd let me borrow it. But, as I've broken up for school, I'll have to wait for a few months. But I can busy myself with other shows until then. Cheers.

Excellent show.

[GoGo Yubari]

Last night's Curb was tremendous. I hope it makes a big splash in this year's EWB's Favorite TV Shows list.

[Australian of the Moment]

Next Sunday is the first episode of the final season of Entourage. I've been watching all the seasons the past couple of days. I can't wait for the final season.

Just got around to watching the ep, it was good and I think it laid down a good platform for the end of the show. Ari is fucking priceless!

[Hickey]

I watched the episode today, too. I'm excited for the season, but I'm also sad to see the show end. But, all good things must come to an end, I suppose.

[Australian of the Moment]

I'm the same. I hate that the show is ending, but glad to see it go out still on a high. I'm guessing I will feel the same way when Entourage ends as I did when Friday Night Lights ended, what in gods name am I going to watch now!

[hot rod]

Oh yes. Ari was great in the newest episode. Last season I wasn't a big fan of Scott but on Sunday's episode I can definitely see him growing on me by the end of the season. I don't mind this being the last season, I just find it hard to believe they're going to wrap up everything with everyone in 8 episodes (7 now that Sunday past), but we shall see.

I'm really pulling for an Entourage movie I read that they want to do to finish everything.

[The Sandman]

Lost rant incoming...

I'm getting close to midway on my Lost marathon, just finished the episode on season 3, where Desmond 're-lives' his life and tells Charlie that he will die no matter what. I've said it before but i have no bad things to say about this show, never did when it aired and not now on my second watch either. The ending was what it was and you could fill a page on the unanswered things, but i loved it nevertheless. Aside the weirdness, time-travelling and other stuff coming in the later seasons that confused people, Lost had some of the best written characters on any show i've seen, Desmond being one of my favourites. That is all.

Edited July 27, 2011 by The Sandman

[Guest mr. potato head]

So I'll be through Community long before the new season starts, and I'm considering trying to fully catch up on another show by September.

Any recommendations between Happy Endings and Parenthood?

[Benjamin]

Happy Endings by a mile. Funniest shit on TV this year besides Modern Family that isn't a rerun.

[Baddar]

The first two episodes of Trollied were alright. It's not laugh out loud comedy all the way through, but it's definitely watchable.