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"Just finished The Killing liked it a lot but not really the last season as much. Breaking Bad, Homeland done Was going to do Luther or The Wire next - can you tell me which one is best of the two?"
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Jaan Kenbrovin" wrote: 18 Aug 2025, 20:09
Swiss. wrote: 18 Aug 2025, 15:28 So will watch the opening two episodes of Alien: Earth. tonight. 
Watched them last night. Actually looks and feels decent. Impressed so far.
Yeah after you get over the "kids" stuff (why did they do that?) I thought it was very good. A lot of good action from the start in true Alien 2 style. 
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Swiss. wrote: 18 Aug 2025, 15:28 So will watch the opening two episodes of Alien: Earth. tonight. 
Watched them last night. Actually looks and feels decent. Impressed so far.
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So will watch the opening two episodes of Alien: Earth. tonight. 
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Alfs wrote: 08 Jul 2025, 15:37
Swiss. wrote: 08 Jul 2025, 12:47
Alfs wrote: 04 Jul 2025, 12:23
Check out Smoke on Apple.
Thanks Alfs. Three episodes into Smoke and I like it. Bit slow but what can I say they are all slow burners these days....excuse the pun😊
I agree, but the review I read says it starts of slowly but the tension ratches up as it goes along.
Really got going in the last few episodes. An excellent watch. 
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Mr Anon" wrote: 06 Aug 2025, 23:28
Lee Trundle" wrote: 06 Aug 2025, 14:19 How dare you.  Just look at the reviews.

The Telegraph
My Mrs Brown’s Boys endurance test: I cried, cringed and almost laughed
Television's most divisive sitcom is back. Mrs Brown's Boys – widely reviled by critics but adored by millions of viewers – returned to BBC...

The Independent
Mrs Brown’s Boys is more awful than ever – it needs to be killed off by the BBC
What is there left to say about Mrs Brown's Boys? Brendan O'Carroll's rickety trad-com continues to loom over the TV landscape,...

Metro.co.uk
Mrs Brown's Boys loses 8,500,000 viewers as fans complain 'it's got even worse'
Fresh calls for Mrs Brown's Boys to be axed after the first episode of the new season brings in 'lowest ever' viewership, losing 8.5million.

The Irish Times
Mrs Brown’s Boys review: It’s surely time for this dreary and unfunny series to fade from our screens
Never liked it myself but something very smug about reviews like that, it obviously has a lot of people that enjoy it which seems to wind people up 
In 2013 9.4 mil watched the Christmas day episode, only 2mil did last Christmas Day. Terrible for the one day everyone is in watching tele.

1.5mil watched it the other night. 
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Lee Trundle" wrote: 06 Aug 2025, 14:19 How dare you.  Just look at the reviews.

The Telegraph
My Mrs Brown’s Boys endurance test: I cried, cringed and almost laughed
Television's most divisive sitcom is back. Mrs Brown's Boys – widely reviled by critics but adored by millions of viewers – returned to BBC...

The Independent
Mrs Brown’s Boys is more awful than ever – it needs to be killed off by the BBC
What is there left to say about Mrs Brown's Boys? Brendan O'Carroll's rickety trad-com continues to loom over the TV landscape,...

Metro.co.uk
Mrs Brown's Boys loses 8,500,000 viewers as fans complain 'it's got even worse'
Fresh calls for Mrs Brown's Boys to be axed after the first episode of the new season brings in 'lowest ever' viewership, losing 8.5million.

The Irish Times
Mrs Brown’s Boys review: It’s surely time for this dreary and unfunny series to fade from our screens
Never liked it myself but something very smug about reviews like that, it obviously has a lot of people that enjoy it which seems to wind people up 
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Swiss. wrote: 04 Aug 2025, 11:08 The Assassin is very good and I highly recommend it. I like Keeley Hawes and nice to see Gina Gershon again. 
Yes. I was really drawn in by it's a realism. A tiny 10st 20 year old girl taking out 11 trained 16 stone experienced bodyguards, at least six of them with her bare hands without breaking sweat.

No woke girl-boss shit involved at all.

Shame it's shit. Keeley is still looking mighty fine for her age.
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How dare you.  Just look at the reviews.

The Telegraph
My Mrs Brown’s Boys endurance test: I cried, cringed and almost laughed
Television's most divisive sitcom is back. Mrs Brown's Boys – widely reviled by critics but adored by millions of viewers – returned to BBC...

The Independent
Mrs Brown’s Boys is more awful than ever – it needs to be killed off by the BBC
What is there left to say about Mrs Brown's Boys? Brendan O'Carroll's rickety trad-com continues to loom over the TV landscape,...

Metro.co.uk
Mrs Brown's Boys loses 8,500,000 viewers as fans complain 'it's got even worse'
Fresh calls for Mrs Brown's Boys to be axed after the first episode of the new season brings in 'lowest ever' viewership, losing 8.5million.

The Irish Times
Mrs Brown’s Boys review: It’s surely time for this dreary and unfunny series to fade from our screens
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Lee Trundle" wrote: 01 Aug 2025, 16:04 BBC1 9:30pm tonight.

The return of Mrs Brown's Boys.
If that wasn't made in Scotland by a bunch of Paddies that tranny shit would have been cancelled a decade ago.
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Started Season 4 of The Godfather of Harlem. Still very good 
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But Chief of War is truly magnificent. A masterpiece. 
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The Assassin is very good and I highly recommend it. I like Keeley Hawes and nice to see Gina Gershon again. 
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BBC1 9:30pm tonight.

The return of Mrs Brown's Boys.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero wrote: 30 Jul 2025, 00:43 If you want some comedy you could try 'Nighty, Night', though it's so dark it might be safest watching it from behind the sofa.
Loved Nighty Nighty 
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Council Scum" wrote: 16 Jul 2025, 10:17 Having finally got round to Ozark. Enjoying it so far. 
The ending's a bit shit. The main character has a sex change and turns into the Silver Surfer.
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If you want some comedy you could try 'Nighty, Night', though it's so dark it might be safest watching it from behind the sofa.
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Have began watching Northern Exposure all over again, for the first time since it was on.

It has dated, but I love it.
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Just started "Mix Tape", looks good so far and as you'd expect, some cracking tunes.
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 Binged watched Untamed from Netflix on Sunday.  Thought it was excellent. Great acting from Eric Bana and Sam Neill. 
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Watching "'I Know What You Did Last Summer" the series. Pretty good. 
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Halfway through "Last Kind Of The Cross"...not too bad, some of it is a bit naff, but there's violence and tits.
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Having finally got round to Ozark. Enjoying it so far. 
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Loved Landman overall. But just finished the last episode of the season. And it was so fucking boring. 80 minutes of fuck all
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Swiss. wrote: 08 Jul 2025, 12:47
Alfs wrote: 04 Jul 2025, 12:23
Swiss. wrote: 04 Jul 2025, 12:09
Yeah I watched about 20mins and switched off. There is acually no good series out there since The Studio. 
Check out Smoke on Apple.
Thanks Alfs. Three episodes into Smoke and I like it. Bit slow but what can I say they are all slow burners these days....excuse the pun😊
I agree, but the review I read says it starts of slowly but the tension ratches up as it goes along.
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Alfs wrote: 04 Jul 2025, 12:23
Swiss. wrote: 04 Jul 2025, 12:09
 
Yeah I watched about 20mins and switched off. There is acually no good series out there since The Studio. 
Check out Smoke on Apple.
Thanks Alfs. Three episodes into Smoke and I like it. Bit slow but what can I say they are all slow burners these days....excuse the pun😊
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