* As everyone else on line who has talked about it has already said, the third season of The Good Place got off to a shaky start, particularly with Australian audiences cringing at the attempts at our accent. But by episode 4 or 5 (I forget which) it regained its mojo and has some very funny writing again. (And, co-incidentally, left Australia.)
I don't really understand how anyone could not like this show. Terrifically smart, very funny, and a charming cast.
* Fargo, second season. I've finished it and the big question is: how did I feel about the UFO? In a way, it didn't bother me - its re-appearance was foreshadowed often enough. But it certainly did make for an oddball conclusion. To be honest, I thought that part of the last episode was way, way too close to Raising Arizona (with its dream of the future), so that I feel that the peak episodes were closer to the middle of the series. Despite feeling a slight let down with the ending, overall, it was really great viewing, and I'll watch the third season too. (My son watched the first season alone, and says he thought it was a bit better, but I find it hard to believe I could find any episodes better than some in this series.)
* Norsemen: have finished watching the second series. Still very funny. I see that a third series is being made. Good. Have more people found it yet, I wonder?
* Am wanting to finish the last, apparently controversial, episode of Haunting of Hill House before Christmas. The show has sucked me in, despite its flaws. Expect a review of the ending soon.
* I wrote recently that Jason Momoa seems so likeable on TV chat show appearances that I am tempted to see the kind of ludicrous Aquaman, and I did try watching the first episode of Frontier, a Canadian series in which he stars. It had some exceptionally badly written exposition dialogue within the first 10 minutes; so bad that both my son and I said "this is not good" and chose to discontinue. Maybe it gets better?
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