It’s a Belgian historical drama based on the life of a famous 18th century Robin Hood type bandit Jan de Lichte who robbed several nobles in the forests of Flanders during the War of Austrian Succession. I was curious if you liked it because the series was very popular in Belgium but was largely ignored in America when the English translated version hit Netflix. It basically went unnoticed with only two major critics even reviewing the show and giving it a “rotten” score.

I don’t have the time to keep up with all the American-made TV. The fact that the streamers are now bringing over so much international content has made the job even harder, and I mostly skip those shows (with exceptions like Babylon Berlin or Giri/Haji) just as triage.

Was always curious to know how you guys do when it’s the latter, do you still make the review and try to be polite saying it’s trash, or do you move on to another show to get one more interesting and worthy of a review?

It varies. A lot of the time, I just stop after an episode (or sometimes midway through the first episode), realizing that I’m not enjoying something, and that I’d rather spend my time looking for something good. And I mostly have the autonomy these days to pick what I do and don’t want to write about. But there are instances when a bad show is high-profile enough that it feels like good service journalism to tough my way through it so I can warn others away. And then there are times when it’s just a sunk cost: I hated the first season of The Politician on Netflix, reviewed it, then was asked to look at the second to see if it was any better, watched the whole thing, still hated it, and told my editors I had nothing new to add, and so wrote nothing. The most frustrating days on the job often involve me watching something and then deciding it’s not worth writing about.

(don’t tell, but yesterday i switched my notebook’s wallpaper to this… img! 😛)

Donnie Walsh: In fact, there’s a case to be made that Batum is better than Hayward (at face value), and Charlotte is just plain dumb

I totally disagree with the former, there’s no case to be made that Batum is better at all, but i agree with the latter as switching an injury prone player for another injury prone player is a dumb move… if they’d stoped at 4/80, maybe at least he’d be tradable, at 4/120 he’s an albatross.

Z-man:
After watching the Nets, Lakers and Clippers, it’s pretty frightening to reckon with how far we are from that level. And starting the season vs. IND, PHI and MIL…

You’re right. But remember, it was just two years ago that the Golden State Warriors looked like an unstoppable juggernaut. Now we’re wondering if they will even make the WC playoffs.

Alan: This is the first I’ve even heard of it.

It’s a Belgian historical drama based on the life of a famous 18th century Robin Hood type bandit Jan de Lichte who robbed several nobles in the forests of Flanders during the War of Austrian Succession. I was curious if you liked it because the series was very popular in Belgium but was largely ignored in America when the English translated version hit Netflix. It basically went unnoticed with only two major critics even reviewing the show and giving it a “rotten” score.

Z-man: After watching the Nets, Lakers and Clippers, it’s pretty frightening to reckon with how far we are from that level. And starting the season vs. IND, PHI and MIL…

This was expected, we’re rebuilding and are one of the worst teams in the league (but finally doing things the right way), and in the first game day you have the best teams… well, except for the Warriors, of course!

On The Athletic power rankings, Lakers are 1st, Clippers are 4th and Nets are 5th. And i think they overrated the Heat (3rd).

Alan: Sometimes, I miss great things, or come to them late. At others, I waste 10 hours watching something bad. You never know.

Was always curious to know how you guys do when it’s the latter, do you still make the review and try to be polite saying it’s trash, or do you move on to another show to get one more interesting and worthy of a review?

Did you see Thieves of the Woods, by any chance?

This is the first I’ve even heard of it.