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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-06 (Monday)
Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 15:01:35 -0700
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On 5/7/24 11:18 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>
>> The only thing I finished was:
>>
>> Parish - "A Good Man" - Episode 6 which I think was also the season
>> finale.  I know this is a remake of a British series so there may have
>> been some built in limitations, but this show really felt like it was
>> all atmosphere and acting showcase for Giancarlo Esposito.  But I really
>> didn't care about any of the characters.  It was just bad people doing
>> bad things while trying to look cool or say a catchphrase.  Overall it
>> just didn't work for me.
>>
> 
> Thanks. The fire stick has been pushing this heavily the last couple of
> days. Sounds like I can safely skip it.

This is the kind of show I would probably watch if I had unlimited free 
time.

But as I don't have unlimited free time I will almost certainly never 
get to it.