Am I the only Onion that watched season 3 of Bridgerton? I do like the representation in it, but I would expect nothing less from Shonda Rimes.
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Pretty sure it’s been mentioned in this thread. Usually when I’m not sure if a show has been discussed I do a quick search in the topic 
We’ve only watched first episode but looking forward to the rest of the season. It’s all very delightful and fun.
I watched Season 3 of Bridgerton and loved it. Queen Charlotte is my favorite character, along with Lady Danbury and Lady Bridgerton. The costumes and sets are gorgeous.
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We rather enjoyed Bodkin, and I can certainly categorize it as a comedy, albeit quite a black one.
Apparently a second season has been greenlit.
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A little bit later than disco, but definitely found its origin there.
Guy Richie has a fun movie called The Gentleman, that’s right in his go to wheelhouse, a violent London gangster comedy, a comfortable older sibling to his Snatch and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.
*Gentleman concerns American-living-London Matt McConaughey, who’s become a player in the weed-dealing business. That makes him a target. Hugh Grant slides in as a horrifically oily tabloid journalist/ would be blackmailer. It’s great fun, full of twists and turns and the occasional shotgun blast to the face.
This is separate from the the Netflix series The Gentleman, which is roughly based on the same basic concept (a realignment among UK weed kingpins), is also full of Ritchie’s trademark double crosses and violent humor and colorful characters. It’s 8 episodes and clips along very nicely, so if you can find the humor in a mob boss hacking up a weasel of an underling, give this a run.
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I just finished the Netflix "The Gentleman", and didn’t know about the movie until someone in the house while I was watching mentioned it. Now I wonder if it’s too late to enjoy the movie.
It is not too late to enjoy the movie. The movie and series are not at all related except via the basic concept of UK weed kingpins fighting for power. They share no characters or exact plot elements.
Both fun in similar ways, but two distinct variations of a theme.
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My favorite character is Brimsley, Queen Charlotte’s man. I enjoy the subtle interplay between them.
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This is such a good description!
I wasn’t sucked into S2 or S3 like S1 but that’s to be expected I think
The show about Queen Charlotte’s backstory last year was nicely done too.
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But Noho Hank!
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My favorite character was the drama teacher played by Henry Winkler and I always said that I would watch a show just about him and then the Kominsky Method popped up and I got my wish. Barry was full of great characters and actors but just got too violent for me.
Gene Cousineau! Yes, I could definitely see being driven away by the escalating violence of the show. But I was hooked from the first episode and sorry when the series ended.
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Hank was a fabulous character. I loved the show, too, but thought it could’ve ended with the penultimate season finale. The post-prison life was just a little unbelievable. And it got really dark. Great character studies, though.
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And the pre-prison life wasn’t? Yes, it was dark. But this is not uncommon, even for more overtly comedic shows like Ted Lasso and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Here I am discussing a show about a hitman, having just last night watched a movie called The Hitman.
Touché. Perhaps it was just disappointing to me personally that his GF would return to such a psycho. But stranger things have happened IRL, so 
I read the book over one lousy, rainy, backpacking Memorial Day weekend 35 years ago. I could barely put it down. The best part of the weekend came into our lives 9 months later. I hope this series serves the book well.
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And Brimsley’s backstory as well
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Will have to check out Bodkin.
The theme of Transplant is as much about the doctor being a refugee/ transplant, as well as the theme of transplants in the hospital.
The first episode is really something.
It’s a little more farfetched than even Grey’s Anatomy in some ways, but the characters are endearing and it’s neat to recognize all the locations in Toronto. It definitely feels Canadian, in it’s production. (A little bit lower budget, not quite as well written as a bigger budget hospital drama.)
