{"id":13114,"date":"2019-08-25T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T00:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=13114"},"modified":"2019-08-24T16:05:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T20:05:26","slug":"more-television-watched-the-first-half-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/13114","title":{"rendered":"More Television watched the first half of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve already covered Random Acts of Flyness<\/a><\/em> and Search Party<\/a><\/em> – here are some others.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Tick<\/em> (Serafinowicz version) season 1 (2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’re defining season one as ending on “Cliffhanger!” with Arthur kidnapped by The Terror; half-year hiatuses initiate new seasons in my TV episode accounting. After an episode each I wasn’t sure about either this or Dirk Gently<\/em>, but this had shorter episodes so it won, and I warmed up to it significantly. I mean just rebooting the cartoon would seem easier, but if they’re gonna keep spending money to put funny actors in cartoonish suits instead, I won’t complain.<\/p>\n

Griffin Newman (Arthur) is yet another Search Party<\/em> actor who’s also in Fort Tilden<\/em>, a movie I’ve already said I need to watch. Lint is from the Sean Bean remake of The Hitcher<\/em>, Dot is from the Adam Wingard remake of Blair Witch<\/em>, and Overkill is from the Reggie Bannister sequel to The Mangler<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\nReview<\/em> season 3 (2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n

With only three episodes left to close things up, Forrest is beautifully gifted a chance to make amends for his destructive obsession with reviewing life experiences – and he blows it, left alone and clueless at the end of the show (and the Show).<\/p>\n

It looks like Andy Daly has joined Veep<\/em>, so I don’t have to start watching Silicon Valley<\/em> to see him again.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Good Place<\/em> season 3 (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The team goes back to life\/earth, tracked by evil Adam Scott, while Michael visits Doug Forcett and investigates the point system. That’s a poor writeup, we should probably just watch it again.<\/p>\n

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\nArcher<\/em> season 7 (2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The “Figgis Agency” season, the group acting as Hollywood private eyes hired by Patton Oswalt to protect a film star (Mary McDonald-Lewis, who played Lady Jaye in the 1980’s). Nice Sunset Boulevard<\/em> intro scene.<\/p>\n

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\nBarry<\/em> season 1 (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n

It seemed like overkill to start watching a sadsack hitman comedy when I’m in the middle of Archer<\/em>, but this show hits new levels of sadsack without ever losing sight of the comedy. Stephen Root as Barry’s handler is the secret weapon from the start, then Henry Winkler shows up as a minor celebrity turned acting teacher. Most unexpected success: the Chechens as Root and Hader’s enemies-turned-partners, especially Anthony Carrigan as NoHo Hank. It’s all dark as hell, introverted Barry finding new friends only to end up having to kill them when they discover who he is.<\/p>\n

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\nNathan For You<\/em> season 1 (2013)<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I graduated from one of Canada’s top business schools with really good grades.” Nathan is an advisor to small businesses, helping them gain customers by, say, promoting shoplifting, or offering a discount via a rebate that has to be claimed by climbing a mountain and answering a series of riddles. He also does public stunts that can’t be seen as promoting anything, like hiding inside a cigar-store indian to spy on a security guard hidden inside a video game machine, and eventually the show ignores the businesses and gets more about Nathan’s awkward loneliness, looking for love by creating a “fake reality show” inside his fake reality show, and performing a pants-dropping escape act (“I took the judge’s suggestion that I should expose myself to children”). I’ve long heard good things about this show, but didn’t start watching until the True\/False connection, Nathan attending this year’s fest with an extended version of the series finale, which I guess I’ll catch after three more seasons.<\/p>\n

Body doubles who look “identical” to Nathan:<\/em>
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\nMystery Science Theater 3000<\/em> season 12: The Gauntlet (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preeeeeeetty nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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