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2022: The Year In Television

With less and less good productions airing on network and cable and moving to the various streaming platforms, that seems to have taken over as my main form of television watching.  Now that I work from home full time, I have plenty of time to take in whatever they have to offer.  Since we cover the network and cable shows that I watch elsewhere, let’s take a look at the 32 seasons of shows I streamed on nine different platforms this year.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7 (Netflix)
The end of the road for the first series set in, but not completely part of, the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Archive 81 Season 1 (Netflix)
A video archivist is hired to transfer video tapes rescued from a building fire, but they contain much, much more.

Barry Season 3 (HBOMax)
With the acting class disbanded, Barry falls back to his old job while trying to make amends.

The Blacklist Season 9 (Netflix)
Years after Elizabeth’s death, Red returns and the task force re-forms to track down her killer.

The Bear Season 1 (Hulu)
A world class chef inherits the family beef joint after his brother dies.

DMZ (HBOMax)
An adaptation of Brian Wood’s comic series about Manhattan becoming a DMZ following a second civil war.

The Flash Season 8 (Netflix)
Catching up in preparation for the upcoming final season.

High School Season 1 (Freevee)
An adaptation of the memoir from Tegan and Sara shows the twin girls growing up in Canada and discovering their musical talent.

How I Met Your Father Season 1 (Hulu)
Missing all the charm and humor of its predecessor but might have all been worth it for the surprise appearance in the last episode.

Inside Man (Netflix)
A misunderstanding leads to a math tutor being held hostage and a vicar doing anything he can to save his family.

Lost in Space Season 2 (Netflix)
The Robinsons manage to get to another planet, but run into more adventures. Continue reading →

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Book 2 (of 52) – Local

Local - Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly

A few years back, I stopped reading comics.  I’m not sure why, exactly.  For a while, I kept buying them, thinking that I would get back in the habit sooner or later, but those weekly trips to the comic store turned into monthly trips turned into quarterly trips, until one day, when I went in, they said they assumed I wasn’t coming back and had emptied out my pull list.  Anyway, one of the books I was reading at the time was Local, by writer Brian Wood and artist Ryan Kelly.  The last issue I read was probably #5, which was cover dated April of 2006.  The harcover collection came out in September of 2008 from the good folks at Oni Press, and I got it this past Christmas.

Local is “a collection of twelve interconnected short stories.”  The tie that binds them together is Megan McKeenan, who starts as a teenaged girl and ages approximately one year with each issue.  She is adrift through life, looking for a place where she belongs.  Each issue, or chapter in the hardcover, occurs in a different locale, moving from Portland to Minneapolis to Chicago to Toronto to New York and, finally, to Burlington, Vermont, where a 30-year old Megan makes peace with who she is.

It was nice to read a comic again after all this time.  While I doubt that I will be hitting the comic store weekly again, there are some other books that I had not finished that I would like to revisit.  A few of them I have been getting for birthdays and Christmases and have just been waiting for the stories to complete.  Others, I may have to seek out.