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Beware the potential spoilers behind the cuts. And if by any chance you are a fan of any of these, please let me know your thoughts!
Starfleet Academy - watched the first two episodes of it tonight and I enjoyed it. It was a little weird, 'cause it was a different set up than I was expecting (I did not watch any trailers going into it, nor any news articles other than the fact that Tig Notaro and the Doctor from Voyager would be in it). Anyway, the Doctor is great and I cannot wait for more with him, so is Tig's character. yay for Brit Marling (aka OA from The OA) as the Computer!! I thought I recognized that voice. I think I like Nahla Ake (aka Holly Hunter), she's a bit weird but... not bad? Not quite sure how to put it. I think I love all the cadets that are part of the "main cast".... but I doubt my dad would enjoy the show? I think he just barely enjoyed Strange New Worlds or Discovery but you never know - he at least watched them. It just would suck 'cause he's like my only RL person that likes Star Trek stuff. He's difficult to read though, even if you ask him point out what you thought of it (it's usually "it's fine" or something along those lines).
In which I think Heated Rivalry may have influenced me a bit, since I did not expect to come out of the first episode of Starfleet Academy and be shipping Caleb/Darem really hard (it started with "Bow wow" and finished with that ending to that scene - seriously THAT BITE LIP). They have real enemies-ROOMMATES-lovers type slow burn vibe even though I know canonically it'll probably be different (they are already putting Caleb with either Tarima and/or Genesis, I think Darem is trying with Genesis) I think they're my main ship for the fandom so far (I want that scene where they find out they are roommates gif-ed so badly). I kinda like Caleb/Tarima, Caleb/Genesis, and Darem/Genesis but right now all I can seem to focus on is Caleb & Darem.
The Hunting Party - Season 2 started airing, and I'm enjoying it so far, I really loved Season 1 so I was excited to see it return. I just did a rewatch it (first season is only 10 episodes so it's a semi-quick rewatch) - still love it! It stars Melissa Roxburgh (from Manifest and Tracker) as Bex Henderson, Nick Wechsler (aka Kyle from Roswell) as Oliver Odell, Josh McKenzie (from La Brea) as Shane Florence, Patrick Sabongui (David Singh from the Arrowverse) as Ryan Hassani and Sara Garcia (apparently also from The Flash) as Jennifer Morales. They really push for the Bex/Oliver angle, but I absolutely adore the Bex/Shane moments more. Also, I'm not sure if I liked it before but with this rewatch, I am also shipping Bex/Jennifer, Shane/Jennifer, Bex/Shane/Jennifer, and I kinda even like Bex/Ryan (although at first I wasn't sure because in my head he was married, I completely forgot about the episode 10 reveal). The fandom for the show is super small but hopefully it grows more. I definitely recommend it if you enjoyed the Blacklist or Fringe or Mindhunter or other procedural type shows.
Animal Control - came to Netflix and it made me realize I missed a whole season (season 3), so I did a rewatch of the series and am currently up to date. I laughed out loud a lot with this show and I really enjoyed it. If anyone likes animals and enjoyed Community, I'd say you'd like this. This is also a small fandom? Not a lot of fanworks (gifs or fics that I could find). I did come out of this rewatch shipping completely different ship - Frank/Emily - their partnership was awesome. Also I miss Dolores from Season 1, while I do love Bettany - I was hoping for more Dolores/Frank scenes (even if they weren't romantic). If I remember correctly I did at first like Emily/Shred (and maybe Frank/Victoria? Idr), but now I'm kinda meh on those ships.
Stumble - NBC's newest show that reminds me a lot of early Glee (and weirdly Pitch Perfect). It's sitcom show filmed mock-documentary style for the most part I guess like the Office but it's about the cheer coach and her cheerleaders. Jenn Lyon (Esther Finch from Dead Boy Detectives) portrays the coach, Courteney and I absolutely love her (definitely on my favorite characters). Kristin Chenoweth is Tammy Istiny, former assistant coach to Courteney and even though her storyline is predictable - I like her. I think my favorite cheerleader on the team are Peaches and Madonna though. But the whole team is great. Definitely check it out if you like sitcoms, although like Animal Control might not be for everyone. Again super small fandom.
DMV - enjoying this sitcom a lot and I am appreciating that it is not a mock-documentary type show - while I like Stumble, I do not enjoy that concept of a sitcom. Now this show reminds me of Parks & Rec, so I recommend it if you enjoyed that show or Community.
Fallout - THE LATEST EPISODE MAN. So many feelings. Did I expect what happened would happen? Duh. It's not that huge of a surprise but the WAY it was shot was. Beautiful. I do of course want like fix-it Ghoulcy fics right now though...
Doc - these last few episodes are so emotional, and I did not really expect to see where it took them. EPISODE 11 of S2 guys! THAT ENDING. I did not expect that... ugh, it's heartbreaking. I am sad that Jake wasn't in the latest episode, but the cast is already big, so it was fine, plus I am definitely enjoying the Sonya/TJ scenes. Depending on how long they are going with the current storyline with Hannah, the next episode (or more) will probably keep being super emotional.
High Potential - I really liked this episode, and I enjoyed the Morgan/Karadec scenes of course. I'm also happy they answered the Ludo/Morgan relationship (also Taran Killam aka Ludo is in Stumble as Courteney's husband so like that's fun!). I still have mixed feelings on the new captain (Steve Howey aka Van from Reba), I definitely hope they don't go with a romance between him and Morgan (while their chemistry isn't bad, it just feels off to me - maybe that's just 'cause I really like her with Karadec or maybe it's because I still haven't decided if I like him or not).
Starfleet Academy - watched the first two episodes of it tonight and I enjoyed it. It was a little weird, 'cause it was a different set up than I was expecting (I did not watch any trailers going into it, nor any news articles other than the fact that Tig Notaro and the Doctor from Voyager would be in it). Anyway, the Doctor is great and I cannot wait for more with him, so is Tig's character. yay for Brit Marling (aka OA from The OA) as the Computer!! I thought I recognized that voice. I think I like Nahla Ake (aka Holly Hunter), she's a bit weird but... not bad? Not quite sure how to put it. I think I love all the cadets that are part of the "main cast".... but I doubt my dad would enjoy the show? I think he just barely enjoyed Strange New Worlds or Discovery but you never know - he at least watched them. It just would suck 'cause he's like my only RL person that likes Star Trek stuff. He's difficult to read though, even if you ask him point out what you thought of it (it's usually "it's fine" or something along those lines).
In which I think Heated Rivalry may have influenced me a bit, since I did not expect to come out of the first episode of Starfleet Academy and be shipping Caleb/Darem really hard (it started with "Bow wow" and finished with that ending to that scene - seriously THAT BITE LIP). They have real enemies-ROOMMATES-lovers type slow burn vibe even though I know canonically it'll probably be different (they are already putting Caleb with either Tarima and/or Genesis, I think Darem is trying with Genesis) I think they're my main ship for the fandom so far (I want that scene where they find out they are roommates gif-ed so badly). I kinda like Caleb/Tarima, Caleb/Genesis, and Darem/Genesis but right now all I can seem to focus on is Caleb & Darem.
The Hunting Party - Season 2 started airing, and I'm enjoying it so far, I really loved Season 1 so I was excited to see it return. I just did a rewatch it (first season is only 10 episodes so it's a semi-quick rewatch) - still love it! It stars Melissa Roxburgh (from Manifest and Tracker) as Bex Henderson, Nick Wechsler (aka Kyle from Roswell) as Oliver Odell, Josh McKenzie (from La Brea) as Shane Florence, Patrick Sabongui (David Singh from the Arrowverse) as Ryan Hassani and Sara Garcia (apparently also from The Flash) as Jennifer Morales. They really push for the Bex/Oliver angle, but I absolutely adore the Bex/Shane moments more. Also, I'm not sure if I liked it before but with this rewatch, I am also shipping Bex/Jennifer, Shane/Jennifer, Bex/Shane/Jennifer, and I kinda even like Bex/Ryan (although at first I wasn't sure because in my head he was married, I completely forgot about the episode 10 reveal). The fandom for the show is super small but hopefully it grows more. I definitely recommend it if you enjoyed the Blacklist or Fringe or Mindhunter or other procedural type shows.
Animal Control - came to Netflix and it made me realize I missed a whole season (season 3), so I did a rewatch of the series and am currently up to date. I laughed out loud a lot with this show and I really enjoyed it. If anyone likes animals and enjoyed Community, I'd say you'd like this. This is also a small fandom? Not a lot of fanworks (gifs or fics that I could find). I did come out of this rewatch shipping completely different ship - Frank/Emily - their partnership was awesome. Also I miss Dolores from Season 1, while I do love Bettany - I was hoping for more Dolores/Frank scenes (even if they weren't romantic). If I remember correctly I did at first like Emily/Shred (and maybe Frank/Victoria? Idr), but now I'm kinda meh on those ships.
Stumble - NBC's newest show that reminds me a lot of early Glee (and weirdly Pitch Perfect). It's sitcom show filmed mock-documentary style for the most part I guess like the Office but it's about the cheer coach and her cheerleaders. Jenn Lyon (Esther Finch from Dead Boy Detectives) portrays the coach, Courteney and I absolutely love her (definitely on my favorite characters). Kristin Chenoweth is Tammy Istiny, former assistant coach to Courteney and even though her storyline is predictable - I like her. I think my favorite cheerleader on the team are Peaches and Madonna though. But the whole team is great. Definitely check it out if you like sitcoms, although like Animal Control might not be for everyone. Again super small fandom.
DMV - enjoying this sitcom a lot and I am appreciating that it is not a mock-documentary type show - while I like Stumble, I do not enjoy that concept of a sitcom. Now this show reminds me of Parks & Rec, so I recommend it if you enjoyed that show or Community.
Fallout - THE LATEST EPISODE MAN. So many feelings. Did I expect what happened would happen? Duh. It's not that huge of a surprise but the WAY it was shot was. Beautiful. I do of course want like fix-it Ghoulcy fics right now though...
Doc - these last few episodes are so emotional, and I did not really expect to see where it took them. EPISODE 11 of S2 guys! THAT ENDING. I did not expect that... ugh, it's heartbreaking. I am sad that Jake wasn't in the latest episode, but the cast is already big, so it was fine, plus I am definitely enjoying the Sonya/TJ scenes. Depending on how long they are going with the current storyline with Hannah, the next episode (or more) will probably keep being super emotional.
High Potential - I really liked this episode, and I enjoyed the Morgan/Karadec scenes of course. I'm also happy they answered the Ludo/Morgan relationship (also Taran Killam aka Ludo is in Stumble as Courteney's husband so like that's fun!). I still have mixed feelings on the new captain (Steve Howey aka Van from Reba), I definitely hope they don't go with a romance between him and Morgan (while their chemistry isn't bad, it just feels off to me - maybe that's just 'cause I really like her with Karadec or maybe it's because I still haven't decided if I like him or not).
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