Having suffered through Season 8 we decided to make sure we weren’t being nostalgic or rose-tinty about our glasses, etc. and so for the third time (I think) we started all the way back at episode 1 of series 1
Game of Thrones – Season 8
I feel like I’ve already covered this. Season 8 was a tremendously disappointing finish to the television highlight of the decade for the simple fact that the style of storytelling changed completely at the end of Season 6 and the
Russian Doll
Quirky as fuck Groundhog Day, led my Natasha Lyonne as a game developer who keeps dying and then respawning back at her own birthday party, leaving her to try to solve what’s going on and unlock the mystery. Exquisitely shot
Grace and Frankie – Season 5
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin continue to perform like the treasures they are in this dramatic sitcom about retirees who’ve had circumstance thrust upon them, and how they deal with some of the admittedly fantastical changes in their lives. Which,
Queen of the South
We watched the pilot episode of this aaaaaaaaaages ago, then saw nothing more of it for a long time. So when it came up on streaming somewhere we had a weird deja vu moment, then watched the first one and
Big Little Lies
Small-town tensions in a fabulously wealthy & attractive town interlinked with post-“happening” interviews. It’s a little maddening to know that *something* has happened, but not know what or to whom. Heavy-hitting cast… weird to see Alexander Skarsgard without fangs.
Pine Gap
Australian drama set at the US/Australian joint surveillance & intelligence base near Alice Springs: has plenty of “NEED TO KNOW” security stuff and covert nonsense, and layers and layers of hierarchy, but on the whole presents an approachable approximation of
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Season 2
The hands-down must-see Netflix show of 2018 – whilst plenty fanciful/ludicrous, contained some great characters and plot, and I think portrayed an assertive & confident protagonist (who admittedly kept inexplicably wanting to go back to her husband in spite of
Sisters
Intriguing Australian comedy/drama about sisters brought together after discovering that the scientist heading up the IVF clinic was “enriching the mix”, and the nature/nurture conflicts arising from learning you have an unknown number of siblings. Neat premise, and some fairly
Secret City
Canberra-based political intrigue based on Australia-US-China relations, featuring an actress who I kept thinking “looked a lot like Olivia Dunham from Fringe, only less boring” until I googled it and found it was the same actress. Quite well-executed, and I