Discuss and Rate the Last Thing You Watched (non-movies)

[Old_Hunter_77]

From: S1-S2: God Help Us / Great

After navigating a mysteriously downed tree on a rural road, a family of four finds themselves stuck in a small town, every journey down the road leading them back to the same town. They finally learn that they're not alone in the cycle, and that the residents trapped in this town must hunker down each night as mysterious nightmare creatures hunt and brutally murder anyone outdoors when the sun goes down.

I watched this series when it first came out at the behest of my friend who insisted I "had" to watch it. I did, and I recall the exact unease and suspense it filled me with, but when season 3 came out, I'd forgotten so much of the previous 2 seasons' details, I was in no real hurry to try and pick up where season 2 left me. He encouraged me to re-watch the first two seasons, THEN watch seasons 3, and I've gotta say, I was immediately reminded how very little (if any) does better than this show at laying the groundworks of genuine intrigue, suspense, and terror, even on a refreshing re-watch when I knew who survives and how each moment of tension resolved. I'm starting season 3 tomorrow; thankfully it's over, and I don't have to deal with any cliffhangers until the final episode of this latest season.

Lost made me gun shy of shows like this that spend literally years jerking you off only to suddenly stop right before you "pop,", dust its hands off, and call you a cab. It's my sincerest hope that the writers learned from that, and actually thought this one through to a satisfactory ending, and don't simply react to unexpected interest with plot threads that lead nowhere and red herrings for red herrings' sake. But I feel good about this one, though getting jerked off always feels good, doesn't it? Highly recommended with tempered expectations, i.e.: enjoy the ride for what it is do far; it's worth it as long as we know there's more to go for now.

YO wife and I are all about this show now, half-way into season 3, and it is wild man. I think they got more budget and I imagine the writer's room is like "ok what kind of f***ed up sh** y'all got today" and they are going nuts lol.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Personally I didn't care for 1923- I think a lot of the affection was because it had two beloved actors (whom I also belove!) but it didn't really gel for me. Especially that absurd villain.
Which of the two awful siblings won in Yellowstone? (I remember the cliffhanger being that the adopted brother and crazy sister decided to kill each other)

So yeah about that,

Spoiler

Beth drove to Jaime’s house and maced him like, two or three times. Then he started beating the shit out of her, and went to the kitchen while she was down to pour a couple gallons of milk over his eyes. Then as soon as he gets some relief, bam, there’s Beth again to smack him with a golf club or something. They both eventually collapse from the fight where Beth reveals how they sold the land to the reservation, thus spoiling Jaime’s plans to ever develop there. He rushes over to her and starts strangling her and shortly after Rip (who was chasing after Beth upon realizing what she was up to) shows up and throws him off of her. Proceeds to rough him up some before Beth tells him to stop, then she jabs a knife in his chest.

Rip takes Jaime’s corpse off to the dump site in Wyoming. Beth looks like hell which helps her alibi when the detective shows up. They were already suspicious of Jaime being romantically tied to Sarah (the land developer who ordered the hit on John), so she didn't have to do much convincing other than “follow the money”, and “I’m living proof of how far he’s willing to go to keep a secret.”

 

[Old_Hunter_77]

So yeah about that,

Spoiler

Beth drove to Jaime’s house and maced him like, two or three times. Then he started beating the shit out of her, and went to the kitchen while she was down to pour a couple gallons of milk over his eyes. Then as soon as he gets some relief, bam, there’s Beth again to smack him with a golf club or something. They both eventually collapse from the fight where Beth reveals how they sold the land to the reservation, thus spoiling Jaime’s plans to ever develop there. He rushes over to her and starts strangling her and shortly after Rip (who was chasing after Beth upon realizing what she was up to) shows up and throws him off of her. Proceeds to rough him up some before Beth tells him to stop, then she jabs a knife in his chest.

Rip takes Jaime’s corpse off to the dump site in Wyoming. Beth looks like hell which helps her alibi when the detective shows up. They were already suspicious of Jaime being romantically tied to Sarah (the land developer who ordered the hit on John), so she didn't have to do much convincing other than “follow the money”, and “I’m living proof of how far he’s willing to go to keep a secret.”

lol

 

[Gordon_4]

So yeah about that,

Spoiler

Beth drove to Jaime’s house and maced him like, two or three times. Then he started beating the shit out of her, and went to the kitchen while she was down to pour a couple gallons of milk over his eyes. Then as soon as he gets some relief, bam, there’s Beth again to smack him with a golf club or something. They both eventually collapse from the fight where Beth reveals how they sold the land to the reservation, thus spoiling Jaime’s plans to ever develop there. He rushes over to her and starts strangling her and shortly after Rip (who was chasing after Beth upon realizing what she was up to) shows up and throws him off of her. Proceeds to rough him up some before Beth tells him to stop, then she jabs a knife in his chest.

Rip takes Jaime’s corpse off to the dump site in Wyoming. Beth looks like hell which helps her alibi when the detective shows up. They were already suspicious of Jaime being romantically tied to Sarah (the land developer who ordered the hit on John), so she didn't have to do much convincing other than “follow the money”, and “I’m living proof of how far he’s willing to go to keep a secret.”

I’m not sure I get what the appeal of this show is beyond soap opera with more violence.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

I’m not sure I get what the appeal of this show is beyond soap opera with more violence.

It’s that with an overarching plot of resistance to commercialized land development for the sake of tourism, punctuated by occasional anecdotes about the perceived environmental costs of losing the fight. It has a few bright spots in between all the fluffy TV melodrama.

 

[Old_Hunter_77]

I’m not sure I get what the appeal of this show is beyond soap opera with more violence.

Personally, sometimes I'm in the mood for a solid B-grade entertainment- reliable, with some comfy tropes and a great cast. Currently for example that has been the show Bosch.
I also really like westerns and western-themed things, largely for the visuals- open spaced land, horses, mountains, that kind of stuff. It's just pretty to look at- it's the same reason I play and replay AssCreed games despite their many faults. Westerns also have the uniquely American frontier mythology thing that is a deep well of entertainment.
And a little soap opera can be fun. The important part is a little, though, and for sure Yellowstone at some point went too much into that.

Taylor Sheridan is, when he wants to be, a quality story-teller. His film Secario is what established him as a creative force and it's the thing that even Yellowstone and Sheridan-verse haters respect. Winder River was a smaller film that also garnered acclaim.

Obviously one has to have a certain tolerance/affection for the likes of Kevin Costner swaggering about grumbling at coastal douchebags and owning property and 'murica. It's a vibe.

And the cast is pretty solid. I like Costner. The guy that plays the adopted son is the dude that cried at the plastic bag in American Beauty. The daughter is a good/bad character- a typical victim of "man tries to write interesting bad-ass woman and just makes her a broken caricature" but that actress was able to turn it into entertainment gold for the first few seasons until Sheridan just tripped over his dick too much to overpower even her formidable skills.

In short, it's a good-bad show. Like... I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't already primed to find gleeful entertainment out of a western-y soap opera with confused vaguely conservative politics.

 

[BrawlMan]

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