Consortium of Seven: Year 4

        A week where either my "senior moments" were running riot or I was the unwitting foil in an episode of Bewitched, the gaslight's been cranked to full. (Work's been wearing me down, and a few other factors chimed in as an enthusiastic peanut gallery.)       Consequently, I've been running light on video viewing in favor of getting sleep when I could this week.       The final episode of the Steve Carell-starring The Patient released on Hulu this week, wrapping that drama with thoughtful weight. A self-contained, ten-episode miniseries, just understand going in that it's not a comedy. While I've seen Carell in many popular items that I didn't really care for, I enjoyed him much more here as a quiet, steady psychologist trying to navigate an unusual, dire and desperate situation.       I've so far only gotten through the first three of the eight tales in Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of C...

         Arriving today on Amazon Prime (hey, at least one thing this week that's not on Netflix!) is the first season of an adaptation of a 2014 William Gibson novel. Primarily hinging on telepresence, where one's mind and senses are projected into an android body at some other location -- or is it a completely immersive virtual reality? The trailer makes it uncertain how widely it may diverge from the novel, and don't want to tip their hand by inadvertently revealing a plot turn. It's The Peripheral       This will be an eight-episode season, released weekly, so new episodes will appear every Friday through December 9th.       Arrived on Netflix back on the 13th a new "true-crime" series arrived. "Based on a true story" The Watcher stars Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale. It's based on events that happened to a wealthy family who moved into the suburban community of Westfield, NJ, and quickly began receiving let...