Fandom: Current TV Shows

[escritoireazul]

And by current, I mean shows I am more or less currently watching.

Criminal Minds season fourteen: For awhile, a few seasons ago, I was ready for this show to end, then there was a big shakeup of the cast (and therefore the team itself) and now I am utterly in love with it again. Chosen family! Interesting mysteries that no longer feel quite so over the top just to draw viewers. Spencer getting a twisting storyline that I liked a lot more on rewatch. Garcia/Alvez. All the team feelings.

Agent Carter season two: I'm working my way through a watch/rewatch of the MCU + tv shows (I'm rewatching most of the movies, but I haven't seen many of the tv shows -- also, I'm trying to do this in chronological order within the universe, so you can see how far I've gotten), but have been stuck on season two for awhile now. Mostly because I've been busy, but something about each episode makes me so tense I have a hard time watching more than one at a time. I only have a couple of episodes left, though.

The Good Place season two: Well, I'm about to start it, at least. I loved season one and am looking forward to season two.

S.W.A.T. season two: I'm generally caught up because it is worth it to use CBS' terrible website. There is a particular romantic storyline for one of the characters that is bringing me great joy this season, and on the whole, though I don't normally like police procedurals, S.W.A.T. is doing a pretty great job with police violence, racism, sexism, black anger, and a bunch of other things. Also: chosen family and team feelings!

WWE Raw and Smackdown: I have no idea what seasons we're on, and I don't care. I don't watch every single week, but I watch often. My favorites: Nia Jax, Tamina, Naomi, the Usos, and Becky Lynch, but I'm generally fond of most of the superstars.

Bob's Burgers season nine: I avoided watching this for a long time because the little bit I'd seen didn't catch my attention. Then my pottery instructor had it on in the studio a couple times, I got caught up in it, and now I've seen the entire series so far and stay current on this season.

Comments

[harpers_child]

I really need to go back and rewatch The Good Place s2. I kinda shotgunned it over the course of about 3 days. I know I missed nuance and that's a show full of it.

[escritoireazul]

It really is full of nuance. I'm used to shotgunning seasons, but I have to take The Good Place one or two episodes at a time, which is really slowing down my progress. (Worth it, though. So worth it!)

[merit]

I think I liked season 2 of the Good Place better than season 1! Still haven't watched season 3. I like to horde episodes and then watch at my own pace.

Of course, I keep on seeing images of season 9 of Bob's Burgers so I probably will have to start watching it since I don't want to be spoiled too much.

[escritoireazul]

I can understand wanting to horde episodes. Mostly I wait until an entire season is available before I watch, because I hate waiting between episodes. (The wait between seasons is usually easier for me to be patient.)

This season has been pretty fun! I hope you enjoy it when you start watching.

[flamingsword]

I, too, am awaiting S3 so I can slowly binge it over a week.

Apropos of absolutely nothing, has anyone else ever heard the story of the Peacock Angel and the redemption of the angel who quarreled with god?

[escritoireazul]

Well, I have now, because of you! And it was wonderful reading your post.

[silailo]

I haven't watched Bob's Burgers in so long. Is it streaming anywhere? I used to watch it a lot until Netflix removed it. :(

[escritoireazul]

I watch the current season on Hulu, though I haven't checked to see if earlier seasons are also available.

[ayebydan]

All your wrestling faves are flying right now! :D

[escritoireazul]

Right? It is a good time for me to be a wrestling fan! I'm enjoying things so much.

[author_by_night]

The Good Place season two: Well, I'm about to start it, at least. I loved season one and am looking forward to season two.

Oh, it's a great show. I feel compelled to warn you, however, that it's on its third season and I do talk about it sometimes. Always with spoiler warnings, of course, but just as a heads up. :) Season two is great, and season three has also been great.

[escritoireazul]

Thanks for the warning! I don't mind terribly about spoilers, but I keep an out out for spoiler warnings and am pretty good about avoiding them. (I wasn't spoiled for the ending of season one, and I enjoyed that a lot, so I'll probably try to stay unspoiled for the next two seasons.)

[dhampyresa]

I look forward to hearing about your Agent Carter and Good Place thoughts!

[escritoireazul]

Aww, yay! I'll have to talk about them more soon.

[aeslis]

Man, any tips where I might be able to find The Good Place season 3's first episodes? I LOVED S2, it was excellent, and I didn't catch the beginning of 3 in time before the Hulu episodes started expiring. Guh!

[escritoireazul]

Unfortunately, no. I'll keep an eye out and let you know if I see anything!

[aeslis]

Thank you!

[slightweasel]

I'm fully caught up on The Good Place, and without spoilers, let me to just say that S2 is far and away my favorite. You have quite a treat waiting for you. :DDD

[escritoireazul]

That's exciting, thanks! I was already looking forward to it, and this makes me even more eager to get started.

[dirty_diana]

I love SWAT and all the teaminess and how gently politically militant it is. Who is your fav on it?

[escritoireazul]

Oh god, so many. Chris is probably my absolute favorite, but I love Hondo a lot, and I am so, so invested in Cortez's career, Deacon and his family, Street and Luca making it work in the new house, the background progression of Tan and his girlfriend, the team proving themselves over and over again to show they deserve funding, the way the show handles storylines that either wouldn't come up at all in most police procedurals (Chris's bisexuality and dive into polam! Hondo's understandable anger! Hondo and Nia's relationship and how they handled it when it became something neither of them had signed up for! white guys as the dangerous ones! racism!) ... I was talking about favorite characters, wasn't I? Huh.

The team gives me so many feelings. The team is my favorite.

[dirty_diana]

Ha, now I feel like it was an unfair question because my fave changes all the time. Right now I think it's Luca, he's so unexpectedly sensitive and it's adorable. I love all the unlikely procedural storylines too! It's such a breath of fresh air and Chris is a big factor in that. I love the show's commitment to havimg the guys embrace her even as they acknowledge misogyny in the wider world.

[frith_in_thorns]

Hmm, maybe I should go back to Criminal Minds, I sort of drifted away from it around... season 11? I love Reid so much still, though.

[escritoireazul]

I think seasons nine and ten were the ones where I thought it was trying too hard to be sensational (though it might have been even a bit earlier than that), and season eleven was where I thought I'd stop watching it (Morgan leaving was a big thing, and Hotch's storyline was pretty boring for me).

AND THEN SEASON TWELVE HAPPENED.

I won't go into spoilers, but season twelve brought my love back hardcore, particularly around Reid, who has an intense and painful storyline that season, but it was such a great highlight of what he (and Gubler) can do.

I love the new team arrangement and the dynamics and find the stories interesting in ways they hadn't been for me in a long time.

[wpadmirer]

I watch a lot of sports. Baseball, hockey, some football, cycling in the summer (Tour de France).

Story shows I watch are Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I am a fan of the Marvel Universe, but I have to admit to not keeping up with the Netflix shows because I don't have Netflix. Though I'd love to see The Punisher because I really like the actor.

I have watched Supernatural (but don't actively watch it now, because I'm SO far behind in seasons), and I've enjoyed the new MacGyver.

I'd like to start The Rookie because I like Nathan Fillion, and I love police procedurals. (I also read them.)

[escritoireazul]

Oooh, I've had the new MacGyver on my list, but haven't started it yet. I'll have to give it a try soon. I've only season part of the first season of S.H.I.E.L.D., but I'm looking forward to getting to it because I've heard good things about later seasons.

Hockey and football are my big sports, though I like college football better than pro. Who are your teams? Hockey, I'm the Blues (my local team) and the Red Wings (I got attached while I was going to school in Michigan -- the won the Cup one of those years); football, since the Rams left St. Louis, I've cheered for the Colts when I watch pro football, but like I said, college is my big love there, and Michigan is my team.

What do you like about cycling? That's not something I've ever watched, and I'm curious. (I know that question can come across as sarcastic or judgmental, but I don't mean it that way! I'm honestly curious.)

[wpadmirer]

The new MacGyver is pretty good. Though I have read that George Eaves is leaving at the end of this season, so I'm wondering how it will be next year. S.H.I.E.L.D. gets better and better. I have really liked it.

I love hockey (the Lightning and the Rangers are my favorite teams), and football I enjoy college and pro. I'm a UF Gators fan (have to be, graduated from there), and Pat loves Alabama, so I have to like them, too. (grin) Pros it varies. Except for hating the Patriots. I always hate the Patriots.

Pat is a cyclist, and he got me into it. We once saw a leg of the Tour de France in France. It was the year Greg LeMond won it by 8 seconds, so it was exciting being in Europe and following it. We got the results of the race while in a bar in Germany.

Cycling is technical and it requires massive endurance and suffering. I find it interesting for a lot of reasons. It's fun to watch the "edited" version at night. Otherwise it's hours of guys cycling through the countryside as the announcers resort to talking about the history of the places in order to fill air time. (grin)

But if you don't live with someone who loves cycling, I can see why it would be a curious thing to like.