TV shows you most recently finished watching

Thank you JD. I will definitely check it out.

The TV series that I watched recently and was pretty impressed with it was Mozart in the Jungle (Amazon Studios). Comedy-drama (not as funny as Mrs. Maisel) based on the memoir, the stories around the members of New York Philharmonic orchestra. The main characters are young oboist and eccentric new conductor played by Gael Garcia Bernal who received Golden Globe for his role in 2016. BTW, I saw him also in Station Eleven. The series was developed by Roman Coppola (son of Francis Ford Coppola), Jason Schwartzman (actor known from Wes Anderson movies) and couple other writers. Unfortunately the series is not consistent because each episode was written by different writer. There are unforgettable, uplifting episodes and other episodes are dull, uninteresting. Lots of great classical music performances. One of my favorite episodes is when NY Symphony goes to Rikers Island prison and performs for detainees in the jail yard. Powerful and heart melting filmmaking.

One of the episodes has a short but sweet progressive-rock reference. 

 We are watching Justified . Just finished season 2. Pretty good so far, second season was better that the first.

  

P.S. Didn't think much of Station 11 or Nine Perfect Strangers

That's a great series indeed , very disappointed to see it didn't continue for at least another season.

btw the lead actor Gael Garcia Bernal recently popped up in Station Eleven playing a theatre actor who literally dies on stage doing Hamlet!

 If you are a sci-fi fan you should try The Expanse if you haven't already seen it.

 One of the best sci-fi shows I have ever watched.  

It does take a little time to develop, the first season is a little slow. 

Yes I did like The Expanse , very complex drama that works best when in space and the drama is on board the ships. When its on Earth (or some random planet) then it became less interesting to me.

 

Reacher 2022 (Season 1)

Alan Ritchson

Action/Drama

What I can say is that Ritchson's portrayal of Jack Reacher is at least in line with the character as he was written. Tom Cruise certainly didn't fit the description. That being said, I found several of the fight scenes lacking in authenticity and some of the dialogue seemed a little cheesy. At least the TC film version was crafted a little better and Tom is certainly a master of action sequences. Now if they can only marry the two and bring the big screen action to the small screen story this could be a decent series. I'll reassess after season two premiers.

If you ignore the fact that it tries to transpose Association Football (or 'soccer' for all you yanks!!) with American Football, using terms like 'Offence' and 'Decoys' which are not a thing in soccer, then its enjoyable enough. UK comedienne Ellie Taylor is the hidden star in it. She is absolutely stunning but also could easily carry a much bigger role if needed. My plea to the script writers and producers , please do just that!