May????
May 4, 2025 · 1 minute readAstounded at how fast the year has gone. Already May seems to be completely locked up (with some news this week, I think the only free weekend I have all month is Memorial Day weekend…which at least has a Monday off too. But busy busy busy otherwise.
And as I don’t have a lot else to talk about this week, welcome to Ian’s Round-Up of TV Things He’s Watched FROM THIS YEAR!
The White Lotus S3: I feel cheated that the central UNC/Duke tension was not resolved. Otherwise, a bit of a step down from S1 and S2, longer in length, but feeling twice as padded. Still, here for Carrie Coon rave scenes.
Andor S2 (so far): Not the greatest show that television has ever produced, as some would have you believe. But here for the Mon Mothma rave scenes. And it really is the best Star Wars thing in absolutely ages.
Doctor Who S2 (so far): Considering how S1 went off the rails, it’s probably still far too early to say (if Anita Dobson ends up being The Rani than RTD needs a quiet talking to), but a decent run of episodes, probably the best since the Capaldi Era, even if the politics of Lucky Day were pretty muddled…