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I binged the 2 season of The Pitt.  I believe it was recommended on here. I'm not usually into medical dramas but I gave this a go anyway.  I'm glad I did.  It's a fantastic show that moves at such a pace.  I like the "24" style hour by hour breakdown.

There is loads of gore that on occasion I struggled with, but I suppose that's a good thing.  It is so realistic. Plenty of pain and suffering, that tugs at the heartstrings, with some things that unfortunately many of us can relate to.

The last few episodes of the 1st series were hectic and brilliant.

Aye super show and reflected in recent awards.

Ted Turner. Billionaire creator of WCW and Captain Planet (among many other, less cool, things like CNN).

Founder of TCM too which used to be a great source for old movies. And ex of Jane Fonda.

Win three games and it's a seriously historic season

Is it not 4 if including the CL? 3 may be enough but City could win them all and load on the goals.

Wu 16-15 ahead. 2 more needed.

Mark Allen must  be kicking himself  . I had a feeling when Allen missed that  black , Wu would go on  to win the tournament. Reminded me of Chelsea in the champions league  in 2012.

Not over yet. I'd still have Wu marginal favourite. He doesn't seem to have any nerves, but Murphy not lying down. But yes Allen would have fancied himself

Utd very lucky against a poor Liverpool team who should've went on to win that game

Seriously lad. Liverpool should never have been close in that game. Delusion of the highest order.

That's the famous MR mindgames 

Liverpool definitely the poorer of 2 poor teams. The great and the good of Europe won't be losing much sleep this summer over either side. Big changes needed over the summer and for Liverpool it may need to be in the dugout too.

Have Down been on the piss?

Some absolute dickheads at the snooker. Someone shouting at the top of their voice and running at  Wu Yize

There was some bellend on the socials a couple of days ago (according to #2 son) who said if he got 3000 likes he'd shout out "180" during the snooker. Top bantz.

also I thought the movie The Snowman with Michael Fassbender playing Hole was crap

Correct. Dung

Anyone watching Netflix's Detective Hole?    Enjoying it but unsurprisingly not as good as Jo Nesbo's books.

Aye finished it the other night. Preposterous stuff (as are the books) but entertaining enough.

Was waiting on a post on this, are they based on the books? Have read most of them

Aye this one based on The Devils Star. I read them years ago buy remembered precisely nothing. It's worth a spin if you're looking for a new series.

Anyone watching Netflix's Detective Hole?    Enjoying it but unsurprisingly not as good as Jo Nesbo's books.

Aye finished it the other night. Preposterous stuff (as are the books) but entertaining enough.

I'll look him up lol

I love the craziness of it all, the far righters the PT's who talk bollox

What ever happened that headcase in Newry that was repeatedly arrested for Covid breaches?!

Please tell me this is Andy Malone again 🤣

No, this was Declan Trainor.

I'll look him up lol

I love the craziness of it all, the far righters the PT's who talk bollox

What ever happened that headcase in Newry that was repeatedly arrested for Covid breaches?!

The most annoying b*stard in every town/village/parish in Ireland going through the below career path.

- Arsehole
- Personal Trainer (Still an arsehole)
- Life Coach (Sill an arsehole)
- Talking through a phone every day talking about gaining 1% (Still an arsehole)
- 'Follow my mentorship programme, change your life' (Still an arsehole)
- 'I can improve you as a person physically, mentally, professionally & financially' (Still an arsehole)

This guy used to go to the gym I went to

A complete and utter turd, not even a polished turd, just a grifter, comical to the point I think people must be bonkers to actually sign up for anything he presents

There's another fella called Phil Graham who keeps appearing on the socials. I think he sold programmes on how to run a gym and obviously "scale" and "10X" their business.

2 episodes in on Widow's Bay and promising so far

I suppose Nolan goes all out in the show to challenge the police on the institutional sectarianism in it's ranks, yeah?

Standard response

Standard head in the sand 

https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/catholic-psni-officers-one-and-half-times-more-likely-to-be-investigated-for-misconduct-DFRFHWKCSBBOBCN6LZXZAOD2XU/

https://www.thedetail.tv/articles/almost-twice-the-number-of-catholics-than-protestants-arrested-and-charged-by-psni

https://www.thedetail.tv/articles/nearly-twice-as-many-security-stop-and-searches-on-catholics-as-protestants

So you watched the show?

I didn't no. I thought my first question made that obvious.

Haven't watched but decided to critic it... gotcha

I didn't critic it. I asked whether Nolan challenged the clear institutional sectarianism in the PSNI in his show. I'm guessing he doesn't want to shine a light on that subject any more than you apparently do.

As others have said, that clearly wasn't the purpose of the show. That's what investigative journalism programmes like Spotlight are for. There is no doubt there was a PR piece for the PSNI in this and it was clearly riding on the coat tails of the success of Blue Lights, but it gave a real insight into the troubles the peelers and society in general are facing related to drink, drugs and mental health.