Well, Not Dead yet is dead, and Constellation is cancelled at Apple, but Shogun is already signing actors for a second season it wasn’t supposed to have. The world works in mysterious ways. Meanwhile, NBC still can’t bring home any of the lost Leapers.

Bodkin (Netflix) was something I checked out the first two episodes. The show centers around a journalist who is in a bit of hot water, so her boss makes her work with a podcaster on a true crime podcast that she seems to hate, but the mystery at least is interesting. will Forte co-stars with a cast of Irish/British actors. Dakota Green writes the audio description, and Jamie Lemcheck narrates, and I think they are doing a good job. It is a mystery first, so the primary focus is on relevant clues to help the audience follow the mystery. A show like this works if we can follow the guessing game, and do a bit of armchair deducing of whodunit ourselves. The only way to do that, is to keep focusing on clues relevant to the core mystery, which this narration does nicely.

A Gentleman In Moscow (Paramount Plus) is now at the point where Stalin has fallen, and a new regime is taking place, and lots of moving parts. People very unsure about their futures, and Alexander is trying to keep all these moving parts together while also hopefully setting up a future for his “daughter”. He also has an old friend show up, who made it out of Siberia, and to see the transition of this character from a former aristocrat to someone who is now a waiter, sleeps on the floor, and washes his friends feet is why this series works so damn well. Ewan McGregor hasn’t been this good maybe ever, and the audio description is terrific.

Will Trent (Hulu) was way too trippy this episode. Will was hallucinating a lot more than usual as he tries to remember his past, while also working an active missing person case.

Sugar (Apple Plus) It wasn’t quite as confusing as Sugar is becoming though. This one, which started out having excellent audio description, is now doing things that make it hard to follow. There were too many times where the stylistic choices it was making made me wonder what the hell was going on. One time, a scene is repeated, and that blew my mind. we’ve reached a point where the audio description is struggling a bit to keep up with a series that is pushing itself deeper down a rabbit hole.

Them (Amazon) this show is creepy as hell. If you are a fan of the stuff Jordan Peele has been doing, even though this isn’t his baby, you should like this. It’s creepy socially relevant horror. The second episode certainly had some moments, after a killer season premiere.

I also thoroughly enjoyed Loot (Apple Plus) as Maya Rudolph met Benjamin brat. Maybe Rudolph will be lucky and slide in an Emmy nomination this year, because between this episode, and watching her in a previous episode deal with a smoke alarm, she’s earned it.