The first half of this week has been pretty busy. As I am writing this, I’m curious to see how many shows that we will have to list between us. That said, I think by the end of the week we will have finished a few shows and moved on to some others.
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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
I finished the last four episodes of Monarch this week. I am not sure that they have announced a second season yet, but if they don’t give us one with the ending they had, it would just be mean. Do you hear me, Apple TV? It would be mean! Anyway, there were some great twists here as the ending grew closer. Each episode managed to hold my attention a little bit more. The acting was stellar and the creature work was both amazing and humbling. Getting to see more of Godzilla was fun and it makes me want to watch other movies and shows about him. I am so glad that I started watching this. Fans of action and sci-fi should enjoy it. If that doesn’t do it for you, the love triangles might.
You can watch Monarch Legacy of Monsters on Apple TV+.
The Great North
We haven’t seen this before, so we started with the pilot. Originally, Dom wanted to check it out because Nick Offerman plays the single-dad of a large family living in Alaska. I’m not even sure I knew anything about it, other than having heard the name in passing. Either way, my initial impression is that it has some Bob’s Burgers energy, and I love Bob’s Burgers. The show is in its fourth season, but we’re starting back at season one. I don’t know how fast we will watch this, but I know that if I caught it on TV, I wouldn’t turn it off. There are plenty of voices you’ll recognize and the acting and timing are on point. We’ve made it through the first season and it’s the only show that I watch that I not only leave on the theme song, I sing it, too! After this first season, I feel like I’m liking it a little bit more than Bob’s Burgers even. It’s pretty great.
You can check out The Great North on Hulu.
Miss Scarlet & The Duke
We only have a couple episodes of Miss Scarlet left. I’m hoping for a time jump, because a certain character is missing and they can’t keep him gone for long. Can they? The Duke is currently off in New York City and Scarlet is left in London to deal with the likes of Nash. Nash isn’t a bad guy, but he’s no Duke. He’s sort of a pain, but also has moments of likability. Honestly, if we’re talking likable, I think my favorite character might be Ivy. The cases that Scarlet ends up investigating are always interesting, though with the Duke gone, and Phelps taking his spot, that part of her job becomes more difficult. She has to remain on his good side, as hard as that might be for her. She can’t afford to lose any cases, as she barely gets any as it is!
This show is nothing short of fantastic. You can watch Miss Scarlet & The Duke on PBS or streaming online through Amazon with the PBS channel add-on.
The Exorcist: The Believer
What could go wrong with an Exorcist reboot? A lot of things, actually. It’s not all bad. There are some okay moments, but this is kind of what you get when someone wants to reboot a series and pay homage to the original, without having much of an idea beyond that. The result is that two girls get possessed – one Christian and one not. The two girls leave school for a seance in the woods and are found 3 days later in a barn. From then on, one goes to a psychiatric hospital and the other terrorizes her family home, until they are brought together for a good old fashioned exorcism. I didn’t mind the addition of Ellen Burstyn, but she was underutilized and clearly only brought back for one reason, which was nice, but didn’t enhance the story much, if at all.
Also, during the exorcism, which should be creepy enough, all things considered, there is a lot of experimental imagery (flashing lights, skulls cracking, close ups of things, blood) that is flashed on the screen between shots of the girls. Not only did this make it less scary, it was just entirely annoying. It was clearly for audience benefit and it failed. The biggest problem is that things moved too slowly in the beginning and then the exorcism picked things up a bit, and then it was done. It’s not the worst scary movie I’ve ever seen, but it’s far from the best. If you want to see an Exorcist movie, you’d be better off sticking with the original.
You can watch The Exorcist: The Believer on Peacock.
Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale
We started this in the middle of the week. I honestly don’t know what to say about it. It’s about a town, Sanctuary. The town has allowed witches to live openly without fear of persecution for years. Sarah is a witch and most people in town know and love her, but when someone dies, and witchcraft appears to be the reason, Sarah becomes Public Enemy #1. We’ve only watched the first episode and it starts out pretty slow. It’s clear that Sarah herself did not murder anyone, but she is a witch. In the first episode it’s impossible to not know that because she crushes a lot of herbs and does a lot of incantations and spells. Basically everything in this town revolves around her being a witch and whether or not people like her or think witches are bad. There are some confusing issues in the first episode, which I’m not sure if they are plot holes or what. There is a flash to a time when something happened and then back to the present when the murder happens. The investigator that is sent to investigate had worked in Sanctuary and handled a case with Sarah and other people (the one from the flashback), but six years later, she doesn’t seem to know them or the town very well. It’s odd how it plays out and I kept saying, “Well, didn’t she work here? How does she not know this or that?”
The trailer for the series makes it looks like a real mob is going to come after Sarah, including people that were some of her best friends. Honestly, I want to be more excited about this one than I currently am. Something like this should be right up my alley, but after the first episode I was left a little under-wowed. The acting is decent, for the most part, and the story is compelling, but I’m even bored talking about this right now. I hope the second episode picks up otherwise we’re in trouble with this one.
You can watch Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale on AMC or streaming online through Amazon with the AMC+ channel add-on.
Freud
This is one of the random shows that I came upon looking for new (to me) things to watch. As you might guess, this series is all about Sigmund Freud. The series has him getting involved with investigating crimes with an actual inspector and a psychic. It initially gave me some Vienna Blood vibes, which I liked well enough, but this definitely seems like it could be darker. In this incarnation, Freud is trying to convince his colleagues that hypnotism is the medical thing of the future. He’s also a raging cocaine addict. A woman is murdered and everyone that sees her, including her relatives, ask if she was a whore. I guess those were the times. There’s also some secret gays floating around, so I’m interested to see what happens there. In terms of disability related content, there are quite a few men with facial scars, an obvious cocaine addiction, and some really unfortunate talk about mental issues – hysteria being the popular one. So far, we haven’t seen a lot of hysteria, but I expect that we may at some point. I imagine, considering the series is about Freud, the “hysteria” thing will get worse. If that