Weekly episodes are back! That's SO retro!

I'm in the midst of watching SEVERAL shows!

January is over and according to Punxsutawney Phil, spring is on its way. All of us in Brooklyn are happy to hear this, especially after surviving almost two weeks without any sunshine. None of this matters since tv watching is an inside sport!

Weekly episodes are back and they are disturbing the streaming era. I am so happy! Currently, I’m watching quite a few different new releases. It’s like I’m back in 2006.

Here’s what I’m keeping up with:

The Bachelor, Season 28

For the longest time I thought I was too good to watch The Bachelor. Yes, I admit it. I’ve binged so many seasons in various locations of Love Island, sat through Love is Blind, fully enjoyed the drama of The Ultimatum: Queer Love, and truly believe FBOY Island is high quality. There was just something about the Bachelor/Bachelorette that felt icky. All of this changed during the 2020 lockdown.

Now, I’m not saying The Bachelor is some high brow production. If anything, the show is too produced and because it is a network dating show, there isn’t enough trashy drama. Even with my complaints, I find myself watching this season because there is just something off about Joey Graziadei aka this season’s single guy.

All the girls think he’s soooOOOoooooooOOooo attractive when he’s just okay. And he seems too sweet, like he’s hiding a major secret. Maybe I’m just upset that JOEY WAS BORN IN 1995!! That means he is YOUNGER THAN ME! I’m tired of being reminded that technically I am almost thirty years old. Who cares. Whatever. I have decided I’m going to be a 29 year old teenager forever.

True Detective, Season 4

Let’s play Would You Rather!! Would you rather be too hot or too cold? I would pick too hot because I am one of those people that despises being chilly. And something about watching visual narratives set in snow and ice just makes me feel cold, even when I’m cuddled up on the couch with three blankets and a hot cup of tea.

Despite the freezing setting, I have been watching the newest season of True Detective as the episodes drop weekly on Max. I think it would be unfair to compare the current story to the previous installments of this anthology series not even half way through the season. Plus, I trust the new showrunner, Issa López. Her 2017 film Tigers Are Not Afraid is a wonderful piece of cinema which mixes crime drama and magical realism was a film I saw twice in theaters.

Feud: Capote vs. the Swans

Naomi Watts has finally put away her will to play another woman who is desperately racing to save her child after she learns of an active shooter incident. Instead she is portraying 70s socialite Babe Paley in the newest season of Feud.

I went in not knowing too much about Truman Capote’s lore (if you read between the lines I’m admitting I haven’t seen the Philip Seymour Hoffman movie) but I love catty drama. Basically, the first two episodes feel like if DeuxMoi was around back in the day, broadcasting the he said, she said as Capote’s relationships with some important New York women unravel.

I know that’s only three but…hear me out

The television industry, as we’ve experienced with her sister industry known as movies, is cyclical. Streaming changed everything. The idea of having everything on certain apps and dropping all of a new series is honestly starting to fade. If anything, the ‘Netflix’ type model allowed for too much which benefitted us during the lockdown of 2020 but is now overwhelming. And on top of being constantly overstimulated and behind on watching every single television series, we pay more now to keep up with all the different subscriptions that are debuting new content than we ever paid for cable.

That’s why the fact that currently, there is three television shows that is debuting weekly episodes is a big deal. Call me sentimental but it feels like more of an appreciation for the art of tv. I’m going to call it slow tv.

Anyway, I’m spending the rest of my evening binge-watching 30 Rock for my 4th time until the newest episode of True Detective drops!! Have a great week.