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Re:Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike – and other Apple s... by cflewis on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:29PM (#38014558)
Severance is excellent. As is For All Mankind.
Re:Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike – and other Apple s... by kemayo on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:39PM (#38014718)
As someone who's into more light-hearted fare...

The After Party is fun. It's a murder-mystery, with each episode retelling the same night of the murder in the style of a different film genre. Rashomon-y, but more about playing with genre than with strictly what was seen.

Mythic Quest is pretty well targeted for the HN crowd, insofar as it's a comedy set in a video game studio, and does a lot about software-dev culture.

Re:Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike – and other Apple s... by a2tech on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:50PM (#38014875)
The Big Door Prize is also excellent and light hearted but asks big questions
Re:Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike – and other Apple s... by chrisdhal on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:41PM (#38014742)
As were Ted Lasso, See, and Servant (all done now).
Re:Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike – and other Apple s... by salad-tycoon on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:40PM (#38014739)
Severance, extremely slow burning but turns into a great show.
Re:Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike – and other Apple s... by pizzalife on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:33PM (#38014613)
I found Severance to be pretty meandering and I didn't like the acting. I'll give it another try.
Re:Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike – and other Apple s... by darknavi on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:38PM (#38014705)
The lore building in it is really enjoyable to me.

It almost reminds of me Tales from the Loop, which is extremely slow but all about world building.

Re:Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike – and other Apple s... by Hyzer on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:45PM (#38014802)
I almost stopped watching because the middle episodes (of the first season) were just wheel spinning. But the last 3 episodes surprised me, they really redeemed the season in a big way.
Re:Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike – and other Apple s... by sbierwagen on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @01:19PM (#38015344)
A victim of the medium. Prestige TV almost always has too little writing to cover too many episodes. At least with episodic TV you could skip the filler episodes, but when long-form linear TV drips out plot revelations every ten minutes you have to sit through the whole thing.
Re:Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike – and other Apple s... by entropicdrifter on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @01:46PM (#38015751)
It's a slow burn but a solid mystery/drama. The end of the season has some edge-of-your-seat moments that wouldn't hit nearly as hard without all of the smaller moments from the middle of the season
Re:Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike – and other Apple s... by SirensOfTitan on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:51PM (#38014887)
Don’t forget Drops of God
Re:Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike – and other Apple s... by jerrycruncher on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @01:05PM (#38015108)
Severance had stronger Philip K Dick vibes than other shows that were actually based on his work.
Re:Apple TV Plus is getting a price hike – and other Apple s... by kiririn on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @01:07PM (#38015137)
Also Bad Sisters