Noonan

It took me maybe 3-4 episodes before I was hooked. But I started it just a few months back so I knew it was great and worth the time on the early episodes.

johnnysd

If I remember right people did not really like it until season 2 and sort of warmed to it mid first season. I liked it from the beginning.

Decker

It's a phenomenal show. You just have to go in realizing that everyone is a terrible person and nobody is going to be worth rooting for. With that knowledge, you are good to go from the get-go. Fun right from the pilot.

Philly30

Yeah which makes it a one time watch and that is it

jpcamb

I think it took me a few episodes to get hooked but when I did I really enjoyed it. I can say that it has re-walkability too as I recall rewatching the first two seasons before the third one came out and it held up fine on a second viewing. That said I don't think this is like Better Call Saul or BB, where I imagine I will watch it again years from now as it feels like a product of this era of excess and it lacks any sense of timelessness. I think it will feel dated within a decade or so at most.

Bill Needle

I found the first half of the first season off-putting, just way too full of tired clichés about how people imagine these sort of people speak and behave to be taken seriously. Then either the show shifted or I did and I realized it was not meant to - or shouldn't - be taken seriously at all, and I started enjoying it for what it is...a vulgar dark comedy embedded in a caricature of a prestige drama.

OldBoy

thx guys.

DJariya

Funny that this gets bumped. I just started the 1st episode last night on HBO Max. I had been putting off watching this as it didn't really sound like something I would normally be into. But, all the buzz about it got my to try it. I admit the 1st episode didn't really grab me yet. I'm assuming this is very loosely based on the Murdoch family as they were pretty big media tycoons. I will keep plugging on when I get the time.

johnnysd

I have heard its a little more than "loosely" based but I cant confirm it. I think it is a bit like Deadwood in that the dialogue is sort of very stylized and specific to the show and it takes a little time both to get used to and for the writers to be consistent in it. It is definitely a show without heroes, just awful people acting horribly. But it does get super compelling.

wendersfan

I disagree. Obviously, people want and get different things from their entertainment choices, but I ended up rewatching the entire three seasons a few months ago, and since I'm interested in the way a serialized TV show is constructed narratively*, I got a lot of enjoyment in noticing things that you don't pick up on with a one-time watch.


*FWIW my GF is working on a pilot, along with an old colleague who has a development deal with Netflix, so she and I are looking at the way these series are structured a little more critically these days.

dex14

Decker

Oh baby, here we go. I can't wait!

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emanon

Having just cancelled my HBO Max sub, I'm pleased (and somewhat surprised) to see this isn't sneaking up on me and starting next week or something.

Coral

Fuck yeah. Although Spring 2023 release means that's at least 15 months since the S3 finale. Longer if it's the tail end of spring.

dex14

3/26/23

Coral

Can't wait.

Decker

That looks great. The more Tom, the better.

Nesbit

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/f73139c...5-33008ba83490

jpcamb

Going to need to rewatch the series, very excited to catch the teaser last night on HBO

MrX

RichC2

Aww now it'll never wear out it's welcome like Billions

Decker

jpcamb

aawwww man. One of the few series I truly hope has a spin-off. As much as I hate most of these characters, I enjoy the storylines.

Noonan

If Greg doesn't end up CEO, I will be wildly disappointed.

johnnysd

It has been my pet theory for a long time and I think it was the intent but not sure they have written the path as intended.