End of year fandom meme

[frelling_tralk]

Which TV shows did you start watching in 2018?

Feud, Sharp Objects, Peaky Blinders, Killing Eve, and The Haunting Of Hill House. All brilliant shows that had me totally enthralled <3 I don’t think I said anything about Killing Eve or Peaky Blinders at the time though actually, but I really want to start using my LJ more next year and keep it up

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[violateraindrop]

Person of Interest is one of my favorite TV shows. I hope you'll enjoy it :)

I agree about iZombie. I have no idea why they changed the effect of eating brains after S2. I do still enjoy the show, but I don't love it like I did during S1 and 2.

The 11th season of The X-Files was a lot better than S10 which had some really bad writing. After finishing Babylon, I couldn't believe what I just watched.

Netflix canceling Daredevil really hurt. S3 was so good and I was really looking forward to more Bullseye.

Happy New Year!

[frelling_tralk]

Person of Interest is one of my favorite TV shows

To be honest it’s only the 23 episode seasons that are making me a little wary of jumping straight in at the moment! I’m most drawn to checking out the shows with ten episodes or less first, so POI isn’t at the top of my list lol, but I’m definitely interested in trying to get around to it this year if I can and seeing what I think of it

The 11th season of The X-Files was a lot better than S10 which had some really bad writing. After finishing Babylon, I couldn't believe what I just watched.

Definitely better than season 10 at least! There was only one episode that I outright loved that year (the Darin Morgan episode of course), and then Home Again was pretty good, but it still didn’t feel like enough for a revival series. I was much happier with season 11 in terms of the MotW episodes, I think it’s an underrated one by the fans actually, there are some decent episodes in there. If only Chris Carter didn’t feel the need to make the mythology more of an insulting mess than ever....

[tasabian]

Killing Eve was fabulous, wasn't it? I already knew & loved Sandra Oh and Fiona Shaw but Jodie Comer was a revelation!

Not sure if you've heard the CBC podcast series on Nxivm but I've been listening all day and it's riveting (CBC is Canada's equivalent to BBC)

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-escaping-nxivm-1.4675949

[frelling_tralk]

It was! I couldn’t think of much to say about it at the time for some reason, but I definitely really enjoyed it, I can’t wait to see the upcoming season. And thanks for the link :)

[impala_chick]

Peaky Blinders! That show is so well done. And Thomas Shelby, gah. <3

[frelling_tralk]

I ended up getting pretty obsessed with him for a while there *g* Cillian Murphy has such incredible blue eyes.

[impala_chick]

Right?? I just can't even believe his eyes are real. And the Peaky haircut complements him so well.

[molly_may]

Oooh, I really want that X-Files book. I read most of the original versions of those reviews when they were posted at the AV Club, but I'd really like to read the expanded versions.

[frelling_tralk]

I’d absolutely recommend it! I’m such a sucker for those kind of unofficial books for reviewing episodes, and it was great to discover that it was completely up to date and also covers the revival series. It’s actually surprisingly kind on it as well, the one season they are completely dismissive of is season 9, but otherwise there’s generally the argument that seasons 6, 8, 10, and 11 are all better then their reputation (well outside of the mythology at least!)

I was quite amused by some of the reader reviews though, some people got so precious about the authors not praising every single episode, and it’s like really? I love the show, but there were stinkers right from the beginning with The Jersey Devil, Space, Fire! You can still be a fan while acknowledging that?

[geekslave]

There are so many shows I'd love to get into that are on your list like You and Peaky Blinders (I loooooove Cillian Murphy but I've always been squeamish about how violent the show might be.) I still really like iZombie. I think there was a slight drop in quality in season 4, but I still find it vastly more tolerable than most CW shows and definitely want to see it through with the final season coming up.

Stacey

[frelling_tralk]

The violence does get pretty graphic frankly, I love the show, but it might not be for you if you get squeamish at that type of stuff :/

And I’m bummed at how fast I lost interest in iZombie, I used to find it a really fun show and fandom, but honestly I’ve been losing interest since season 3. I thought the second season was fantastic and the arc really kept me gripped, but ever since they dropped back to 13 episode seasons I've found myself struggling to get through most of the episodes. I’m just not that into the one-off cases and personalities I guess, maybe the novelty just wore off for me