Me and the gf started on the first season over Christmas and only got through a couple of episodes. Hugh Laurie was utterly unbelievable as a evil protagonist and the training for an undercover agent of Tom Hiddleston spending a week in Cornwall, pretending to be a drug dealer…
Watched White Lotus last year and was blown away, especially the first season. Armond 
We just finished watching it. The Cornwall stuff was just the biggest load of bollocks!
It’s a pretty weak le Carré book IMO.
Probably one for Small Claims but my ex’s “current lover” (as I refer to him) plays Jasper, the leader of Hugh’s little private army. Weirdly, they sort of edited history in the second one to make his character someone else.
Gutting for all of us who were hoping for a Jasper spin-off series.
Watched the first episode of Hijack Series 2 last night.
Not sure why, I knew it was going to be piffle and indeed it was. Set on a train when the first season was set on a plane. Genius!
The best moment was the last line of the episode uttered by Idris - “I’m hijacking this train!”… I couldn’t help but think of Steve Coogan in similarly dramatic circumstances claiming “I’m closing The Bureau (for an hour)”
PS I will probably end up watching the whole series.
Department Q - I’m probably well late on it but it’s ace
Thinly veiled connection to White Lotus; just completed the first season of Ponies. Funny and well written, seemingly theres a Madman writer in there.
I think its OK to have a guilty pleasure in amongst the quality stuff.
I have a soft spot for Taylor Sheridan dramas: Yellowstone, Tulsa King, 1923 etc. They are essentially soap operas, with super glossy production values. Sometimes you need a bit of fluff to wash over you.
Just been trying out Landman, and I’ve had to bail on it. Too many one dimensional cardboard cut out characters, and its massively sexist too
Keep meaning to mention The Offer, a drama series about the making of the Godfather. It has yer man from Dept Q as the studio chief and after a little recalibration I thought he was brilliant. Lots of great characters and a really good story.
I reckon Yellowstone was the worst thing I just couldn’t stop watching.
I’ve been told this
Late to the party but very much enjoying ‘Banjo & Ro’s Grand Island Hotel’
Seem like absolutely lovely fellas.
Incredibly late but got round to The Alienist finally- so far pretty good
& Ro is giving me man bun envy
Loving this too after the recommendation here, prob something that would’ve passed me by otherwise
I quite enjoyed the first season of Yellowstone but felt no compunction to watch any more for the reasons you stated. Did unsettle me a bit seems to be a sort of red neck maga utopian fantasy. Bit like reading Ayn Rand… you know its wrong but it’s bloody entertaining although unsettling in its core message
A bit MAGA and a bit soap opera. I think I’m gonna pass on Yellowstone.
Have we had this? I usually pass on Netflix films but really enjoyed this wierd and life-affirming Steven King adaptation with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Tom Hiddleston and Luke Skywalker and dancing
An original idea on Netflix? What’s happening?
Its not a Netflix original per se, think its one they have got the streaming rights for.
Saw it at the cinema. I read the Stephen King short a few years ago. Its certainly unconventional, it confused the hell out of the missus. Enjoyed it though, one you think about for a while after
Picked up a copy of Shut Up And Play The Hits, a document of LCD Soundsystem’s last ever show ( 
) on DVD earlier from a chazza, just watched it.
The concert footage was great but could have done with less of the navel gazing scenes of James Murphy wandering around New York whilst wistfully staring into the middle distance like a man contemplating the imminent end of the universe rather than his band (temporarily) splitting up.
In retrospect a little self indulgent yes
Similarly thought the concert scenes were really powerful
