I believe that's my hey. Hey!

Xander ,'Storyteller'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Trudy Booth - Sep 25, 2025 7:03:29 am PDT #9415 of 9538
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Netflix and Prime is mom, Disney and HBO are a couple of cousins who visited, Paramount I really use a great deal and will miss if they actually nuke Colbert.

We're going to get Apple for a month next time we have a promo code so we can watch Jason Momoa run around pre-contact Hawaii in traditional garb. Maybe we can time it out with the next Ted Lasso... it'll be the Jason Station.

I'm actually very good about cancelling. When I get a promo rate I put it in my calendar and end it before it goes up.

What I watch most, however, is YouTube. Deep Dives have included: Do Thylacines still exist? Assorted Hamiltons and Burrs, What did this historical figure actually look like?, some guy in semi-rural Morocco who rescues kittens and puppies...


Jessica - Sep 25, 2025 7:23:58 am PDT #9416 of 9538
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I have a Disney+ promo from Verizon that's expiring in a month, so I need to decide whether to start paying or to cancel.


lisah - Sep 25, 2025 7:56:44 am PDT #9417 of 9538
Punishingly Intricate

We got rid of Disney+ last week. Ironically, we got it to watch Andor. But it’s bundled with Hulu so we’ll be missing a few shows that we watch that have either started or are about to start new seasons (Abbot, Only Murders, Bob’s Burgers). We also have HBO, Amazon Prime, Apple, Peacock, and BritBox. We really don’t have time to watch ALL THAT TV!!


meara - Sep 25, 2025 8:11:33 am PDT #9418 of 9538

The only things I have are Amazon Prime (not really for the tv) and Netflix (where I watched a couple of the new episodes of GBBO last night yay!!). I did watch the first five episodes of The Pitt on the plane and now want to watch the rest but probably won’t.


-t - Sep 25, 2025 9:14:54 am PDT #9419 of 9538
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, Prime, forgot about that one. Should be able to drop that.


JenP - Sep 25, 2025 9:18:58 am PDT #9420 of 9538

I don't watch The Pitt, because the pilot was too realistic ambience-wise. Really reminded me of the many times in and out of the ER/hospital during My Troubles in a slightly panicky way. Kudos to them for the verisimilitude (I've been able to watch other hospital shows just fine since, so its not about "any reference to hospitals at all, ever"), and I hear the performances are great. Alas, not suitable for Jen.

We have Prime and Netflix. About to cancel Paramount+ because ST New Worlds is done (what an underwhelming season!) I purged subscriptions when DH lost his job last year (didn't save THAT much, but it felt good!), and I've added and canceled a couple since, but those two are plenty for our habits. I do BritBox from time to time. Not right now, though.


-t - Sep 25, 2025 9:39:49 am PDT #9421 of 9538
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I really like The Pitt but it's hard to watch even without personal history triggers.


Steph L. - Sep 25, 2025 9:46:38 am PDT #9422 of 9538
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I don't watch The Pitt, because the pilot was too realistic ambience-wise.

I watched the first episode and was reminded that medical dramas don't mix well with my anxiety, so I figured it was not a show for me. But I liked the characters, and I kept seeing so damn many gifs on Tumblr, I watched the second and third episodes and found a groove where I could handle watching it. All its Emmys were well-deserved.


lisah - Sep 25, 2025 9:57:09 am PDT #9423 of 9538
Punishingly Intricate

We watched the Pitt through like the 7tb or 8th ep and then went to Michigan and had to take Bob’s mom to the ED our first night there and she had very scary emergency surgery and Bob has been wary of going back to a hyper realistic medical drama since.


bennett - Sep 25, 2025 10:17:57 am PDT #9424 of 9538

I'll be cancelling Prime when my annual subscription runs out later in the year. In the meanwhile, I'm moving the streaming services I do watch on Prime (BritBox and Great Courses) to separate subscriptions. I do need to start turning subscriptions on/off better - I'm on Apple for "Slow Horses" and "Murderbot" but I don't need to keep it for a whole year. And I'm caught up on "Dark Winds" so I can cancel AMC for another year. I just need to do it.