What I'm Binge-Watching - 22 April 2021

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Continuing

Current Episode: Season 8 Episode 1 - Bite the Big Apple

Finally getting to season 8 and honestly I'm considering just going back to the beginning and watching earlier episodes but there are still a few episodes I love toward the end of the series that I want to watch. Season 8 is where Jessica gets an apartment in New York City and things kind of go downhill from there episode-wise. I prefer her in Cabot Cove over New York.

Current Episode: Season 5, Episode 9 - Care for Bear

We're back to watching this on the weekends when there isn't anything else to watch. They're interesting to watch, especially seeing all the weird things that pets eat, but sometimes you watch too many episodes at once so we have to take a break.

 

New Obsessions & Recent Binges

The Disappearance of Maura Murray

I kept seeing this when I turned on the Peacock App to watch Murder, She Wrote and my mom and I binged it last Friday and Saturday. Since it is "the disappearance of" and not "the murder of" we're of course left with no resolution but it was interesting stuff. I honestly think Maura is alive out there not wanting to be found. She seemed to have quite a few legal issues and probably just wanted to start over somewhere else. But who knows?

Current Episode: Season 1, Episode 9 - The Long Shot

How well do you know me? Do you know that I'm a huge Alfred Hitchcock fan? Well I am! I've known about this show but it wasn't streaming on any of the streaming services that I use... until I started watching the Peacock app. I finally was able to watch a few episodes last weekend... and I'm a little underwhelmed. Some of the episodes are good, like Breakdown with one of my favorite actors from that time, Joseph Cotten while others, like the dreadful cowboy episode, Triggers in Leash were just plain boring. I'll probably continue watching when I don't have anything else to watch. And maybe plan a Hitchcock movie marathon day soon!

Just Added to My Watchlist/Waiting on Watching

Current Episode: Series 1, Episode 1 - Photochemistry

So I broke down and did a free trial month of Acorn TV. I was using FilmRise to watch Midsomer Murders but the commercials - that were skippy and never played right - were often spliced into random parts of the show, even mid-sentence which was driving me nuts! I've had Acorn before and always meant to watch Dead Still when I had it before so I think I'll give it a try this weekend. There's definitely more to offer on Acorn than BritBox so I might commit to a whole year subscription once my free trial ends!

What are you currently binge-watching? Will you be watching Shadow and Bone when it premieres tomorrow? What are some of your latest obsessions that you couldn't get enough of? Let me know in the comments!

Happy binging!

What I'm Binge-Watching - 25 March 2021

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I'm back on track with most of my shows this week, spent part of last weekend binging something new, and I'm contemplating starting some of the teen shows I started watching when I was younger then never finished just to see how they ended. 

Continuing

Current Episode - Season 11 Episode 1 - Are They About to Fight?

We've pretty much out-watched Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta at this point and need to take a break. Luckily once we are ready to dive back in there is only one season left on Discovery+

Current Episode - Season 9 Episode 7 - Cry On My Shoulder

This is another show that I'm kind of getting sick of. You can only watch so many before you start zoning out. 

Current Episode: Season 2 Episode 7 - The Tale of The Whispering Walls

I know this is a kids show, and I vaguely remember it from the later seasons being on tv when I was little but I watched the one reboot season on Paramount+ and once that ended (it was only 3 episodes) it started with the beginning of the series so I've been watching it while I'm home alone. Most of the episodes are kind of stupid and not at all scary but it is kind of funny to watch. 

New Obsessions & Recent Binges

My mom and I finally gave this a chance on Sunday because it looked really good. It kept me interested but there was no resolution at the end. I honestly think if someone had checked into this case sooner maybe something would have come of it, but it has been almost 90 years and anyone who might have known something is long dead.  

This is not a binge-watch so much as a documentary my mom and I watched last night. The description on Hulu sounded interesting and we were bored with our usual shows so we gave it a shot. It was awful. It was so low-budget I can't even call it a documentary so much as the creator getting stock video offline and playing it over and over. Everything they said about H.H. Holmes (someone I hadn't heard of before this) was contradicted. One minute they said he'd killed 200 people then said it could never be proven, then that he'd confessed to killing 27 but some of them were still alive so it was a lie, that this "castle" in Chicago had all kinds of twists and turns and he used it to kill people then they disproved that. It basically was a waste of an hour in which you were left wondering if H.H. Holmes actually existed or if this was all just a figment of someone's imagination. 

Just Added to My Watchlist

None this Week... Although I just found out that most seasons of my favorite show, Midsomer Murders, is leaving Britbox on March 31st so I'll probably be binging that this coming week. 

What are you currently binge-watching? What are some of your latest obsessions that you couldn't get enough of? Let me know in the comments!

Happy binging!

What I'm Binge-Watching - 18 March 2021

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The past few days have been a catch-up of all of my soaps after missing nearly a week with my short-lived career as a packager in the bakery department of the local grocery store. Other than that we're still watching most of our usual stuff. 

Continuing

Current Episode - Season 9 Episode 8 - A Trio of Options

Can it be possible that we're almost to the end of catching up on SYTTD: Atlanta? How many seasons are left?

Current Episode - Season 8 Episode 9 - Tip 1960

My mom and I have been marathoning this today since she's home from work. The last episode took place here in Wisconsin and we're about to start S8E9.

Current Episode: Season 1 Episode 9 - A Parching Imbued

I got sidetracked so I've only watched one more episode since last week, but I'm kind of enjoying taking it slow. I still like the show better than the books. 

New Obsessions & Recent Binges

I've been catching up on GH on Hulu and I still can't believe *Spoiler Alert* - Highlight to Reveal: That they killed off Franco! But the actor isn't leaving the show so how is that going to work?? And the Peter storyline is getting boring. 

Yes, my soap opera addiction stretches across the pond. I started watching Corrie between Christmas and New Years and now I'm hooked! I know it only appears on Britbox on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday but I had to binge them this past week because I had accumulated last Wednesday, Friday and this Monday's episodes. 

Just Added to My Watchlist

I subscribe to Paramount+ so I can watch my CBS shows and soap operas but I keep seeing previews for this new true crime docuseries and I think I'll check it out!

What are you currently binge-watching? What are some of your latest obsessions that you couldn't get enough of? Let me know in the comments!

Happy binging!

What I'm Binge-Watching - 11 March 2021

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Current Episode - Season 7 Episode 15 - The Ties That Bind

I'm actually remembering a lot of these episodes, but they're better to binge than wait a week for the next episode. 

Current Episode - Season 5 Episode 14 - Unmasking A Killer

My mom and I split our true crime watching between Paula Zahn and Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall but I kind of prefer Paula Zahn. We also gave Disappeared a try recently but since there isn't really a resolution to most of the episodes it's kind of a let down.

Current Episode: Season 1 Episode 7 - Unburied

This is my 3rd (or 4th?) rewatching of Witches of East End. I love this show and I really wish that it would have lasted for more than 2 seasons especially since season 2 ended on such a cliff-hanger. 

New Obsessions & Recent Binges

My mom and I binge-watched this the weekend before last and I couldn't get enough. I really hope they bring it back for a second season. 

Just Added to My Watchlist

None this Week.

What are you currently binge-watching? What are some of your latest obsessions that you couldn't get enough of? Let me know in the comments!

Happy binging!

What I'm Binge-Watching - 18 February 2021

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Current Episode: Season 5 Episode 5 - Swap Meet

We haven't made too much progress since last week but at least we're in season 5 now!

Current Episode: New York - Whatever Discovery+ Plays, Atlanta - Season 2 Episode 9

We've been watching SYTTD: Atlanta more often and I think we're nearing the end of season 2. 

New Obsessions & Recent Binges

I literally started watching this docuseries the same night I posted last week's "What I'm Binge-Watching" and watched the whole thing in one night. In comparison with both the Ghost Adventures and ID Channel episodes and miniseries I thought Crime Scene was the best of the three shows (and not just because Ron Howard produced it). It seems to give viewers the whole, most factual picture where we finally hear that Elisa Lam had a history of stopping her medication, that she had psychotic episodes before including thinking people were after her and seeing/hearing things that weren't there, and that she had been institutionalized before. All of the behavior described and on the elevator footage is classic signs of someone with bipolar going off their medication. As for the web sleuths and their crazy theories.. everything from the paranormal to ruining a death metal musician's career just because he stayed at that same dumpy hotel a year prior? It went too far. Way too far. It's a perfect example of judging someone just because they're different from you. But I will say that I didn't like the former general manager of the Cecil that was interviewed. It was like the whole thing - the disappearance, discovery, and interview were a big joke to her. At times during the interview she was almost joking about what had happened in the past at the hotel or trivializing the clientele of the hotel & how often the police were called in a “so what” manner while in others it was like it was all about her. She should have taken it more seriously, someone did die, no matter the circumstances. Hell, lots of people died there and she was making it sound like an awesome place to work. 

My mom and I binged this over the weekend and I loved the first season, but the second and third seasons sucked in my opinion. 

I watched this all the way through on Monday. Well, sort of. I was watching it but I was also reading and doing stuff on my phone so it was more background noise than watching. As a horror show it was okay but the special effects and ghosts were so fake at times it was laughable... in the last episode you could almost see the "ghost" on a wheeled track charging toward one of the cult people. The acting was okay, the episodes short, and this is easily watchable in a few hours. 

Just Added to My Watchlist

This isn't really new to my watchlist but I just started watching it on Tuesday. I'm not really sure yet if I like it or not, I think I'll have to take it like books I'm considering DNF'ing (did not finish-ing). The acting isn't bad, but there was a scene with the main character and a bunch of wolves and the wolves were so oversized and obviously fake that it put me off. I wanted to watch this because it has Gustaf Skarsgård (who played Floki on Vikings) in it as Merlin but I'm not sure even he can help me stay interested. 

What are you currently binge-watching? What are some of your latest obsessions that you couldn't get enough of? Let me know in the comments!

Happy binging!

What I'm Binge-Watching: 11 February 2021

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Current Episode: Season 4 Episode 19 - Exposure

The end is near, I can feel it. I've been watching this show on Hulu for about a month and I'm ready for it to end. I loved it in the beginning but in my opinion - SPOILER ALERT - the worst plot choice was bringing David back from the dead. Plus there are so many characters I just can't stand - Victoria, David, Margeaux... and now Courtney Love is an assassin?!?! What a cluster...

Current Episode: Season 4 Episode 20 - Dead Ringer

I started rewatching CSI again when I moved back into my mom's house. We watch a few episodes at a time then take a break to watch some of our other continuing binges.

Current Episode: New York - Whatever Discovery+ Plays, Atlanta - Season 1 Episode 2

My mom and I love watching Say Yes to the Dress. With the new Discovery+ App it plays whatever of the New York episodes it wants, sometimes on a loop since it runs all day. But with my sister's boyfriend living with us we usually only watch it when he's not around.

Current Episode: Season 2 Episode 7 - Tender Loving Care

I watched these on tv as they aired but we are rewatching them now on the Discovery+ App.

Current Episode: Season 1 Episode 6 - Who Killed Katie Autry?
We love watching true crime shows and we're just about caught up on all the current episodes of Southern Gothic. We're also watching Murder in the Heartland and A Crime to Remember.

New Obsessions

I don't know why streaming services are getting flooded with all of these documentaries about the Cecil Hotel all of a sudden but I'm obsessed! I started with the Ghost Adventures episode, moved on to ID's Horror at the Cecil and I see that Netflix just added a new documentary!

Just Added to My Watchlist

Yep, you guessed it. The newest addition to my Netflix queue is the new docu-series Crime Scene: The Vanishing At the Cecil Hotel

I've heard of this show before but I just saw a clip for it when I went to add Crime Scene to my Netflix Queue and it looks good so I added it at the same time.

I'm a sucker for teen dramas, especially ones with fantasy elements. I'm not sure how soon I'll get around to this one but it just got added to my queue. 

What are you currently binge-watching? What are some of your latest obsessions that you couldn't get enough of? Let me know in the comments!
Happy binging!