TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[Vidor]

There's this show on Lifetime called "UnREAL", which is a satire about the production of a fictional reality show modeled on "The Bachelor". I have a Y chromosome so I never watch either Lifetime or dating shows, but it's pretty good, all about the sociopaths who either work on or appear on those shows and how awful they are. First four episodes are available for streaming at Lifetime, only two have aired.

[Jocephus]

Gaffigan has line how he only sees women being beaten on lifetime

[ghostrunner]

The short run of new X-Files episodes started shooting a couple days ago. Eager to see how that turns out. Im hoping we get a maximum of one alien story and monster of the week for the rest.

[haltz]

The short run of new X-Files episodes started shooting a couple days ago. Eager to see how that turns out. Im hoping we get a maximum of one alien story and monster of the week for the rest.

Funny, last week I started re-watching the series from the beginning, but I'm skipping all of the MOTW episodes. I'm about halfway through and the larger story arc is really starting to deteriorate.

[ghostrunner]

The short run of new X-Files episodes started shooting a couple days ago. Eager to see how that turns out. Im hoping we get a maximum of one alien story and monster of the week for the rest.

Funny, last week I started re-watching the series from the beginning, but I'm skipping all of the MOTW episodes. I'm about halfway through and the larger story arc is really starting to deteriorate.

Yeah, it's silly by the end. A few seasons in I started preferring the MOTW. The ones written by Darin Morgan and Vince Gilligan in particular. Morgan's probably the first TV writer I ever knew by name. He wrote Jose Chung's From Outer Space, which is my favorite. It's an alien episode, but it pokes fun at all the show's tropes. I've heard a lot of people say "Bad Blood" by Gilligan is their favorite, which is great too and really funny.

[JL21]

Interesting. I always hated the alien stuff and preferred the MOTW episodes by a wide margin.

[tlombard]

First, I never really cared for Seinfeld. The show just annoyed me and the stuff the main characters said and did bothered me. I have also only seen it in syndication because I was working second shift when it was first aired originally. My only real experience with it is catching the odd episode here and there and trying to watch it to understand why people loved it so much.

Last night when I got home from work the final episode was on TBS when I turned on my TV and I think I realize why I never cared for the show. When all of the witnesses kept streaming through at the trial... the main characters were really horrible people. I always knew I just didn't like them but when it was all strung together like that it made more sense to me as to why I didn't.

[Jocephus]

for what its worth, that was the idea. the creators had a "no crying, no hugging, no personal growth" type mantra as was typical of sitcoms back then, and still.

[Famous Mortimer]

There's this show on Lifetime called "UnREAL", which is a satire about the production of a fictional reality show modeled on "The Bachelor". I have a Y chromosome so I never watch either Lifetime or dating shows, but it's pretty good, all about the sociopaths who either work on or appear on those shows and how awful they are. First four episodes are available for streaming at Lifetime, only two have aired.

It's been getting amazingly good reviews too. I might give it a go.

[heyzeus]

There's this show on Lifetime called "UnREAL", which is a satire about the production of a fictional reality show modeled on "The Bachelor". I have a Y chromosome so I never watch either Lifetime or dating shows, but it's pretty good, all about the sociopaths who either work on or appear on those shows and how awful they are. First four episodes are available for streaming at Lifetime, only two have aired.

It's been getting amazingly good reviews too. I might give it a go.

Be forewarned, around episode 3 and then definitely 4 it devolves into a cliched pulpy drama with godawful dialogue. It started with promise, but it just doesn't seem like there's enough material or writing prowess to carry the 10 or so hours of a full season tv show.