S18.E01: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Bill Bailey, The Weeknd

[Athena]

Together on Graham's first sofa of the new series: Hollywood star Matt Damon, and Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain (The Help, Zero Dark Thirty), starring in new blockbuster The Martian; top comic, musician and actor Bill Bailey; and music from The Weeknd, performing the summer hit Can't Feel My Face.

[peeayebee]

Very good ep, except for the singer, whose song didn't impress me at all even though it's apparently the hot song in England.

[JustaPerson]

It's the hot song in America too. XD

Edited October 5, 2015 by JustaPerson

[peeayebee]

I'm old.

[glitterpants]

That was one of the most boring episodes of the show I've ever seen, Matt Damon's anecdotes all kind of fell flat.

[morgan]

I'm wondering how everyone is seeing the new eps. BBC America just keeps showing repeats according to my dvr. I tried taping one just to see if the info was wrong but it was definitely an old one.

[dubbel zout]

I get reruns, too. I could watch the first episode online, but nothing after that except short clips. Get on it, BBCA!

[dusang]

I'm wondering how everyone is seeing the new eps. BBC America just keeps showing repeats according to my dvr. I tried taping one just to see if the info was wrong but it was definitely an old one.

 

 

I get reruns, too. I could watch the first episode online, but nothing after that except short clips. Get on it, BBCA!

 

All three shows so far this season are up on YouTube.  

Edited October 20, 2015 by dusang

[attica]

I've been looking there, dusang, but all I'm finding are 5 minute clips, not whole eps. What search string should I be using?

[dubbel zout]

The US can't access eps on the BBC website or other UK-based sites. (Legally, I mean.)

[Athena]

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[attica]

So! Finally the whole ep aired here stateside last night! And I had insomnia, so I watched it at 3 am!

 

I think Bill Bailey is an able comedian, but christ in a sidecar, that mullet is brain-scarringly awful. He'd look fine with the rest of his head as close-cropped as the sides! 

 

Seeing this show so long after it was filmed, I had a different response to Matt's "I'm glad I don't fuck people over!" speech than I might have if I'd seen it at the time. Specifically, I'm thinking Effie Brown might have a thought or two on the subject. But still and all, I find him affable and friendly.

[Mumbles]

 

That was one of the most boring episodes of the show I've ever seen, Matt Damon's anecdotes all kind of fell flat.

 

Agreed, but imagine if he *wasn't* there. There's something about Jessica Chastain that I find off-putting. I think she's a fine actor, but personally there seems to be no "there" there. She's not annoying, like Anne Hathaway, but....eh.

[Quof]

 

something about Jessica Chastain that I find off-putting.

It's her voice.  Like Rashida Jones and Kat Dennings, it grates my last nerve.