We've been on the go lately, and last night, for the first time in a while, I didn't have anything I had to work on in the evening. Grandma wanted a nice, quiet evening, which to her means watching TV and chatting with me, which is nice when I like what's on, but if I don't, or even if I do, after about an hour and a half, I get restless and want to go or be somewhere else.
My apologies for that last sentence.
Anyway, since it's important to her, I sat and watched. Last night, it was Suits. She follows it, and I did too in the first couple seasons when the writing was really tight, but then I drifted. But I watched (or endured) it with her. After that, she didn't know what to watch, but we like Donnie Wahlberg on Blue Bloods, he produced a "reality" show about Boston cops that Grandma liked, and I like Mark Wahlberg in quite a few things, even Ted. So we watched Wahlburgers, and then I remembered why I really dislike "reality" TV. Blech.
And now to the reason I started this thread. I'd almost forgotten.
Grandma was really intrigued by Legend and asked me to check it out with her. Sean Bean (aka Boromir, if you need a reference) is a likable character, and I have to say that he did a really good job with his material. "Legend" refers to the persona that someone like him takes on when working deep undercover. The writing was fine if not stellar. In fact, it seemed to be built around Bean's talent and draw, because some of the plot was meh, the other characters were mostly forgettable, and there was a plot device that just made me roll my eyes as much as their beadiness will let me.
Although not in Grandma's sight. She's known me for a while and knows how not easily pleased I am with shows, and she kept asking me, "What do you think? Are you liking it?" and I'd say sure and think but not enough to sit down to this every week.
And then at the end, after they had this drama point that is supposed to keep the viewer intrigued and tuned in for next week, which may work, but it just kinda annoyed me, they introduced, in kind of an aside, this "Let's not kill Sean Bean" gag, which was very funny and engaging. Apparently, he does get killed a lot in the appearance that he makes. I enjoyed that show-within-a-show more than the actual show.
If you have a reasonable willing suspension of disbelief (mine seems to be impaired), and you like reasonable drama and action, can easily accept an attractive young lady being the FBI topnotch covert unit leader, are fine with somewhat baffling bad guys, enjoy being drawn in to a secretive and apparently deadly backstory which reveals itself just a bit at a time, and want to see some really pretty good acting by a quite likable actor, it's worth a watch.
My apologies for that last sentence.
Anyway, since it's important to her, I sat and watched. Last night, it was Suits. She follows it, and I did too in the first couple seasons when the writing was really tight, but then I drifted. But I watched (or endured) it with her. After that, she didn't know what to watch, but we like Donnie Wahlberg on Blue Bloods, he produced a "reality" show about Boston cops that Grandma liked, and I like Mark Wahlberg in quite a few things, even Ted. So we watched Wahlburgers, and then I remembered why I really dislike "reality" TV. Blech.
And now to the reason I started this thread. I'd almost forgotten.
Grandma was really intrigued by Legend and asked me to check it out with her. Sean Bean (aka Boromir, if you need a reference) is a likable character, and I have to say that he did a really good job with his material. "Legend" refers to the persona that someone like him takes on when working deep undercover. The writing was fine if not stellar. In fact, it seemed to be built around Bean's talent and draw, because some of the plot was meh, the other characters were mostly forgettable, and there was a plot device that just made me roll my eyes as much as their beadiness will let me.
Although not in Grandma's sight. She's known me for a while and knows how not easily pleased I am with shows, and she kept asking me, "What do you think? Are you liking it?" and I'd say sure and think but not enough to sit down to this every week.
And then at the end, after they had this drama point that is supposed to keep the viewer intrigued and tuned in for next week, which may work, but it just kinda annoyed me, they introduced, in kind of an aside, this "Let's not kill Sean Bean" gag, which was very funny and engaging. Apparently, he does get killed a lot in the appearance that he makes. I enjoyed that show-within-a-show more than the actual show.
If you have a reasonable willing suspension of disbelief (mine seems to be impaired), and you like reasonable drama and action, can easily accept an attractive young lady being the FBI topnotch covert unit leader, are fine with somewhat baffling bad guys, enjoy being drawn in to a secretive and apparently deadly backstory which reveals itself just a bit at a time, and want to see some really pretty good acting by a quite likable actor, it's worth a watch.
