What to Watch Instantly on Netflix? (and now all streaming services)

[Radii]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Watched the first episode of Stranger Things last night, was just too late to start the 2nd. Excited to kick it back on tonight.

Ditto. I'm in a hotel the next two nights, I will almost certainly binge the rest of this.

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Watched the first episode of Stranger Things last night, was just too late to start the 2nd. Excited to kick it back on tonight.

Me too. Thought it was great.

As far as Bloodline goes, being from a f-cked up family myself, I see a lot reality in this show. The wife & I love it.

[SteveMax58]

Just finished Stranger Things....really good. We couldn't stop watching.

So much 80s awesomeness as well. Even the credits, music, just a cool trip down memory lane. Only this is a memory you didn't remember.

[NobodyHere]

Netflix has been announced as the new home for the new season Mystery Science Theater 3000.

[Groundhog]

Watched the first 3 episodes of Stranger Things last night - agree with all the above, quality show and it really nailed the 80s theme, a few minor quibbles aside (was douchebag an insult in the 80s?).

Weirdest thing for me was thinking that when kids watch shows set in the 80s these days, it must feel like it did for me watching shows based in the 50s/60s when I was a kid...

[rowech]

Originally Posted by Groundhog

Watched the first 3 episodes of Stranger Things last night - agree with all the above, quality show and it really nailed the 80s theme, a few minor quibbles aside (was douchebag an insult in the 80s?).

Weirdest thing for me was thinking that when kids watch shows set in the 80s these days, it must feel like it did for me watching shows based in the 50s/60s when I was a kid...

Said something similar to friends last night when "Welcome to the Jungle" came on. Said ten year old kids hearing that would be akin to me hearing Holly, Berry, or Elvis at their age.

[korme]

[ISiddiqui]

YES!!

I was on vacay when Season 3 dropped, so I was a bit sad I couldn't start on it, but there is going to be a lot of BoJack on my TV for the next few days!

[Peregrine]

Anyone watched Last Chance U - new Netflix docu-series? Only six episodes and I found them all very watchable. Follow the football season of a college playing in the JUCO league - East Mississippi CC through ups and downs, and really get to know some of the players as well. I was impressed.

[Groundhog]

Finished Stranger Things last night. Really excellent show, start to finish - nostalgia done right.

[Butter]

The Invitation. Don't want to give it away, but it is unsettling all the way through. Even the opening minute subverts your expectation of this type of movie. Really well done, low budget, "thriller", if you can call it that. The group of friends are a bit insufferable, but I recommend it.

[MrBug708]

Anyone have any guesses on when season 6 of TWD will show up on netflix?

[BigPapi]

Originally Posted by Groundhog

Finished Stranger Things last night. Really excellent show, start to finish - nostalgia done right.

Agreed...That was good stuff. Not sure it's workable for a second season, but sign me up anyway.

[Groundhog]

I watched the first two episodes of Tyrant last night, and really enjoyed it. Not sure how it's going to play out long-term, but basic premise is the son of a Middle Eastern dictator who has been living in the US with a wife and kids flies back home for the first time in 20 years, when all hell breaks loose. It doesn't hold back, that's for sure... Some real shocking scenes.

[lungs]

Brendan Dassey got his conviction overturned.

[korme]

Originally Posted by lungs

Brendan Dassey got his conviction overturned.

WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PilotMan]

Goddammit I'm late to the "Maron" show. Holy shit that show has blown me away. I'm a few episodes in and it hits so many high points for me. I could totally binge watch it if I had the time.

[korme]

Last Chance U., anyone?

[Honolulu_Blue]

I finally got around to watching "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" on Netflix. The show is absolutely fantastic. Love it.

[CraigSca]

Originally Posted by korme

Last Chance U., anyone?

Awesome. Can't wait for season 2.

[Fidatelo]

It doesn't seem to review super well but I quite enjoy The Ranch. A good mix of comedy and more dramatic scenes, it reminds me a lot of Roseanne.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

Goddammit I'm late to the "Maron" show. Holy shit that show has blown me away. I'm a few episodes in and it hits so many high points for me. I could totally binge watch it if I had the time.

Yeah it was great when it was called Louie.

[PilotMan]

Originally Posted by stevew

Yeah it was great when it was called Louie.

There are enough similarities and I guess I'm fucked up enough to realize that I need more of this kind of show in my life.

[korme]

Marc Maron is awesome in all facets. Don't shortchange his show like that.

[Karlifornia]

Black Mirror season 3, anyone? I'll start diving into it later tonight

[Critch]

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

Black Mirror season 3, anyone? I'll start diving into it later tonight

1 Episode in, a good starts. Not season 1 good, but better than season 2 good.

Not sure that it's a show made for binging though, I think 2 in a sitting will be my limit. And time for a coffee refill and onto episode 2.

[chinaski]

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

Black Mirror season 3, anyone? I'll start diving into it later tonight

Big fan of season 1 and 2. That being said, I think they ran out of creative steam for season 3. First 3 episodes are great, but things rapidly go down hill from there. Not that eps 4-6 are bad, theyre just not Black Mirror good.

[Karlifornia]

Ok...watched 3 episodes. 1 was great. 2 was meh. 3 was great

[Critch]

Originally Posted by Karlifornia

Ok...watched 3 episodes. 1 was great. 2 was meh. 3 was great

This for me too, despite saying 2 was my limit only 3 posts ago, we watched 3 tonight.

Episode 3 was best of the bunch for me. Not as quirky and imaginative as Episode 1, but well done and mean spirited.

[Honolulu_Blue]

I watched the first 4 episodes of Season 3 over the weekend.

Episode 3 was very well done and mean spirited. It was definitely taking the dark side of the internet - in various ways - to an extreme. Pretty stunning.

Episode 1 was good, but just a little too on the nose.

Episode 2 didn't really hold up in terms of a narrative.

Episode 4 did hold up in terms of a narrative, but it just wasn't terribly compelling.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Episode 1 was good, but just a little too on the nose.

I watched this one last night, and have to agree. It was far from my favorite, maybe because it seemed pretty low-stakes so it failed to draw much of an emotional response from me.

[Honolulu_Blue]

I watched the final two Season 3 Black Mirror episodes.

I liked them both quite a bit. They were really different, but interesting. I was a bit on the fence with the last one, but in the end I quite liked it. They managed to tie in the tech/social media aspect while telling a pretty interesting and compelling story.

The third episode - "Shut Up And Dance" - is still the best. It's definitely the one that lingers with you the longest. The "White Bear" of this season.

[ISiddiqui]

I watched the first 3 episodes of Black Mirror. I liked the first one - yeah, it was on the nose, but it had a 'twist' ending for Black Mirror, and that twist was a somewhat hopeful end note. The second one was quite a mindfuck, but ok rather than great. The third one was pretty horrifying -

Spoiler

I was thinking why in the Hell is this kid doing all this because he got filmed jerking off? Then the reveal at the end, that it was kiddie porn... wow

I'm excited to watching Ep4 because all the critics are going crazy over it.

[Butter]

Ep. 2 seemed to go one twist too far for me... and the underlying meaning or moral was a little too heavy-handed for me.

Ep. 3 was really, really good. The reveal that happens adds even more meaning to

Spoiler

the scene at the beginning where he gives that little girl back her toy, and is a little too friendly about it... I picked up on that over-familiarity early on, but had forgotten about it until the very end.

The main kid in Ep. 3 was the best acting of the entire series so far, for me.

[tarcone]

Don't Trust the B**** in Apartment 23.

Oh my, This is hilarious. James Vander Beek plays himself. The two women are opposites. Single in NYC. Hard edged woman and a softer woman.

I am powering through the 2 seasons. It is awesome.

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by tarcone

Don't Trust the B**** in Apartment 23.

Oh my, This is hilarious. James Vander Beek plays himself. The two women are opposites. Single in NYC. Hard edged woman and a softer woman.

I am powering through the 2 seasons. It is awesome.

I'm *still* pissed this got canceled - I binge watched it a few years ago.

[sabotai]

Watched the first 3 episodes of Black Mirror season 3, and agree with most here. Ep3, Ep1 and Ep2 is how I'd rank them. With episode 2, I enjoyed it but I feel the writers tried too hard with the ending. Just didn't work for me.

[ISiddiqui]

Man, Episode 4 of Black Mirror was fantastic!! I knew there would be a twist but I didn't particularly expect that. And it was a much much more hopeful look at technology than Black Mirror usually has and that was somewhat refreshing.

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[hollmt]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Man, Episode 4 of Black Mirror was fantastic!! I knew there would be a twist but I didn't particularly expect that. And it was a much much more hopeful look at technology than Black Mirror usually has and that was somewhat refreshing.

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Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised at the episode as well. I wasn't expecting that either and before the reveal was thinking it was going down a different path. The soundtrack for the show was pretty well done as well, especially the last song.

[Butter]

Yeah, Episode 4 of Black Mirror... wow. Amazing. Just sat in silence for a couple minutes after, feeling the feelings.

Episode 5 was not great, but it had a tough act to follow.

[AnalBumCover]

Thanks to the discussions here, I just watched the first episode of Black Mirror.

It's fantastic. I can't believe I missed this the first time it was mentioned here.

[Karlifornia]

Originally Posted by Butter

Yeah, Episode 4 of Black Mirror... wow. Amazing. Just sat in silence for a couple minutes after, feeling the feelings.

Episode 5 was not great, but it had a tough act to follow.

Yeah...just........yeah.

I watched 4-6.

-For me, episode 4 is maybe one of the best things I've even on television. I actually cried happy tears at the end. How the writer managed to get such depth of character in a less than one hour episode, I have no clue, but it was masterful. It was fun and quirky for the first half, and then just segued into really deep themes. There was love, death, sacrifice, grief...none of it seemed corny or forced, either. That damn Belinda Carlisle song was a perfect choice...and it's been stuck in my head for a week now.

-I watched ep. 5 immediately afterward, and it fell flat by comparison. I need to watch it again.

-I read somewhere that ep. 6 felt like straight sci-fi thriller. It was, but in a good way. My only qualm was with the villain/ending. I'm glad they didn't let the cat out of the bag too early. I would have been bored by 80 minutes of cat and mouse. I do feel the villain was underdeveloped, though. Why did he feel so strongly about society? Ah, well.....can't have it both ways. Very good episode. It felt like a blockbuster big budget feature.

Any studio would be foolish not to send the show runner an offer.

[hollmt]

I enjoyed episode 6 a lot as well. I finished up the season Friday and ranked as follows:

San Junipero - Just a great episode with a different twist and played with your emotions in a good way. That last song man....just well done. When I was younger and even a little today I guess, my idea of 'heaven' and if it exists and if we go there, is this place just for you of your own making with whoever you want to be with. A long lost love, family, etc. It really just hit some good nerves and emotions.
Hated in the Nation - Great episode as well with a nice twist and played with the big brother aspect some.
Shut Up and Dance - Good acting. and Bronn was in it. Nice little twist.
Nosedive - Good as well. just not as good as the others. I dug the phoniness of people.
Men Against Fire - I liked it. I really did. I got the message but the very last scene though confused me. I might need to watch it again and might move it ahead of Nosedive and Shut Up and Dance. So this could be 3.
Playtest - Been there done that theme. The entire time I knew exactly what was going on and wasn't at all shocked with where they were going. They tried to force too many twists and it wasn't shocking at all.

I like how bigger name actors/recognized actors are getting involved in this series too. Howard in Nosedive, Bronn (Jerome Flynn) from GoT in Shut up..., Michael Kelly from House of Cards in Men... and Kelly Macdonald in Hated. I might have missed some.

[sabotai]

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Just finished watching it. Learned more about his personal life than from the few other docs I've seen talking about him and his work.

[tarcone]

The Fall

Stars Gillian Anderson. It is British. Anderson is a detective who believes there is a connection between a couple murders. There is. A serial killer is loose.
This is a really good, really dark drama.

3 seasons. We are finishing season 2.

[RainMaker]

Anyone checked out that Roman Empire: Reign of Blood on Netflix? It says documentary but looks like a show?

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

Anyone checked out that Roman Empire: Reign of Blood on Netflix? It says documentary but looks like a show?

Haven't seen it yet, but apparently it's one of those "docudramas" or whatever they call them.

[tarcone]

Its a drama that has experts pooping in and explaining what is going on during that time period and the characters involved, etc.

[QuikSand]

This is a difficult thread. I'm a guy looking for a new binge-watch show. I'm, just into season 3 of Orphan Black and looking or an off-ramp.

This thread, combined with outside input, have me thinking the answers are basically:

-Black Mirror, start at the beginning
-Narcos, start at the beginning
-fend for yourself in the wilderness of Amazon and whatnot

[JPhillips]

Narcos is great. I'm not sure how they'll transition to season three, but the first two seasons are excellent.