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Monkey Man's New Show of the week

Space Force 29th May (New) - all episodes that day on Netflix UK. Comedy. "General Mark R. Naird (Steve Carell) moves his family to a secret base in Colorado to help run the new Space Force branch of the Armed Forces ordered by the President in this workplace comedy from Carell and Greg Daniels."

Returning Shows this week

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 27th May (New) - Final Season.
Blindspot 28th May
Ramy 29th May (New)

Finales this week (UK Days)

Thursday - Season finale of The Good Fight.

The mum in The Americans I think is the most psychotic character on TV. It's wild how quickly she goes from zero to murder and it doesn't really bother her.

The show has really gone off the rails, not that it was ever that good, but it's just kind of rampant nonsense now.

I've only watched a few episodes of The Americans but isn't she a highly trained Russian spy? Is it much of a stretch that she'd be okay with murder?

Edd wrote:I've only watched a few episodes of The Americans but isn't she a highly trained Russian spy? Is it much of a stretch that she'd be okay with murder?

Maybe in extreme cases when absolutely necessary. In the first few seasons I don't remember them killing anyone, though I'm sure there are one or two. In the past couple though she's just a strawberry floating psycho. Also I would imagine being an undercover spy she doesn't want to get caught. The show equates murder with getting away scott free.

Monkey Man's New Show of the week

Alex Rider 4th June (New) - all episodes that day on Amazon UK. "The adventures of a reluctant teen spy on his missions to save the world."

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Trackers 5th June (New). "Milla Strachan (Rolanda Marais), a new low-level analyst with the Presidential Bureau of Intelligence (the PBI) uncovers a conspiracy that involves the mysterious Lukas Becker (Ed Stoppard) and Lemmer (James Alexander Gracie), a former PBI operative in this thriller based on the novel of the same name by Deon Meyer."

Returning Shows this week

Roswell: New Mexico 1st June
Fuller House 2nd June - all episodes that day on Netflix UK - Final Season
Dirty John 2nd June (New)
13 Reasons Why 5th June (New) - all episodes that day on Netflix UK - Final Season

Finales this week (UK Days)

Monday - Season finale of Killing Eve.
Wednesday - Season finale of Legends Of Tomorrow.
Friday - Season finale of Vagrant Queen.

Anyone been watching this latest series of Killing Eve? I still need to watch the finale but is it just me or has it actually been pretty gooseberry fool for a while now?

Jenuall wrote:Anyone been watching this latest series of Killing Eve? I still need to watch the finale but is it just me or has it actually been pretty gooseberry fool for a while now?

I enjoyed it well enough. Not thrilled by it as when it first came out but I find the overall craft quality is enough to keep me entertained.

Highlight of this series for me was visiting Villanelle's original home.

Killing Eve is massively overrated due to the dearth in quality programming in recent years. People have started to settle for mediocrity.

I think the first series was genuinely very good, it set up some compelling characters and was something of a breath of fresh air with its slightly less serious and sour faced take on the genre. But whilst they've had moments it has been downhill for the last two series overall in my view.

Luca Quinn (Luca Quinn) & Delroy Lindo (Adrian Boseman) exit The Good Fight although they might return briefly to wrap up their storylines from the shortened season - https://deadline.com/2020/05/cush-jumbo ... 202946663/

What We Do In The Shadows renewed - https://deadline.com/2020/05/what-we-do ... 202942010/

Prodigal Son renewed - https://deadline.com/2020/05/prodigal-s ... 202941032/

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia renewed - https://deadline.com/2020/05/its-always ... 202943000/

Better Things renewed - https://deadline.com/2020/05/american-h ... 202942983/

Elite renewed - https://deadline.com/2020/05/netflix-re ... 202941845/

Tuca & Bernie renewed by Adult Swim - https://deadline.com/2020/05/tuca-and-b ... 202941783/

Those cast changes for The Good Fight are both terrible news.

What's going on behind the scenes there that they keep losing major cast members?

Rewatching The Wire in the current climate throws up some interesting stuff. Scenes like the beat downs Bodie gets or when Bird get’s assaulted while handcuffed in custody certainly give you more pause for thought than I’ve previously paid them. They never really focussed on police brutality or institutionalised racism in the show. I mean they certainly cover the department being strawberry floated up but more from a lack of training and overwhelmed by the drug trade angle. Wonder if they’d ever come back and do a season 6 on it.

Monkey Man's New Show of the week

The Woods 12th June (New) - all episodes that day on Netflix UK. "The Woods is based on Harlen Coben’s crime novel of the same name and follows prosecutor Paweł Kopiński, whose sister went missing in the woods near her summer camp 25 years ago."

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Reality Z 10th June (New) - all episodes that day on Netflix UK. "As zombies attack Rio de Janeiro, reality TV show contestants hunker down in a TV studio where they must deal with more than flesh-eating hordes." Brazillian remake of Charlie Brooker's Dead Set.

Returning Shows this week

F Is for Family 12th June (New) - all episodes that day on Netflix UK

Finales this week (UK Days)

Monday - Season finale of Ramy.
Thursday - Season finale of What We Do in the Shadows.
Friday - Season finale of Man with a Plan.

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At least they can just kill off the character without affecting the show too much, or just recast the role and have him 'shapeshift' to look like the new actor.

Batwoman on the other hand could be a trickier problem to fix now Ruby Rose has apparently 'quit' the show.

I've heard they're just having another character take up the Batwoman mantle?

Ralph Dibny is the easiest recast ever as they can have the character literally change face.

Cuttooth wrote:I've heard they're just having another character take up the Batwoman mantle?

It's madness.

Cuttooth wrote:I've heard they're just having another character take up the Batwoman mantle?

Alfred's niece then.

Or Mary :lol:

Ironhide wrote:
Cuttooth wrote:I've heard they're just having another character take up the Batwoman mantle?

Alfred's niece then.

Or Mary

Apparently it's a brand new character who might be original for the TV show. Though the character description for the casting call sounds vaguely like Harper Row.

I don't watch Batwoman but why would it be a new character playing her and not just pretend nothing happened like Spartacus main actor or Will's Aunt in Fresh Prince of Bel Air?

(Been years since I saw either show but can't remember if they broke the 4th wall to address Fresh Prince change. I think Spartacus did a tribute at the end credits though since the actor died as opposed to quit or got the sack.)

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