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"The Bletchley Circle" - Season 2, ep 1 - this (and S1) is so well done.

 

"Orphan Black" - rewatched all ten eps of Season 1, this time with the wife, in prep for Season 2 starting up this weekend. This is also so well done.

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If anyone without HBO wants to watch the first episode of Silicon Valley it's on YT. Audio compression plays a big part.

http://youtu.be/VvkmsI54ss4

 

Watched the first two episodes of this last week, loved it. Absolutely hilarious. Interesting to see a show take on the absurdity of corporate cult culture in Silicon Valley, especially since Apple/Google/etc are so celebrated as beacons of how a business should be run.

 

In the past couple of months I've become a fan of Kumail Nanjiani. He is always perfect on Portlandia, and I heard some of his standup on sirius that had me howling. and of course he's great in Silicon Valley.

 

I also love that critics are calling the show sexist after just two episodes because of the lack of women.

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Bitten.  Oh god damn this is good.  Episode 10 just brings it.  Get at least as far as episode 7.

 

Do me a favor, y'all -- even if you find it's not your thing, let your Netflix play overnight with the sound down or something.  They're still teasing us with whether or not they're renewing for season 2, and I have a feeling the more views of the entire season on Netflix, the better.  The storyline in book 2 -- which will probably translate to season 2 -- will bring it up not just a notch, but by a whole order of magnitude, if they do it right.

 

Also, there's lots of sex and nudity for those of you who are into that sort of thing.  Mostly Greyston Holt, but some Laura Vandervoort (as well as others).

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More Ralphie May (Too Big to Ignore) -- I find myself laughing harder and more often than at Jim Gaffigan, and that's telling.

 

It's also misogynistic and racist as hell, but he pretty much doesn't leave anyone out, not even caw...caw...caw...white people.

EDIT:  I can't breathe:

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House of Cards -- this is fantastic.  Love the fourth wall stuff -- it's right on the cusp.  Zoey Barnes -- yeah, I'd do her.  Of course, I'd also do Claire.  The writing is off-the-hook good.  Love the expressions on Frank's, Zoey's, Peter's faces when they're writing and reading texts, emails, etc.  I love this shit.

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I love Sam Stewart, so plucky.  And it was nice to see a very young James McAvoy and Dave Tennant.

 

I couldn't help but think of Ali G during the musical number in the episode "The White Feather", despite it having an entirely different intent in this show.

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