Subscribing to Netflix, a mail-order movie rental service, also entitles you to unlimited online viewing (with Mac, PC, PS3, Xbox and, coming, soon, Wii) of a fairly wide selection (thousands) of movies and television shows. From time to time, I will offer my picks of the best of online streaming. Just to put this into perspective, with a Netflix account (they start at $9/month) and a high-speed internet connection, you could watch any of these right now, for free. That is cool.
Today’s picks:
Friday Night Lights, seasons 1-3. Along with Mad Men, Friday Night Lights is my favorite drama on TV today. Revolving around High School Football in small-town Texas, it features a killer soundtrack and the best marriage you will ever see on any screen. An absolute must see. Watch the pilot and you’ll be hooked.
This American Life, season 1. Ira Glass’ much-loved public radio show about the extraordinary lives of ordinary people comes to the screen, to great effect. If you want to know what people are actually like, watch this show.
Dexter, seasons 1&2. If you can stomach a drama about a serial killer, this show compellingly illustrates what we Mockingbirds call the bondage of the will.
A large selection of Kirosawa just became available as well, but I haven’t jumped in yet. Enjoy!
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DZ gave us Friday Night Lights – Season 1 for Christmas and we spent three days in bed, like we were on a crack binge, watching all 22 amazing episodes. Since then, we've seen every episode up to date, and are completely in love with the show. And we don't even like football. The show covers the themes of Judgment and Love with precision, and we've cried at multiple points. Illustrations from season 1 and season 3 have already made it into my sermons. The show has been a breath of fresh air and the Coach Taylor relationship to the team provides a huge amount of abreactive gospel-type material. Obviously I can't say enough. I've been wanting to do a post on the final "Smash" episode, which completely blew me away. Thanks RJ!
" If you want to know what people are actually like, watch this show."
It´s funny that I am around people everyday and happen to live in the skin of one, and this sentence STILL makes sense somehow. why is that?
Frank –
I know what you mean. I hesitated to write that sentence because it seems so strange, yet the reality is that we continue to believe and live as if we, and everyone else, are different (usually better, more free) than we actually are. That is why This American Life is so helpful/refreshing
i.e. It tells the truth
JAZ, Megan and I are 13 episodes into season 1 of FNL, and we're coming back for more tonight. It is amazing! So very, very good.
Out of curiosity, which illustration from season 1 did you use?
The recruitor's visit, when the guy stands on the sidelines with the clipboard analysing Smash's performance to see if he's good enough to make the list…of course he plays his worst game of the season and has to be taken out early. Judgement kills!
Yes Yes Yes! Should have guessed it. We watched 2 more episodes last night.
The This American Life incarnation for TV is great. I loved God's Close-Up from Season 1.