Do we live in a golden age of television?

[Dquincy]

Watching Men Behaving Badly on Gold.

It's still bloody brilliant.

[Foe]

Watching Men Behaving Badly on Gold.

It's still bloody brilliant.

I love it. It's one of the comedies I have on rotation for watching in bed.

[Max Power]

House of Cards season four is done. Probably the best since the first, especially the second half of the season after the 'event'. They made it crazier and hammier and made less attempts to make serious deep political points. Entertaining stuff.

[phonics]

I'm up to Episode 9 just after the meeting with Underwood and Conway. I saw people complaining that 'nothing has happened' when something seems to happen 4-5 times an episode. Some of them have felt long though.

[Vim]

I think it was the best season together with S1. Conway was really entertaining to watch and was a nice foil to Underwood.

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He is very similar in his mentality to Frank, which is great to see. At some points I was there just wishing we could see the two of them battling it out (with the two wives battling each other in the background) without distraction from the journalist plot.

Speaking of the wives, "do you regret having them?".

[phonics]

How were people getting mad at this season of House of Cards



"My apology. You a mother fucker. MR. PRESIDENT"

[Boydy]

Finished season 3 of The Americans yesterday. Is the new one out yet?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Finished season 3 of The Americans yesterday. Is the new one out yet?

16th of March

I miss not having an episode to watch.

[Bernanke]

Finished season 3 of The Americans yesterday. Is the new one out yet?

As someone who binged it, rank the seasons for me please.

[Boydy]

I don't really know. They kind of just blur into one since I did binge it.

[igor_balis]

ace

[Boydy]

Two episodes in to the latest season of House of Cards and I don't think I can be arsed with it any more. The last season was pretty meh all round and this seems very much the same. I just don't care about anyone in it. They're all shits.

[Alex]

I liked season four a lot more than season three. Without giving anything away, if you're a couple of episodes in I would give it at least another two episodes before giving up on it Boyd.

[Bernanke]

S1 > S4 > S2 > S3 imo. 3 was really bad.

[Boydy]

Season 3 of Broad City has started. I hadn't realised. Just watched the first episode. It was brilliant. This is probably the best comedy about at the minute, I reckon.

[Boydy]

Season 3 of Broad City has started. I hadn't realised. Just watched the first episode. It was brilliant. This is probably the best comedy about at the minute, I reckon.

@igor_balis you'll enjoy this. If not, I'll give you your money back.

[igor_balis]

@igor_balis you'll enjoy this. If not, I'll give you your money back.

Cheers boydbro. I'll neg you to fuck if it's shite.

[Toby]

I'll neg you to fuck if it's shite.

Also going to have a look at that.

Started on Flaked today. Seems okay but nothing at all like Arrested Development.

[Raoul Duke]

Also going to have a look at that.

Started on Flaked today. Seems okay but nothing at all like Arrested Development.

I watched a bunch of them yesterday. It was alright, but a bit aimless. It's watchable, but not a lot really happens.

Heather Graham though

[John]

I watched an episode of Broad City just after the first season finished and it all seemed a bit tryhard. There were a couple of chuckles but it seemed like a first attempt from people who might do something brilliant in future.

I'll give it another go at some point if it's being talked up to that extent.

[Toby]

I watched a bunch of them yesterday. It was alright, but a bit aimless. It's watchable, but not a lot really happens.

Heather Graham though

Yeah I was starting to get that impression. Good soundtrack too though, if we're picking highlights.

[Ian]

Did anybody else watch Stag on the Beeb over the last few weeks? I went in with low expectations and thought most of the characters being arseholes would ruin it but I rather enjoyed it in the end. Doesn't do anything that numerous load-of-people-being-picked-off-by-a-killer things haven't done before but it was done quite well.

[Clunge]

I watched all three and thought it was complete horseshit. Shame because I can't think of a single thing Reece Sheersmith has got mixed up in that I haven't loved. The 'twist' was blindingly obvious, none of the characters - even Ian - was remotely likeable and while I know it's supposed to be a silly black comedy, I couldn't engage myself in a show that portrayed such OTT 'blokey, matey, laddish' friendships that just don't exist to that extent. And the fact the environment would have killed them before anything else. It's even more the shame it was done so badly bdcause it wasn't a half-bad idea. A stag do where the (quite literal) hunters become the hunted.

I just expected it to be darker and more twisted, closer to something like The League of Gentlemen. Or perhaps I just got carried away when I saw Sheersmith was in it.

[Shindig]

Jeremy Kyle has a show now where he leers at 'brave' people in hospital. Highlights include a full shot of a transgender's new cock.

[Ian]

OTT 'blokey, matey, laddish' friendships that just don't exist to that extent.

I think they do, sadly. Just not amongst people who aren't bastards.

I get why you might hate it though. There's a lot that probably would have annoyed me were it a film rather than having it an hour at a time.

[Ian]

I'm finally working my way through season 7 of Parks and Rec and just watched "Leslie and Ron." Can't remember which episode it reminds me of ("Ron and Tammy", maybe?) in terms of Ron/Leslie interaction but it's just brilliant. Ron and Leslie's reasons for their particular predicament in the previous few episodes are totally in keeping with their characters (and in Ron's case, in keeping with his development through the various series of the show) and both acted their parts superbly.

[John]

That's the one I've cited in the past as probably my favourite episode of the whole thing. There are laughs, but it shifts and does the emotional stuff brilliantly. Not far off a perfect episode in my eyes.

[Ian]

It's funny how, because of the characters, a relatively small thing (the catch-up at JJs that never happened), is a genuinely big moment. They didn't have to concoct some daft scenario to trigger the break-down in their relationship.

[John]

Absolutely. It's all so well drawn that they can make a small moment like that a big thing in the lives of the characters and it doesn't take any manufactured drama to make it real. It's a silly comedy with people uncontrollably farting and sneezing themselves into concussions, but I struggle to think of any show that's nailed the relationships as well, romantic or otherwise.

[Clunge]

I think they do, sadly. Just not amongst people who aren't bastards.

I get why you might hate it though. There's a lot that probably would have annoyed me were it a film rather than having it an hour at a time.

Not to the extent where people turn a blind eye to their 'mates' being killed. That, to me, just breaks any kind of narrative in it. You just don't get a group of 6-8 friends were ALL of them lacks any kind of empathy whatsoever. Blegghhh, I think I'm/we are reading too much into it. It was just shit frankly.

[Toby]

Four episodes into Flaked now and sadly have to conclude that it's just a bit crap.

[Bernanke]

The Americans starts tonight.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Finally.

[Ian]

Really looking forward to new Daredevil on Friday. They release the episodes in a one-r right?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yep.

Can't wait to knock that out this weekend.

Oh and in related news, Luke Cage is getting his series on the 30th of September.

[Ian]

Cage, Iron Fist then whatever their mini-Avengers is going to be called, right? Maybe another series of Jessica Jones.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Definitely another series of Jessica Jones, they're developing it now.

They've cast Ser Loras to be Iron Fist.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've just remembered that they've also commissioned a Punisher series after liking the character so much in Daredevil.

[Jeet]

OMG The Flash and Supergirl crossover ep 28th March
http://screenrant.com/supergirl-flas...ra-barry-race/

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Daredevil season 2 has started so damn well.

[Kikó]

Sons of Anarchy hasn't really dipped for me and I'm near the end of season 4. It's not as good as something like the shield but a solid Milner.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Done with Daredevil.

Really didn't think I'd carve through it that quickly as I was actually hoping I'd watch the last few whilst flying to Poland next week. I thought it was great though and just couldn't stop the 'Oh just one more' voice in my head.

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Season one is better by a fair distance for me, primarily because there was no real enemy for most of it. Great performance by Bernthal as the Punisher but when you go from Fisk who was outstanding to two anti-heroes in Punisher and Elektra things just don't add up very well. Plus, in the Jessica Jones you had Kilgore who was also fantastic. Fisk's cameo was far too short but so damn good too.

I thought the action scenes were a little better choreographed this time round though, they just felt better.

One major flaw was the ninja army The Hand though. I just didn't like how Matt had so much trouble hearing them. I can understand them managing to slow their heartbeats down but Murdock has ridiculous super human hearing. I mean Stick having to coach him (from christ knows how many floors away) to listen to their breaths was a little too much. At the end of the day he'd have heard their breaths well enough or even just the sound of their clothing as they moved.

On the whole though, I did think it was great. I'm also glad that it sounds that a Punisher series will be made as I love the character, I also loved them tying in the x-ray of his skull.

I think it also sets everything up nicely. I'm assuming that the Defenders series will be all the main heroes rallying against The Hand to stop Elektra/Black Sky which should be good.

[simon]

Finished House of Cards the other day. It was a big improvement from season 3 and I'm excited to see where they go in the new season.

Frank.

[Ian]

Daredevil season 2 has started so damn well.

I watched the first three last night. Episode 3 with:

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the lengthy chat between Daredevil and Punisher and then that fight sequence down the stairs

was absolutely superb.

[Alex]

I'm a couple more episodes further along than you Ian, but I agree about episode three.

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The fight sequence was ridiculously good. It reminded me a lot of the extended hallway fight scene in the first season, except they made a point of showing how much of a better fighter he is now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I watched the first three last night. Episode 3 with:

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the lengthy chat between Daredevil and Punisher and then that fight sequence down the stairs

was absolutely superb.

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Yep, I loved that episode and fight scene.

It was brilliantly done.

[Baz]

Realised something that needed correcting, the other day: I've never seen Freaks And Geeks.

Watched the first (of 18?) episode before. Seems totally ace!

The girl who plays Lindsay is sooooooo too.

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[Foe]

Send a pm this way on where you're watching it. I've seen it a long time ago (swear it was on channel 4 or something) but wouldn't mind giving it another go.

[Ian]

Finished second series of Daredevil. Really good.

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I think it was a bit of a shame that, given Bernthal was so good and Castle so well-written, that his best stuff was front-loaded and the slightly less interesting (to me) stuff with the Hand ended up more prominent. I also think, with that in mind, the second half of the first series felt like it had a bit more momentum because it had Kingpin there as a focal point and his stuff was really escalating. I like that they didn't feel the need to introduce a new villain for the sake of it because this meant they could focus instead on Castle, Elektra and the main three protagonists.

Episode 3 was probably still the highlight for me but there was plenty of good stuff throughout and some great action scenes. I'll be interested to see if the quality stays high with Luke Cage later in the year.

[Alex]

I got to the end of episode eight last night.

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Fisk!

I had a massive grin on my face when that happened, because for some reason it didn't occur to me at all that it would be him. Such a good ending to the episode. I loved Stick being back as well.

Foggy and Karen annoy me quite a bit though (Foggy in particular), part of me wishes the pair of them would just fuck off so we could focus on the main stuff. Although the Punisher courtroom stuff was really good.

The bird playing Elektra.

I'm not quite sure what accent she's trying to pull off though.