The state of TV shows these days tsk tsk

I’ve been watching 70s movies lately, and it’s reminded me how much fun it is to watch Cybill Shepherd on the screen. Which eventually led me to wonder… “was Moonlighting any good?” I saw some episodes of that back in the 80s, and I remember it being an amusing if dopey show, but I don’t remember much else. I looked around for it, and: Er… OK… so it’s a sought-after item, but not enough to make them re-release it on 4K blu ray or anything. It’s available for streaming — but not around these parts. So I went all “arr arr” and half an hour later, I had the complete series. It’s apparently so popular that it’s well seeded, too. So how is it? Well, it’s amusing but dopey, so I remembered correctly, but the most striking thing about it is: Look at this! This is a short sequence to illustrate how dull her life is. But over 40 seconds, there’s five (or six) complete setups, and each one is perfectly, intentionally lit and blocked well. (And not only that, she isn’t talking on a phone saying…

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