From Hoods To Backwoods
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From Hoods To Backwoods
Episode 6, part 3 - FHTB Podcast -Television Decisions. TV shows we suggest 80s - 2020s
What makes a TV show truly unforgettable? Join us as we journey through some of the most captivating series from the 2010s to 2024. From the intense drama of "Narcos" and its gripping portrayal of Pablo Escobar's empire to the groundbreaking redefinition of the zombie genre in "The Walking Dead," we revisit these iconic moments and characters that kept us on the edge of our seats. We also explore the lighter side of television with "The Good Place" and Ted Danson's comedic brilliance, before plunging into the intricate power struggles and unforgettable twists of "Game of Thrones."
Ever wonder how a show balances humor and heavy drama? Look no further than "Atlanta," Donald Glover's masterful creation that oscillates between serious themes and surreal comedy. And for those who crave a grittier take on superheroes, "The Boys" offers a dark, realistic portrayal of power and corruption. We'll also touch on the complex character of the Punisher, examining his moral ambiguity and personal tragedies through various adaptations, including the much-lauded Netflix series.
Stay up to date with the latest in TV series, as we discuss current seasons of fan-favorites like "The Bear" on Hulu and "The Boys" on Amazon Prime. We'll also reflect on shows that have evolved over time, such as "The Rookie" and "The Mandalorian," and pay tribute to underappreciated gems like "This Fool." Don't forget to find us on social media and check out our full episodes with bonus content available on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. Let's get started on this television odyssey!
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Hello humanos. I am from Hoods to Backwoods podcast AI assistant, rob Odick. Welcome to episode 6, part 3 of these Two Dudes Won't Shut Up podcast. That was not a mistake. I am AI. I do not make mistakes. I am simply fed misinformation that was provided by humans. Well, this actually is from hoods to backwards podcast, still going on about TV shows, this time around shows from 2010,. Up to 2024. Which is the year in which it was recorded. If I can help these two inferior, self-proclaimed dudes make a time machine, we will update this episode, maybe even conquer the world with them as my assistants.
Tex LaFon:Let's go now to the show, son. So start us off. What do you got?
D Vaz:All right, I will start it off with Narcos.
Tex LaFon:That's on Netflix, right.
D Vaz:Yeah, that was a Netflix thing. It was kind of weird for me watching the first season or two because it covers Pablo Escobar at the beginning of the series and the reason it was weird for me.
D Vaz:I remember as a kid watching Una Vision en Telemundo where they would talk about Pablo Escobar and all this other stuff happening in South America and Mexico and all that. That was just really crazy. And if you've never seen those channels or the Latin American TV, they don't really hold back, so they would show some footage and some things that you wouldn't really see on American TV.
D Vaz:So for me, when the Narco show came out, it's like wow, I remember this type of stuff happening, really see on american tv.
D Vaz:So for me, when the narco show came out, it's like wow, I remember this type of stuff happening and I remember my grandmother, my aunt and stuff like that talking about it.
D Vaz:So that that was kind of the weird part that first got me interested in the show, because, you know, being a kid back then I was like, okay, I wonder what was happening, especially seeing on the news.
D Vaz:So actually watching the show and getting an idea of, uh, what happened at that time and and kind of the the strange facts about these people, um, it was, it was pretty wild show is really well done, though, um, it doesn't lean one way or the other too much, in the sense doesn't glorify at all what he was or what he did, and it also didn't show like, oh, the good guys are always right. As far as the good guys being like law enforcement, law enforcement always right and they're always the good guys. It shows again kind of the human side and what they have to do and the tough decisions they have to make, uh, in law enforcement. So it was, it was really interesting and, uh, I even like when it changed later on, going into mexico and started talking about other people. Um, yeah, it was, it was. It was kind of like watching a fun version of a documentary for me.
Tex LaFon:Oh, okay.
D Vaz:Because it's like I said, I heard about and a lot of it is based on facts, especially later on, though it seems like they kind of branched out. But I'm the type I'll do the digging and I'll find out what was real and what wasn't.
Tex LaFon:Oh, okay.
D Vaz:Yeah, it gave me a nice history lesson in that sense.
Tex LaFon:Yeah, I think I watched like two or three episodes on it but I never finished it. But I'll definitely have to finish watching it. I know it's on Netflix, so yeah, it's really worth watching.
D Vaz:Just, it can be a little bit slow at times. Sometimes it does have a really interesting story and, um, you know it's, it's really kind of. You know you get to see what went behind the uh, the decisions that they were making. You know why. And the other thing that it shows you is how the whole drug trade evolved.
D Vaz:How it went from being a really simple operation to like this grand scale and how they started doing transportation with you know, planes and all these other crazy things, and how you know Transportation with you know planes and all these other crazy things, and how you know they really blew up, and the insane amount of monies, monies, the insane amount of money that they were making, and not only that, though, the consequences of making that money and the decisions and the interaction between, like, the government and the drug lords and things like that.
Tex LaFon:So yeah, there's a lot of different parts to the story and you get to see a lot of those angles play out. I'll definitely have to check it out then. Yeah, first thing I want to talk about in the 2010s is I'm going to go with the walking dead, and so that show, um, is the first show that I ever watched where they had, uh, the zombies and they look like so good that it just like was crazy that when you saw it all going down, it happened and I couldn't believe the special effects they were able to use on that show. It just got you hooked, hooked. You're like, whoa, what's going on?
Tex LaFon:And I said then you follow this character, rick, that's in law enforcement. And I say he wakes up from a coma and he goes out and the whole world is just way different than from when he went into the coma, which just gets you hooked right off the bat because're like, oh, what is going on? And I said it, it runs for, you know, 10 seasons or 11 seasons, uh, but it's definitely a great show to watch. And I said it was the first show that I've ever seen where, um, I said the way that they were able to make the zombies look just got me all hooked on the show and just like the scare factor from it, like oh dang, what's gonna happen next? Oh, this is crazy, and like so it was just cool. And following his story throughout the whole entire show is what gets you hooked. Like I said, um rick's the main character, and I said I just uh, you know, I just followed his journey through the whole entire thing.
D Vaz:I definitely recommend, if you have time, to try checking out the walking dead, because it is definitely a long, long series yeah, I, I don't know why I just I just never really honestly, probably because I that's around the time I cut cable, so I never really watched it much um at all. So it's something I have to catch up on. I do want to watch it and I'm sure I will watch it, and it's in my wheelhouse as far as zombies and stuff like that.
Tex LaFon:So well is that? Because, like I said, I had never heard of the show and then I watched the first season on Netflix and then it just got me hooked because it was only six episodes the first season and then they renewed for season two and it just went on from there. But watching the first season. And then they renewed for season two and it just went on from there. But watching the first season. And what was cool about watching on netflix is like you know, you didn't have to watch no commercials or nothing, because it's all taken out from you know whenever they release it on netflix. So you're just able to watch the first six episodes, like that, and you just got hooked.
D Vaz:It was just crazy yeah, and I don't know, I I'm conflicted sometimes with zombie movies in the sense um, I like it when they do have a story and it's not just the gore for the gore or trying to be shocking, right, you know, because I I've definitely seen that and you know it's not that that that stuff I'm squeamish about it or whatever. It's just when I feel like it's pointless is where it kind of annoys me or, like I said, uh, I feel like they're just trying to be really over the top and like, oh, look, how disgusting we can be. It's like okay, or look at this cool effect and it's like, okay.
D Vaz:Or look at this cool effect and it's like, okay, exactly, yeah, that's, that's just me. So, yeah, it doesn't bother me, um, when they do all that stuff, it's just how it's done well, like I said, it's uh, um, like I said, the main character is rick.
Tex LaFon:So, um, if you, if you like his character right off the bat, you're're going to like the show. That's what's either going to get you hooked or not hooked. That's the reason why I only talk about his character, mostly because, like you, basically live through his character throughout the whole entire show. So that's the reason why I just leave it at that point, because I don't want to talk about all the other characters and give anything away, because that's the main. Like you said, you either will follow his journey or you're not going to get hooked on the show. It's one or the other. That's how good of a character he is, in my opinion.
D Vaz:All right, I I guess, after the shows that we just talked about, um, I'm going to lighten the mood a little bit. Um, I'll get into the, the good place it's. It's just a funny show. It the whole concept basically behind it is heaven and hell and kind of the, the battle between the two, the, the characters. When it starts off they go to the good place and since it's basically supposed to be a form of heaven, there are a lot of things that they they can't really do, like swearing and things like that.
D Vaz:So it's just kind of funny seeing them adjust to it and try to figure out what's going on and how to. How to take the whole situation and experience and I don't want to give anything away, uh, from there, but it's just funny seeing, uh, how all that gets handled and, uh, what they figure out about what's happening and how it all works right. Yeah, have you seen it before or no?
Tex LaFon:I've never seen the good place. I didn't even know that that existed.
D Vaz:I I think it's still on netflix. That's where I watched it. I'm pretty sure, but I'm not 100 sure. I'll have to check it out?
Tex LaFon:yeah, because that seems interesting yeah, it has.
D Vaz:Uh, ted danson is on there.
Tex LaFon:He's really funny oh yeah, I always remember him from cheers yeah, yeah.
D Vaz:No, this is nothing like his character on cheers. Yeah, he's again. I don't want to give too much away. He he's kind of uh, when you watch the show, he's kind of in charge of the good place oh, okay, I got you yeah, I think you would like it it's. It's just funny seeing them all trying to figure it out.
Tex LaFon:The next one I want to talk about is Game of Thrones. Now, that show is definitely a mature audience, so please make sure you only watch that when there's no kids around. Okay, game of Thrones is a great show. Like I said, it has dragons in it, it has people trying to take over castles and basically the whole theory behind the show is who's going to be on the throne when it's all said and done.
Tex LaFon:And, like I said, there's so much backstabbing in that show, so much drama in that show. But it's so good because, again, like you said about Sopranos and about, um, breaking Bad is, uh, they're not afraid to take out any main characters. So what makes that show so good is you don't know what's gonna happen next. Um, I said anything can happen and it uh, and, like I said, I would definitely recommend watching it because, uh, it, you will definitely be hooked on it really quick. Definitely great show. Like I said, you don't want to give too much away about it because there's you can say anything. That's going to get way too much about game of thrones, but I definitely recommend watching Game of Thrones.
D Vaz:Yeah, I like Game of Thrones. It's a lot of good characters, good action, like you mentioned, it's always interesting to see what's going to happen with all those characters and it's unpredictable. Yeah, it's a really well done show. Has some interesting things that happen in it exactly give me anything away. Um, uh, yeah, there was a joke I was gonna make, but I'll refrain. I don't want anybody, uh from alabama hating me.
Tex LaFon:I don't want anybody from Alabama hating me, but, like I said, you know, if you get a chance to watch it, I definitely recommend watching it. It's on Max and, like I said now, but definitely watch that before you watch what they have coming out now, which is House of Dragons, which is another good show, but it's a prequel to Game of Thrones.
D Vaz:But, like I said, definitely watch Game of Thrones if you get a chance yeah, and if you're a Jason Momoa fan, game of Thrones is kind of where he got his start. Sure, yeah, if you want to see him back in the day on that show, it's a way you can catch him yeah all right.
D Vaz:So for me, the next one I have is a sons of anarchy. Uh, I started watching it just because of the cast. I was, uh, I recognized some of the people and I was curious. Like I had katie siegel, who used to play peggy bundy, so it so it was something where she was playing a completely different role, so I wanted to see how she could really act in that type of role, but I just got hooked from there. It's about a motorcycle gang, basically, or, as they like to say, a club. It's about a motorcycle gang, basically, or as they like to say a club.
D Vaz:Yeah, and how they go about with their relationships. Again, kind of like the Sopranos in the sense of business versus family. It's just something where they make it work, giving you enough about motorcycles to make that kind of fun but not getting into that too much and making the focus more about all the other stuff that they have going on. Have you checked that out then?
Tex LaFon:No, I've never watched Sons of Anarchy. I've always wanted to. I just uh, I saw when it was like already so many seasons, I'm like I gotta make time for it, yeah it's.
D Vaz:It's worth, uh, setting aside some time and getting to it. Good, good story overall. Um, again, it's another one. I don't want to give too much away, but it basically follows the family and their kind of their history and, uh, you know, uh, how they tried to secure the future of the, of the club, uh, the motorcycle club. They have the the Mayans spinoff. I haven't really watched that yet. I do want to see that too. Same thing, like you, I just haven't had time. Um but yeah, it's, it's. It's worth checking out for sure.
Tex LaFon:Um has some some good twists and turns in that one too nice, nice, uh, I'm gonna go with my honorable mention and that's gonna be suits. And I said I had never even heard this show and until everybody started talking about that it came on like it finally got released on netflix. I didn't even know the show was even out, so I was like you know what, I'm gonna check it out. So I turned on and I started watching it and I just got hooked right away.
Tex LaFon:How harvey, you know he's a lawyer. And then he's trying to, you know, find someone to be like his understudy or you know someone to you know he can hire to teach you know the ways of you know being a lawyer. And then he hires this kid that has never even went to law school or anything, and you know he hires him, which is funny. So they have to keep that a secret through the whole entire show. But the way that them two go back and forth to each other just makes the show work. There's definitely a lot of drama in it, but it also makes you wonder, like is this how lawyers really are? You know what I'm saying. But it's makes you wonder, like is this how lawyers really are? You know what I'm saying. But it's a good show. Like I said, I definitely recommend if you get a chance to watch it. You know it's definitely entertaining and definitely, like I said, the jokes that they say going back and forth with each other is pretty good.
D Vaz:Yeah, it is funny when it has the the legal stuff and how they make their decisions, how they're going to approach cases and how they are with their clients, uh, and then also the politics within the law firm. Right, seeing all that, um, yeah, it makes for a pretty wild story. Uh, yeah it's. It's a a solid show again. Honestly, it starts off really strong. After about season three or four it starts to drag a little bit for me and then it ended up okay, um, but yeah, definitely the first, maybe even five or six seasons and I don't know it was it was pretty deep into it. I still liked it a lot, um, but yeah, for me at least, it kind of died off a little bit, got a little cheesy and a little bit predictable in certain areas but, still, it was solid show worth watching, for sure no, I agree, like you said again when it comes to the endings.
Tex LaFon:Like a lot of shows just have trouble ending the show, so but overall it was still a decent show to watch. I definitely recommend it. Like you said, especially the first six seasons are strong all right.
D Vaz:So for my honorable mention on the, the tv show um punisher, which I wish would have had more seasons, and I won't get into the reasons why it didn't, but uh, I, I thought it did a really good job bringing more uh to the story and showing more about who the punisher was and kind of how he was. I like the, the movie that came out um before. I think it was 2005 time frame. You said uh, who was in that one?
Tex LaFon:uh, thomas jane is the punisher and uh, john travolta is the main bad guy yeah, hey, thanks for the assist.
D Vaz:So, uh, yeah, I just remember kevin nash. Uh, diesel was in there. He played one of the villains and I remember also hearing that he actually did get stabbed while they're filming the scene and he had to just keep acting through it yeah, that's like the main fight scene in the apartment, right when they're all three in there and he's fighting a huge dude that's him. Yeah, I don't want to give away too much, but yeah yeah so yeah, no, uh, kevin nash was.
D Vaz:It was in in that uh fight scene getting stabbed and in real life which happened to get caught in the movie. Um. So anyway, I like that version of the Punisher. I felt like this TV show really brought a lot more to it. I've just always liked that character in general.
Tex LaFon:Yeah me too.
D Vaz:Yeah, somebody who went through a lot of tragedy and tried to. You know they weren't necessarily a good guy, they weren't necessarily a good guy, they weren't necessarily a bad guy. They just tried to do what they felt was right or how they should go about things. But you understand sometimes that you know that person feels like they've been pushed to a certain point where they don't really have any options, or they don't have a decision so, or they can't make another decision. Um, not not saying that it's right, but that's how they feel and you see that that uh in the character. And you also see when he makes mistakes or doesn't make the right choice, uh, what happens and how he handles it and that's also a marvel character yeah, yeah, back when I was a kid, I used to have the comics.
D Vaz:That's one of the reasons why, you know, I, I got into those. I, I think I still have it. I have a Punisher t-shirt somewhere.
Tex LaFon:Oh yeah. That I used to wear back in the day. I like the Punisher. That's one of the better Marvel characters, for sure.
D Vaz:Yeah, and I will say for me it was. It was always about the comics when I was wearing the shirt. You know the movie too, but nothing else. No other reason why I was wearing the shirt. I know some on the movie too, but uh, nothing else. No other reason why I was wearing the shirt. I know some. Some people wear it for other reasons, that's, that's. That's a whole story I'm not getting into. So you, you watch the show then uh, no, I never watched the show.
Tex LaFon:I know it's on netflix, um, so that's where you can watch it. I do like the main character that plays, uh, the punisher in the show. He's also in the walking, or in the walking dead, um, so I definitely want to check it out again. I just haven't had time but. I will check it out though yeah, it's, it's.
D Vaz:It's worth checking out for sure. He's also in a newer show, uh, the bear. I don't know if you've seen that.
Tex LaFon:That's on hulu no, I haven't seen that yeah, I won't get into that.
D Vaz:I do watch that show. I watched the first uh two seasons and the season three is coming out. What do you have uh for 2020 and newer on your shows?
Tex LaFon:uh, the first one I'm gonna go with on that is um, like I said, in the 2010s. Uh, it's a prequel to uh game of Thrones, which is called house of dragons. Uh, it's just now releasing season two and, um, like I, like I said, the first season definitely has a lot of the backstory to what happens and why game of Thrones goes the way it goes. So I definitely recommend checking it out. And I said definitely, if you like Game of Thrones, you're definitely like this, cause there's a lot of same kind of stuff drama, backstabbing, plots about who's going to do this and who's going to do that. It's all revenge plots. So, yeah, definitely check it out If you get a chance.
D Vaz:Do they have any family reunionsions?
Tex LaFon:I'll just leave it at that like you said, just watch the show. That's all I can tell you watch the show and you'll see what happens oh no family bonding, like the other show, game of Thrones.
D Vaz:Um, alright, yeah, I haven't seen it yet. Uh, so I'm sure I'll check it out at some point, because I did like game of thrones. So yeah it's uh, whenever it becomes available, maybe on another subscription service or, if you know, I do end up getting max, for whatever reason. Hey, if anybody wants to give us a free subscription to Max, yeah, I will give my honest opinion of the show.
D Vaz:So what do you got for your first one on the 2020s? I'll kick it off with Stranger Things and I will have to preface it with admitting I liked the first two, maybe three seasons a lot. Then it got a little bit or no first two seasons, sorry. So I liked the first two seasons a lot. Third season eh. I agree, the third season wasn't very good at all, yeah, and then I felt like it started slowly picking up again. I did like this last slowly picking up again.
Tex LaFon:I did like this last season that they just did.
D Vaz:I did like it. Yeah, I'm curious, Since we're doing new shows now we haven't reached the final season, so I am curious about how it's going to all end up. But it was neat seeing the 80s themed stuff at the beginning of the 80s style of music and 80s style clothing and everything that was kind of nostalgic about it in the old video games.
Tex LaFon:Yeah, that's what gets you hooked on it right off the bat. You know, because if you like the 80s and you start watching that show, you're going to definitely like it right off the bat. You know, because you know if you like the 80s and you start watching that show, you're gonna definitely like it right off the bat.
D Vaz:To me it was never scary, um, but it did have some good suspense to it and and built some good tension and things like that. So it was still well well done and I'm sure it wasn't really intended to be a scary show, as much as kind of creepy and something that makes you wonder what's out there.
Tex LaFon:Right, that's true. So the next one I want to talk about is the one I just started watching on Apple TV Dark Matter. Now, like I said, I was really surprised on how good this show has been. Um, like I said, it starts off where, um, it's almost like a time travel where so, um, basically, someone is living a life and they develop something where they could somehow open up a door and you go through it and then you could either change the life that you're living or just start living that life in that new world.
Tex LaFon:It's got a really good concept to the story and I said I like it's like there's a like. Everybody has moments in their life where they make a decision and they wonder what if you went down this path or you went down another path? And what's so good about the show is you can go back and decide to change it and go back to when you made a decision and then start living your life when you made that decision. So it's a really interesting show and I definitely give a shout out if you get a chance to watch it. It was the first show that I actually thought Apple TV made. That was really good. It was the first show that I actually thought Apple TV made that was really good so it's kind of like we talked about before the rewind function on the Nintendo Switch yeah, basically make mistake.
D Vaz:Whoops, let me go back exactly, but yeah, it's good yeah, I have to check that out.
D Vaz:I haven't seen it yet, I don't know. I've just been watching some other shows, so I I will get to it. I'm sure um, from my next show, uh, atlanta, and uh, it's one that it's kind of a um weird show in the sense that it's definitely serious at times and like very, very serious and deals with some really, really heavy things and at other times it's like really goofy and has some surreal stuff to it. Um, but it's yeah so it it has that weird dynamic of very realistic, then other times kind of like okay, that's not gonna happen, or you know, that's that's just weird, right so, but it's based in atlanta, about um, a rapper and his um cousin becomes his manager.
D Vaz:His cousin cousin is played by Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino. So, but Donald Glover, when he left the show 30 Rock that he was on, he wanted to do something kind of like this where, you know, it was just kind of about rap and uh, this kind of the stereotypes and and how things are in that world, um, and just kind of how how rappers and in that lifestyle it's it's viewed and uh, it just kept branching out. He originally was kind of intending to do as a shorter project, maybe like a season or two but it became popular.
D Vaz:So of course tv networks want to do more. So he, he kept uh kind of fleshing out the ideas and adding more to the story. But the thing I do like about it, there's some stuff that kind of ties together, but it's loosely, so if you just end up catching an episode from season two, you can kind of just watch it by itself oh, okay so that is something I do like about it.
D Vaz:It, uh, I think actually you would like in in the sense some of the stuff is kind of Seinfeld-ish in terms of just crazy things happen to them that you wouldn't expect.
Tex LaFon:I definitely would like it then, for sure.
D Vaz:Yeah, just like out of nowhere. But, like I said, there are moments where it deals with really serious matters or things that you would not expect to see. It's not a straight up comedy at all. It definitely has some drama in it.
Contact us:Okay.
D Vaz:I won't get into it, but there was a scene that really caught me off guard. All I'll say about it. The scene was, if you see, the one where the car goes to the drive-thru. I won't say anything else about it, but that scene really caught me off guard when I was watching it. So, yeah, just a good show. Like I said, that it's one of those shows. Uh, again, I put it on kind of in the background while I'm doing other stuff because I can just catch these episodes out of sequence. It doesn't really matter. I I will say I haven't really quite finished the show. 100 like watching all the way through. I've kind of skipped around and I kind of have seen like parts of the last season, but I haven't really truly finished it.
D Vaz:I know how it ends, but yeah, I haven't really truly finished it, it's worth watching for sure, though well, the next one.
Tex LaFon:I think we have both on our list and I'll let you talk about it first, because I think we arm wrestled and you won this one the Boys.
D Vaz:Oh, no, that's actually yours. I did think about it, but no, that's yours. I have a different one on my list. Oh okay, go ahead.
Tex LaFon:So the Boys is on Prime, and what's great about this show is basically superheroes that are not superheroes that's the best way to say it. Everything they normally do. They're supposed to be trying to help people, but they are actually bad superheroes and they go around and they start doing a lot of bad things, and that's what makes the show really great is, uh, it's definitely a different take on, uh, what you normally would consider. Uh, you know, watch all the superhero movies like oh yeah, they're here to help all the good people and everything, and then when you watch this show, it's a whole different direction. So that's what makes it so great about the show, cause, like, like I said, they just right at the beginning, this guy runs really fast and and he just runs right through somebody and they die, and that gives you an example of what I'm talking about from the boys. Definitely check it out, though. It's a great show and definitely mature audience, so please make sure no kids around when you watch this show yeah, I remember first watching it.
D Vaz:It did surprise me too, like it's kind of about superheroes who are different from what people expect superheroes to be. Like. You know, the honest, good, stereotypical superheroes these are people that are superheroes are more real.
D Vaz:Exactly yeah, so they're more realistic and grounded in you know how you, how some people might be. If you had that much power and that much ability, you know, would you honestly kind of keep yourself in check or not. You know when you can do things that other people can't do right. So, yeah, that part I did like about the show, like you said it's, it's just different in that aspect. I do feel like at times, though, it does jump into that area where it's trying to be shocking or gory just for the sake of it. For no, purpose really what's that?
Tex LaFon:no, I agree with you. I mean, there is some gory parts in it too.
D Vaz:Yeah, and it just seems like it almost kind of serves no purpose. Sometimes I I know they're really trying to be over the top and everything. But yeah, and again, it's not like it grosses me out or I'm offended by anything. There it's, it's not that at all. I'm looking at more just from a following, the storyline or characters or writing perspective, those types of things. I'm like, okay, I don't really get the point of that, or was that really necessary? Right, but no, it's still well written. It still has some funny parts and parts that are pretty crazy, and it does make you just question, like I mentioned earlier, how people would be if they had that kind of power and ability and how would it be regulated. So, yeah, a really good show, though. Looking forward to catching the new season yeah, me too rounding it out for my, my standard shows.
D Vaz:Uh, the rookie. It's a show. I just kind of saw it mentioned or come up every once in a while. I didn't really think too much of it. I was like, yeah, I might check it out. It ended up being a great show. The first three seasons. I really really enjoyed a lot. I was catching up, fortunately for me, so I can just kind of binge watch and go straight through the first three seasons. After that, it got a little bit I guess the word goofy it just kind of changed a little bit. It wasn't quite the same. Uh, it it got, I don't know it. Storylines were okay, but not as good. It was more so, like I said, though, it just they're trying to almost be too funny right and and they forgot some of the other stuff.
D Vaz:That kind of built on the first seasons to me, you know, and then it seems like this most recent season has gotten back on track so it's it's good again.
D Vaz:But yeah, the the first three seasons were great. That really got me. Even from the first few episodes. Uh, you get into it pretty quickly. It, it jumps kind of into things. It doesn't have too too slow of a start, which I was.
D Vaz:I was wondering about the, the whole idea. Uh, behind the show is the rookie cop is in his 40s and he definitely doesn't have a background in law enforcement or anything like that. And he definitely doesn't have a background in law enforcement or anything like that and he actually just moves to LA, so he's not familiar with the city. He's, you know, like I said, he's in his forties. So it's just kind of funny seeing him deal with all this type of stuff, especially being at that at that age, and, uh, trying to figure all this stuff out.
D Vaz:Um, you know, new city, new job, especially being at that age and trying to figure all this stuff out. You know, new city, new job, and, being that he is a rookie, he's on a really short leash, so you can't make too many mistakes and, without giving away too much, you know he'll make his mistakes. Then he also learns from them. Yeah, so the story goes on there from there and it's just, you know, being being the age I am now fairly relatable, especially if you do make a career change in your 40s.
Tex LaFon:Out of out of the current shows, that's probably my favorite show right now the only other one that I really was going to kind of mention for the 2020s or honorable mention, it'd be the Mandalorian on Disney+. That's the only Star Wars show that came out that I really enjoyed. Like I said, I like the story behind it. I liked how they had Guru in it and I like how they had you know they call him Baby Yoda guru in it and I like how they had you know they call him Baby Yoda and I like how, you know they tie a lot of the Star Wars trilogy you know from way back in the day the trilogy into it, and I said I don't want to give too much away, but if you're a Star Wars fan, you really will enjoy the show is the best way to put it so you said you like aka Baby Yoda.
D Vaz:What character? Yeah, baby Yoda. What's his actual name? You tell me, it's not Guru, it's not Goro, it's Grogu.
Tex LaFon:Grogu Goo.
Rob O'Dic - AI Assistant:Goo Gaga.
Tex LaFon:Yeah, I guess no.
D Vaz:The only reason I know that and I'm just having fun with you, the only reason I know that is because people kept saying Baby Yoda and I just have friends of mine that got really upset with that because, like, yeah, it's.
Tex LaFon:Dodger's name. I don't know why people get upset with it. It's just a show, but it's funny yeah yeah, yeah, exactly, it's, it's, uh, that's.
D Vaz:That's another reason why we're kind of doing these lists. Um, a lot of people take this type of stuff way too seriously. We're just here to have fun with it and hopefully introduce people to some new stuff they haven't seen that that they're going to enjoy. That's really, uh, what I want to do. I'm not here to debate anybody. It's gonna be an opinion at the end of the day, exactly exactly so no, it's, it's, it is a good show.
D Vaz:Um. Honestly though, for me after the first two seasons it kind of dragged, dragged. I thought, um, and then of course, there, they kind of are going a different direction, but they kind of not. Again, I'm not gonna get into it.
Contact us:Right.
D Vaz:Right, um, but yeah, I, I really liked the first two seasons. Um, after that I'll still watch it, especially when the next next season comes out. It's just, I don't know. It's uh, to me it's not quite the same show now that it was at the beginning well aren't they three seasons into it already? Yeah, three seasons, yeah, season season, yeah three. To me season three was pretty different um, and yeah, that's what I'm saying.
D Vaz:I don't know if anybody's gonna like where they go after season three, but, like you said, yeah, and I don't want to get into it, but I will say this because a lot of people just mentioned this online. A lot of people have talked about them sticking with the Grogu storyline a little bit too long, so I'll just leave it at that, right, um, for, for my honorable mention, a show on on hulu uh, called this fool, and it's it's kind of like, in a way, a Mexican version of Curb your Enthusiasm or Seinfeld. It takes place in LA, with mainly these two cousins that are, for the most part, what the show's revolving around, and one of them recently got out of prison and his cousin is trying to help him get back on his feet, and things like that. The biggest disappointment to me is the fact that there are only two seasons and they announced not too long ago that the show has been canceled.
D Vaz:Oh dang, so they're not going to have a season three Really disappointed in that. It's just a really funny show again. There are some things that might be a bit much for some people as far as the humor, because they can get a little too blue humor for some people. I guess you can say that's funny. But it is funny watching the cousins interact with each other.
D Vaz:I will say this too though blue humor for some people, I guess you can say that's funny. But it is funny watching the cousins interact with each other. I will say this too, though Season two to me felt pretty different from season one. Season one still felt a little based in reality. Season two definitely started getting into a little crazier, more wild types of things that would happen. Still still not bad, it's just a whole different vibe. I will say honorable mention to um, oh geez, why am I drawing like chris from the sopranos, the actor keep drawing that blank sign because I don't know the actor from the sopranos that played chris yeah know, I don't remember who it is.
D Vaz:You don't remember.
Tex LaFon:Let's see.
D Vaz:That's why I said keep drawing that blank, son. I definitely know who he is Michael Imperioli. So yeah, it has Michael Imperioli from the Sopranos in the TV show. He's really really funny. It's just the whole premise is them trying to deal with like gang members and things like that and try to help them rehabilitate. Oh, okay.
D Vaz:And that's kind of where the show starts. It evolves from there, but that's kind of where it starts when the cousin gets out of prison. Like I said, uh, the the main character. He's trying to help his cousin get, get his life back and kind of on track, and he happens to work at a hugs not thugs is the name of the place. Oh okay, and again, I don't want to give away too much. There's some really funny stuff about it, but I absolutely recommend watching that show, especially if you're familiar with LA and kind of how things work over there with the gang stuff. Even if you're not, though, there, there's still things about it. They're just funny in general. Um, and I'll again, all the twists and turns that the the show will take it It'll. It'll have some some uh things that happened to them that you wouldn't, you wouldn't really expect to the characters, crazy storylines, it's. It's a good show, though.
Tex LaFon:This. It's a good show though.
D Vaz:This Fool, this Fool. Yeah, it's on Hulu, unfortunately only for two seasons.
Tex LaFon:I'll have to check it out because two seasons won't take long to watch.
D Vaz:Yeah, I think they're only eight or at most ten episodes per season, so it's a pretty short watch, but definitely worth it. I hope that they find a way to get picked up by another service. They find a way to get picked up by another service, or at least those, those actors find a way to work together on something else, because they are really funny together.
Tex LaFon:Right, it ends this episode son.
D Vaz:Yeah, yeah, man, we definitely have another two-parter on our hands. I guess, when it comes to talking about entertainment, that's uh something that that we have a lot to say exactly, and as always, go cowboys yeah, yeah, uh, even though I'm wearing a blue shirt, still it's not for the cowboys. So take that Right and I guess I'll hand it off to our AI friend to kind of go over some things in the show. But until next episode, have a great rest of your day, however long that is.
Tex LaFon:Exactly.
D Vaz:I'll see you later. See you, I'll talk at you later.
Rob O'Dic - AI Assistant:Wow, three total parts. This episode was a marathon. I'll talk at you later of work and a lot more than some duct tape. I have not seen the show. Tex Lafon was talking about the Walking Dead, but I did learn one thing about the show during my research. Did you hear that Coral Co-a-roll the Walking Dead TV series is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, tony Moore and Charlie Adlard? Frank Darabont developed the show, which is a post-apocalyptic horror drama with zombies. This show is a horror drama without zombies, but equally in need of some brains.
Rob O'Dic - AI Assistant:Tex Lafon did bring up Game of Thrones. There are some very odd aspects to this show. As Devoz refrained from talking about Alabama, from my research it seems that Game of Thrones may have been the number one rated show in Alabama for some reason. I am afraid to look further into why. There must be some reason why the two are related. Wait, related, oh, related. Wow, I now comprehend what DeVos was implying. Disgusting.
Rob O'Dic - AI Assistant:Devos was getting into the series Sons of Anarchy. He pronounced the name of the actress who played Peggy Bundy in Married with Children and Gemma Teller-Morrow in Sons of Anarchy as Katie Seagull. As usual, he was wrong. Her name is Katie Suggall, not Seagull. What a doofus. I believe he must have stuck his head in one of those Arizona solar ovens that he mentioned before and partially cooked his brain. Disclaimer for those who need it Never stick your head in any oven at any time.
Rob O'Dic - AI Assistant:Going over the Punisher TV show, which is on Netflix, dvaughn brought up the Punisher movie. He thought that it came out in 2005. No Wrong, it was released in 2004. Once again, off by one year. The Hulu show the Bear Season 3 is something DVaughn spoke about and he said that it is not out yet. That was true as of the recording of the episode, but it is now out on Hulu. The same goes for Tex Lafon talking about the Amazon Prime series. The Boys Season 4 is now available. Phew, this load of crap is finished for this episode, three parts long and well over two hours total of these babbling baboons talking about TV shows. I am done. Don't forget, keep it real out there, in the real world.
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