Gird your loins. Bridgerton (Netflix) has returned, and penelope and Colin are taking center stage. I already am hopeful more for Season 3, since I enjoyed 2 more than 1, and Antony and Kate are still around (though clearly not the leads). After Penelope has a less than desirable interaction at the start of the season, Lady Whistledown drops a scathing report on not just the Colin, but the Queen, who hasn’t chosen her diamond for this year yet. I love the audio description here, though most of the characters are returning, so you are already supposed to know a cursory idea of what they look like. The very few new characters do have a mention as to their looks, but they really don’t seem integral at least after the first episode.The only downside of Bridgerton is that because the show has such a giant cast, there is always some supporting character I feel like I’m supposed to remember and I just don’t.

Bodkin (Netflix) is moving along in the third episode, with Will Forte’s character coming clean about being in deep debt, but the real mystery has to do with what they find under Shamus’s house, or the car they pull out of the lake. Three episodes in and they are uncovering stuff quickly. The audio description here is nice. I did think the song choice for an Irish funeral of “All My Ex’s Live In Texas”, either had to be incredibly ironic, or intentional. We will find out, I guess.

One Day (Netflix) still somehow hasn’t wrapped its season, after 12 episodes. I’m really not into this show anymore at all, but I feel like I’m so close to the ending. I never really got invested in these characters, so I can’t be invested in them emotionally.

Speaking of shows I’m glad to be done with, The Girls on The Bus (MAX), which has had some moments I’ve enjoyed, unlike One Day. Carla Gugino is a favorite of mine. I do love her, and I want more for her. A Karen Sisco revival would be the best thing for everyone I think. ha. But, this is now behind me, and I doubt it gets any nominations. Tonally, since this show flirted more with being a comedy than a drama, i think the narration ended up being the right choice.

Dark Matter (Apple Plus) is really throwing a lot of information at you really fast. In the third episode, we learn about this box, and what it means, and what happens when people go inside. It is kind of hard to come back from that surprising Episode 2 ending, but three does try to make that seem like a good life choice, and maybe you’ll buy into that. I’m still intrigued, as this show does feel like there’s still more to reveal.

The Veil (Hulu) is getting to a point where I am feeling I know more about the show. the fourth episode opened with a shocking death, and the balance of a certain character and the “are they good or not” aspect is what drives the show. I feel like I’ve still seen this premise done better, but I can at least see this shaping out finally… four episodes in.

Celebrity Jeopardy (Hulu) saw six contestants become four, and my takeaway from this season is that James really underestimated Victoria. Hopefully he’s getting himself amped up because he’s referred to himself as the final boss. So time to get into boss mode, James.

The equalizer (Paramount Plus) had this really dramatic episode, and then at the end, there was this odd slow jam ballad that played that really tied in this overly emotional saccharine moment, and kinda ruined the episode for me. Ingir Tudor’s audio description is nice, and I wish more narrators of CBS programs got their names in the credits.