I for one am not someone who shits on the ending although it could have been better. I think a larger portion of general audience will accept fantastical elements, especially when introduced early, compared to religious nonsense.

Partly the same reason Battlestar Galacticas ending isn't generally liked. For the majority of GoT I refused to believe the red lady's powers were anything to do with a God and were just random magic powers since in the real world its all just sky fairy bs. Why should I accept this other world fictional or based on ours has real gods

well they announced a Millions and Trillions spin-off so I imagine they will end Billions and then send some of the characters off to those shows or at least some crossovers.

Featuring Hugh Laurie as Richard Ayoade's dad.

Topher!

Yeah, there's a lot of good stories that could be told post-Season 5, but the post-Season 5 we got usually just did the worst possible version of each of those stories. Case in point, how do you go bigger than the devil? You could go with the living embodiment of chaos, the Leviathan. And post-Season 5 of Supernatural did that! ...But it wasn't just the one Leviathan, it was multiple leviathans, and they had nothing to do with the chaos dragon of lore or any sort of leviathan mythos really, instead just being virtually immortal versions of an enemy the brothers have already fought multiple times.

What gets me though is that Kripke was still writing on the show in Season 6. Yes, he was no longer the head writer, but he was still consulting, directly writing a couple of episodes, and was apparently okay with all of the lore inconsistencies and plot holes that Season 6 produced (unless he only had knowledge about the episodes he was working on and not any of the others).

Because of that and the low points of the Carver era, I think I would still be skeptical of a post-S5 new Kripke era even though those first five seasons were amazing.

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Personally, I just figured it was one of those things very rich, very young gaming company owners would do for the lolz -- architects can be paid off like anyone else, and it's possible decisions like that are what led Compware to be in the financial situation it was in.

So many good things but that music. Just fantastic.

That felt like the kind of show who would be right at home at HBO.

Agreed. The story was told by the end of Season 5. Personally I hated the angels and especially Castiel who was played by an extremely bad actor. He was okay in 4 and 5 but anything after that involving him or the angels was tedious to get through. It was so clearly not working anymore that they wrote him out at one point but ended up bringing him back because of the backlash from (I presume) viewers who thought he was hot. Sam was a bad actor too but the chemistry with Dean helped offset his bad acting even though I think he actually got worse as the show went on. Supernatural was a great show for the first 5 seasons but the other seasons and focus on Castiel tarnished it.

Now I have to watch Jeopardy.

Even if he does a bad job he still gets 2 mill

The time spent on the island defined them. It's the only thing that ultimately mattered. Live together die alone etc.

I can understand that, as i said in the case of Star Trek those are ships with over a 1000people on board, so it may make sense to always see new people.

Yeah "breakout" wasn't the best choice of word for the title (especially since most folks on this subreddit are just going to read the headline), but the article does talk about the other major roles he has been in, how successful those shows/his roles were, how it increased his fame, presently culminating with The Last Of Us and The Mandalorian.

I think what the author is trying to say by "breakout" is twofold. First, that Pedro Pascal is the first standout actor so far of this year, 2023. One could say Adam Scott was a "breakout star" of 2022 because of his incredible starring role in Severance (although that wasn't as widely watched). Or Jennifer Coolidge, bc of her role in The White Lotus and personality.

Second, Pascal is very much an actor/celebrity "of the pop cultural moment," not only with starring roles in two major tv series connected to major franchises but also a huge, dedicated fan following that goes beyond his acting performances to his personality, a fanbase that only intensified with his role in The Mandalorian and now The Last Of Us. This certainly isn't the first time he has had a media/cultural moment - I know he did a lot of major interviews and such during Narcos and The Mandalorian. But Pascal is once again having a moment, and it feels especially zeitgeist-y and meme-y, as reflected and reinforced by his hosting SNL. And being a guest on Graham Norton.

Finally, as I said, the release of The Last Of Us and the third season of The Mandalorian at the same time feels like a culmination of success from an actor who has progressively acted in bigger and bigger roles since Game of Thrones. I mean, how many actors are starring in not one but TWO of the biggest, most popular series connected to two unrelated major franchises - Star Wars and The Last Of Us video game - which are being released at the same time.

Anyway, I thought the article was a surprisingly well-researched - yet brief - biographical profile of an actor...and without a mention of "internet daddy" lol

I agree, first 4-5 seasons were excellent. After that, it felt like they needed to keep increasing the intensity and made questionable decisions. This happens to many of these shows.

The procedurals like Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, etc have it easier.

Maybe his wife wasn't his soul mate but the woman he settled for because you know...

I mean it seems that the last installment in the franchise before the 2020 television series was a 1995 television film. So the series was dormant (with no new media) for a full 25 years. So if one was under 25 (or even 30, assuming they were not watching Perry Mason at 5), or simply was not American (given that Perry Mason is an American property), it would not be unbelievable for one to not know what Perry Mason was going into this television series.

If it helps, off the top of my head the only Rihanna song I can think of is “Shut Up and Drive”.

As an oldster, watching what I want, when I want has me feeling groovy.

You just have multiple shows to watch, that's how you do it.

Most shows I watch only after they have aired a complete season, it's not to say I binge all the episodes. I really need to like a show to bother with weekly viewing. TLoU now, Succession next would be weekly.

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And it's not like he hasn't been the lead actor in one of the biggest shows out there since 2019.

I do that with most shows that I want to see. I like not being stuck to anyone else's schedule and taking things at my pace. Sometimes that means 3 episodes in a night, sometimes it means I don't touch something for months. It's my choice.

Pre-streaming days sucked until DVRs were available.

QI with Sandi is very good, but certainly not better.