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Underneath the brilliance of the main story….is that Gleason’s word held such weight with Larry, he was willing to go to air promoting something he felt was so impossible to deliver……cause even tho you know how it’s liable to turn out, even as he’s telling it you think “dude, wtf are you doing promoting it, he hasn’t even talked to Frank yet!”

That’s some storytelling perfection.




(Also kinda funny how much Howard keeps stepping all over it…cause he just can’t sit back and listen.)
 
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If you’re not already watching The Bureau take advantage of Amazon Primes current sales on extra channels and pickup Sundance or whatever it’s playing on, so you can binge it.

Maybe the best show on TV the last couple years alongside ‘Succession’…..it’s a throwback that’s one part ‘The Wire’ and one part John Le Carre espionage thriller inspired by true events, but with the added enjoyment of it also having the backdrop of real world geopolitical backdrops. So both the micro/macro of the show have real life inspirations.

Also just really refreshing watching a show where you know 0% of the cast ahead of time, and that is subtitled and detailed enough that you never want to pick up your phone once, during an episode.


Legit 10/10 show imo, that I can’t recommend enough.
 
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If you’re not already watching The Bureau take advantage of Amazon Primes current sales on extra channels and pickup Sundance or whatever it’s playing on, so you can binge it.

Maybe the best show on TV the last couple years alongside ‘Succession’…..it’s a throwback that’s one part ‘The Wire’ and one part John Le Carre espionage thriller inspired by true events, but with the added enjoyment of it also having the backdrop of real world geopolitical backdrops. So both the micro/macro of the show have real life inspirations.

Also just really refreshing watching a show where you know 0% of the cast ahead of time, and that is subtitled and detailed enough that you never want to pick up your phone once, during an episode.


Legit 10/10 show imo, that I can’t recommend enough.
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Looks like a free 30 day trial. Will check it out.
 
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I usually break up with a series after 2 seasons....but maybe this is another chance to go all the way!
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I know someone who does this, I don't get it. I do sometimes leave a series, book or game and just move on to something else, but I hate myself for it. Generally if I get through 2 seasons of something I'm in it for the long haul. With Lost and Breaking Bad, I had to come back a year or two later and start again from the beginning lol.

This could be a new show though, 30 Day Binger.
 
axlsalinger said:
I know someone who does this, I don't get it. I do sometimes leave a series, book or game and just move on to something else, but I hate myself for it. Generally if I get through 2 seasons of something I'm in it for the long haul. With Lost and Breaking Bad, I had to come back a year or two later and start again from the beginning lol.

This could be a new show though, 30 Day Binger.
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If it's a show like Breaking Bad, I'll keep going 'till the end.

But I find most tv shows to be good, but not great enough for me to dedicate more than 10 hours of my time to the same characters and narrative engine.

ie I watched two seasons of Barry. The first season was very enjoyable but by the end of the season 2, I had enough of Bill Hader's predicament as an assassin who really would rather be an actor. Enough of his one note acting, enough of the jokes about amateur actors, enough of the crazy bald Russian guy ("you'll never know what wacky thing he'll say next in that ludicrous accent")

So...I take the savings in time from not watching Barry, and give something else a chance. It's not like there's a scarcity of content. Plenty of great movies/tv/books that I will never read before I die
 
I recently watched Deadwood. Good show overall I guess. At about halfway point though, it just seemed to stall and became hard to continue watching.

I did finish it though. I wouldn't watch again for that reason.
 
CH1 said:
If it's a show like Breaking Bad, I'll keep going 'till the end.

But I find most tv shows to be good, but not great enough for me to dedicate more than 10 hours of my time to the same characters and narrative engine.

ie I watched two seasons of Barry. The first season was very enjoyable but by the end of the season 2, I had enough of Bill Hader's predicament as an assassin who really would rather be an actor. Enough of his one note acting, enough of the jokes about amateur actors, enough of the crazy bald Russian guy ("you'll never know what wacky thing he'll say next in that ludicrous accent")

So...I take the savings in time from not watching Barry, and give something else a chance. It's not like there's a scarcity of content. Plenty of great movies/tv/books that I will never read before I die
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me 100%.


the enjoyment of the world building initially is such a key factor in my overall enjoyment, that if you aren’t a 9/10 or better show, I’m gonna have a hard time carrying on past season 2.

also why I love anthology shows so much.
 
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At lunch Thin Red Line was on the IPTV so gave it about 40 mins....very very hypnotic...had to turn it off due to work shit, but man was hooked.


CH1 said:
If it's a show like Breaking Bad, I'll keep going 'till the end.

But I find most tv shows to be good, but not great enough for me to dedicate more than 10 hours of my time to the same characters and narrative engine.

ie I watched two seasons of Barry. The first season was very enjoyable but by the end of the season 2, I had enough of Bill Hader's predicament as an assassin who really would rather be an actor. Enough of his one note acting, enough of the jokes about amateur actors, enough of the crazy bald Russian guy ("you'll never know what wacky thing he'll say next in that ludicrous accent")

So...I take the savings in time from not watching Barry, and give something else a chance. It's not like there's a scarcity of content. Plenty of great movies/tv/books that I will never read before I die
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Well said...there are some shows that pile on the fatigue and at some point you just tap out....Barry was one of those shows.
 
SundinsTooth said:
At lunch Thin Red Line was on the IPTV so gave it about 40 mins....very very hypnotic...had to turn it off due to work shit, but man was hooked.




Well said...there are some shows that pile on the fatigue and at some point you just tap out....Barry was one of those shows.
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Incidentally, I remember reading an interview with Barry's showunner during my season 2 tap out and he was like "We have 5 seasons already mapped out"

I get the economic incentive for the producers/actors/networks to drag it out but I clearly don't have the same incentive as a viewer.

And honestly, the best version of Barry is probably a really smart, kick ass movie (that probbaly would have a hard time getting greenlit)
 
CH1 said:
If it's a show like Breaking Bad, I'll keep going 'till the end.

But I find most tv shows to be good, but not great enough for me to dedicate more than 10 hours of my time to the same characters and narrative engine.

ie I watched two seasons of Barry. The first season was very enjoyable but by the end of the season 2, I had enough of Bill Hader's predicament as an assassin who really would rather be an actor. Enough of his one note acting, enough of the jokes about amateur actors, enough of the crazy bald Russian guy ("you'll never know what wacky thing he'll say next in that ludicrous accent")

So...I take the savings in time from not watching Barry, and give something else a chance. It's not like there's a scarcity of content. Plenty of great movies/tv/books that I will never read before I die
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This depresses me and my ocd, i guess. It always freaks me out when playing a great game with Chapter Completed achievements & seeing them go down rapidly (Chapter 1 - 82% of people completed, Chapter 5 - 46% of people, Chapter 11 - 24%, etc).

If it's good, finish it dammit!!

That being said, as you mentioned there's way too much content to get bogged down by something mediocre, I get that part. Hard enough to watch a long movie these days with our dwindling attention spans.

But what if things got super interesting in Season 4 of Barry?!
 
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But what if things got super interesting in Season 4 of Barry?!
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I stopped caring so it wouldn’t bother me.

When it comes to sport, I never stop watching my team. No matter how hopeless because you never know, right? (And the clock will soon run out)

I’ve been rewarded with some ridiculous comebacks (both live and on tv)
 
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