Listen.
Sometimes the internet is correct, but lately it has been very wrong on a lot of things. It's bots (for lack of a better word) trying to influence our every day life, I assume.
The bots, for example, have told me that Nemesis on the Netflix is a good show - it's holding an 80% on rotten tomatoes, and is top 10 in 63 countries around the world. (I made that second number up, but Netflix does claim something like that. The 80% is factual, which is alarming and makes me question RT which up until now I have treated as reliable.) I made it through three episodes, barely. Barely. Waiting for it to get to 80% good. But, it never did, just bad writing with shitty dialogue and unnecessary exposition all delivered with real hammy acting, and all of that is not a winning formula folks. I'm here to tell you, do not watch Nemesis.
But, do watch the Four Seasons s2. I watched season 1 because Tina Fey and Will Forte and Steve Carrell and maybe most importantly, Coleman Domingo who is one of the most underrated actors (I know he's Oscar nominated - among many other serious accolades - but also I know him because of Fear the Walking Dead, so how does that jibe?), certainly for comedy. S1 was only okay, but the irony is that after losing arguably its biggest name star, s2 is great. It's a sad and funny musing on middle age, enduring marriages, long term friendships and how they work within your long term life partnership, etc etc. Maybe it's light, a little fluffy, but it's good. And episodes are less than half an hour. Also, a new underrated star emerges in s2: Kerri Kenney-Silver really made me care about Anne this season, a lot.
Also: I haven't finished the season yet, but the Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins is starting to get straight up LOL hilarious. To call it 30 Rock Lite is trite; it does not have the same jokes per minute, for one. But with Tracy Morgan driving a weird and unpredictable vehicle filled with an ensemble that holds their own against not only him but the Kimmy Schmidt universe that they live in, yeah, its in the same league. Or will be, if it can pull this off for a few more seasons.
Other recent-ish shows I've thought were excellent: Ponies, DTF St Louis (and please, check out Steven Conrad's other shows Patriot and Perpetual Grace Inc.), Wonder Man, the Chair Company and Task. All for different specific reasons, but a general through line for all is good writing, great acting, high production values and not a lot of fat. They are all 7-8 episodes.
And I'm dying to start Widow's Bay, and also Spider Noir. Frankly there might be too much content out these days. But I'm not complaining. Except about the bots trying to sell me on Nemesis.
