Does anything get EXPLAINED in Leftovers?
^ It does. Not âitâ but other stuff.
Okay, regarding Billions, I am so-so on it. I was going to let it go after the pilot then watched the second episode. The Ax guy (is that Damien Lewis?) - what an execrable character with an incredibly annoying persona (his wife too). Really only watching for Paul Giamatti. (Now we know where âDaniel Hardmanâ landed after leaving Pearson Specter!)
H is home with the flu and we have been binge watching The Fall on Netflix. We are addicted!
I tried to watch Transparent but it didnât keep my attention. I started Sons of Anarchy last night.
Hooray! For MITJ fans (from Vulture): Despite neither telling the life story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart nor taking place in a rain forest, Mozart in the Jungle has been renewed for a third season, Amazon announced today. Itâs the latest piece of good news for the show, which just won Best Comedy or Musical Series (itâs both!) at the Golden Globes last month, as well as a Best Actor trophy for star Gael GarcĂa Bernal. For the curious, the Amazon Prime series follows Bernalâs charming young conductor as he navigates the sexy, silly world of New York City symphony orchestras. Why couldnât it be called Conductor in the City? No one knows. We would watch Conductor in the City in a heartbeat.
It couldnât be called âConductor In The Cityâ because for the most part itâs âOboist In The City.â The first season was almost entirely presented from the point of view of Hailey (or, as Rodrigo pronounces it, âJai-alaiâ), the young musician who becomes the conductorâs personal assistant after she flubs an opportunity to play with the orchestra. The second season did have more of a sense of dual points of view, but we still know a lot more about Hailey than about Rodrigo. For example, the men who are interested in her all have names and definite characters; we know what they are like and what they do for a living, and we pretty much know what Hailey thinks of them. We know about Rodrigoâs relationship with his estranged wife, but thereâs a woman who shows up periodically in bed with him who I believe has never been named, and who barely has a speaking role. Haileyâs apartment-mate/BFF is a significant character; apart from the nameless blonde, Rodrigo seems to have nothing but professional associates.
We just finished Mozart ITC last night and I looked at my H and said âWell thatâs it for however long Amazon takes to make another season.â I really prefer finding shows many seasons in.
Also, itâs based on a book⊠the memoirs of the oboist, so naturally the show would start out from her perspective. That is the source material. As it gets picked up for further seasons, we may see the show adapting/expanding the stories as well.
Weâre just finishing Man in the High Tower on Amazon - itâs set in the early 1960s with the premise that the Axis powers won WWII and the US is occupied by Germany and Japan. Itâs interesting to see how they handle such an incomprehensible scenario - acting is great and early 60s sets in NYC and San Francisco are well done. Not much bad language and the violence is not overly graphic.
H and I just finished Man in the high tower too. I believe theyâre going to make a second season, which makes sense since the book goes a lot further that the first season has.
The name of the show on Amazon is The Man in the High Castle.
I just watched the first three episodes of Billions, and am really enjoying it.
I am SO impressed with Damien Lewisâ performance as Bobby Axelrod. Just look at the way he holds his shoulders and moves: heâs a guy from the outer boroughs at the core, yet a hyper-attuned, magnetic creature swimming in an ocean of information, money, and ambition at the same time. He just knocks me out.
The whole deal with Giamatti and his wife is remarkable too. They almost never go where a conventional plot would have them go.
I also finally watched the last episode of Treme. That was a great series, indeed. I miss the characters.
^Yeah. And some of his poses, conveying the power and sense of self, but also, maybe, some awareness of the risk of high stakes. We donât know much of his back story yet. (Frankly, that might just get in the way.)
Speaking of back story, I missed something in House of Cards about Underwoodâs past (or present.) Or it went over my head. Is he bi?
^ I think Frank Underwood is supposed to be gay.
I assume heâs bi not gay as he is sexually active with his wife plus the affair he had in Season 1 with the young reporter.
Watched the first episode of MITJ and enjoyed it tremendously! Thank you for the recommendation. Itâs always a pleasure to see familiar NY actors in a show. Itâs almost a guarantee of a quality show.
Has anyone watched âVikingsâ? It looks like it was originally on the History channel and is available on Amazon. We watched the first episode last night. Havenât yet decided whether itâs worth it. We did really like TURN: Washingtonâs Spies on AMC and other historical series like Rome.
@doschicos I donât think the implication is that Frank Underwood is bisexual. Being able to perform if necessary doesnât indicate desire for the opposite sex. The affair with the reporter was a power play as I understood it. Frank is not sexually active with his wife; they sleep in separate rooms, have no children, and the one time we saw a sexual encounter with the two of them, Claire brought a man for Frank.
Meanwhile, what does everything think of Vinyl??
Predictable so far, but the scene where the New York Dolls âbrought down the houseâ with Personality Crisis was epic.
@Ynotgo, DH and I have watched all of the previous seasons of Vikings and just started watching the fourth season on the History Channel. Even though the show is quite intense and sometimes bloody, we have really enjoyed it because it seems historically realistic. I would recommend it.