TV is a drag right now

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Owing to the Big Walk (and thanks to those of you who stuck with those more analogue updates), I had not watched much TV for a month, so I came back with a long list of shows to catch up on. Most of those shows have ended up being not fun at all. I don't know if television is in a blue period right now, or if it reflects a general state of horror at the world, or if I'm just choosing big splashy stuff that is resolutely bleak, but I was surprised at how miserable and joyless big showpiece TV is at the moment.

Last time I wrote that, miraculously, I had managed to avoid any spoilers for the final two episodes of The White Lotus. I only really looked at social media and the news for those three weeks of being away, and White Lotus just... didn't seem to be t…