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SteveGarland's avatar

Thanks for the surf Dracula reference - perfectly encapsulates the modern trend. (Though your "dayenu" theory of great shows still my favorite.) I've often thought some of the shows like Perry Mason might be better off in the 90 minute self-contained stories (with 3 or 4 per season) like the British shows Morse, Lewis, Endeavour, Vera et al.

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Joel's avatar

More Reservation Dogs, Only Murders, Justified, The Bear...YES! Really looking forward to Full Circle. I will show up for anything Soderbergh does even if (it seems) no one else will except the critics. The Knick remains really great, High Flyin' Bird and Kimi were excellent.

All my respect to Idris Elba, however a seven hour real-time "thriller" set on a hijacked plane sounds like five hours of padding from what was a 90 minute movie script.

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