Summer TV

Let's talk summer TV-or lack of it.  I typically don't watch a lot of TV in the summer because hey, I'd rather be outside doing something while it's not snowing or -30 degrees!!  BUT I have to say that Netflix comes out with two great reasons for me to break from summer and find some time to watch their online series.  Just finished the second season of "Orange is the New Black"  FABULOUS!!!  I can't wait to read the book (it's on my wish list but I still have quite a few in front of it-there's rules you know!!).  I love that show for lots of reasons-it's funny, the actors are pretty much perfect for their roles and the story itself is pretty engaging because really, it could happen to anyone-except me probably because I've led a pretty mundane existence and don't have anything haunting my past that would send me to prison. 

Second series that I just started is "Hemlock Grove"  TOTALLY different kind of show.  I thought at first, this is going to be hokey and boring (which I should've learned my lesson from "The Walking Dead" because that's how I thought about that show and MAN, was I wrong!) but after episode one of last season I was hooked!!!    The level of weird this show puts out is pretty amazing.  You've got the werewolf dude and his Gypsy mama, the spoiled rich kid who turns out to be some kind of vampire and his creepy, MILF-ish vamp mama who makes the chick in Hamlet look like Susie Home-Maker!  The twists and turns keep you guessing and geeks like me messaging other geeks about the back story behind these freaky peeps.  The beauty of these shows is that you can watch them on your own time and the episodes are all put out at once so you can marathon it or just pace yourself.  You do need to have Netflix streaming but it's totally cheap so don't get all twisted about paying for it if you do want to watch these shows.  Other than that, summer TV pretty much is a waste of time IMHO UNLESS you have HBO and then it's the last season of "True Blood" but I have to wait for it to come out on Netflix DVD-boo.  I just can't stand paying for that channel just to watch one show once a year. 
So, there you have it.  It's cool outside and the mosquitos are raging like crazy so I think I'll take my own advice and tune in to Episode Three-Good Night All!!!