JeffTheAlpaca

Lizzy is ok but is she really that hot or stunning you would leave your wife to cheat on?

Decker

Have you watched the first two seasons of Masters of Sex? She’s insanely hot and sexy and smart.

JeffTheAlpaca

Have you seen her body in a swimsuit in Fleishman is in Trouble?

Decker

Actually yes. I liked Masters of Sex more.

DJariya

This is now up. 3 episodes are available.

I'll probably watch it after work on Sunday.

Decker

Oh man, the reviews for this are awful. An anemic 47 on Metacritic, including a scathing pan from Time, which calls it Fatally Atrocious
Bummer because I thought the dual timeline, prove-your-innocence setup sounded intriguing.

dex14

The dual timeline is the one thing I like so far. Breaking out of the erotic thriller gaze... seeing the fallout and repercussions.

DJariya

I watched the first two episodes last night. The first episode was all set up. The second one actually went into the sex and the start of Dan and Alex’s affair. I didn’t think it was bad as some of those reviews alluded. The two timelines which are 15 years apart added something different to it. And it shows what Dan and his family’s life is like years later. One thing is the wife is re-married. By the way, if you watch this on Paramount plus, watch through the end credits. There is a short feature on each episode similar to what HBO does. This version of Dan is nothing like the 1987 movie.

I’ll watch episode 3 later today.

DJariya

Just finished episode 3. It was probably my favorite of these early episodes. It was 90% from the perspective of Alex and showed how unstable she was and how she started to manipulate Dan. It was basically a replay of events in episode 1 and 2, but all from Alex’s side.

Throwing Copper

Is this show trying to pull off something similar to the once-good show The Affair, from Showtime?

Decker

They're using a cast member as the lead in this so probably? Also they did something similar with another Paramount IP remake in American Gigolo.

dex14

The reviews seem to state this goes completely off the rails by the end. I hope they don't do something stupid like Alex isn't dead, got plastic surgery, and is posing as the daughter's therapist.

andicus

If that happens, I will blame you, as irrational as that would be.

I've enjoyed the first 3 episodes.

Gizmo

Don't M Night us !

Dr. DVD

The bunny is alive and cooked all of them!

andicus

Anyone else still watching this?

I'm enjoying it. It's turned into a somewhat interesting murder mystery.

RichC2

I found the last episode to be exceptionally slow but I think the show itself is intriguing

dex14

I think it's pretty dumb and dragged out.

DJariya

So I finally finished the season tonight. It wrapped up several weeks ago.

All I have to say is……Wow, WTF? What the hell is Alexandra Cunningham thinking?

Thats how they want to continue this show? The twist with Arthur was interesting, but Ellen? C’mon!

DJariya

Another thing about this show is that this version of Dan Gallagher is not a good guy. He's kind of an asshole. The Douglas version, while making a mistake, quickly realized he fucked up and tried to make amends with his wife and daughter. Jackson's version is arrogant lied and lied over again to cover up his transgressions to the police, his boss and the court. At one point, I was almost rooting for him to fail.

dex14

It sucked.