What new series are you watching? *No Spoilers, Please*

I'm rewatching s1 of The Devil's Hour, on Prime.
It's a Brit psychological/supernatural murder drama that is very well done. The lead actress, Jessica Raine, is excellent. Very well acted overall.
Six episodes in s1, and s2 just came out so I needed to refresh my brain on how s1 went.
S1 I'd give 8/10
 
The Golden Globes opened our eyes. So much to watch from those awards. I did start to watch a couple of Harlan Coben's series. I like thrillers and to be confused until the end.
Funny you mention that. We just finished “Missing You” on Netflix today. I’ve watched several Harlan Coben series. This was the first that we watched together. I enjoy them. Just don’t binge watch several of them because they use the same actors over and over so it’s easy to forget who someone is if you just watched them in a different show.
 
We're enjoying "The Sticky" and will watch the finale tonight. Margo is great (going back a bit she was the Russian handler in "The Americans"). In E5 Jamie Lee Curtis makes an appearance and is superb. The series is very Fargo-esque IMO.
I do remember her in the Americans now, that was great!

Flieger
 
"The Rig" on Amazon Prime. What I thought I would get--a tense, atmospheric, claustrophobic scifi/horror thriller set on an isolated oil rig in the North Sea. What I got instead--a slow moving story full of recycled tropes and stereotypical characters. Watched first two episodes and am just interested enough to give it one more try.

Season 2 of "The Rig" is out on Amazon Prime Video. I did finish S1 and it got better, good enough to get me to watch S2. (Has it really been 2 years? Wow.) I've seen the first two episodes.

This season we DO have a tense, atmospheric, claustrophobic scifi/horror thriller set on an isolated oil rig. Season 2 is so much better than season 1. You really need to watch season 1 to make sense out of season 2.

Each season is 6 episodes of about 55 minutes each. Very bingeable.

I suppose I would give S1 a 6.5 out of 10; so far I'm giving S2 an 8 out of 10.
 
Anatomy of Lies, about the former writer for Grey's Anatomy, Elisabeth Finch. I never knew about this incredible backstory and enjoyed this quick 3 episode series on Peacock.
 
Not new: “The Greeks” by National Geographic and PBS. Three episodes covering Ancient (Bronze Age) Greece, Classical Greece, and Hellenistic Greece. It’s fantastic and very educational. Really helps puts a lot of well known places and people into a solid timeline. This series inspired the Nat Geo land tour “Greece: Wonders of an Ancient Empire” which we’re going on this year.

Should be able to watch it via Disney+. I watched it free online.
 
The Spy on Netflix

It is okay. I was not familiar with the main character. It is based on a true story of Eli Cohen. He was a mossad agent in Syria during the early 1960's.
 
I'm a few episodes into "The Recruit" on Netflix and am enjoying it. It's about a rookie CIA agent, and some of the situations he gets into seem unrealistic, but still a fun watch so far.
 
Black Doves on Netflix

Really well done limited series on Netflix. My DW and I are really into limited series.
 
Prime's "Troppo" is a modern noir set in the wilds of Queensland, Australia. Disgraced ex-cop and oddball P.I. team up to solve a couple of suspicious deaths. Also starring crocodiles and snakes! The Aussie accents benefit from closed captions turned on.
 
Hell on Wheels series on Netflix building the railroad across the USA in 1800. Some blood and guts but probably a lot of truth how it was built. I enjoyed this show and Longmire, Absentia.
 
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