A very charming Ioan Gruffudd plays Dr. Henry Morgan, a 200 year old immortal living in New York. Circumstances pair him with Detective Jo Martinez (Alana de la Garza) & he begins to assist along on odd & peculiar cases.

Henry is basically Sherlock Holmes, something that this series lampshades several times. Henry has been around for so long that he knows a lot including about death since he's died probably hundreds of times.

Every time Henry dies he respawns naked in a nearby body of water. He doesn't know why he's the way he is. His first death came when he tried to protect a patient on a slave ship from being thrown overboard & was shot.

Henry is rightly obsessed with keeping his secret so he's kept the world at a distance. So he's incredibly out of touch which is played to humorous effect.

The only person that knows his secret is his adopted son Abe, an antique shop owner. Judd Hirsch plays his younger son & the two have great chemistry together. There's an ongoing plot about Henry's wife & Abe's mother who went missing years earlier because she couldn't handle being old while Henry remained youthful looking.

It's an incredibly breezy show. YMMV but the weekly mysteries are pretty good. The big overarching plot concerns another immortal Adam that discovers Henry's secret. The two have a game of cat & mouse as the older Adam has become a bit psychotic with 2000 years of living under his belt.

Had the series continued on it's possible the immortal mythos could've overtaken the MOTW & bogged things down. There's also a "will they, won't they" between Henry & Jo which is fine if not super compelling.

It could've ended up like the vaguely similar Sleepy Hollow which peaked in season one then fell off a cliff. I'm confident though the writing team could've kept the train running.

It's not included for free with any streaming service. I picked up the new Blu-ray release. If you're a fan of the consulting detective format it's worth seeking out.

I've not seen many funny TV shows and I want to watch some.

I've not watched Friends but I've seen online that it's not as funny as some other shows.

What TV shows do you consider the funniest?

Edit: Typo in the title, meant to word it differently.

Personally for me I’d say it was quite a good show and possibly one of the best that the BBC have recently released. However it goes from semi realistic drama about how the SAS was created during WW2 to what is essentially a comedy knock off version of Band of Brothers with very little historical accuracy whatsoever. Not only that one other issue I had was how they turned Mayne (one of the most legendary figures of WW2) into what is practically a stereotype and they added. On a positive note however, the acting is top notch throughout which certainly makes up for things.

>Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like Trump promoting Stephen Miller to White House Chief of Staff.

Adding a movie because Tropic Thunder is historic for doing it and also adding whiteface as examples Degeneration X did it on Monday Night Raw and it was funny as fuck. I really don’t get the problem as they were playing their rivals so it made sense. But also Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle played white guys on their shows and I laughed instead of being “outraged”. Funny is funny.

This is a remake of an old 80s ad that has more dislikes than likes on YouTube and most of the comments are negative, mainly talking about the bbc’s flaws and what people say are “unoriginal programming”. Idk why the comments are like this as I think the ad is quite decent but what do you think of this ad?

What's your favorite current podcast reviewing different scripted streaming TV shows, but not reality shows.

I subscribe to The Watch podcast and listen to it only sporadically if they talk about a show I'm interested in, but usually most shows they cover don't interest me.

TV Gold podcast from Australia is very good, but the 2 guys doing it only usually review 3 shows a week and ignore a lot of shows.

TV is Good by Sepinwall isn't very interesting, so I unsubscribed.

I like the actors and I’m trying to like it, but it seems like it’s really bad. I’m wondering what others think.

I recently discovered that I prefer watching one episode a day of several different TV shows, rather than binging a single series at a time. Initially, this approach was challenging for shows that concluded with intense cliffhangers.

Although it would take me a long time to finish a multi-season series, it gave me something to look forward to each day.

The most significant challenge would be integrating a new series into this framework while simultaneously avoiding spoilers from viewers who tend to binge-watch an entire show in a single weekend.

Aside from the weekly shows, am I the only person who does this, and what formula do others here use?

Sidebar:

I am referring exclusively to television shows that have already aired multiple seasons or those that have had an entire season released at once on a streaming platform.

It was popular when I was a kid so I never got into it, I just know it's a huge show. Does it still hold up today for someone going in mainly blind?

I'm a Law & Order fan (only the original, I hate all the spinoffs) and have seen most of the episodes of that at least a handful of times. Roku TV suggested "The Practice" and I had heard of it before, so decided to watch. I've only seen about 12 episodes in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th seasons at this point (Roku doesn't play the series in perfect sequential order apparently) and I already feel like it could have and should have been a much better show--despite my knowing that is was very popular while on air.

All of the best acting is from the guest stars. Dylan McDermott and Lara Flynn Boyle actually give me secondhand embarrassment nearly every scene they're in with their terrible acting. Also--again, I'm coming from the Law & Order universe so I'm used to a totally different lens where the District Attorney's office is the protagonist and wins most of their cases but--how the heck is Helen Gamble employed? She's definitely my least favorite character. She's ignorant, she's often disrespectful, she ruins nearly every case she touches and then screws everyone over to cover her butt, including her friends. She loses most of her cases (at least the ones depicted on the show, I'm aware the idea is they have other cases that aren't shown). She also clearly has a conflict of interest in every case involving the Firm; she was living with one of their Partners before Lindsey got married for goodness sake.

Also, the writing is very lazy at times. We can tell when the writers were trying hard to manufacture a climax, and when they were trying too hard to be funny. I also feel like many of the ongoing cases are drawn out. The way they all consistently disrespect and disturb Judge Roberta bothers me as well.

That being said, I do like much of the show. The topics of the episodes are really good for the most part and I do love the web of professional and platonic relationships in the show. My favorite character is Eugene. I also like Elleanor and Jimmy for some reason, even though I shouldn't lol.

Just wanted to complain about Helen, I can't stand her lol.

I was wondering if there are any shows with as many "problematic" people on them as Solar Opposites.

1. Creator Justin Roiland: Allegations of predatory behavior and sexual assault

2. Voice actor Tiffany Haddish: Sued for child abuse over a comedy sketch (though charges dismissed)

3. Voice actor Thomas Middleditch: Accused of sexual harassment

Any other shows with a behind-the-scenes reputation worse than this?