Craptastic TV

Battlestar Galactica – Season 3

Still on season 3, it was all I could do to not stop watching, the occupation thing on New Caprica was a slog. I will not get into the political aspects of it, which I assume there are since what was going on when the show came out. It did improve once they got off the planet, but now it is sinking again. I will give the show writers credit for making pretty much every single character unlikeable, it is rare to see that in a show.

Scrubs Season 2

Overall, season 2 is amazing, it does go off on a few tangents that did not age well or were just not that good. Tasty Coma Wife being one. The first episode was the Colin Hay one, wow, just an amazing episode.

Fresh off the Boat Season 2

Overall, season 1 was very strong. Season 2 is starting to lose steam. I am not sure why, but the focus is changing from the oldest son to the rest of the family. I am almost through season 2 and it is slumping, it is still funny, but not nearly as clever as it was when it started.

Battlestar Galactica – Season 3

Finally finished season 2, it did get better the second half and ended strong, however, it is not as good as how season 1 ended.

The Bear Season 3

Finished The Bear and it was, a lot of filler. I read that Christopher Storer wanted to do 3 seasons and not 4, it shows. Just a lot of nothing and the end, nothing really happened. You are kept in the dark, were the newspaper headlines fake, some or all of them. It is just silly, I am not going to rewatch and look for clues to figure out what was true and what was not. Also, the use of time skips was not a great idea, they make sense in small doses, but it was just constant and boring.

Scrubs Season 1

Pick the best sitcom of the early 2000’s, it is Scrubs, hands down, it was the best. The last episode is a 2 parter with Brendon Frazier and it a brillant piece of writing. Frazier other appearence in a later season is a Master Class on how to write a sitcom script.

Fresh off the Boat Season 1

It is a funny show, at least the early seasons were, so far season 1 has been pretty good, with the exception of the episode when the family from DC comes down to visit, that is just a painful episode. The other episdoes are good, I am about 1/2 way through season 1 and it is starting to find its footing.

Battlestar Galactica – Season 2

Season 2 started very strong, then we had several episodes that were just terrible, it took me days to get through the Black Market episode. The next one with hostages in a bar, that one was actually worse than the previous episode. Then the one with John Hurt, there is a reason that you do not promote someone who has only been in engineering, they make terrible captains.

When Sharon finally had her baby, the series has picked up, thought that episode was not good either.

The Bear Season 3

So far, and I am 2 or 3 episodes in, the show has not been great. Why is it classifed as a comedy? It is not funny, it is mainly this season people yelling at each other, the dumb part is that if they are that loud, you know the people eating and pay a small fortune for the food can hear it also. I have eaten at expensive places like that, I would leave.

The Expanse Season 6

Season 6 is too short, it never really allows the depth that they had in previous seasons. another issue is that the first 4-5 minutes of every episode is from “Strange Dogs” which is a short story about Laconia. While the story is not bad, it is kind of pointless since there is nothing after season 6 to build on it.

The other issue is, and this was a problem in the books, the way Marco is taken care of is very much a letdown. Maybe that was the point?

Battlestar Galactica – Season 2

First thins first, Season 2 is much better than Season 1 was, much better.

Introducing the Pegasus was a welcomed surprise, less so is how the crew acts. It was nice to hear the original BG theme get played, even for a minute. After the Pegasus arc is wrapped up, it goes down, it took me three tries to get past the black market episode.

How exaclty did Baltar let #6 kill her guard, kill the admiral and then get off the Pegasus, all with no camera picking it up? Things like that make me shake my head. Another thing is how they cured the president, if the cylons have no blood type, then why is no one using that for a test to root them out?

The Artful Dodger – Season 1

I finihsed it, not easy to make myself watch the last episode. A lot of people liked the series, I did not, it just felt contrived and silly.

One thing is for sure, they set it up for a second season.

Britain by Narrowboat – Season 1

I finished it, I liked it, but there was nothing really to it, other than nice camera work and decent music. That said, I would recommend.

My Name is Earl – Seasons 4

Season 4 was better than season 3, it was still up and down, but I liked it. A pox on NBC for cancelling the show with a cliffhanger like that. I did watch and interview with Jason Lee and it sounded like they had no reason to think the show would be cancelled, which is why they did the cliffhanger.

The Expanse Season 5

In retrospect, season 5 is not as good as I remembered. Originally I watched seasons 1-4 with no delay, so after the masterpiece that season 1-3 are, of course season 4 was a letdown. Season 5 is good, the issue is that Naomi whines to much. She is going through a lot, I get it, but she cries and screams way to much, to the point it really got on my nerves. It has been a few years since I have read the books, however, I do not remember her crying that much in the books.

The other thing, how they got rid of Alex due to his offscreen issues, it felt like filming was already done when his issues came to light and they decided to kill him off the easy way and then just refilm one scene with Naomi and Holden.

Battlestar Galactica – Season 1

I was only able to watch a couple of episodes. While I do like it, I still have the same complaints, no one seems to notice Baltar is insane, the other thing, the one Cylon, Boomer, she is all but fondling the capture Cylon ship, yet the Chief seems to think nothing of it. Add in that he could not get the ship running but Starbuck could, it seems to me that she is a Cylon also. The show is keeping my interest, but for how much longer?

The Artful Dodger – Season 1

I watched episode 7 and while the acting is good, overall, the show kind of is just a mess. I have read the other reviews, people like it but I am really on the fence, everything just seems contrived. I have one more episode to go, I guess we will find out what happens, I have my suspicions and if they play out it will be idiotic.

Britain by Narrowboat – Season 1

I am not sure why I started watching this. Basically 2 guys bought a narrowboat and are seeing the canal system. I guess they did it to help the one guys mental health. The cinematography is great, very fun to watch and the 2 guys are very entertaining. My main complaint, there is no substance to the show, they go through these towns and they really do not talk about them or much really. I do like the show, it is short and entertaining enough that I will finish the series. Think of it as a TV sorbet.

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My Name is Earl – Seasons 3-4

Season 3 was all over the place, the prison episodes where very hit or miss. Earl being in the coma, all those episodes were very lacking. They just did not have the spark like other episodes have. I am about ½ through seas 4 and it has been much better.