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southernhybrid said:
https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-9491e0c7-f1d7-4ece-b83a-264344b729a2

Critter Fixers: Country Vets​

100 miles south of Atlanta, Dr. Hodges and Dr. Ferguson are two longtime friends who own and operate Critter Fixer Veterinary Hospital. Together with their loving staff, Drs. Hodges and Ferguson treat and care for over 20,000 patients. Between emergency visits to the office, and farm calls throughout rural Georgia - the Critter Fixers are constantly bombarded with unique cases you only see in the country. From a police dog rushed in with cactus thorns around her eye, to a potbelly pig with life-threatening lacerations suffered in an attack with a wild animal. Out here in the country there is no such thing as "normal" and every day is jam packed with all kinds of animals dealing with every manner of country ailments. For docs Hodges and Ferguson there's no case too strange, no location too country. The family at Critter Fixer does it all.
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A friend told us about this show and we watched the first episode last night and loved it. These guys are amazing. If you like animals and are interested in how veterinarians treat a variety of of different animals in a kind, loving and patient way, this show is for you. Plus, it's true and the two guys are still practicing in Georgia.
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Sounds like a rip off of Dr. Pohl.
 
ZiprHead said:
southernhybrid said:
https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-9491e0c7-f1d7-4ece-b83a-264344b729a2

Critter Fixers: Country Vets​

100 miles south of Atlanta, Dr. Hodges and Dr. Ferguson are two longtime friends who own and operate Critter Fixer Veterinary Hospital. Together with their loving staff, Drs. Hodges and Ferguson treat and care for over 20,000 patients. Between emergency visits to the office, and farm calls throughout rural Georgia - the Critter Fixers are constantly bombarded with unique cases you only see in the country. From a police dog rushed in with cactus thorns around her eye, to a potbelly pig with life-threatening lacerations suffered in an attack with a wild animal. Out here in the country there is no such thing as "normal" and every day is jam packed with all kinds of animals dealing with every manner of country ailments. For docs Hodges and Ferguson there's no case too strange, no location too country. The family at Critter Fixer does it all.
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A friend told us about this show and we watched the first episode last night and loved it. These guys are amazing. If you like animals and are interested in how veterinarians treat a variety of of different animals in a kind, loving and patient way, this show is for you. Plus, it's true and the two guys are still practicing in Georgia.
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Sounds like a rip off of Dr. Pohl.
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I've never watched Dr. Pohl but he's about 84 years old now. Is he still working? National Geographic did both shows, so maybe it's more like a replacement than a rip off. The two guys in Critter Fixers are black, which is kind of rare in their field, especially in an area that is mostly white. The show did get bit boring after a while, so many animals and so many different procedures. I sort of lost interest in the middle of the second episode, but I'll try again. I like that these two docs aren't that far away from where I live. They are very thoughtful and affectionate, another plus imo. Anyway, it was a nice break from our obsession with Law and Order SVU.
 
southernhybrid said:
I've never watched Dr. Pohl but he's about 84 years old now. Is he still working? National Geographic did both shows, so maybe it's more like a replacement than a rip off.
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I've watched Dr P a few times. More out of curiosity than anything else. His office is about forty minutes west of me. I've heard he will not accept any new patients.
 
Bouncing between Raising Hope and Letterkenny for the umpteenth times. With a smattering of True Blood here and there, because it's entertainingly cheesy, but there's only so much maudlin teenage angst I can deal with in one sitting.
 
Eisenhower was President when my sister and I first watched TV series. Dobie Gillis, Car 54 Where Are You? and Dragnet were among the titles. On Saturday morning we watched a cartoon starring Colonel Bleep. We had to watch many series concurrently: episodes only came once a week. Perhaps it was nostalgia for those days that led to my ...

Watching four detective/spy series concurrently.

I enjoy a variety of detective show types, as long as they're well done. The Pink Panther shows starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau are great. I enjoyed the story Death of the Nile (1978) even though it didn't seem realistic. But I do tend to prefer fictions that I can pretend are realistic portrayals of criminals, detectives or spies. (And I'm easy to fool since I've little real-world experience with such people.)

Here are the four series I've been watching, listed in decreasing order of my recommendation:

Untamed (2025, 7.1, 83%) crime drama.
This reminded me of The Sinner which I reviewed favorably in #2747 and #2769. But I liked it much more than The Sinner, liked the protagonist better, and found the story more interesting. I'll give it 8.0. I do NOT think I will watch Season 2 because the main character is intimately tied to Yosemite. In Season 2 he'll be based in Hawaii? ???

Andor (2022, 8.6, 96%) prequel to a prequel
I've seen maybe 2 episodes of Star Wars and didn't realize it had become its own "universe." Apparently the "universe" has prequels now that feature a thief-turned-warrior named Cassian Andor. And this is a prequel to those prequels that my son invited me to watch the 1st episode of. I enjoyed it enough to watch the entire season. I'll give it 7.6.

Copenhagen Test (2025, 7.2, 71%) sci-fi action spy thriller
This has an interesting premise, which made the early episodes fun. but it rapidly went downhill. A highlight was the quote "Not al of it was fake." The last few minutes of the last episode introduce some cliff-hangers: Obviously they're hoping to get another Season. Include me out. I'll give it 6.9.

Ponies (2026, 7.1, 96%) buddy spy thriller
The story idea suggests comedy was intended, but there's never even a single giggle. The top CIA officials we meet seem like utter buffoons. All in all, it may be LESS realistic than the comedy Pink Panther. I'll give it 5.9.
 
I watched the first episode of “Ponies”, and I’m not seeing it either. Absurd premise, poorly executed and acted.

We’re watching “The Americans” (should have done it years ago), “Lincoln Lawyer” (series based on the movie), and when we want something that’s solved in 45 minutes with some humor, “High Potential”, based on the French/Belgian series “HPI”.
 
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I tried to watch Black Mirror for the second time now. I remembered the first episode and skipped over it. Second episode wasn't much of anything. I haven't found it within me to try episode three. Watching a series shouldn't be this hard.

I watched The Americans twice now. Definitely worth it.

Maybe the one with the girl that plays multiple parts again. That one was good.

I can't find anything worth a damn on Netflix. It's just as bad as when I left years ago.

Tehran on Apple is a pretty good series. A solid 8.
 
I haven't watched TV yet this year. Tried to find the live EPL matches the other morning, but failed - evidently the rights changed hands since a couple of years ago when it was part of our cable package. Those five minutes of scrolling through the sports channels are the only time the TV has been switched on while I was in the room since before Christmas.

We have kittens and a puppy, so the need for TV has evaporated.
 
bilby said:
I haven't watched TV yet this year. Tried to find the live EPL matches the other morning, but failed - evidently the rights changed hands since a couple of years ago when it was part of our cable package. Those five minutes of scrolling through the sports channels are the only time the TV has been switched on while I was in the room since before Christmas.

We have kittens and a puppy, so the need for TV has evaporated.
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What does it mean to watch TV these days?

I watch my stuff on DVD/Blue-Ray all the time.

We stream the new Star Trek show for an hour once a week.

I don't have an antenna for the TV and we don't have cable.
 
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bilby said:
I haven't watched TV yet this year. Tried to find the live EPL matches the other morning, but failed - evidently the rights changed hands since a couple of years ago when it was part of our cable package. Those five minutes of scrolling through the sports channels are the only time the TV has been switched on while I was in the room since before Christmas.

We have kittens and a puppy, so the need for TV has evaporated.
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What does it mean to watch TV these days?
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Turn the TV on and sit in front of it?
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I watch my stuff on DVD/Blue-Ray all the time.
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That would qualify in my book.
crazyfingers said:
We stream the new Star Trek show for an hour once a week.
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So would that.
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I don't have an antenna for the TV and we don't have cable.
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That's not unusual these days.
 
Criminal Minds jumped the shark for me.
There was an episode, started out at a BAU agent's house. On and on about how much he loved his kids.
Then he went to a bank, and it gets held-up by a psyco, who kills all the hostges. Except the agent.
At gunpoint, the agent agrees to take the psyco to his house to hide out.
WTF? All this shit about loveing his kids, then he takes psyco-killer home to meet them? WTF?
 
I watched both ABC specials on the Turpins House of Horrors. This is the story of horrific child abuse by David and Louise Turpin on their 13 children. The abuse was carried out over decades. Prompted by the prospect of the parents moving the family from California to Oklahoma, Jordan Turpin makes a break for it and escapes out of a bedroom window. Clutching a mobile phone with no service other than emergency she manages call 911 and tries to tell the despatcher of her plight which is difficult for Jordan because of her limited vocabulary and her lack of knowledge about where she actually is. Thanks to Jordan's bravery the parents are arrested and the children rescued from their tormentors. Well mostly. Unfortunately, some of the children were placed in awful foster homes where further abuse is given. The interviews with two of the Turpin girls Jordan and her older sister Jennifer was amazing. Both are available on Hulu.
 
Say Nothing (Hulu)

This series focuses on the IRA over 40 or so years, culminating in four car bombs planted in London and the imprisonment of the main protagonist and her sister.

The series is really interesting and highlights many of the wrongdoings committed by the British government to Northern Irish people, which creates a feeling of sympathy for the protagonists. However, what they turned into were terrorists who murdered and maimed a lot of innocent people. The show glosses over this and portrays the IRA as heroes and martyrs when in fact they were violent murderers. I lost all sympathy for them and was disgusted at the ending.

I don't know how to rate this one because while being unethically sympathetic to the IRA it's also really interesting. I felt the same way about a series about a guy named William Scurlock who was a prolific meth manufacturer, dealer, but is most famous for his high precision bank robberies. In that series he's portrayed as an admirable free spirited individualist, when in fact he was an absolute piece of shit that terrorized innocent people and got a lot of them killed. His conduct was violent and disgusting, and I really soured on the ending of that series.

Say Nothing had the same effect on me, but I still suggest giving it a shot. Truly interesting historical dramas don't come along often so I like to see them supported.

Note: Say Nothing isn't a documentary.
 
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My brain is quite convinced that "don't kick the baby" originated with Dinosaurs before being picked up and run into the earth by South Park. But that was a long time ago, and sometimes my brain lies.
 
TV and credit cards said:
I tried to watch Black Mirror for the second time now. I remembered the first episode and skipped over it. Second episode wasn't much of anything. I haven't found it within me to try episode three. Watching a series shouldn't be this hard.

I watched The Americans twice now. Definitely worth it.

Maybe the one with the girl that plays multiple parts again. That one was good.

I can't find anything worth a damn on Netflix. It's just as bad as when I left years ago.

Tehran on Apple is a pretty good series. A solid 8.
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I liked Love Death & Robots more for it's watchability in Dark Tech.

Black Mirror is just hard all the way through. It's not supposed to be easy to watch, I don't think.

Then, I also found Big Mouth to be quite difficult to watch but I made myself watch the whole thing because while each was difficult, they each were difficult the way a colonoscopy is: if you don't examine the shit factory for what it is, it can get even worse, even if it leaves your insides feeling like they just got roto-rootered.

I do dread finding shows that make me feel obligated to watch them regardless of the difficulty of doing so, however.
 
Jarhyn said:
TV and credit cards said:
I tried to watch Black Mirror for the second time now. I remembered the first episode and skipped over it. Second episode wasn't much of anything. I haven't found it within me to try episode three. Watching a series shouldn't be this hard.

I watched The Americans twice now. Definitely worth it.

Maybe the one with the girl that plays multiple parts again. That one was good.

I can't find anything worth a damn on Netflix. It's just as bad as when I left years ago.

Tehran on Apple is a pretty good series. A solid 8.
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I liked Love Death & Robots more for it's watchability in Dark Tech.

Black Mirror is just hard all the way through. It's not supposed to be easy to watch, I don't think.

Then, I also found Big Mouth to be quite difficult to watch but I made myself watch the whole thing because while each was difficult, they each were difficult the way a colonoscopy is: if you don't examine the shit factory for what it is, it can get even worse, even if it leaves your insides feeling like they just got roto-rootered.

I do dread finding shows that make me feel obligated to watch them regardless of the difficulty of doing so, however.
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I dunno. Over the years I've increasingly found myself asking, is this truly entertaining? Is this why I've come here? To watch unsettling content? To be disturbed?
I'm getting old. I want to be happy.

Currently I'm a few episodes in to season three of The Man in the High Castle on Netflix. I knew sooner or later Amazon would make their series available outside of Prime. I just had to wait them out. Money rules and Amazon wasn't about to leave their series collect dust while there was money to be made outside their ecosystem. You ain't fooling anyone Amazon. Well, except everyone who bought into Prime. And I tried to help these poor souls. But you can't save people from themselves.
Pretty good story though. Not bingeworthy good, but good.
 
TV and credit cards said:
I dunno. Over the years I've increasingly found myself asking, is this truly entertaining? Is this why I've come here? To watch unsettling content? To be disturbed?
I'm getting old. I want to be happy.
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I end up with a running supplement of Archer, Bob's Burgers, My Name is Earl, Raising Hope, Letterkenny, The Office, and a handful of other funny-wholesome shows for that reason.
 
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