So I finally got Netflix...

[The Argonaut]

Yes. I watched another three episodes tonight, which means I only have one episode left. I am not happy about only having one episode left. Is it possible that this is the best thing Netflix has done to date?

(Mindhunter is the best thing Netflix has ever done, with the first season of Russian Doll in second place. This might be a solid third.)

[VinylGuy]

Huge Mindhunter fan, i never saw Russian Doll and the best thing Netflix has done is Bojack Horseman.

[EJ]

If docs count, then The Making of a Murderer, season 1 wins.

these original series are all up there too:

Narcos (all 3 seasons)
Bloodline, season 1
Mindhunter, season 1
The Haunting of Hill House

[Monkey_Driven]

I can't believe Fuller House is not on your list.

[EJ]

I can't believe Fuller House is not on your list.

they didn't keep Alf in the reboot, so it will never make my list

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Monkey_Driven]

I'd put GLOW up there as one of the best things Netflix has done too.

[VinylGuy]

Glow was good yeah.

Of course both Hill House and Bly Manor are awesome, i keep forgetting they belong to Netflix. Bojack was fucking incredible. Agree with Trag about the standup special stuff. Lots of them, and very good ones.

[epilogue]

Stand up doesn't register at all for me. I think I've watched 2 stand up specials on the platform? Either way, it's not what I think of personally when I think of Netflix. But I trust those that know.

[Ello Sailor]

Queen's Gambit floored me. I'm still stunned by how well done it was.

Count me in for the Queen's Gambit. Do actual chess players move that quickly?

My highest rating is actually in bullet (1 or 2 mins to move, total). Chess gets scarier the slower you get!

[doug rr]

we started it last night..great stuff..even watching Searching for bobby fischer back in the day sucked me in big time...

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Simple Torture]

Very excited for Big Mouth season 4 on Friday.

[Monkey_Driven]

Queen's Gambit floored me. I'm still stunned by how well done it was.

Count me in for the Queen's Gambit. Do actual chess players move that quickly?

My highest rating is actually in bullet (1 or 2 mins to move, total). Chess gets scarier the slower you get!

MD, if you've never played with a clock, you really ought to. It adds another dimension. There are apps that will do this for you.

I never learned chess...

*ducks

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Ello Sailor]

trag, have you played Fischer's chess/960? That's all I ever play nowadays.

[Ello Sailor]

Learning chess is a two minute exercise. Getting your ass beat endlessly is the real time sink.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Ello Sailor]

It's really cool. Sounds intimidating, but if anything it's more accessible as it essentially removes the "book". You can't study for it.

It's chaos. It's art.

[knee tunes]

I watched the first three episodes of Queen's Gambit last night. Very very good. Most engaging TV I've seen in a while

would you recommend it to Knee Tunes?

I actually have watched three episodes and am thus far enthralled.