They should let Succession take its time, and give I May Destroy You the massive push it needs and deserves (yes I know it’s currently a limited series).

It’s a much better tape than people think. Better than ‘DC’ which seems to be more popular.

Homecoming season 1 is miles better than the vast majority of Emmy fare.

Sienna Miller as Diana. Sarah Snook as Fergie.

Not Argestes being excluded?! That is a series highlight. Vaulter is great though, and underrated. I get why Safe Room and Dundee were left off from a narrative standpoint – they play too much like detours.

I know, I was just commenting as if they did matter (there would basically be no point in this thread otherwise). DC doesn’t paint Shiv in a sympathetic light, and she’s not central to the story until the final quarter of the episode. In The Summer Palace, she truly is central. This isn’t a case of quantity vs quality either – the scene with Cox i…[Read more]

Being named the preliminary CEO of the company (successor – the central plot of the show) dwarfs talking down a sexual assault victim in the final quarter of the 9th episode in terms of submitting something that will convince people to vote for her. Literally the only other episode that narratively makes more sense for her in terms of positioning…[Read more]

I would’ve preferred Tern Haven, but this scene alone makes that episode choice a viable one: https://youtu.be/GigZeL6r0CM

This extended scene between Snook and Cox really allows her to demonstrate her range (I’d argue more than her DC scene). It’s also the monumental moment that sets the season off narratively.

Just binged the whole thing again. I can’t believe people in the US have had to wait a week between episodes. The rewatch reaffirmed to me that this is essential viewing. We need a Michaela acting-writing-directing sweep.

I never thought I’d be disappointed by a Reese snub but she truly deserved a nomination for LFE. She’s in good company this year though.

I need Ms Weruche Opia to get her things. There are no words for how good Coel is and I’m sure a lot of people will be campaigning hard for her, so I think it’s important to shine light on Opia who gave an amazing supporting performance. Paapa Essiedu was obviously on that level as well.

Stick with it. The first season picks up in the latter…[Read more]

Yes – I find the final few episodes of season 3 to be the show’s best. There are also rumours of a revival (it has done well on Netflix).

Also, I May Destroy You is the show of the year.

I mean Naomi Watts was going to star in the now cancelled ‘Bloodmoon’ prequel. It’s clear that they are open to casting big names (though the process may be different this time).

Aside from the scenes with J Smith-Cameron, Culkin doesn’t particularly show much range – that’s not a criticism of him because Roman as a character is (in my opinion brilliantly) written that way. I definitely wouldn’t dismiss him as two dimensional, but I wouldn’t describe him as ‘subtle’ either. As Roman’s relationship with his father is add…[Read more]

Roman is definitely a more popular character than Tom (both of them are written to be unlikable, which is different from popularity), but Tom requires more complexity – which Matthew expertly handles. The issue is that some people struggle to separate performance from character.

Macfadyen was stronger in both seasons, so the Clifford-Colman comparison isn’t perfect. I think Roman is a more popular character than Tom though.

It won’t be indicative of anything. Cox winning the poll (as the majority of people here will probably vote on performance) won’t take away from the fact that Jeremy is buzzier and has the ‘antihero’ character that plays well.

I literally said in the post you quoted that it doesn’t definitively indicate Cox’s popularity over Strong (I’m well aware that the Globes aren’t that important). It does however prove that Cox is far beyond a ‘Gold Derby thing’. Madden missed, Cox got in. Cox is a far more respected actor than either Madden or Strong.

Cox literally won the Globe while Strong wasn’t even nominated. I’m not implying that his win means that he definitively has more popularity than Strong, but he clearly isn’t ‘just a Gold Derby thing’.

The acclaim for Watchmen’s supervision centres on a single episode (‘This Extraordinary Being’) while Euphoria’s is more consistently spread across the season. The award is episodic, giving Watchmen the advantage.

Watchmen’s music composition however blows everything else out of the water, and would win the category even if Watchmen was in drama.

Completely agree – for example I thought Pelphrey and McTeer were locks, and the nominations have made me change my outlook on Ozark in the acting categories. However, those snubs were genuine surprises given Ozark’s popularity and upward trend in acting. Mrs America has always been an arguably ahistorical, niche show with low viewership up a…[Read more]