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- CreatorDavid ShoreStarsFreddie HighmoreRichard SchiffHill HarperShaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and Savant syndrome, is recruited into the surgical unit of a prestigious hospital.Started: May 2023
Finished: 5/23/24
Score: 6.5/10- Before going back and starting from season one, I saw many, but not all, episodes from s2-6.
- A lot of the dialogue is super cheesy and/or just poorly written. Some moments are very unintentionally funny, and other moments are intentionally funny. Some of the acting is great, and some is kinda bad. The show tends to follow a formula that becomes clear very quickly. It tends to be very predictable. Overall, the show is consistently pretty entertaining though.
- I’m starting from episode 1 with the intention of at least watching the first season. So far, the show feels very different. We’re learning about Shaun’s backstory, and he’s still yet to prove himself. The presentation of everything feels a little different, and it feels less formulaic than the later seasons. I guess that kinda makes sense. Once you get used to a job, you probably fall into a routine. Also, I imagine more time, money, thought, and effort were put into these early episodes. There are way more locations, the surgeries are covered more in-depth instead of mostly glossed over and only made dramatic by the patient crashing and all the machines beeping. That does still happen but in a different context. In earlier seasons, the focus is on the surgery itself for most of the surgeries. In later seasons, the focus of the surgeries is on conversations about interpersonal conflicts for most of the surgery until the beeps move their attention toward the actual surgery.
- S1-3 are pretty solid, but stuff gets ridiculous (often not in a fun way), repetitive, and sometimes boring past that point. I'd recommend you stop after the S3 finale.
S7 Notes [SPOILERS]:- Most of the actors in the recurring cast are pretty solid, but Highmore and Schiff are clearly the best.
- Ep 5 was very corny. One of the worst of the series. and Asher's death at the end was ridiculous. Everything just felt very hamfisted and it was the worst of the later seasons' tendency to focus on anything but the actual medical stuff.
- The ending hit all the notes I expected, but it all felt very rushed. Not surprising, considering the show was canceled and given a half-length final season. With that in mind, I question the decision to add two new characters. But most of my problems with this season aren't even with them. They're fine characters, but they weren't given time to develop.
- CreatorDavid ShoreStarsHugh LaurieOmar EppsRobert Sean LeonardUsing a crack team of doctors and his wits, an antisocial maverick doctor specializing in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way.Started: Late 2023 / Early 2024
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Score: 7.5/10 - StarsKatie BignellSamuel GrecoPerry MavridesWhen Ashley Madison, a dating site for people seeking adulterous affairs, is hacked, millions of users' intimate data is exposed, wrecking marriages and destroying lives.Started: 5/16/24
Finished: 5/16/24
Score: 5.5/10- Way too much time spent interviewing the guys that ran the site. That's much less interesting to me than hearing from the people who decided to sign up. I'd like to know why they did it, what the experience was like, and what the fallout was like when their spouse found out.
- Hearing about the hack itself and the hunt for the culprit was kinda interesting, but there didn't end up being much to it, unfortunately.