So since we can't talk about the weekly Game of Thrones episode, I thought I'd start another thread.
The Leftovers pilot, I thought, was really, really good. I was engaged and intrigued the entire time. (Though my cable messed up half-way through and the picture/sound cut out and got choppy. Had to resort to HBO Go.) The acting was great, especially from Justin Theroux. Also really happy to see Chistopher Eccleston. The show felt a bit Lynchian, just not quite so quirky and stylized.
True Blood could not possibly get worse. Okay I'm sure I'll be proven wrong. I thought it couldn't get worse after the last couple of seasons, but they manage to keep on reaching new lows. The acting is soap-opera bad. And the writing is just.. well maybe it's the writing that makes the acting seem bad. Every time they swear (every other line), it's just like the most unnatural and awkward thing I've ever heard. Was it always this bad? In the first couple seasons, it didn't seem this way.. of course the material is fantastical and a bid hard to swallow, but in the first couple of seasons, it seemed possible to get engaged into the story line. Last Sunday I started watching some and kept trying to fast forward. I continually was disappointed when I couldn't, so I eventually just turned it off.
I hope they get started on another season of True Detective so I can break the lull between The Leftovers (assuming I like the rest of the season, which I think I will) and Game of Thrones.
In non-HBO news, I started watching Orphan Black. I actually caught the Season 1 Premier when it aired, but I didn't have the opportunity to keep up with it as it was airing, and I finally remembered to go back and watched them. Watched up through Episode 5, I think. Really good. Acting by the main character is great, and the storyline is interesting. I think Season 2 just finished airing?