Saturday football info can be found at https://506sports.com/ncaaf.php. What are some good shows on TV that you are enjoying? I’ll list a few of mine at the moment.
The Hunters (Amazon Prime original series. 1 Season. Renewed for a 2nd season).
Al Pacino isn’t his usual bombastic self. Instead, he plays a quiet, soft-spoken survivor of The Holocaust who leads a group of “hunters” who track down Nazis who’ve somehow escaped Germany (many years prior to the 1970’s setting of this show) and now live in America. I almost have to put on the subtitles because he speaks so softly, and his Jewish accent is top notch and very believable; almost to the point you forget it’s Al Pacino. Logan Lerman, who played jittery replacement assistant tank driver “Norman” in the WWII movie “Fury,” plays his character perfectly. The writing is top notch. The casting is perfect. It’s like Inglorious Basterds and Charlie’s Angels had a baby together: Charlie’s Basterds. A++ show, IMO.
Fargo (Season 1, 2014) An FX series now showing on Hulu and maybe Sling as well.
Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, and Colin Hanks are terrific in this miniseries set in tranquil 2006 Minnesota. The 1st season follows hitman Lorne Malvo (Thornton) who stops at a hospital in Bemidji, Minnesota following a car accident and influences local mild-mannered insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Freeman) with his violent and deceptive ways. Their meeting sets forth a series of murders throughout the city. Meanwhile, Deputy Molly Solverson (Tolman) of Bemidji and Officer Gus Grimly (Hanks) of Duluth attempt to solve several crimes across the state that they believe may be linked to Malvo and Nygaard.
I binged this 10-episode Season 1 in like 2 nights. By the time I hit episode 5, I was like “Eff it, I’m watching it all the way to the end.” I have no regrets. The show is darker than the trailer shows. Lots of quirky offbeat humor, for sure, but man oh man there are some dark comedy and heavy-handed brutality in the show, as well.
Quick Draw (Hulu original series, 2013)
This is like The Office, but set in the Old West. Unique characters abound, and from what I gather the show is mostly improvisational by the actors.
Fresh off the stagecoach from Harvard, Sheriff John Henry Hoyle and his reluctant Deputy Eli introduce the emerging science of forensics to hunt down the Wild West’s most dangerous criminals.