I'm looking forward to the new fall TV season, but until it starts, here a few things I've been watching.
Ozark - great show! The finale was crazy. I heard it was renewed for a second season, so I look forward to that. It's in the show's description that Jason Bateman is playing a financial adviser who launders money for a drug cartel. Things go awry and he moves his family to the Ozarks. Besides starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney--both of whom I love--what I really liked about this show (and I don't think this is a spoiler, but maybe it is, so if you don't want to read it, skip to the next section) is that Jason was always completely honest with his wife about what was going on, so there was no part of the plot where he was trying to hide secrets from his family. I feel like we have enough shows like that, so this one was a bit original.
World of Dance vs. So You Think You Can Dance
So a while back, I mentioned that I kind of liked World of Dance better than SYTYCD. Now that SYTYCD is getting close to the finale, I can say that at least for this season, I like them both equally. What I liked about World of Dance is that each week, the participants danced in their own style and were judged numerically, highest score wins. It moved quickly, the judges were likable and the performances were great. Last season of SYTYCD is the first season I didn't watch, and that was because it focused on young dancers, and I just wasn't interested. I also get a little creeped out at young kids dancing ballroom--they remind of of Jon Benet Ramsey with the makeup and costumes.
Anyway, I digress. What I've liked about this season is that they brought back 10 All Stars from previous seasons and during the audition process, they each select a partner to dance with. So you get to see the new talent, and you get to see old faves. Once they got down to the Top 6, I think, the contestants were paired with each other, but we still got to see them perform with the All Star. It's been really good and there are so many great dancers this season. My favorite personality of the group, Mark, was unfortunately voted off last week, but everyone remaining is so good, I'm rooting for all of them. I think that Lex is in the running to win.
Dave Chappelle
I had some friends over last weekend and because our weather was so crappy, we scrapped our plans to visit a few neighborhood haunts and instead ordered in Italian food and watched Dave Chappelle's two specials on Netflix. We laughed SOOOO hard. He is just a funny guy. We thought the first special was funnier (The Age of Spin), but they both had us cracking up with tears streaming down our faces. (The second special is called Deep in the Heart of Texas.) I just called my dad and told him to watch, but also warned him that it's not appropriate for my mom.
My mom asked when my fall TV schedule will be posted. I'm hoping my Fall TV Entertainment Weekly arrives tomorrow and then I'll be able to pull my list together. Stay tuned!
2 comments:
oh look!!! you DID try to tell me about OZark. We just finished that and we both LOVED it. Laura Linney and Jason Bateman are so good. I can't believe it took me so long to discover it. I heard that maybe as early as mid-year they'll release season 2.
i especially loved episode 8 where they went back so we could see how this all came to be- it started off seeming not all that dangerous and i could understand wanted to go for it.
since starting the show, whenever we see a business that we don't really understand how it stays in business, one of us will say, "oh! they're probably money laundering." it probably is all around and we don't even know!! i knew nothing about money laundering before this show so i found it all very fascinating and still not sure i totally understand it. anyway..
GREAT SHOW. (my favorite drama since "breaking bad")
Ha! I actually had forgotten that I wrote that about Ozark. I still feel the same way. Too funny about all the money laundering!
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