Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-01-20 (Monday)

On 1/21/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

I'm counting yesterday as my last "official" vacation day - it's not, really (I still have more coming), but it might as well be.
So, yesterday, I basically just watched TV, focusing on finishing out season #2 of "Silo", and getting through a couple of Lifetime flicks I recorded:
Silo (Apple TV+) - Last 3 episodes of season #2.
    At least I can say that I thought season #2 has a strong ending (if you think about it for a second, you realize that there's not even really a cliffhanger in regards to Juliette!).
    I can't say I loved the "children of Silo 17" subplot, though at least it kind of resolves in an OK way. And the actual backstory of Solo ended up being pretty much exactly what you would have expected.
    Back in Silo 18, Lukas Kyle eventually runs down the decoding of Salvador Quinn's letter from the time of the last Rebellion (140 years prior), and realizes that a "Safeguard" has been implemented in all of the Silos. Separately, Juliette and Solo figure out that Silo 17's people somehow figured out how to abort the Safeguard.
    The new Rebellion in Silo 18 is well underway, and the Mechanical people figure out a way to trick Bernard. Unfortunately for them, Patrick Kennedy is convinced it's safe to go outside, and so hijacks the rebellion intending to open the vault doors.
    That's when we get the superior ending.
    Finally, we get a flashback to the "before times", which of course if vague about what went wrong. I'm wondering if this "flashback" stuff is from the books, but I am guessing it is.
    They've already started filming season #3 of this one, so hopefully we'll get it before the end of 2025.
soaps: DOOL - Fri's ep. Leo ropes Marlena into helping him "sting" Kerry as Lady Whistleblower - in the end, Leo interrupts Javi and Kerry to accuse Kerry of being Lady Whistleblower!... Holly is an idiot, and crashes Doug III's final payoff, and then mouths off to the thug - she'll probably get herself beaten up for this. Tate and Sophia have their first ultrasound. And Rachel the Brat has gone missing. (I hate that they are about to recast both Sophia and Rachel, esp. the Sophia recasting.)
    GH was preempted by Inauguration coverage on Monday.  :/
Then I watched two Lifetime flicks I had recorded over the past week:
The Killer Is Calling (recorded off Lifetime on Sunday night) - I actually quite liked this one.
    Rob Stewart is his most EVOL!!1! here as an ex-con thirsting for Revenge! REVENGE!! against the people he feels are responsible for his family dying years ago, including the 911 operator (Janaya Stephens) who bungled his family's 911 call the night of the house fire that killed them.
    Also in this is Duane Keogh (who I consider to be Canada's poor man version of Paul McGillion!) playing the 911 operator's semi-estranged husband, and Alex Hook (from "I Am Frankie") playing her college-aged daughter, both of who are put in danger by EVOL! Rob Stewart. The 911 operator also has a trainee (Robert Bazzocchi) who is along for the ride.
    Most of the movie is the 911 operator and her trainee trying to figure out what is going on, and then trying to stop EVOL! Rob Stewart from hurting their family and coworkers.
    The setting of this threw me for a loop - I thought for sure this was filmed in the Gulf Islands of BC, but it's apparently set in the Outer Banks of North Carolina(?), and was actually filmed in Ontario (apparently the ferry is in Picton, Ontario).
    I thought the ending of this was relatively weak, but before that I thought this was a pretty good thriller.
The Bear Lake Murders (recorded off Lifetime a week ago Sunday) - This wasn't a bad thriller, but I didn't think it was nearly as good as "The Killer Is Calling".
    This opens with as tedious "serial killer" storyline, in which a big city(?) grrrrl! detective (Mercedes de la Zerda - it amuses me that she got her start playing Debby Ryan's sidekick in the 2012 Disney Channel film "Radio Rebel"!!) takes down a serial killer. Her boss thinks it's all been too much for her, and forces her to take leave in her family's lakeside cabin.
    Of course, the serial killer soon escapes.
    Meanwhile, at the lake, she comes across a couple of old flames, including one (Tom Stevens) who is now the local sheriff.
    Of course, mysterious deaths (murders?!...) start happening up at the lake. Is it the serial killer out to taunt the lady detective? Or have these lakeside murders been happening for years, which means a local is doing it?...
    The denouement for this flick was mediocre IMO. The mystery up to that point was mildly OK.
What did you watch?