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 ====== TV Shows ======
 Starting to track what I watch.
+===== Still to start =====
+In no particular order:
+  * [[wp>Fubar]]
+  * [[wp>Ms Marvel]]
+  * [[wp>Peacemaker]]
+  * [[wp>Blade Runner: Black Lotus]]
+  * [[wp>Moon Knight]]
+  * [[wp>Time of Eve]] (2008) [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1506339/|imdb]] - 6 episodes - "In the not too distant future androids have come into common usage. Taking the androids for granted, humans treat them as if they were common everyday tools, while on the other hand, some people empathize with androids due to their human-like appearance (save for a digital ring floating above their heads). This has become a social problem and these people are frowned upon as a result. Rikuo, one who has taken androids for granted for his entire life, one day discovers that Sammy, his home android, has been acting strangely and finds a strange phrase recorded in her activity log. He, along with his friend Masaki, traces Sammy's footsteps and come upon an unusual café."
+  * [[wp>Utopia (2020)]] - [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8303474/|imdb]] - 8 episodes - John Cusack. "A group of young adults, who meet online, get a hold of a cult underground graphic novel, which not only pins them as a target of a shadowy deep state organization, but also burdens them with the dangerous task of saving the world."
+  * [[wp>Helstrom]] (2020) [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10266874/|imdb]] - 10 episodes. "Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity - each with their attitude and skills. "
+  * [[wp>The Watch]] (2020) [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8080292/|imdb]] - 8+ episodes. "Based on the characters from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe. "
+  * [[wp>Cypher (TV series)]] (2021) [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7759130/|imdb]] - 8+ episodes. "Will Scott, one of the FBI's leading crypto-analysts is hired to crack a heavily coded document. He soon discovers it's a hit list, putting him in the cross-hairs of the bad guys who want it back. "
+  * [[wp>11.22.63]] [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2879552/|imdb]] - 8 episodes - James Franco. "A high school teacher travels back in time to prevent John F. Kennedy's assassination."
+  * [[wp>Pure Genius]] (2016) [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5500906/|imdb]] - 13 episodes. "A young Silicon Valley tech-titan enlists a veteran surgeon with a controversial past in starting a hospital with a cutting-edge, new school approach to medicine. "
+  * [[wp>Made for Love]] (2021) [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7808566/|imdb]] - 10+ episodes. "A young woman, on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage to a tech billionaire, suddenly realizes that her husband has implanted a revolutionary monitoring device in her brain that allows him to track her every move. "
+  * [[wp>Intruders]] (2014) [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3552166/|imdb]] - 8 episodes - Millie Bobby Brown. "A secret society is devoted to chasing immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others. "
+  * [[wp>A Discovery of Witches]] (2018) [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177461/|imdb]] - 3+ seasons. "Diana Bishop, historian and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire and witches should never trust vampires. "
+  * [[wp>The Spy]] (2019) [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5952634/|imdb]] - 6 episodes - Sacha Baron Cohen. "Based on the life of the Israeli spy, Eli Cohen. "
+  * [[wp>The Crazy Ones]] (2013) [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2710104/|imdb]] - 1 season, 22 episodes - Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robin Williams.  "Out-of-the-box Simon Roberts runs an ad agency with his Type-A daughter Sydney. "
+  * [[wp>Biohackers]] (2021) "A fast-paced thriller following medical student Mia Akerlund who discovers the use of highly advanced biohacking technology in her university town."
+  * [[wp>Dexter]] (Season 9)
+  * [[wp>MacGruber]]
+  * [[wp>Firebite]]
+===== Currently Watching ====
+  * [[wp>CommandZ]]
+  * [[wp>Hijack]]
+  * [[wp>Seal Team]]
+  * [[wp>Citadel]]
+  * [[wp>Voyager]] (Season 3) - Starting a rewatch to coincide with me listening to the Delta Flyers podcast, which I'm quite enjoying.  Naomi hasn't seen the first few seasons (we started with Seven in our first watch).
+  * [[wp>Quantum Leap (2022)]]
+  * [[wp>His Dark Materials]]
+  * [[wp>Your Honor]] (Season 2)
+  * [[wp>Three Body]] - Interesting, not watched a Chinese show before.  I enjoyed the book.  I'm keen to see how they try to deliver it, it's a difficult story to put on the screen in my mind.
+  * [[wp>Kaleidoscope]]
+  * [[wp>Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power]]
+  * [[wp>Lower Decks]] (Season 3)
+  * [[wp>Rick and Morty]] (Season 6)
+  * [[wp>Andor]] - Watching this for the cool cyberpunk feel and visuals.
+  * [[wp>Quantum Leap (2022)]]
+  * [[wp>Russian Doll]] (Season 2)
+  * [[wp>Better Call Saul]] (Season 6)
+  * [[wp>The Man Who Fell To Earth]]
+  * [[wp>The Orville]] (Season 3)
+  * [[wp>What we Do in the Shadows]] (Season 4)
+  * [[wp>Stan Against Evil]]
+  * [[wp>American Horror Stories]]
+  * [[wp>The Sandman]] - I know nothing about this franchise.  Interesting so far.
+  * [[wp>Halo]] - I know almost nothing about Halo except what I've picked up in passing, so this was interesting.
+  * [[wp>Hacks]] - Watching this with Naomi, I quite like the characters so far.
+  * [[wp>The Ipcress Files]]
+  * [[wp>The Responder]]
+  * [[wp>Station Eleven]] - Enjoying this, only saw the pilot and we just a short glance of the eponymous Station Eleven, so I'm intrigued still.
+  * [[wp>Star Trek: Prodigy]] (Season 1)
+  * [[wp>Yellowstone]]  (Season 4)
+  * [[wp>Wheel of Time]] (Season 1)
+  * [[wp>Invasion]] (Season 1)
+  * [[wp>Chucky]] (Season 1)
+  * [[wp>The Handmaid's Tale]] (Season 1)
+  * [[wp>Letterkenny]] (Season 1)
+  * [[wp>American Gods]] (2021) (Season 3)
+  * [[wp>The Feed]] (2019) [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8005176/|imdb]] - 10+ episodes. "A man's invention of a brain implant that allows people to share thoughts and emotions gets into the wrong hands. "
+  * [[wp>Code 404]] - Dear me, this is rubbish.  Not sure I'm going to continue.  I've only watched the pilot so far, and there is no sci-fi/AI or anything to keep my interest.  I'll try (suffer through the awkward humor of) another episode or two before deciding to ditch it.
+  * [[wp>Debris]] (2021) [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11640020/|imdb]] - 13+ episodes. "Two agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind. "
+  * [[wp>Solar Opposites]]
+  * [[Columbo]] - Working our way through a list of the best episodes, strange to think some of these episodes are more than 50 years old.  Fun to see actors like Leonard Nimoy etc.
+  * [[wp>Superman and Lois]] - Bah, I was annoyed after the first episode, such a focus on emotions.  I'm a sucker for Superman though, so will probably watch the others in the background.  By start of episode 5: Bah, infuriating emotional teen shite.  I'm intrigued by Lex Luthor and alternate realities though.. Damn, still watching.
+  * [[wp>Resident Alien]] - The pilot was good.  I'm a big fan of Alan Tudyk so have to see it.
+  * [[wp>The Mandalorian]] (Season 2)
+  * [[wp>Caprica]]
+  * [[wp>Stargirl]] - Meh, undecided.
+  * [[wp>Marvel: Agents of Shield]] - This is mostly background.  Some of the AI/framework stuff in Season 4/5 was interesting.  They didn't do as much with it as I hoped though.
+  * [[wp>Infinity Train]] - Meh, undecided.  Annoyingly short episodes.
+  * [[wp>The Twilight Zone]] (Season 2) [2020] - Undecided.
+===== 2024 ====
+  * [[wp>Three Body Problem]] - I enjoyed this, a little different from the book (I've only read the first one) but interesting.
+  * [[wp>The Gentlemen]] - This was fun.
+===== 2023 =====
+  * [[wp>Manifest (Season 2-4)]] - This was okay.  Started to get a bit too religious for me toward the middle.  It ended ok I guess, I think I wanted more, but I was just happy for it to be done really.
+  * [[wp>Special Ops: Lioness]] - I liked this.  Would watch more probably.
+  * [[wp>Manifest]] (Season 1) - I'm enjoying this, hope the payoff is worth it.  Interestingly Netflix has Season 1 and Season 4, but not the inbetween seasons for some reason.  I'll have to source them.
+  * [[wp>Silo (Season 1)]] - This was okay.  Bit slow, would be better as a three part series maybe.
+  * [[wp>Succession]] (Season 4) - Enjoyed it, would watch more.
+  * [[wp>Mr Inbetween]] (Season 1-3) - I was impressed by this.  Great acting, I especially liked the main character.  Good action, some intense moments, enjoyed the humor.  Episodes are short, binged the whole three seasons in less than a week.  I liked the ending too.  Will look out to see what else this guy is in.  Nice to see one of my earliest crushes again too, Anne from Neighbours.
+  * [[wp>Mrs Davis]] - This was a lot of fun.  Some interesting ideas.  Reminded me a bit of Futureman's irreverence.
+  * [[wp>Rabbit Hole]] - This was entertaining, slightly too much going on at times though.
+  * [[wp>Voyager]] (Season 1&2) - Slowly watching most of these again with Naomi (she only started watching with me when we first met, and we started at season 4 to introduce her directly to Seven of Nine).
+  * [[wp>Picard]] (Season 3) - Nice to see some of the old TNG cast.  Far too much fan service overall though.
+  * [[wp>Happy Valley]] (Season 1, 2 + 3) - Started watching after family and friends all recommended it.  Pretty good.  Lots of people have recommended this.  Enjoying it.  The main actress is great.  End was ok, definitely could have been worse.  Decent acting from the young kid too.  We binged it in a week or two.
+  * [[wp>Slow Horses]] (Season 2) - Good show.
+  * [[wp>Jack Ryan]] (Season 3) - I liked the show, this was an ok season.  I was annoyed how the main characters seemed to be doing everything everywhere.  Where is the 30+ staff you'd surely have around you if you were the president of Ukraine for example.
+===== 2022 ====
+  * [[wp>Mythic Quest]] (Season 1-3) - I thought this was great.  Most episodes were good, but the flashback/alternative episodes in each season were really excellent.  I especially liked Longbottom's story.  It's inspired me to get back into some game development.
+  * [[wp>Cyberpunk Edgerunners]] - This was excellent.  It inspired me to replay Cyberpunk 2077 and this time I chose a Sandevistan heavy build, 'twas fun.
+  * [[wp>House of The Dragon]] - Fun to get back into the universe.
+  * [[wp>The Old Man]] - Good show, nice to see Jeff Bridges again.
+  * [[wp>Severance]] - Enjoyed this, keen to see more.
+  * [[wp>The Boys]] (Season 3) - Excellent.
+  * [[wp>Westworld]] (Season 4) - Excellent show.  I think the third season was the best so far, but this was also great.
+  * [[wp>Ozarks (Season 4)]]
+  * [[wp>Star Trek Picard]] (Season 3) - I think the second season is better than the first so far.
+  * [[wp>Slow Horses]] - Watching this with Naomi, Gary Oldman is putting in a good performance, as
+  * [[wp>Star Trek: Lower Decks]] (2021) (Season 2)
+  * [[wp>Billions]] (Season 5 & 6) - It's not the same without Axle but I'm enjoying it.
+  * [[wp>Raised by Wolves]] (Season 2) - After watching a youtube overview I really started to enjoy this more.  It's pretty different, some interesting ideas.
+  * [[wp>Dark]] (Season 3) - Been meaning to watch this for a while.  Ended up just binging the first five episodes.  Really enjoying it so far, will probably finish it over the next couple of days.  I keep switching between English/German with subs, not sure which one I prefer.  Finished: Overall I enjoyed this.  Great acting, decent story, decent ending, great casting.
+  * [[wp>Dark]] (Season 2) - Enjoying this so far.  I like the casting.
+  * [[wp>Star Trek: Discovery]] (Season 4) - Sheesh, I can't stand this show.  It's the only show I've watched in years that has been talking to the screen.. "Gah, another speech!  Get on with it!".  I don't think they have ever went to warp without talking about their feelings or having some sort of motivational speech.  The technology has been uninteresting.  It's over the top battles, dog fighting and unnecessary emotional drama.  Such a shame.
+  * [[wp>Dark]] (Season 1) - I enjoyed this.  I tried the English language option after a few episodes but switched back to the original German.  Some interesting ideas/takes.  I thought it was a just a single season/few episodes, but there are more, so I'm working through them.
+  * [[wp>Ozark]] (Season 4, Part 1) - Continues to be a good show, lots of action.  I really like the Ruth Langmore character.
+  * [[wp>Lost in Space]] (Season 3) - Meh.  This show annoyed me.  Nothing too interesting in it at all.  Plus, the whole emotional 'heart' nonsense just irriates me.
+  * [[wp>The Expanse]] (Season 6) - Binged this in a week or so.  I liked it.  Makes me wish I had read the books already though.  There are lots of unfinished strands of story that they may or may not get to next season.
+  * [[wp>Succession]] (Season 2-3) - Particularly enjoyed the Tom/Greg relationship.  We'll watch the fourth season.
+  * [[wp>Hawkeye]] (2021) - Didn't expect to like this, but Jeremy Renner is putting in a good effort.
+===== 2021 =====
+  * [[wp>Succession]] (Season 1) - I enjoyed this, some good characters.  Great acting from Brian Cox and Kieran Culkin.  Will watch more.
+  * [[wp>Foundation]] - This is good so far, visually very cinematic.  Not a hell of a lot has happened, but I'll watch more.
+  * [[wp>What We Do In The Shadows]] (Season 3) - Superb.
+  * [[wp>What If]] - Enjoying this, some are much better than others. The last epsiode was the best, had some fun scenes.
+  * [[wp>Clarkston's Farm]] (2021) (Season 1) - I really enjoyed this.  Never really seen much of Jeremy Clarkson, but I liked him in this.  I learned quite a bit about farming too.  I'd watch more of this.
+  * [[wp>The Squid Game]] (2021) - I enjoyed this.
+  * [[wp>Rick and Morty]] (2021) (Season 5) - Superb as usual.
+  * [[wp>Generation Kill]] - I enjoyed this.  Alexander Skarsgård was good as well as the others - some good characterisation overall.
+  * [[wp>Vigil]] - This was good, didn't enjoy it as much as Line of Duty though.
+  * [[wp>Loki]] - I especially liked the first episode, the introduction was great.  Overall I don't really care much about Loki, so my interest petered off toward the end, decent show though.
+  * [[wp>Vikings]] (Season 1-6) - Pretty good.  I meant to start watching this years ago after a few recommendations, but enjoying it now.  End: This was a good show.  I could probably have stopped after the fourth season as I wasn't as interested in the remaining characters.
+  * [[wp>American Gods]] (Season 2) - I enjoyed Season 1, but for some reason didn't go back to it.  I was reminded I liked the AI/technology element at the end of season 1/start of season 2, so finally got around to continuing the show.  I'm enjoying it.
+  * [[wp>Utopia (2013)]] - [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2384811/|imdb]] - 12 episodes.  "After a group of people, who meet online, discover a bizarre graphic novel which seems to hold mysterious answers, they find themselves being tracked down by a merciless organization known merely as 'The Network'. "  This was okay.  Some interesting characters.
+  * [[wp>Invincible_(TV_series)|Invincible]] (Season 1) - This was a great show.  Brutal and gruesome animation added a lot of realism.  The world was interesting.  The voice acting was good.  I'm looking forward to Season 2 and more of the story now.
+  * [[wp>In The Line of Duty]] (Season 6) - Really enjoyed this overall, I thought it was a good insight into the anti-corruption units of the police even though some have said it's not realistic.  I liked that I hadn't thought about how the anti-corruption officers would be treated, or how difficult it would be to prove certain offences occured.  Now I know.  The ending wasn't what I wanted, but on the other hand, the more I talk about it, the more it makes me think of the quote "Don't attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence", (or spoiler, in this case, the greed of one man) which is a decent idea to end on in my opinion.
+  * [[wp>Bloodlands]] - Meh, this was ok.
+  * [[wp>Cobra Kai]] (Season 1-3) - I didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did.  I really like the acting/character from William Zabka.  Will watch more when it comes out.
+  * [[wp>WandaVision]] - Struggling to get through the first couple of episodes.  Meh, it was ok.  I could have watched the Agatha episode and the finale and that would have been all I needed to see.
+  * [[wp>Dead Pixels]] - I didn't enjoy this at all.  It all felt a bit pathetic - was that the point?  I dunno.
+  * [[wp>Yellowstone]] (Season 3) - I enjoyed it, but was happy for it to end, however the last episode makes me excited for Season 4.
+  * [[wp>Your Honor]] (Season 1) - Enjoying this.  Bryan Cranston is doing a great job as usual.
+  * [[wp>The Expanse]] (Season 5) - Meh, I enjoyed it, not sure I'd recommend it to anyone though. Althoug this season was good, better than 3 and 4, the first two seasons had more to offer I think.  Anyway, might still read the novels.
+  * [[wp>The Expanse]] (Season 4)
+  * [[wp>Next]] (Season 1) - I'm always happy to watch a show about an AI.  It was a frustratingly stupid AI though.
+  * [[wp>Traces]] - This was decent.  Not sure I'd recommend it though, there are better shows.  Martin Compston did a decent job as usual.
+  * [[wp>Yellowstone]] (Season 2) - Lots of action and stuff going on.  Decent.
 ===== 2020 =====
+  * [[wp>Yellowstone]] - Just started the pilot, looks good.
+  * [[wp>The Mandalorian]] (Season 1) - Good show.  I'm not super into it, but happy to watch it.
+  * [[wp>His Dark Materials]] (Season 1) - Good new show, I'd read the first book, but the world is all pretty new to me.
+  * [[wp>Star Trek Lower Decks]] (Season 1) - Really enjoying this, it's a bit over the top at times, but I enjoy the humour and its always nice to have more Star Trek.
+  * [[wp>Star Trek: Discovery]] (Season 3) - Meh, the show started well, lots of interesting ideas, but I didn't enjoy many of the episodes.  Michael annoyed me.  The amount of pontificating was frustrating.  I had a glimmer of hope when the AI reappeared, but this opportunity was just wasted again.
+  * [[wp>Automan]] - Wow, this might be one of the cheesiest things I've ever seen.  No explanation at all for why this guy was conjured up out of thin air from an early 80s mini computer.  I like it :)  Only one season before it was cancelled, apparently each episode cost a record setting $1 million to make.  Finished: It really shows that they didn't know anything about computers (and assumed noone else did), his powers were getting quite over the top but they had an easy out (his power requirements).  Shame it was cancelled.
+  * [[wp>The Undoing]] - I enjoyed this, though I kinda guessed how it would pan out.  The girl was pretty - she looked a bit like a native american Jennifer Lawrence.
+  * [[wp>The Ripper]] - Interesting documentary.  It seemed like they had an unusual amount of relevant high quality footage which I found a little strange.
+  * [[wp>Star Trek Picard]] - I enjoyed this.  Great to see Picard back on the screen.  Some interesting android/hologram ideas.
+  * [[wp>Raised By Wolves]] - Enjoying this.  I think it has a lot of potential.  The pilot episode was great, feature length and showed lots of stuff while raising more questions (rather than just opening lots of 'tease' threads).  Finished: Meh, the pilot was great.  Not much else happened in the rest of the show.  It could have been a decent mini series, plenty that could have been cut out and not affected the show.  Stil, the world is intriguing.  I'll watch another season.
+  * [[wp>The Boys]] (Season 2) - Wow.  I enjoy this show.  It's brutal.
+  * [[wp>Hanna]] (Season 1 & 2) - Meh, this was OK.  Bit too 'coming of age' teen stuff for me, and the ending just sort of petered out.
+  * [[wp>The Fall]] (Seasons 1-3) - This was great show, Gillian Anderson was excellent, I thought her character was pretty interesting.  The villian was very good too.  Wasn't sure where it was going by the start of season three, which was a good thing.  I enjoyed the ending too.
+  * [[wp>Brave New World]] (Season 1) - This wasn't bad - I liked it.
   * [[wp>Pennyworth]] (Season 1) - I was pleasantly suprised at this.  The lead did a great job channelling a young Michael Caine/Alfred.  The story got a bit far fatched, but overall I enjoyed it.  They painted a really interesting alternative Britain/world in which Gotham exists.  I'll watch more.
   * [[wp>Inhumans]] - Meh, pretty mediocre.  Had it on the background mostly.  Nothing stood out much to me, they chould have done a lot more with the guy who saw probabilities (in a sense).  I also wanted to hear more about the face in the wall, which could have been fascinating.  Oh well.

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