tvs watched this week: Vera, Five Days

Vera. You know how everyone talks about how women aren't allowed to be old, cranky, obnoxious, etc.? They obviously haven't met Vera Stanhope. Because she's all of that, and more. Basically, if you made Inspector Morse a woman, you'd have Vera. Well,minus the womanizing. Netflix has the first series streaming, which meant I watched all four episodes at once. I'm quite glad I did. They're mysteries, of course. The first one has Juliet Aubrey in it, leading me to make certain guesses that were ultimately wrong (I'm sorry, Ms. Aubrey, but Helen was eeevil). Also, Holly is amazing and Joe is entertaining.

So, yeah, if cranky middle-aged lady detectives is your thing, you should give Vera a shot.

Five Days. For some reason, Netflix only has the second series streaming, but whatever. It had Suranne Jones and David Morrissey and Anne Reid and Bernard Hill, not to mention many others and it was a bit "Doctor Who reunion!" which was hilarious. But it was also quite good (and if Suranne Jones wants to go about playing police women forever, I'm ok with that, as she's very watchable). It was also very compelling and sad, and I quite liked that it wasn't just a normal "we solve the thing in two days, yay!" sort of thing.

Basically, I watched a great deal of television between last night and now. Some of it after midnight (which made for interesting dreams).