[TV] Toob Notes

• End of Archer - the final season (14) ended on a business as usual note, but shortly after it was announced that the actual ending will be a movie length special feature coming on 12/17.  I was actually going to applaud them for not turning the finale into a festival of closure and hugs and learnings.  Now I have to wait. The first two or three seasons of Archer were among the funniest in TV comedy history.  It lost steam after the first few seasons, then completely lost its way in the middle, but came back with some serviceable comedy in the last couple of go rounds.  I await the ultimate finale with trepidation.

• Fargo - Fargo is never less than excellent and this latest season seems to be the same.  Oh it's got the heavy-handed Noah Hawley define-bad-guys-by-their-deplorable-politics trope, but otherwise, the man knows what he is doing dramatically and the acting performances are always a cut above.  A full accounting once the series is over.   

• Life on Our Planet - a nature documentary series focusing on the evolution of life. Caught my attention by claims of award winning something or other and having Speilberg's name attached.  But it's nothing interesting.  The special effects might be a cut above similar fare, but it can't decide whether it wants to be serious science or a show about mega creatures for kids.  As a result it doesn't hit either mark.  Then of course, like an iron law, they have to tack on a section at the end about how humans are ruining everything.  Lame.  Skip it.

• Loki, Season 2 - not sure how to react to this one. Hiddleston and Wilson bring the only character interest and manage a couple of moments of broad comedy, like the pros they are.  The plot meanders confusingly with a lot of time travel-y stuff.  I suppose the ultimate theme is fate and regret, but it's served as weak sauce.  In the end, it serves to essentially reset the Marvel timeline so that Jonathan Majors, who was to be the big bad for the upcoming movies, could be abandoned over his assault charges.  Alas, like all Marvel of late, it just doesn't seem to matter. 

• Shoresy, Season 2 - I love this show. Low-end hockey bros and hot women.  Foul-mouthed and politically incorrect as hell.  Utterly and totally Canadian to the point where you're gonna want closed captions on.  All with a heart of gold.  Just a delight.