Amazon Prime video $$

[David Ragan]

I been watching The Shield reruns and overnite they took it off free they now want me to pay. I would still be Prime w/o the video- anyone else experience this hike?

[Kent A Bathurst]

I been watching The Shield reruns and overnite they took it off free they now want me to pay. I would still be Prime w/o the video- anyone else experience this hike?

Stir crazy, are we David? :p :p I understand completely.

Your problem happens often. View-for-pay items become free, and free items become pay.

The Shield is a good series. Too bad. But - I rank it 3d behind:

The Wire - free on A-prime. If you have not seen it, it is IMO the top of the heap in that genre, and you should jump on that one. It might take you a couple episodes to get into it, but you will love it - and the classic scene where Bunk and McNulty re-investigate a homicide will have you sucked in. You will also never, ever hear the tune "The farmer in the dell" without thinking about kids scattering while yelling "Omar coming!! Omar coming!!"

It's predecessor - kinda sorta - was Homicide - Life on the Street . Currently, not free on Xfinity or A-Prime, by disc only with Netflix. I really, really liked that series.

There is also a new made-by Amazon show you should watch: Bosch.​ Also very good.

[David Ragan]

U r right The Wire was a little hard ti follow-but im headed in there now to pick up again. Will also go into Bosch man
i love Downton Abby-waiting to accumulate episodes. Imagine- believable scenarios and people-all the failings and misadventures of normal life- without foul language, sex, or violence

[Kent A Bathurst]

.........without foul language, sex, or violence


Ummmmmmmmmm....that is the "anti-Wire". :p


Stick with it, is my advice - it will grow on you - -- you need to invest the time early on to pick up the story lines and the characters - - they build on all of that over the 5 seasons. Jumping into the middle is a hard way to go.

[David Ragan]

Ummmmmmmmmm....that is the "anti-Wire". :p


Stick with it, is my advice - it will grow on you - -- you need to invest the time early on to pick up the story lines and the characters - - they build on all of that over the 5 seasons. Jumping into the middle is a hard way to go.

i tried it again yesterday.

It is more subtle than Vic Mackey on The Shield or Raylan Givens on Justified
I will go back to it, but will just start the season over. Im on E9 of first season now

[Rich Riddle]

If you get prime for delivery, do they still charge you to watch those episodes? By-and-large I don't think their video selection offers much.

[Kent A Bathurst]

If you get prime for delivery, do they still charge you to watch those episodes? By-and-large I don't think their video selection offers much.

There is a Prime Video thing - there are many for free - included in the std prime deal; there are others at a discounted $$ as part of the std prime deal.

Not sure what you are looking for ???, but I find a decent selection...

[David Ragan]

How about suggestions for TV series, movies other than those already mentioned?

[Larry Browning]

How about suggestions for TV series, movies other than those already mentioned?
Not an A-Prime member so I have nothing for that, but will Netflix recommendations do?
#1 Foyle's War _ Maybe my all time favorite series on NF. (The last season was a bit of a let down though.)
#2 Terriors (not about dogs!)
#3 The Killing - Very good NF Original - Murder Mystery, each case lasts a whole season. This one is not as graphic and violent as the name sounds.
#4 Firefly - A western set in outer space. It's better than it sounds!
I have more, but my time is short today.

[paul cottingham]

Bosch was really good. I love the books, so I don't say that lightly.
Firefly may be the best thing ever cancelled on TV. It's very, very good.
Walking Dead is really good, especially the early seasons.
Same with Sons of Anarchy again, I prefer the early seasons.
Homicide, Life on the Street is so good even my father in law, a retired police veteran loved it. And he hates everything. I am going to recommend "Bosch" to him.
What I've seen of Southland is good.
Just getting into the Wire.
Trying, and so far failing, to like The Shield.

Can you tell I'm having trouble with my shunt right now? Lots of TV, less time in the shop.

[Kent A Bathurst]

David - did not think to ask - who is your cable provider? Comcast/Xfinity?

[Kent A Bathurst]

Best cop-crime-drama series ever was NYPD Blues, IMO. The- - THe Wire. Then - Homicide.

I loved its - in effect - predecessor - Hill Street Blues. But, there is very little of that available - not even on DVD.

EDIT: Longmire is pretty good also. Cowboys and Indians - modern day LEO's out west.

[David Ragan]

David - did not think to ask - who is your cable provider? Comcast/Xfinity?
Satellite via directv
internet w ATT

[David Ragan]

Man, great suggestions👍😀!!
i went in and added all the above to my watchlist for future reference.
Thanks a bunch

[Dick Latshaw]

Not an A-Prime member so I have nothing for that, but will Netflix recommendations do?
#1 Foyle's War _ Maybe my all time favorite series on NF. (The last season was a bit of a let down though.)
#3 The Killing - Very good NF Original - Murder Mystery, each case lasts a whole season. This one is not as graphic and violent as the name sounds.


Agree with these (including the last season comment for #1). Also

The Fall. My second favorite British detective, Stella Gibson.
House of Cards. How Washington really works.
Orange is the New Black. If you need to convince your daughter that prison is a bad place. Definitely NSFW.
Revenge.
Scandal.
Endeavor. A young Inspector Morse.

[Kent A Bathurst]

Agree with these (including the last season comment for #1). Also

The Fall. My second favorite British detective, Stella Gibson.
House of Cards. How Washington really works.
Orange is the New Black. If you need to convince your daughter that prison is a bad place. Definitely NSFW.
Revenge.
Scandal.
Endeavor. A young Inspector Morse.

All good. The original BBC House of Cards is a killer. I like the original Inspector Morse as well

So is "Oz" - that right there is some chilling drama/black humor.

Annnd...Doctor Who. David Tennant is my fave Doctor. He is also in a newer Brit detective series called Broadchurch - about to launch its 2d season. He is very good there, and so is the script and directing.

WAIT!! - there is a newer series out called The Americans, on FX. I cans stream it on Xfinity. Get this: The two protagonists are married Russian spies in Washington DC, and you cannot help but root for them. Very, very, good.

[Kent A Bathurst]

Satellite via directv
internet w ATT

Oh. OK. I have Comcast/Xfinity, and there is a bunch of good stuff in their On Demand feature.

[Phil Thien]

Amazon Prime: I think previous seasons of a series are often free, but when you catch up to the current season, they want some money.

[David Ragan]

All good. The original BBC House of Cards is a killer. I like the original Inspector Morse as well

So is "Oz" - that right there is some chilling drama/black humor.

Annnd...Doctor Who. David Tennant is my fave Doctor. He is also in a newer Brit detective series called Broadchurch - about to launch its 2d season. He is very good there, and so is the script and directing.

WAIT!! - there is a newer series out called The Americans, on FX. I cans stream it on Xfinity. Get this: The two protagonists are married Russian spies in Washington DC, and you cannot help but root for them. Very, very, good.

I will save the above suggestions also.

+1 on The Americans for sure; set in 80s-so far as I can see is broadly historically based. The characters generate lots of mixed emotions about them, like Kent has said. The best TV shows do that---cause Life is thoroughly grey and mixed emotions, right?

[Julie Moriarty]

There is also a new made-by Amazon show you should watch: Bosch.​ Also very good.

I saw the first show and really liked it. Then waited for the second one. In the meantime I read all the books. Then I kinda gave up on Amazon making any more. Now I see they have made 9 more. I have a lot of catching up to do.

[Kent A Bathurst]

OK - here is one that is 100% guaranteed to be unlike anything else you have ever seen: Black Mirror.

Seasons 1 + 2 on Netflix [have not looked for it elsewhere]. 3 episodes per season, as typical of Brit drama shows.

It is British. Kind of a modern-day reimagining of The Twilight Zone. All involve the modern-day 24/7 news cycle and social media and people everywhere with the insidious smart phones. Except - it is intended to make you uneasy - to say the least. The episodes are all mesmerizing, but they range from disturbing to VERY disturbing. You will squirm in your seat.

Addresses modern-day societal issues. Politics is one issue, among others. The most discomforting episode I have seen so far addresses criminal justice and proportionality - making the crime fit the punishment. It does that in spades.....in a society that seems to have gotten its priorities all whacked out, until you ask yourself "compared to what? The current version?" The endgame of that episode will make your jaw hit the table.

The series is exceedingly well done. But - if you prefer to go innocently into that good night, without considering the "point" of each show vis-a-vis modern society, it likely is not for you.

You have been warned.

[David Ragan]

OK - here is one that is 100% guaranteed to be unlike anything else you have ever seen: Black Mirror.

Seasons 1 + 2 on Netflix [have not looked for it elsewhere]. 3 episodes per season, as typical of Brit drama shows.

It is British. Kind of a modern-day reimagining of The Twilight Zone. All involve the modern-day 24/7 news cycle and social media and people everywhere with the insidious smart phones. Except - it is intended to make you uneasy - to say the least. The episodes are all mesmerizing, but they range from disturbing to VERY disturbing. You will squirm in your seat.

Addresses modern-day societal issues. Politics is one issue, among others. The most discomforting episode I have seen so far addresses criminal justice and proportionality - making the crime fit the punishment. It does that in spades.....in a society that seems to have gotten its priorities all whacked out, until you ask yourself "compared to what? The current version?" The endgame of that episode will make your jaw hit the table.

The series is exceedingly well done. But - if you prefer to go innocently into that good night, without considering the "point" of each show vis-a-vis modern society, it likely is not for you.

You have been warned.

Youre right- i saw the one about mind reading/visual images being retained then accesible by anoyher person.... Too creepy for me- but i can see the way science is going
I been told that w the progress humanity has made in 20th century- horsedrawn wagons to space flight.... In the 21st century- it is predicted to be 1,000x (one thousand) times that progress---that alone makes the black mirror vignette above not unrealistic
in the past, a scientist would have a cool idea, and *maybe* get published, then perhaps her idea imprived on by someone else in a year, 5 yrs....
now- look at social media (eg, this forum) pretty instantaeous sharing of many like minds
That in itself will enable a sort of 'group think' or 'swarm mentality' like we see in nature- where the collective power of the group enables an exponential exertion of 'outcome' (?)
my peripheral brain here says (mercifully to u all) that battery is low....