📺 Currently watching:
- Paradise (S1): James Marsden and Sterling K. Brown make an excellent cast. The show itself is an okay puzzle box/mystery story. Interestingly, not the deepest or best at building a mysterious world, so they may be able to land the second season without falling off.
- Drive to Survive (S7): this season was gifted with equal parts on-track competition and behind-the-scenes backstabbing. The 2024 season was surprisingly competitive. Nearly half of the drivers were seeking new seats. This makes for good television! (Reminder: this is a “Real Housewives” style show, not a sports documentary.🤣)
- Severance (S2): they still got it. Splendid cast, writing, production.
- White Lotus (S3): they also still got it. Another great cast of actors you know, some actors you don’t. Great scenery! Reminder: if you ever see show-creator Mike White on your vacation, probably move away so you don’t end up a character on the next season.
- Andor (S1): rewatching this anticipating Season 2. Definitely the best Star Wars of the Disney+ era, even though it’s not strictly the most entertaining one.
- Slow Horses (S1 & S2): Gary Oldman as the leader of a band of misfits, outcast MI-5 spies? It works.
Shows returning later this year that I’m looking forward to: Poker Face S2, Andor S2, Hacks S4.