When main characters drama takes over the season & relegates individual episode mystery, that's where I draw the line & give up a show. But this year did roll out good worthwhile TV shows & Web-series worth watching.
Shekar Home - Hindi series of 6 episodes set in Bengali milieu, characters from Sherlock Holmes and then 2 of them twisted to something new. Something good like this, after a long time.
Gyaarah Gyaarh - good watch because of the 3 main characters and dialogs of everyone else. Dark music, settings and paced like a Korean crime show (this also being a remake of such). Set in beautiful & intriguing Uttarakhand.
Life Hill Gayi - Again set in a beautiful version of Uttarakhand, comedy and interesting series.
Mamla Legal Hai - Don't go by first impression or trailer. The crude language only for masala, else the show is sophisticated. Its not the sarcasm-comedy like Office Office; which I found negative. This is still hopeful and fixes things in the show. Multitude of characters and each one of them unique.
Railway Men (Netflix) - Not an easy watch because of the topic but they filmed it well. No melodrama. They did not use any routine manipulative tools to play with audience emotions. But the real life tragedy is enough to choke us. Main characters all acted well. Every role was well etched. Last episode should real pictures for the scenes enacted.
Kaalkoot - After Dahaad, there was craving for more Vijay Verma show. So this show would do; more for his acting cause here he is the police and not the criminal. Since this was on Jio, it must have had limited audience. Starts slow, first 2 episodes were spent in establishing some angst that I did not get nor want to see more of. Thankfully by Episode 3 that part was given up for the more mainstream crime & police procedural. Among the unique aspects, Tigmanshu Dulia reciting Hindi poetry at different points.
Panchayat S4 - such craze while waiting for it to come out. Good to see the S4 and then continuous watch of clippings on all video SMs.
Thalaivettiyaan Paalayam - and continued the craze with its Tamil version
Matlock S1
Elsbeth S1 & S2
For that dose of episodic mystery solving by quirky detective/main-char. Mainstream TV networks have a different approach with their serials that OTT does not.
Reacher S2 (Prime) Loved the S1, was happy with the S2 and waiting for S3. For an action show it has a serene, very calming effect, that's the way it’s laid out . Good set of actors and characters. Slowburn without anyway pshyco thriller.
Young Sheldon - wrapped up. Very emotional few weeks. I did skip the last 2 episodes once I came to know what happens there.
Lethal Weapons - TV series from 2016-19; a takeoff from the movies. Good for daily 1 episode watch Absolutely unbelievable events that can occur in USA; that’s why it’s good for ppl missing 90s entertainments
3 Body Problem - Alien & Space Sci-fi. First 4 episodes had VR game with a level of violence but otherwise very very impressive. Ep 5 was booring for the 3/4 part with all Lord business & I was wondering why I was watching. Then came the cruel massacre, in the most non-atmosphere setting. It lasted like 10 minutes, I covered my eyes for most part and still spent all night in nightmares. Last 3 episodes were a windup, establishing that every character, even the slacker, had a role to play in the eventual.
Murder at the End of the World (Hulu) - Slow burn. No pshy thriller. Tundra landscape & locked indoors atmosphere. Add contemporary technology elements. Emma Cotton acting & diction are A1.
Murdoch Mysteries S17 & S18 for the usual comfort watch.
Crown (Netflix)- finally wrapped up the final season. I would watch one episode per month almost. The production quality needs every scene to be soaked in. The story and characters need scenes to be paused and verified on wiki. Crown is an experience.
I have never been a fan of D even in the 90s but couldn’t figure why. In the 2020s I can say that even with the privileges she had, she didn’t behave like she should have. Definitely C behaved bad with her; no doubt. But she didn’t do anything for herself. Ofcourse I say this all the time current worlds knowledge, guts, & 45+ age wisdom. Things she in 80s didn’t have. Things almost all 70s-80s wives were trapped in. But I am sure ladies of 80s did something for themselves. D did do a lot of charity and was busy with it. Media just portrayed the dissatisfaction part a lot.
But I am happy with the way they wrapped up the show for Queen. It was appropriate and good quality cinema & writing.
This Fool (Hulu) S1 was hilarious. S2 switched the situation for both and I lost my interest.
Bear (Hulu) Watched S1 and tapered off with S2. This show is for leisure playtime and cool work in background. But I lost my setup for it.
Quantum Leap (Peacock) My sci-fi dose to watch with kids. They did this well. Its a weekly one episode kind of show.
Ghosts (US) Its on S4 and no flaw yet.
Silos (Apple+) - because of Hunger Games 3 setting in underground.
Bollywood Wives vs Fabulous Wives - Just to see ladies gang in action.
Call Me Bae - for Anaya. But I couldn't figure what the tone of the show was it was very uneven across different episodes. Like writer department was a mix of RajKHirani & KanikaD
All of the OTT / Web Series watched every year.
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