[Tiste Simeon]

Yeah the ending is one of the things I've heard a lot about. Not in terms of details just as a "one of the best ever" discussion.

[worry]

Zoomed through Widow's Bay in a couple days. Consistently very funny, and suprisingly consistently spooky. As a bonus, aside from the first and last episodes, they range about 30-35 minutes each so very bingeable. The cast is chock FULL of ringers who can do drama and comedy with equal footing (e.g. Stephen Root). Loved it.

[Tiste Simeon]

Stephen Root is appearing in a lot of my TV at the moment and I'm absolutely here for it.

[champ]

worry, on 18 June 2026 - 04:48 PM, said:

Zoomed through Widow's Bay in a couple days. Consistently very funny, and suprisingly consistently spooky. As a bonus, aside from the first and last episodes, they range about 30-35 minutes each so very bingeable. The cast is chock FULL of ringers who can do drama and comedy with equal footing (e.g. Stephen Root). Loved it.

I have the last 3 episodes to watch but this show is an absolute delight. Definitely a recommend.

[QuickTidal]

QuickTidal, on 17 April 2026 - 12:45 PM, said:

PURSUIT OF JADE on Netflix is excellent so far. It's a Chinese drama about an orphaned pig-seller girl and her sister trying to survive while liking after a disgraced nobleman they come across as wounded and hunted.

The production value is insane and this sets all look like paintings...and the two leads Tian Xiwei (who looks like a Disney princess) and Zhang Linghe have a metric tonne of chemistry.

If you're into C-Dramas, check it out, and if you're into K-Drama's then check it out too.

I'm past episode 30 of the 40 eps for this and it's really just genuinely one of my fave shows. The way it morphed at around episode 22-23 from the small town romance politicking to the broader conflict and now just open war with tonnes of action and crazy fights was so subtle, there was a war/battle scene in episode 26 or 27 that would rival anything they did on GOT. I am closing in on the end and I'm going to be SO sad when this is over, it's been such a wonderful ride.

I also grabbed IQIYI on a deal again so that I could get back into LEGEND OF THE CONDOR HEROES (2017) and finish it (though it's 52 episodes and I'm at like 13...LOL) and it's wonderful too, but in a different way as it's full tilt Wuxia fantasy...but similar emotional character arcs to Jade.

I have some other C-Drama recs lined up after that, but I wonder if anything will quite hit the same as these.