No spoilers, but I thought the 2nd episode of the new season of Homeland was a return to form. Quite a bit of intrigue, a contentious Carrie/Saul scene, and a quintessential Clare Danes cry face.
@JHS, I liked OA better than Stranger things. In Stranger things, the monsters are outsiders. In OA, it looked like they are one of us adding another layer of suspense.
Thanks Beerme for the update. I binged watched the first 3 seasons of Homeland in about 5 minutes last year so some of itâs a little blurry. I do remember now. I donât see him as a love interest, not with you know who still around, and in the basement. Weâll see
@Iglooo My problem was that I was constantly getting bored with all the teases. Iâve only seen one episode, and donât know where the show is going, but I am not certain I care.
Stranger Things sucked me in immediately â the plot was ridiculous, but I couldnât stop watching because I loved the characters and I wanted to see them develop in the context of that ridiculous plot, and I was pretty sure the next twist would produce something entertaining.
With The OA, I didnât care about any of the characters, and every 10 minutes or so there was another tease that was indistinguishable from the last tease, with no meaningful additional information, so it just felt repetitive and annoying. And while Stranger Things seemed to own the goofiness of its plot â and its full goofiness only emerged across a number of episodes â The OA went preposterous right from the start, but with a dry style that seemed to say, âThis is realistic. Weâre not going to wink or acknowledge how nuts this is.â
Note: Zal Batmanglij, the co-creator of The OA (with Brit Marling, its star), is the older brother of Rostam Batmanglij, a founder and principal music writer of Vampire Weekend (until he quit last year). I like Rostamâs stuff a lot!
Watching the Barrat Jackson auto auction on Velocity this past week (well, okay, not the entire thing, in spurts here and there) and amazing myself at how much some of the cars went for, cars I know from my childhood and so forth, and then laughing when someone looks at what the car went for (talking a restored car) and saying âwow, that guy must have made a fortune on thatâ, when I can almost guarantee you it cost a ton more to restore then what it sold for. Some nostalgia, too, like when someone sold a 1952 Old 98 deluxe convertible my parents had the mate to when they first move to NJ, or seeing someone silly enough to spend 80k on an Alfa Romeo Giulietta (a joke only an alfa enthusiast understands why I say it lol).
@musicprnt My husband had it on for a little while today (nice break from the other stuff) and saw a truck auctioned off that I was coveting. I have a thing for old trucks and VW buses.
I was never a fan of muscle cars even back in the 70s which have really been hot the past few years.
OK, i give up. What is OA?
@patsmom The Night Manager gets really good as you progress⊠DH thought it started a bit slow.
Is anyone watching The Young Pope? I canât decide if I like it or not.
@jasmom âThe OAâ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_OA
@musicprnt My H is a car guy and although he does watch some of the Barrett-Jackson coverage, he prefers the RM auctions.
Thanks @OHMomof2 , I had assumed O A was a showâs abbreviation, like OITNB.
Itâs an abbreviation but you donât find out what for until around episode 5 
I need some British series suggestions that are available on Amazon Prime. I recently finished Whitechapel and Grantchester.
I used to have Netflix and really liked Doc Martin and Broadchurch. I wish I could find things that are similar to thoseâŠrealizing they are very different.
Scandal, tonight.
I finished âFrontierâ, loved it, Canadian scenery is gorgeous. Also finished Paradise, i loved it also!
I love reading everyoneâs reviews because then I go watch those shows.
Scandal was good, good, good!
I am so hoping theyâll do a third season of Paradise. Loved that show!
Got out the DVDs of Homeland seasons that we bingewatched when they came out. On Season 2 and loving it. Bought Season 4 on sale at Best Buy. Weâll be getting Showtime when they run Twin Peaks, so hoping to catch Season 5 On Demand if they have it. Otherwise, Iâll get the DVD.
Anyone still watching âThe Affairâ? This season just got so dark and crazy, I just turned it off one day and gave up. I hate every character and no longer care what happens to them. I guess that means itâs good acting? I donât know. But Iâm done. Just too ridiculous.
DH and I are binging on â24.â Yes, itâs an old oneâwe rarely watched TV when it premiered in 2001. The first âdayâ came out shortly after 9/11 and is weirdly contemporaryâit treats terrorism and counter-terrorism, and involves an African American presidential candidate (spoiler alertâhe wins the election). Each episode ends with a cliffhanger. Not the best dialog and more fighting/violence than I usually care for, but weâre enjoying the story.
@VaBluebird, yes, we are still watching âThe Affair,â although the darkness is wearing. There is nobody to like in the show, as you say, but that was also true of âBreaking Bad.â I understand why you quit watching, but I enjoy the shifting perspectives.