Chatterbox - still talking nonsense

 My favourite tv of the year,  following my rules which may not make sense to anyone else... Best Drama A lot of female led drama this year which is good news.   The Morning Show:  This show, produced and led by Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, but with plenty of other women in leading roles, now in its fourth season.  It has been interesting from the start, taking on different real life topics from the perspective of a US news organisation, starting with Me Too, but also looking at the January 6 riots and the political state of the US nation alongside corporate intrigue.  This season was particularly interested in AI and technology, although there were multiple other subplots and sub-Succession style wheeling and dealing wrapped into this, which made the end result a bit messy as they tried to cram everything in.  This was the weakest season so far, but I will still be watching season 5. (AppleTV+) Film Club: This drama focuses on mental healt...

A few things going on in telly at the moment with older stroppy women - it’s good to see.   The Beast in me.  Clare Danes and Matthew Rhys on opposite sides of a tense thriller full of grief, vengeance and rage.  It has some fairly clunky twists and turns and some bits were too obvious,  particularly the resolution which was ridiculously signposted, but I really enjoyed it all the same. It’s always moving forward (and twisting back on itself sometimes) and the two leads are brilliant.  Clare Danes is twitchy, restless and angry, Matthew Rhys is scarily in control until he isn’t.  Both great performers and a great supporting cast,  it was fun to watch this unravel.  Great autumn telly ( series, streaming on Netflix) Down Cemetery Road:   This has lived up to its promise and I am loving it as a weird mix of thriller and comedy with cartoonish violence but with interesting friendships between women (it passes the Bechdel test)  a...