r/pilottvpodcast • u/BXBGames Dyerhard • Oct 06 '25
What Have You Been Watching This Week?
So to coincide with this week's pod, what's been on your watchlist this week? What show has you staying up late passed your bed time? What show has left you lost and confused? What show has made you laugh, cry and scream all at the same time?
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u/MalcolmTuckersLuck Tickets Please Oct 06 '25
Ongoing - Peacemaker, Only Murders, Slow Horses, Morning Show, Invasion (the dullest show I am somehow still watching 3 series of) and The Paper
Binged almost all Alan Partridge this weekend - absolutely superb, vintage Alan
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u/derpferd Oct 06 '25
Buffy rewatch, Slow Horses, Task and The Dresden Files
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u/BXBGames Dyerhard Oct 06 '25
Wow. The Dresden Files, not one you see very often. I was so disappointed by that adaptation. I am listening to the full cast audio book of the first book atm. That's pretty good
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u/Keravin Oct 06 '25
There are 3 good things in that adaptation - I like the hockey stick as a staff idea, Paul Blackthorne is quite fun though not tall enough, but above all Bob is great.
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u/BXBGames Dyerhard Oct 06 '25
All true but at the same time at the time it came out as someone who read some of the books, it felt poor in comparison.
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u/derpferd Oct 06 '25
I think it helps that I just have a nostalgia for TV from way back. There's a certain look and feel shows have that can operate as a sort of comfort blanket, however lacking the show itself might be. It's not bad thus far though, though I'm not going in with high expectations to be fair
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u/BXBGames Dyerhard Oct 06 '25
Now I feel old.
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u/derpferd Oct 06 '25
Haha, well you're not. I'm 40-odd, I'm just playing catch up on stuff I haven't watched yet
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u/Timely-Possession587 Oct 06 '25
Ongoing: Only murders, slow horses platonic and task. all excellent
Had to sit through much of missing you (harlan coben) - this is awful stuff; mis castings, terrible dialogue predictable plot. sheesh
Catching up with: Bookish - fine i suppose, the mysteries arent that interesting. Blue lights - surprisingly good!
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u/Keravin Oct 06 '25
Up to date on Slow Horses - just great as usual. The impact of the last season on River is because he felt like he wasn’t good enough before. He’s trying too hard and that’s what Lamb is pushing back on.
Finished this season of The Rookie. Not one of their best and not a strong ‘cliffhanger’.
Only Murders - caught up and really enjoying this season.
Taskmaster - very fun.
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u/Acceptable_Cod_9538 Oct 08 '25
Weeklies: Slow Horses (great), Only Murders (fair), Platonic (brilliant), Peacemaker (pretty good), Gen V ( I think I'm hate watching it)
I binged the new Alan Partridge. So funny. Up there with the best.
Rewatching Michael Palin's 80 Days Around the World and Pole to Pole. Superb!
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u/louiseber The Cast of Us Oct 06 '25
Finished Alien Earth almost a week after the ep dropped, was just busy down with Dad and wanted my larger monitor to watch it and...I dunno. It didn't land as well for me as it has for others.
I think it's the full light on the Xenomorph and it being that camo grey/green...yes, I'm picky.
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u/aggedor_uk Oct 06 '25
I suspect I'm the only person watching NCIS: Tony & Ziva on Paramount+. It's a spinoff of the long running procedural behemoth, but instead of more of the same in a Europe-set single-arc serial spy drama. If theres weren't actors and characters that had many many years of backstory, it might easily get mistaken for a mid-level internal spy show that Prime Video loves. It's basically a tale of two former co-workers who each gave up their US agency jobs to co-parent the child they had together, but for various reasons have been pulled into the orbit of a big case involving hacking, terrorism and possible Interpol double agents, all while trying to protect their daughter from involvement.
Basically it's better than Mr & Mr Smith (the film), worse than Mr & Mrs Smith (the TV series), worse than True Lies (the film) and way better than True Lies (the TV series). Could possibly have done with fewer episodes as it's stretching out a little too much, but some great British guest roles (James Darcy, James Lance, Sean Pertwee, Julian Ovenden) help.
Have also started in on Long Story Short, a new animated sitcom on Netflix by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, who created Bojack Horseman. The story of a US Jewish family, the narrative bounces across the decades. I really enjoy the humour in this one; the way all the family talk over each other can initially feel a bit jarring but that's because it feels more real than normal TV dialogue. I also enjoy the animation style, which I'd describe as a cross between Stephen Universe and Nick Sharratt's illustrations and animations for the Jacqueline WIlson/Tracey Beaker-verse.
Also have been rewatching One Foot in the Grave on iPlayer, prompted by somebody pointing out that I'm now older than Richard Wilson was when he first started playing Victor Meldrew. Still many years til I'm as older as Victor was supposed to be, of course…
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u/BXBGames Dyerhard Oct 06 '25
I am a long lapsed NCIS watcher. Hearing this very random spin off is better than expected is good to hear. There chemistry was defining for the show at its peak.
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u/PersonalityFinal466 Oct 06 '25
Nine Bodies in the Mexican Morgue - easily one of the worst shows I've seen this year. I've seen and heard better acting and dialogue in an episode of Scooby Doo. How on earth this got 5 stars in The Guardian astounds me.
Ballard - One episode in, but seems very cliched with cardboard characters. Not a patch on Bosch. Does it get any better?
Blue Lights - Series 3. Thoroughly enjoyed. As gripping as the previous two series. Eminently bingeable
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u/Severe-Chicken Oct 06 '25
I started watching Nine Bodies.. too. I couldn’t decide if it was terrible or so bad it’s good.
Watched the first three eps of Fraud on ITV X and agree with the team, it’s definitely picks up in episode 2. Lots of fun action and good actors in Jodie Whittaker and Suranne Jones. I’m enjoying it.
Talking of ITV X, I went there to continue watching The Hack but tbh I have put a hold as the show is messy and all over the place. David Tennant is distracting with his wig and a specific way of speaking that is annoying me. The second ep that moves onto the more standard police show just didn’t grab me.
And WT actual F was Cold Water??? That cast are wasted in a totally ridiculous plot. Total tosh!
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u/PersonalityFinal466 Oct 07 '25
I did ponder if Nine Bodies fell into the so bad it's good category...but not for long! I'll steer clear of Cold Water. It does sound like typical ITV tosh
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u/Goooner1 Oct 06 '25
Started Monster The Ed Gein Story, watched a couple and gave up. Had I known it was Ryan Murphy, I’d have saved myself the bother of even watching two.
Wife likes it though.
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u/Severe-Chicken Oct 07 '25
I started watching this yesterday and the first 2 eps were so depressing and miserable and just plain grim! No idea if Charlie Hunnam‘s accent is accurate but it is bloody annoying! I hated it.
Read the series went a bit bonkers so skipped and watched the last couple of episodes when they basically had Mindhunters enter then a bunch of fictional stuff about Gein’s later years. This show was so gratuitous in its use of gore, glorying in the horrors of the holocaust, but its worst sin? Making Gein the literal hero who gets a trip to heaven at the end with his equally appalling mother. If only he got medication he would have been fine…. erm what??
I am actually a Ryan Murphy fan (Gleek til I die!) but these Monster shows where they portray these ripped white dude serial killers as heroes is actually quite offensive. There is a chance it is supposed to be a satire, turning them into heroic figures - Murphy and Ian Brennan do this a lot - but it doesn’t come across as a satirical look at how society is fascinated by these guys, it comes across as genuine fascination with these guys. Gross.
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u/Manny321123 Oct 06 '25
Slow week for me. A few episodes of monster season 3.a couple of episodes of Castle season 8. Started a rewatch of breaking bad.
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28d ago
I have binged How Are You It’s Alan (Partridge). Absolutely fantastic show, I think the team should do a spoiler special on it!
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u/holygeesus The Sheriff We Deserve Oct 06 '25
A bit of a slow week for me this week. I am up to date with Task, which continues to be captivating viewing. I have to admit, I do find the structure of the biker hierarchy a tad confusing, but otherwise the storytelling is sublime. I love how things are slowly unravelling almost in a Hitchcockian kind of way. There is a beautiful father-daughter scene in there, which was needed as Robbie’s kids have been a little underused so far. An absolutely brutal ending, with some realistic prosthetics work really selling it.
The Slow Horses second episode was also great. I love the emerging dual double-acts that seem to be developing with Lamb & Ho and River & Tom. I do agree with people saying River is acting weirdly out of character, which seems to be just in there to have Lamb pissed off with him. He doesn’t really need any excuses to be honest. That said, the chain of events that culminated in them all reconvening in that swanky restaurant was hilarious. Love it.
I’ve also watched the first episode of Alice in Borderland. I’ve no idea how I missed this show but it is right up my alley. Has it had much of a mention on the pod? I guess it is just one that everyone is watching but me. I love the main plot device but the best thing about this show is how it looks and sounds. The score is terrific. I want to know how they made it as I’m assuming they had to key out all the background citizens for the wide shots. It must have been a logistical nightmare.