Happy Endings, Season 3
For various reasons I have discovered that IMDB, Wikipedia and Hulu do not agree on the order of the episodes of Season 3 of Happy Endings.
The underlying reason? Hulu is missing an episode: KickBall 2: The Kickening.
I have no idea why. Maybe it has something problematic such that they don't want to stream it?
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Paradise, Season 1 (2025) - 4 of 5 wristbands
Very good. I didn't know what to expect and it kept me enthralled for the entire season. Will be curious to see where season 2 goes.
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Hulu ended our Oscars broadcast
The wife and I were watching the Oscars when suddenly Hulu ended the broadcast. Oops. Glad to know it wasn't just us.
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Poem from Shogun, Ep. 8
This is the poem or waka from Shogun's episode 8. I immediately fell in love with it and began researching it to understand if it was a series of haikus or what.
The sound of rain on the leaves can be heard.
Still more fragile is the dew of tears on my sleeves even in springtime.
Waiting, the pine tree never withers in winter.
If I could use words like scattering flowers and falling leaves
what a bonfire my poems would make.
As I googled though, I discovered that the writers seem to have borrowed that last line from another poem, 'If I could write words' by Spike Milligan:
If I could write words
Like leaves on an autumn forest floor,
What a bonfire my letters would make.
If I could speak words of water,
You would drown when I said
"I love you."
I found it posted here. Now, maybe they had stolen it from Shogun and quickly put it up? But no, that is almost definitely not the case. Archive.org has the page from 2021, and the credited author passed away in 2022. And indeed, googling the poem name shows it online in 2010, and digging further I believe it comes from Milligan's 1974 published book, "Small Dreams of a Scorpion." So, certainly not new.
I don't begrudge the writers, it is a truly beautiful sentiment and poem. Just found it notable that the poem was inspired by the works of another.
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What I'm Watching - Aug. 27
For All Mankind (2019)
AppleTV+ - I started this last week and burned through season 1. I'm in Season 2 but my viewing has slowed down. I'm enjoying the show, but I just haven't had the opportunity to continue bingeing it.
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
FX - Currently my favorite sitcom. It's an amazing and amazingly smart for how stupid it is. Which is basically my perfect description for a comedy.
House of the Dragon (2022)
HBO - The new Game of Thrones show was always on my list to watch. I had a very turbulent relationship with the original show, but I'm watching this to see what different show runners do with it, and with the new story.
Welcome to Wrexham (2022)
Hulu - Just started it today and watched the first two episodes. It's an interesting look but so far I'm not hooked.
And, of course, the biggest show I'm looking forward to but which hasn't arrived yet: Rings of Power, which looks to be coming out Sept. 1 (Thursday.) Dear lord, please be good.
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The Bear (2022) - 4/5 beef sandwiches
Starring Jeremy Allen White, who I know from the US adaptation of Shameless, The Bear is about a struggling Chicago restaurant. White, who plays Carmen Berzatto, a chef who trained and cooked for some of the best restaurants in the world - has come back to his family owned eatery to take it over after it was left to him by his brother. A brother, who we learn is a drug addict, and also who commit suicide.
The show is entertaining and also vexing. I really enjoyed its first season and was tempted to give it a full 5 out of 5, but it is unevenly paced and leaves you with some pretty big questions going into season 2 - the biggest of which is sure to be the entire premise of season 2.
I also need to shout out the performances of Ayo Edibiri, who plays Sydney, as well as Ebon Moss-Bachrach who plays Richie. I wasn't familiar with either of them, but I really appreciated their performances and seeing the evolution of their characters in this eight episode season.
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Only Murders in the Building - Season 1 (2021)
My Rating: 4 out of 5 murders
I held off watching this, but have ended up bingeing it while my mother-in-law is here. Quite enjoyed the first season. Haven't jumped into season two yet.
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