Ponies is light-hearted fun with the leads and support all over-acting their roles in the hammiest way possible.
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Started watching ‘I Love LA’ last night at 2115
Stopped watching ‘I Love LA’ last night at 2125
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Watched this the other night, atmospheric and tense, would have preferred a more ambiguous ending than the black and white Hollywood one, decent watch though.
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We saw it with our neighbours last night. Good Saturday night popcorn business.
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Looking forward to this…
Sometimes that’s exactly what you want 
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Given up on The Night Manager. Not a patch on the original, new one is generic spy fodder. Sorely lacking Hugh Laurie and Tom Hollander.
White Lotus 3 on the other hand (finally gotten around to watching it) is television on a completely different level. Beautiful cinematography and clever use of music. Don’t understand the indifference to it although only three episodes in.
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I really enjoyed White Lotus S3 but it was a lot more ‘generic’ than 1 or 2, I can see why people weren’t that impressed
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It was glacial through the middle which irked a lot of folk.
Just seen Steve Coogan has been cast in series 4.
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Lacking Hugh Laurie? I think you should stick with it.
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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 
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We just finished watching it. The Cornwall stuff was just the biggest load of bollocks!
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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.
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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.
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Department Q - I’m probably well late on it but it’s ace
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Thinly veiled connection to White Lotus; just completed the first season of Ponies. Funny and well written, seemingly theres a Madman writer in there.
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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
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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.
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I reckon Yellowstone was the worst thing I just couldn’t stop watching.
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I’ve been told this