It’s time for another edition of Oh God, Do I Really Watch This Much TV? February Edition! As usual, here’s a roundup of TV I checked out, along with a few thoughts and comments. If you’re curious about the films I watched (sans comments/reviews), visit my Letterboxd page here. Let’s dive right in!
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Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness S1 – This was okay. I don’t think that I loved it but it was a nice little escape where I got to learn some fun new things. My fave episode was definitely all about the figure skating and I enjoyed learning more about the scoring system, the politics, and the nitty-gritty not-so-nice side of the sport.
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Schitts Creek S2 – I’ve been rewatching this show because it’s comforting and funny. It brings me a lot of joy to sit through again and seeing where the Rose family starts off in the series vs. the end? LOVE.
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Pose S1 – This is a show I’d been meaning to check out for a long time. I’m not a big fan of Ryan Murphy’s shows since they seem to go absolutely bananas early on and it’s not really my idea of a good time? However, Pose was fantastic and should be essential viewing for anyone obsessed with RuPaul’s Drag Race as obviously the ball culture is where the runway concepts for the series came from.
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Book of Boba Fett S1 – This show was…boring for most of the season. I found myself feeling pretty meh episode-to-episode until they decided to make it The Mandalorian S2.5. As much as I enjoyed those final episodes, I almost skipped the rest of this series and the fact that it’s integral to what comes next for Mando kind of drives me nuts.
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Murderville S1 – I don’t know what to say about this show. It’s such a fun concept! Some of the bits really landed…while others didn’t. It’s sort of the downfall of improv-style comedy. But that being said, I think it was a solid, silly concept that is much needed during when everything in the world is a lot.
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Peacemaker S1 – Like many people, I was not expecting to enjoy this show. I thought it was really odd to focus on Peacemaker of all characters from Suicide Squad as someone to get a spinoff series. But I guess we just have to trust in James Gunn because it was a blast! For a show that’s scored by one of the best (Clint Mansell), it’s a damn shame that what you remember is all the hair metal music. Not a complaint, but poor Clint.
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Inventing Anna – This one got recommended to me a few times. I know it just recently came out and I wound up bingeing the entire thing in a few days. It’s a pretty fascinating story, even if the focal character of Anna is largely unlikeable (which is how she’s meant to be written since she’s based on a real person). Anyways, I enjoyed it and wound up looking up the real story a bit to see how the show compares.
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Euphoria S2 – We all know this but Skins walked so that Euphoria could run. I adore this show so much. As depressing as it can be, it’s so incredibly well done and I am obsessed. And you can’t convince me otherwise that Kylie Minogue playing in the season finale wasn’t a subtle nod to Skins.
I actually didn’t watch that much TV this month. Was it because it was a shorter month? Or because I started obsessing over video games again? Or maybe because I watched a bunch of movies? WHO KNOWS! What have you been watching and enjoying?