But you have now learned a lot more about the Franklin expedition, which is fascinating in itself.

Thanks all. I'm not actually sure that I can get S2 yet anyway.
You stupid fuckers, you know who you are.

Jared Harris is amazing, a real chip off the old block, if only Franklin had listened to him though
True story, when I lived in Kent I once saw Richard Harris driving an open top sports car. I also saw Tom Baker on a train, he was fast asleep pretending to be lol
You stupid fuckers, you know who you are.

Season 1 was so good; by all accounts s2 is actual human excrement.
Edit - Jared Harris was so ****en good in this.
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I see it's been answered. I didn't get around to season 2. Everyone says it's not as good. Well…"everyone".

The Terror second season is a totally different story, different setting and time period.

I'm just watching on BBC iPlayer, loving it so far but it is brutal and has inspired me to watch far too many YouTube video about the real life expedition.
So, it's not just the one story?
You stupid fuckers, you know who you are.

Superb show.
In Canada, the story of the Franklin Expedition has additional meaning as a national story, given the mystery around it, the multiple searches for the crew and the ships over the years, and the moral of the danger of failing to adapt to, and respect, the North.

Loki - you’re not wrong about me recognising everyone. It’s like they’ve randomly cherry picked all the quality Brit actors from recent acclaimed dramas.
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Loving Jared Harris so far…
Damn I just remembered the last of us 2 is out today. I think Imma soon be too ****ed to care
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I've always had cats. Once, a dog
and
cats.
I love animals. They love me, too.
Yeah I hear you on the year-long waits. And then there's the stupid TWD that has mid season breaks when it's already quite boring. Mostly filler and then one episode of action.
The discussions/spoilers depends on the show. GoT was way too popular so it was impossible to avoid them. And the show deviated from the books so eventually there were proper spoilers. There are plenty good shows that aren't being watched by
everyone
. But of course that means when you want to discuss it, you'd have to look for the people who are into it. Like here.

aw nice.
makes me miss having cats (or any pet) with me here, but then i'm not made for having someone (pets or kids) i need to take care of. lol i can barely take care of myself
Otherwise waiting a week takes me out of it and makes me not care much.
that's true, and it's even more extreme between seasons, when we have to wait one year or even longer for the continuation. i usually have to rewatch the finale of the past season before i get into a new one bc i simply forget about most of what had happened a year before. so it would be even more efficient if i waited until the show is finished and then start watching, and i actually did that in the past for some shows, so i can watch all seasons in one continuous run. but where's the fun in that, when everyone is talking about the current season lol while i'll told myself to wait with watching until they're all done?
yeah, i think i'll have to re-watch all episodes building up to the carnivale episode before i can talk about it. but jeez, it was a helluva ride!
i'll let u know for when i'm ready to talk. it'll be soon.
suck it.

The short answer is: cats. I am often stuck under two cats and I don't want to disturb them as they snooze hard on me, so I need something that immerses me for some hours.
I also don't like waiting a week between episodes unless it's a procedural/episodic tv show, as in, each episode being a new story, like
Poirot
, or the various Sherlock Holmes shows, for example. Otherwise waiting a week takes me out of it and makes me not care much. With GoT I watched each episode as they aired because even though I read the books, I didn't want the show spoiled, and avoiding spoilers for that was impossible. I hated having to wait a week for every episode. Then after each season was done I would rewatch it in binge mode and it was always better binged.
I actually binged
The Terror
a little slower than my normal pace.
I have no complaints about anything in this. It worked really well.
I realised at one point oh god everyone is going to die awfully… Oh lord the carnival episode.

sorry for this tl;dr comment, but i sort of needed to get some things off my chest.
first off, how did u manage the binging?
i gave each episode a day, at least. i needed my thoughts to work it up. i know everyone is different of course, and i'm just asking bc i've never been the binge-type of a viewer and when i have binged in the past, like watched 4-5 episodes in a row, it was usually super thrilling and gripping stuff.., however, a lot of emotions and pondering about certain things that happened in an episode fell on the wayside in the course of that binging. the pondering, that is sometimes needed and intended by the show-runners and writers and which i would have had if i had watched the episodes with at least one day in between..
the last time i binged through a couple of episodes and deeply regretted it, was during the 4th season of The Americans, where i didn't give myself enough time to mourn a certain character's death and didn't give myself enough time to feel the entire emotional impact of that one episode, bc my thoughts were already ahead to the next episode to see what the aftermath of that death would play out like, which in the end, of course, only marginally was dealt with and left me a bit disappointed. so i wasted time that could have been used to let it all impact on me and work on me.
i think, sometimes, there's a reason why episodes usually are aired in one week's time, but that's just me, of course.
i also think it varies. some shows put a lot of development into each hour, and yes, The Terror not so much. especially in these last four episodes, which are basically an extended escalator to hell, and every important moment is memorable enough to maintain impact. actually, if i think about it, separating these sequences with weeks in between will **** with the impact. also, binging helps with immersion if u have the time for it. u get lost in it for hours, and are fully absorbed. all that said, i prefer the weekly format for the sake of weekly discussions and the story crafting.
and there are different kind of shows.. character studies usually need more time to percolate in the old nogging, shows like The Americans that doesn't build on cliffhangers too much, but where each episode has one coherent plot issue that it deals with. same goes for The Sopranos, i assume.. Mad Men, maybe, but this one hasn't so much emotional depth in its story, and is more episodical, as opposed to LOST or Breaking Bad (except of maybe Jesse's arc) which would be just like The Terror, in that, little momentum is lost in binging bc it's just one amazing ride, from start to finish, right?
however, particularly after seeing The Terror's 6th episode it was a moment when i had to pause for some time (days), and rack my brain around the stuff i just saw, and why.. why did he do that? someone who was not on my radar, other than being extremely uptight about everything.
i thought tho the final episode wasn't quite up to the same quality for various reasons. episode 9 is a good contender for bleakest episode of any tv show ever. it was as if they were in purgatory, a bleached rocky plain that stretches on forever.
i'm also amazed how much gravitas each major death had, considering the space between them. they really did their best to make them memorable. even characters who had bit parts in the first few episodes.
i mean what they did with Jopson, damn.
despite all the deaths, it's not completely tragedy at least. the friendship that develops between Fitzjames and Crozier is just beautiful, (i quoted one great dialogue they had above) to think they hated each others guts at the start. that was lovely, but then it's also one of the only positive developments after episode 5.
ok i'll stop here for now, but we also need to talk about the carnivale episode in particular.
suck it.

The first season was fantastic! Sorry to hear season 2 isn't that great.

I enjoyed season one, but season two, not so much. I got bored after three or four episodes, and deleted it.
MAGA! FAFO! Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder.

Yep! And more. You'll recognise almost everyone. Apart from that, it's quality!

Jared Harris and Ciaran Hinds? Tasty.
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@Dane’s mongo RDR2 character
You need to see this!

I'm kinda glad you confirm
Outlander
is awful.
You know what I like.

I have it ready to go. I’m almost finally finished Line of Duty.
And Outlander is godawful . So far removed from anything you’d ever enjoy.
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oh yeah then avoid Outlander at all costs. it gets reaaaally soapy
suck it.

I don't think I'd like it. It sounded very soapy on synopsis, and I tried the first episode but bailed on it really fast. I heard the bad characters are great but often romance stories annoy me.