If you have a general idea of the DC characters you don't need to watch other series. BTW Arrow's first season is among the best of the bunch (possibly Flash is the only consistent series among all of them with great seasons and arcs throughout). Arrow is still decent till Season 5 but after that it will be a slogfest to continue till the finale. Long advice short try to first see if you can continue with Season 2 and still enjoy it. Flash is also recommended but I wouldn't recommend other series (maybe Supergirl first season). As for Arrowverse best not to watch all of them just the marked episodes in other series instead.

I loved "Arrow" for like four seasons or so, but it lost me somewhere around then. The first couple of seasons are great and super entertaining. It got too convoluted and tied into the other DC shows that are on The CW, which is an overarching problem with that franchise.

I watched five episodes of "Modern Love" season 2 and really enjoying it. The episode with Kit Harrington and Lucy Boynton was lovely and they had great chemistry. So many fun Sing Street cameos this year! Will probably finish tomorrow and also watch the season finale of "Schmigadoon" and the Christmas episode of "Ted Lasso."

"Modern Love" was great this season aside from the Anna Paquin/Garrett Hedlund episode, which was horrible and didn't work at all. The others were lovely.

"American Horror Stories" is hilariously bad. I love Billie Lourd but her performance in the standalone episode she starred in was cringe-worthy to be honest.

Just finished "The White Lotus." Amazing finale and season. Definitely one of the year's best.

Honestly the entire cast deserves awards recognition, but Alexandra Daddario fucking crushed it with this series. I'm officially a huge fan.

YES!!!! I hope she gets Emmy consideration because she was amazing in this episode!! Murray Bartlett is a close second.

It's really hard to pick favorites because good lord the entire ensemble was so good. This is the kind of show those Ensemble awards are created for. I can't even choose favorites because every actor had such rich, great material throughout the run. It's my favorite Connie Britton turn since "Friday Night Lights," Coolidge brought it, Bartlett brought it, Daddario was revelatory, Lacy was perfectly cast, Sweeney and O'Grady were fantastic, Rothwell was heartbreaking, Hechinger was hopeful and winsome, Zahn was hilarious, Shannon was a super fun presence.

See I listed all of them

Realistically though I'd say Coolidge and Bartlett are locks for Emmy noms. Probably Connie Britton too. I really hope Daddario sneaks in though, would be really great for her career - I think she'll be on a lot of studio executive lists going forward after this performance regardless. So impressive and really shows you shouldn't pigeonhole any actor.

Thanks Jack and thompsoncory.

Going to start S2 of Arrow and see how it goes. If you both say the first 4/5 seasons are great, I'm sure I'll continue to enjoy it since I liked S1.

Also sort of fun to watch shows from around 2012 or so (for the first time) before social media, smart phones, and various other "modern" technology and such things really became the norm. One of those few years sort of caught in a weird place as technology really exploded. Tommy told Laurel not to use the minutes on her phone in one episode in S1 made me chuckle. And the dated pop culture references when Oliver interacts with various people is pretty funny now too.

The White Lotus is pretty entertaining/stylish through 1 episode, and Daddario has never looked better

I tried Kevin Can Fuck Himself and wasn't feeling it - the sitcom parodies were cool but the non-sitcom parts were lifeless

Season 2 has a great arc and I really liked it. Season 3 was not as good as Season 2 but there were some good parts. I did not like Season 4(either the main antagonist or the arc). Season 5 was very good. Even better than Season 3. Beyond that the series goes downhill though there were few episodes which kind of worked. It did not finish very well for obvious reasons(watch the final arrowverse episodes to figure out). I enjoyed crossover episodes in 1st few seasons but they later were not that interesting.

Flash also started well but its gone way too long. Now its not good at all. All the shows sucked.

I had to drop "Kevin Can Fuck Himself." Couldn't bring myself to care about it or anything that was happening on it. I hope Annie Murphy moves on to better things.

Finished this already - nice series, excellent cast. I'm gonna check out Enlightened

Mare of Easttown - Winslet is mainly what separates this from a standard blue collar/gritty/IS THAT MY DAUGHTER IN THERRRE type crime drama. Interested to see who did it though and end of second episode twist got me.

Ten years late, but Gravity Falls is very enjoyable.

Indeed. I've rewatched it numerous times and have it on in the background when working sometimes. Disney Television Animation's best show ever.

DTA (thanks to a few excellent creators and writers, including Gravity Fall's Alex Hirsch, that continue to collaborate on each other's shows for 5+ years now) has a number of good/great shows that probably get skipped by adults that'd probably enjoy them. These creators/writers also aren't afraid to call Disney out publicly when conflict over the content (usually when things get too dark/mature for their brand) arise. And they've largely won out over Disney's control attempts, presumably because of the quality content the creators have been giving them (to compete with Cartoon Network's strong output?) in return for creative control. .

Gravity Falls is the very best though, so anything else is going to be a noticeable drop off. You'd probably enjoy Star vs. the Forces of Evil, though. Seems like it may be up your alley. The Owl House (currently in season 2) is also really good.

I finished "Brand New Cherry Flavor" which was fun. Enjoyed the cast and premise. Catherine Keener and Rosa Salazar were great.

"American Horror Stories" is the worst series of the year so far. Just so atrocious. I can't believe I watched every episode lol. It was so self-indulgent.

The White Lotus, yes.

I just did "The Chair" over the past few days, which was a fun and occasionally hilarious stealth rom-com. Sandra Oh, Jay Duplass and Holland Taylor were all great.

I'm three episodes into "Mr. Corman" and it's...fine? There's nothing objectively bad about it, it just feels pointless.

Yes it’s rubbish.

Though really liking the season 10 of AHS proper.

Yeah, the first two episodes of the proper series were decent.

"Heels" on Starz is quite good to be honest. Reminds me a lot of "Friday Night Lights."

I’m 100% gonna watch this, just waiting on all the episodes to go up.

Starting The White Lotus next.