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It's Saturday, what have you watched this week? (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

            
              Kaos - I've only seen the first ep so far, but it looks to have promise.
Le Bureau de Legendes - this French spy series has a slow and meandering start but picks up over a couple of episodes and the initial time with the characters pays off.
Pine Gap - After the first couple of episodes, I'm struggling to care about the characters - and am caring a LOT about the absurd lack of a Faraday cage around the main building which would have prevented the main plot point in the first place. It is only miniseries, but I doubt that we'll finish it unless it picks up a lot and gives me a reason to get my disbelief suspended again.
Slow Horses - the third of the spy tales that we are following at the moment and by far the most fun and engaging. Season 4 is as good as ever, and Oldman's Lamb is wonderful.
Carol and the End of the World - a low key, introspective little exploration of self-discovery and where you find value and it's really quite charming.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I thought Kaos was pretty good.