Has anyone seen 'The Watcher'? Is it actually good or is it like every other Ryan Murphy production where it kind of falls apart halfway through and then goes batshit crazy?

I was intrigued enough to finish it in one sitting. It’s based on a true story though that wasn’t solved, so don’t expect a satisfying ending. My sister called it “Red Herring The Show”. Great cast though.

It reminds me of "The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window" but sadly "The Watcher" isn't satire. I'm three episodes in and I'll probably finish it but I wish I had never started it. It's really cheesy imo.

It is worth noting that The Watcher is a monster hit. The 125 million hours works out at 22.4 million equivalent complete viewings. That actually pips the 22.2 million Dahmer managed during its first week! These numbers place The Watcher on Bridgeron s2 level and absolutely make it another of Netflix’s biggest shows of 2022. Be interesting to see if it can grow and hold as well as Dahmer in the coming weeks.

As for Dahmer? It got 13.9 million in week 4. Superb hold. It gives it 93.4 million equivalent compete viewings through 4 weeks. That is on par with Stranger Things s4 and Money Heist. Only show significantly bigger than Dahmer for Netflix is Squid Game!

Two massive hits in the space of a month for Murphy and Netflix!

Elsewhere The Midnight Club recovered a bit but still only managed 5.5 million eqv’s. That gives it only around 8 million through 2 weeks. It is DOA.

The Empress (4.9 million) and High Water (7 million) continue to hold and perform well in their second and third weeks but all the new foreign language shows have failed to make an impact. Even The Playlist which I figured might be a breakout hit.

The Dahmer companion docu-series racked up another 9.2 million equivalent complete viewings this week. It has been a big success for Netflix and dropping it two weeks after the Dahmer drama series was very beneficial for them.

Animated sci-fi show Exception failed to chart. I quite enjoyed this one so that is a real pity! It felt like a limited series though so if you are thinking about watching it do not let the fact that it is sinking without a trace in the viewership charts hold you back from giving it a go.

People are infuriated with the end. For me the show started a little slow, got better for a couple of episodes, then went off the rails and into absurdity the last two.

I’m always surprised how well Dynasty does. It makes me wonder how something like a Monarch would do, even though it is on Hulu.

I’m from New Jersey and I’m shocked they made a show about a family in a new home getting weird letters that were never attributed to anyone in particular. But I guess people find that interesting.

Thanks man. Appreciate your comments. I'm just happy The Mole made it to top ten.

And I guess I'm gonna watch Exception. There was no buzz on this one.

The Watcher was fantastic until it took a complete nose dive and wasn't

It had potential and never pays off. So a Murphy special.

The couple in the house run around accusing everyone but the crazy lady and her crazy brother across the street.

I thought it fell apart about halfway through the second episode and then became tedious and boring, but otherwise correct.

Based on this, doesn’t look like Midnight Club will get a 2nd season :/

I didn’t like it. It fell flat for me

I started exception on a whim and it’s really good! The animation style might be turning people off? I like it though, almost reminds me of some 90s MTV animation like Aeon Flux.

I definitely think the weird 3D animation style is turning people off. I started it on a whim and was really impressed by the story quality. A cool mix of space horror and introspective morally ambiguous sci-fi.

Some of the animation was simplistic but very pretty. It was specifically the character designs I found a bit ugly. Glad I gave it a go though as I got used to the animation style fairly quickly.

Yeah…it is not looking good for The Midnight Club. I’d not expect a renewal for that one. Always sad to see decent quality TV shows fail to find a good audience!

I wasn’t blown away by it up until last night when I watched Ep 7. Knowing it ends on a cliffhanger is annoying as well seeing as S2 is unlikely.

It could’ve been 3 episodes but they drug it out and made it painful.

I thought every one did an amazing job with their acting but there wasn’t much to make a 7 part series.

(The Watcher)

I was ready to congratulate netflix of finally making a show without smoking, but that fell apart in the last episode when the cancer patient lit one up with "worth it".

Oh well, next one!

Funny thing is I enjoyed Midnight Club a lot more. If I had to tell my short-term memory to bring up the most memorable scene from the three shows, it's Ruth Codd as Anya. This is not a good thing considering that Naomi Watts, Bobby Carnavale, Richard Kind, and Character Actress Margo Martindale's combined star powers should have made The Watcher at best a mildly tolerable experience, but I honestly sincerely couldn't recall a single solitary frame from that show. Already forgotten Dahmer completely as I'm not about to let Murphy's manipulative persuasive boo-hooing ingratiate me to creepy loners. If a show full of dying kids telling creepy stories is objectively the most sincere one out of the bunch but still gets beaten in viewership ratings by shows about trashy shitty people, then it only serves to reinforce that only trashy shitty people would subscribe to a platform where Hemlock Grove is removed while Cuties remains. You can probably infer that I don't pay for Netflix.

Only reason I hadn't checked out Exception yet is because another current sci-fi show is struggling to keep me hooked after the first episode. Pantheon has a good concept, but the characters are so pissy and miserable that I had to chase the first episode with 30 Rock to restore my emotional equilibrium. But I'll power through if only to have an informed opinion.

People on Netflix will watch anything thrown at them.

i wish it was satire, it would make the show a lot more bearable.

Fell apart after an episode or two.

Just because something actually happened doesn’t make it believable or compelling story telling.

Great cast. Decent premise. Absolute fumble of an execution.

That was my reaction as well. He introduces so many plot elements and almost all of them are completely unnecessary and/or irrelevant. It's like he's never heard of Chekhov's gun.

It was like Chekhovs gun but no one knew who the hell Checkhov was.