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Anyone watching Mr. Robot? Was recommended to me by the poker-playin' BIL.
 
Can't say I've heard of it but from him it must be gold.

Ray Donovan is back, with the addition of Katie Holmes. Odds he ends up banging her -400 idontwannawait.com
 
Just wrapped up season 3 of Orange is the New Black. Same response I've had all along. Far from an all-timer but I'll keep watching.

The last episode definitely closed out on an interesting mix of happiness, cliffhangers and wtf?
 
I wonder if Hell on Wheels is a thing. That has been going on for a long time.
 
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I wonder if Hell on Wheels is a thing. That has been going on for a long time.
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finished the newest season available on netflix

5.5 out of 10 matty rains
 
I enjoyed the first episode of Humans and will definitely keep going with that.

The only problem it really has at this point is me. I have seen too much TV/Movies/books which go heavy on these same sci-fi themes, implications of artificial intelligence yada yada.

Nothing wrong with that as a subject. And it's not that this show is unusually heavy-handed.

It is just that there is only so much to say about it in terms of philosophical angles. I've heard it all. But they have to walk through it and lay down the foundation.

But other than a couple really obvious peripheral characters, it is interesting enough so far.
 
Continuing my rewatch of Homicide. It is not as good as I hoped and remembered. It has flashes of inspiration reminiscent of The Wire, but it also has a lot more eyerolls than I was thinking. There is no mistaking it is network fare.

But I will continue on with season 4.
 
True Detective has become kind of whatever, unfortunately. Always been a big Vaughn fan but it just doesn't have the feel of something that's really delivering.
 
Mr. Robot's premiere is solid. I'm a little scared that it'll go the way AMC's Rubicon did - i.e. the premise of the show seems too narrow to support a full-blown multi-season series. But we'll see.

Glad to see Christian Slater getting work again, the guy is good.

8.8 Matty Rains for Mr. Robot S01E01
 
Yeah, so Mr. Robot is continuing a trend where producers and writers throw the kitchen sink at the premiere and then they just revert back to tired old formulas. The show is too quick, way too plot-driven and has too many paper-thin characters.

This'll crash and burn before the end of season 2.

This is Homeland and Rubicon and Prison Break all over again.
 
BTW I will pull the plug on the show if it pulls a Tyler Durden out of its ass. It looks like it's going that way too.
 
Yeah you should at least watch the first episode, very reminiscent of Fight Club.
 
The preview looked real cool, looking forward to it.

Ray Donovan is probably the best show on TV right now.
 
Your face is the best show on TV right now.
 
I am sold on Humans. Liking it. Unfortunately I binged the 4 episodes I had missed and I'm all caught up now, so I am stuck with the one episode per week like all the regular rabble.
 
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