First off, my diary from two day ago should be edited to reflect that Jamie Treacher did the audio description for Tales Of The Empire. Totally botched that name. Sometimes, my notes make no sense, as I use a mix of voice dictation, and trying to phonetically spell things out, but… this has to be on me. That is not a hard name. I don’t know what happened.My apologies.

In today’s list, I’m getting closer to the longest adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley finally finishing, as Ripley (Netflix) has to be coming to an end soon.While Fargo proved you can turn a movie into a series, and make it interesting, Ripley is proving that sometimes not everything needs a ton of episodes to do that.

Renegade Nell (Disney plus) spent most of the episode in a courtroom, but the plot still advanced, and I still enjoy this narration. I’m starting to not mind the little moments where it seems like over interpretation, because it almost feels like that’s just part of this quirky show about a woman who is sometimes possessed by a sprite like man named Billy who helps her, but only when her life is in danger. I hope Disney Plus makes more of this.

Tracker (Paramount Plus) still has excellent audio description, and this week reteamed Justin Hartley with his former this Is Us cast mate Jennifer Morrison. This week, he’s called to help his sister with something, so we learn he has a sister, which means Morrison is likely now a recurring character. Again, this show is well described. The Media Access Group does good work.

The Girls On The Bus (MAX) dealt with the ramifications of these girls being in this political world, when one of them ends up surprisingly pregnant, and needs to travel to a state where they can have access to that kind of care. Currently in Missouri, that means a road trip to Illinois, for two characters that don’t really see eye to eye, but as the other one says, she doesn’t need to support abortion in order to be there for her friend. I wish this show would pick a lane. Either be frivolous fun, or try to say something. The tonal shifts in this show are really dragging it down.

Under The Bridge (Hulu) took a surprising turn in the third episode, when I was surprised to find out that despite Jo’s best efforts to seem like the psychotic villain at the center of this story, perhaps she didn’t do it after all, even if she keeps telling everyone she did. Just, perhaps. The rest of the episode is a tough watch as they found the body, and her mother has to identify her.

And lastly, I started A Man In Full (Netflix), the new series starring Jeff Daniel’s. As a first episode, it doesn’t work as a pilot, because it doesn’t establish the forward momentum, or its characters well enough. This is one of those cases where it assumes you’ll be back. I will be, but not everyone would be. The audio description does have a narrator who is a bit light for the tone of the series. It’s a problem I’ve been having, especially with Apples Never Fall. Serious shows need serious sounding narrators, and this guy sounds like he’d be better suited for The Rookie or Will Trent, something that occasionally has a serious moment, but also brings a lot of levity into each episode. The description is well written, and the image of Jeff Daniel’s ass hasn’t left my mind. so, thanks for that.