Let's share our favorite Netflix/Prime shows!

We're winding down on season 8 of The Vampire Diaries. LOL. I love supernatural and scifi shows, and DH likes to unwind with a puzzle and ridiculous teen drama. This one was perfect for us.

Our Flag Means Death just finished up on HBOMax and it was great.

It's gay. There's pirates. And at the end of the day it's a romantic comedy.

It follows Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby) who uproots his life and leaves his family behind as he tries to become the gentleman's pirate. With a mish-mash crew that hates him yet puts up with him they swashbuckle through the seas until they meet the infamous Blackbeard (Taika Waititi). Friendship, love, and pirating sums it up in a few words.

You really have to give it 3-4 episodes though, basically once Blackbeard shows up. The first few are great for storytelling but it gets much better towards the middle of the season.

If you're a fan of Flight of the Conchords or What We Do in the Shadows then you already know the two leads, and also the sort of humor they usually go for.

Also includes a non-binary actor playing a non-binary pirate! And uhh Hodor from GOT? Idk, I didn't watch that but after I told my mom to watch this she was like OH THAT'S HIM! So if that's a selling point he's here too lol

There's a bit of blood from pirate-y things and 'bad' language but I don't recall nudity or anything too crass.

Ok, I've never heard of this, but I HAVE to watch it after your description!

I watched a few episodes of this last night and am hooked:). Thanks for the recommendation.

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Here’s the Netflix / Prime Shows.  I put all my series and movies in here.  

Agree! I LOVE the way Ricky Gervais takes the saddest subjects, but he sprinkles in the perfect amount of  humor.

If you love "After Life", you will probably also love "Derek!"
( I used to volunteer in nursing homes, so these series
reallllly touch my heart! ).







For a veryyy funny, lighthearted series (no sad
topics), I also highly recommend "Extras"--- it is SO.
GOOD and has lots of guest stars as you've never seen them before (example: Kate Winslet (playing herself) cussing and saying some
outrageous, hilarrrrrrious things!)

I’m really not sure.  We have a Go Surf Streaming Box so I never really know where the series/movies are coming from.  I usually google the series/movie so I know what service is offering it when I tell my friends.  I just googled “where can I watch iTV series” and it said Hulu.

ITV is a British TV channel.

I didn't until I was almost done with it! There was a post on Oh No They Didn't about the historical aspects of the show and the inspiration of their real life counterparts that I read around the time of the finale.

We have been watching some Apple TV shows ..

WeCrashed, about the WeWork rise and fall, is so good. Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway shine in this series.

Also on Apple, Pachinko, another series, is also very good so far.

Three good movies from the weekend !


STRANGE BUT TRUE (‘19 HBO/Hulu/AmazP)
Family drama.
4 Stars.  


UNTRACEABLE (‘08 Starz OnDemand) w/Diane Lane.
Oldie but goodie !  Reminded me of the SAW movies.
4 Stars.


MOON FALL (Feb ‘22 AmazP) w/Halle Berry.
Moon on a collision course with earth.
4 Stars.  


Breakout the popcorn !

I think this may have been mentioned before, but a new season was just released of After Life on Netflix. It is a SAD yet very sweet and uplifting show written and starring Ricky Gervais. Short 30 minute episodes, only 6 or 7 episodes per season. Sooooooo good. Very touching and sweet. I would not recommend it for anyone who has lost a spouse though...could be too sad.

And a light, fluffy entertainment show I watched this weekend is Lizzo's Big Girrls. It is more of a reality show where she is holding auditions for more backup dancers. The girls all live in a house and slowly some do get eliminated. As a big girl myself, I found it pretty inspiring to see these girls rock it with the dancing, and I enjoyed getting to know them. And Lizzo is always fun to watch - I really like her. This is on Amazon Prime.

Netflix: Currently watching Under the Banner of Heaven about a murder in a Mormon town based on a true story in the 80’s. Pretty interesting and while I know a little about Mormonism there’s a lot I’m learning. Andrew Garfield is the main actor and he did a great job.

Hulu: watching The Girl from Plainville. About the girl who was texting her boyfriend to commit suicide and he did and now it’s gone to court. The actress, Elle Fanning, is so good in it. Sad story based on a true event too.