Soul is worth watching before cancelling your subscription.
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I agree the first episode of Queenâs Gambit is dark. In fact, if I had not read so many recommendations here and elsewhere we might not have stuck with it. So glad we did!
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Thanks for the encouragement. @Colorado_mom, I didnât find the first episode of Queenâs Gambit particularly dark. I just really did not feel the slightest connection with the main character. I wasnât particularly interested in her plight or her ploys. I was more interested, as I said, in Jolene. Maybe if they teach her to play chess Iâd keep watching.
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I tried watching âBridgertonâ last night but found it just too cartoonish. It canât decide if itâs satire or serious. And the sets are so obviously painted backdrops, itâs jarring. Contrasted with something like âDownton Abbeyâ, âBridgertonâ just doesnât compare. I ended up falling asleep. So itâs good as a soporific.
@TatinG we also started watching Bridgerton last night and I fell asleep during episode 2. I guess we will keep watching it, but so far it has not really grabbed my attention.
We also tried âBridgertonâ but it didnât impress us. We gave up during the first episode.
Iâm waiting for someone to get excited about new Nordic or Euro Noir and recommend.
Iâve been watching Bridgerton. Not sure how I felt about it, but have continued. It gets better, not like Downton better, but better enough for me to binge. I donât like when they throw in current times speech, or music. Some find it fun, I donât. Thankfully itâs not a lot.
Watched Call A Midwife Christmas special. Streamed it on my iPad through pbs.org. Itâs playing for free until Jan 24th? I teared up, one of the few shows that can do that for me. I just love âold Jenny narrativeâ. Sometimes I think I watch just for the music at the beginning and her.
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The Bryan Cranston series âYour Honorâ on Showtime is a great suspenseful drama. Filmed in New Orleans, it has a gritty reality to it. New episodes air on Sundays.
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Thanks to @Youdon_tsay I am watching âFriday Night Lights.â I had seen a few episodes of the show when it was new but Iâve never watched the entire series. I didnât realize they used my high school for some of the shots. In the first episode, they used their football field and their uniforms. 
Mack Brown also makes a cameo appearance as a father. Iâm really enjoying it.
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We love this series so much. And love the Christmas specials each year.
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Ted Lasso on Apple TV Plus - we had a heck of a time figuring out how to get Apple TV Plus - but so worth it. A wonderful, uplifting show about a US football coach hired to coach a English soccer team. Funny, heartwarming and canât wait for Season 2 and 3. You do not need to be a sports person to enjoy.
Huge Call the Midwife fan - my husband and kids always know when I am watching - as I have a box of Kleenex 
on the ready.
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Agree - but I have to be in the right mood to watch, as it does of a good job of making you think about what you would do for your kids and not a relaxing watch at all !
My husband and I both really enjoy Call the Midwife. Alas, we are now into Season 9 and will be sad when it ends. Itâs our go-to show when we are not sure what to watch. Itâs been glorious to have so many episodes available during Covid.
It sounds like there will be a Season 10 someday, but delayed.
And an 11th.
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Bridgerton was filmed around London at various homes and settings. They are not âpainted backdropsâ.
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Indeed. Plus lots filmed in Bath, with very recognizable places and house facades (including the Royal Crescent and the N1 House I believe, the area around Pulteney BridgeâŠ)
That being said Iâm getting tired of Bridgerton. At Episode 4, I was thinking âare they going to string us along for 4 more episodes of will they wont they (marry?) YAWN.â
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And sure enough Episode 5 is the Wedding and Episode 6 is Honeymoon. Daphne still hasnât caught on to the relation between babies and sex but has definitely decided she likes sex, so donât watch episode 6 with kids.
Also, am I the only one who thinks of Elsa when seeing Daphne?
My husband and I love Ted Lasso! Weâve watched four or five episodes and are totally hooked.
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Oh My. I loved Bridgerton. I found it to be historical satire and very funny. I was not moved by this holidayâs Midwife, although I love it generally. Totally enjoying Amazon Prime âThe Wildâ. Enjoyed the Queensâs Gambit but found a few of the episodes too slow. Loved the âBonus Familyâ.
According to todayâs article in our newspaper asking âhow accurate is Bridgertonâs tale of sex and scandal in Regency England?â the conclusion is overall it is pretty accurate as to social aspects including the gossip newspaper. I thought it was a very fun show.
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