What are you watching and what do you recommend this week?

I thought people were hyperbolic about how good Succession is, but I'm on episode 5 of the first season and I am HOOKED. I really hope it stays consistent throughout the entire series.

I just started Slow Horses, and have been really enjoying it. Gary Oldman is excellent as always.

Easily one of the best multi season shows currently on TV.
Not trying to oversell it, but there's a reason why it's won so many awards.

Task

It just gets better and better with each episode. The only bummer is, it is only seven episodes long…

Andor

I have just watched the final episode and man it breaks my heart. It is the most fun I have had watching a Star Wars product since 1980.

Other than that I am in a serious show-hole. I am struggling to find things to watch, hopefully this thread will provide some ideas.

The lowdown.

The lowdown:

I'm surprised more people aren't talking about this one. Imho it's the best new show to come out in a while. It's a detective/noir show. Made by the same dude who did "reservation dogs". Definitely inspired by some old school hardboiled detective stories.

10/10 watch this.

I've also been watching the first couple episodes of this seasons slow horses. Entertaining as ever.

This is on my list to start in a week or so once a few more episodes are out, I've heard nothing but great things.
Just started watching this.
Haven't quite finished S01E01 yet, but I was hooked even before I even saw Killer Mike rocking an eye patch that matched his tacky ass oversized shirt.

Alien Earth.

Not gonna lie, it started out strong, but completely flopped its landing on the season finale.

However, it was obviously written to be a multi-season show.

The world building, cinematography, set design, and acting, were all phenomenal.

This show does deserve much of its criticism, but it's still worth the watch, especially if you like science fiction.

Wait that was the season finale?? Agreed it flopped the landing.
- I understand that the major storylines were too big to be wrapped up in an episode. But there wasn't a single subplot that they finished either, just baffling.
  And given the choice to leave everything still open, I'm even more perplexed as to why they decided to expedite and amplify one of the character's "abilities".
  That particular decision reminded me of Game of Thrones S08: I have no problem with where they ended up, but a huge problem with how they got there.
  I don't want to say anything else to avoid spoiling it for others, but I'm sure you know who and what I'm talking about.

I finished The Family Next Door. Very enjoyable slow-paced mystery/drama series, I'd definitely recommend it (it can be found online if you are outside of Australia).

I've started watching The Girlfriend this week and kind of regret it so far. It's slop, and it's very obviously trying to appeal to horny, brainrotted millienials and Gen Z viewers with terrible attention spans. There is a lot of sex/nudity and it does that incredibly annoying thing of starting each episode with the cliffhanger, then rewinding, because it thinks its viewers are too impatient to make it through the rest of the episode without knowing what's coming. After the first episode it even did a "this season on The Girlfriend" trailer, which basically showed all the major plot points of the show as some kind of engagement bait tactic. I also think it's targeted a lot more towards women than men. I feel like this sort of horny, eat-the-rich, women gossiping and fucking over each other sub-genre is very popular with young women right now.

However, the acting is pretty good and I know Olivia Cooke has big potential to go absolutely psycho at some point, which is probably what's keeping me around. If anyone has seen The Road Trip, Laurie Davidson is basically playing an identical character here which makes him incredibly annoying. Being this annoying is a talent though, so respect to him!