Plus 1 on the Zmayhem's Russian Doll take!

Do the comics continue the story past what's shown in season one?

Apparently they do. I haven't read them, though.

At any rate, I'll definitely check out season two.

Is there even going to be a season 2? The last couple of episodes really turned me off on the series. Part of it was what Cindy talked about regarding Luther's (and the others') treatment of Vanya and Allison, but also because I really disliked where they left the ending.

Also, the scientist in me completely lost his suspension of disbelief when a big ol' chunk of the moon made the 250,000 mile trip to earth in, like, a minute.

WARNING: There could be season one spoilers in all the links below. I read them last week, and just found them again for this conversation, but I didn't examine them for spoilers.

Is there even going to be a season 2?

The Umbrella Academy hasn't been renewed for a second season (which isn't unusual -- it just premiered on February 15th) but Screenrant published a story (and a hard-to-read graph with poor color choices) a week into its run indicating the first season was performing well for Netflix.

Last week, they also published a story that the production was scouting season two locations, but that happens on all kinds of series which aren't renewed, so season two isn't a done deal.

Indie Wire reports the showrunner, Steve Blackman, said it takes them 18 months to do a season. That kind of wait-time for a 10 episode installment is a big turn off for me.

I'm not sure long waits aren't damaging to the lifespan of a streaming series, either. With network and cable shows, we all know stuff starts up in the fall, or mid-winter, or whenever. I might tune into ABC to catch Black-ish and see an ad for Whiskey Cavalier, etc.

When I'm streaming, I'm either going to Netflix/Hulu/Amazon to watch something specific, or I'm browsing, with no idea what to watch. I'm only going to find season two of your little show, if it shows up on the front page of the streaming outlet's interface. If it's been a year and a half since your freshman season, I may forget to look for you at all.

Aaaaaaand Netflix canceled One Day At A Time. Fuckers.

I don't normally watch streaming stuff, so I never post in here, but I am 2 episodes in to Shrill and I love it so, SO much.

I saw Aidy Bryant on TV last week (maybe The View) talking about Shrill, which got me interested. Is it very watch-from-the-hall Steph?

Dh and I have been streaming Merlin on Netflix. Even though Anthony Stewart Head plays Uther Pendragon, I never checked it out during its original TV run (NBC & Syfy, I think).

BTW, ASH's Uther is an utter S.O.B. I think I spent the first couple of episodes waiting for Willow to come in and break whatever spell was making Giles into such an ass.

[ASH's Uther absolutely hates magic, and wants to execute anyone practicing it, so I like to pretend it's Giles after BtVS season 6, but before he hand-waved away Willow's actual magic addiction at the start of season 7.]

The show feels a little kidsy. I don't know if that will change as it goes on, but it's kind of mindless fun, and right now seems to be made up of related but still largely stand-alone episodes.

Did anyone watch this either when it aired (2008-2012 on BBC1) or since? What did you think?

Ah, Merlin.

I think Uther gets more complicated as the show goes on, though it always balanced moments of genuine feeling and complexity with stupid jokes and bad makeup.

It is generally mindless fun, though obviously thing get less standalone as you get closer to the end.

I saw Aidy Bryant on TV last week (maybe The View) talking about Shrill, which got me interested. Is it very watch-from-the-hall Steph?

I don't think so, and I'm pretty attuned to cringeworthy stuff. I think it's really really good.

Sometimes the Merlin sets seem stolen from the high school drama department, but I'm just enjoying a show that doesn't matter, and I kind of like watching it when the world isn't, so I don't feel like we've fallen behind (except for how we're 11 years behind).

We tend to fall asleep during it, and have watched some out of order, because our older son was watching it and got a little ahead. He moved out yesterday though (which I just mention, in case anyone wants to join me in feeling old), so we're on our own schedule now.

I don't think so, and I'm pretty attuned to cringeworthy stuff. I think it's really really good.

When I heard Bryant talk about it, it didn't seem it would be, but I'd covered enough of it before the premiere that I was worried about Annie's boss being negative about her appearance and generally about comments about her weight.

I'd covered enough of it before the premiere that I was worried about

I mean, that part is pretty shitty, but it's so fucking real. What I love about it is seeing her deal with the shit that happens in my life all the time, and still kick ass at life and be happy despite the fatphobic bullshit.