📺 Finished S6E7 of The Handmaid’s Tale and I can’t wait to listen to the Eyes on Gilead podcast unpack this! The pro-Nick camp will struggle to find a positive angle this time to counter Luke’s “fucking nazi” comment!

So much about to happen and only three episodes left. Bye bye Bell coming up!

📺 Time to watch the last episode of The Pitt. This show has not disappointed although the ending last week didn’t sit well. After the events of the previous hours, I’m not sure how two police officers could be spared to check on a broken ankle bracelet. Seemed a bit contrived to set up a scene.

📺 A thoughtful piece by Dan Barrett in his newsletter on how the garbage fire in the US presents an opportunity to improve the value of local Australian TV.

Apart from a blind spot in regard to Doctor Who, Dan’s newsletter is a great read and pointer to tv worth watching. You should subscribe.

📺 Finished watching Paradise (Season 1, 2025) ★★★★

A rectangular image with a review of Season 1 of the television series Paradise. The show poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Avoid Okay Good Great with Great selected. The review reads - A surprise reveal at the end of episode one had me hooked. There have been so many post cataclysmic event type shows but this one is clever and well done. The over-arching premise is there, threaded through each episode as the flashbacks slowly lead us to the present. The penultimate episode was very good and dived deep into the some lives are more important than others decisions.

📺 Finished watching Silo (Season 2). ★★★½

A rectangular image with a review of Season 2 of the television series Silo. The show poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Avoid Okay Good Great with Good selected. The review reads - Having read the books I quite enjoyed S2 as it has incorporated the important elements and kept a good balance between the different storylines. You know there is more to the story which is yet to be revealed, basically some good low key teasing of more to come. The hint at the end of what S3 might be about is promising.

📺 Finished watching Zero Day (2025). ★★

A rectangular image with a review of the Netflix series Zero Day (Season 1). The show poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Poor Okay Good Great with Okay selected. The review reads: How was this so average? Robert De Niro, a good support cast, cyber attack, conspiracy, all the elements to make a good thriller. Sadly, it was not. Tension never achieved, conspiracy exposed and wound up with barely a yawn.

📺 Finished watching The Diplomat (Season 2, 2024) ★★★★½

A rectangular image with a review of the television series The Diplomat (Season 2). The show poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Poor Okay Good Great with Great selected. The review reads: The first season of this had me hooked and the second didn’t disappoint. Keri Russell as the Ambassador who doesn’t want to be one, Rufus Sewell as her charismatic husband who still wants to be one, Rory Kinnear as an erratic UK prime minister, and Allison Janney giving C.J. Cregg vibes! What more could you want. The ending of the final episode was possibly my favourite bit of the whole season; few words, powerful music and the long shot adding drama, brilliant! Great set up for season three.

📺 Finished watching Obituary (2024) ★★★★

A rectangular image with a review of the television series Obituary (Season 1). The show poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Poor Okay Good Great with Great selected. The review reads: This is a brilliant bit of dark comedy in the way only the Irish can deliver. An obituary writer is suddenly switched to only being paid per obituary so what else do you do in a small rural town when you have bills to pay? You ensure there are obituaries to write. Siobhan Cullen as the lead is outstanding, caught up in an older mystery murder she discovers she has a panache for ridding herself of problems and getting paid for doing it. You’ll want to binge this one.

📺 Finished watching Time Bandits (2024) ★★★½

A rectangular image with a review of the television series Time Bandits (Season 1). The show poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Poor Okay Good Great with Good selected. The review reads: Loosely based on the movie of the same name I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to. Lisa Kudrow was great and it was an ensemble cast which worked well together. The surprise appearances by Shaun Micallef amused this Australian. He was the last person I expected to see popping up. Cancelled after this one season it's still worth watching. The season is self contained and you're not left hanging. Music is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh, a founding member of Devo.

📺 Finished watching Territory (2024) ★★

A rectangular image with a review of the television series Territory (Season 1). The show poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Poor Okay Good Great with Okay selected. The review reads: I think it was maybe aiming for a Succession or Yellowstone vibe but set in the Australian outback. The elements were there, a cantankerous patriarch playing children and grandchildren off against the other, the children wanting approval, and everyone wanting to run the world's biggest cattle station in the Northern Territory. It tried to have a lawless undercurrent but some of it simply wasn’t believable. There was a setup for a second season but not sure I’ll be back if it eventuates. This was a close run between Poor or Okay and I went with Okay because of the stunning locations in the Australian Outback and the way Indigenous Australians were represented as the traditional owners of the land.