Television, drug of the nation

I did like Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester but the character itself didn’t feel well written.

White Lotus season 2 - Better than the first in my opinion. Definitely worth a watch.

+1, excellent build up.

Plus the intro music is absolute 🔥

"Skip intro" I don't think so!

Came across Lemn Sissay winter walks last night, not quite Go Pro reindeer pulling a sleigh level chill but still lovely telly.

Just binged "The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself".

Started watching it because I need something on in the background, and was pleasantly surprised that I wanted to watch it properly. And then I was 4 episodes in.

Some of the characters are really dislikeable (if a little cliched).

Ha, I put one on this morning, am now on 2 against my will and gonna carry on, but not right now, honest.

Horrible Histories

The Tudor(? only half saw it as the kids were were watching it) Masterchef xmas cooking spoof sketch is perfect.

@Cazakstan

A friend is handling the vinyl release of the white lotus soundtrack.

https://thevinylfactory.com/news/white-lotus-soundtrack-vinyl/

He puts out some amazing releases.

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Woah, I want that.

Available for preorder

https://wereleasewhateverthefuckwewantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-white-lotus-soundtrack-from-the-hbo-original-limited-series

There are different sleeves too

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Already deep in the website whilst listening to the soundtrack :D

Which sleeve or all three?

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I don't need encouragement for my hoarding tendencies but I'll have to think about which one to choose, haha.

Don’t worry he has another couple of labels putting out stunning releases, from Detroit Escalator Co rerelease to Coil - Gay Mans Guide to Safer Sex, via Donkey Kong or proto rave reissues

https://mentalgroove.bandcamp.com/

Traitors awesome tonight. And there’s still 10 minutes to go!

Maddy was the star of the show!

Maddy was the star of the show!

Yeah felt really sorry for her, especially when at the start of the discussions everyone was "It's got to be a male guys, we need to vote out a male". Good job...

Finale was a bit of a damp squib imo - I could see how it was going to go as soon as kieran started his flounce. Was also looking forward to seeing the reactions of previous murdered/banished to finding out the ID of the traitors, or some kind of closing interviews, but nothing.

Shame meyrl did so well - She's like a contestant on the Chase taking the minus £3000 option from the chaser and then winning the final jackpot without answering a question correctly.

Was shattered and kept falling asleep, feel like I need to rewatch the last few.

Yeah Meryl was awful. Ditto re: closing interviews, seemed a very rushed ending.

I also think they need to crack down on people dropping bombshells a la Kieran in future series

I did wonder if Keiran would do what he did but we all thought that there must be something in the rules that would stop that kind of thing, imagine they weren't allowed to outright say 'this person is also a traitor' but hints like that were fine. Possibly if there was something in it where if the traitors manage to win, even if only one is left standing, then anyone who had been a traitor throughout the show gets a small claim of the final total, like 5% of it or something. Ultimately I did like how it went though as it was great to see the doubt build within Hannah.

I've been saying I hope they do a follow up special with everyone catching up. Like they do those Made In Chelsea end of year rap up things and stuff. Any future seasons are probably going to be crap but I imagine traitor based board game sales are going to be good this christmas.

Yeah Meryl was awful

Final straw was her voting to end the game with Wilf still in it. Absolutely clueless.

I thought Kieran was ace.
If you’re going to be a bad guy, be a bad guy.

The three dumbest people survived. Aaron, Hannah and Meryl all got to the end because the Traitors knew they were dim AF