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Searching for TV shows to watch? Try: Apple TV's 'Loot' and 'Moonhaven' on AMC+

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For every buzzed about show like Netflix's Stranger Things or Apple TV's Ted² Lasso, there are a dozen other shows that just go under the radar³. But which ones might be worth your time?

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

For every buzzed-about show, like Netflix's "Stranger Things" or Apple TV's "Ted Lasso," there are a dozen other shows that just stream under the radar. But which ones might be worth your time? NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour try to answer that question in a recent episode, and we brought on one of its hosts, Glen Weldon, to share his insights. Now, Glen, a couple of weeks ago, I was on vacation...

GLEN WELDON, BYLINE⁴: Yeah.

MART?NEZ: ...And I swear I spent more time scrolling⁵ than streaming. I just could not land on anything. Are you having as hard of a time as the rest of us finding something worth watching?

WELDON: Oh, sure. I mean, it's such a crowded TV landscape, you know? And Pop Culture Happy Hour is daily now, so we get to make a lot of recommendations, but some good stuff just falls through the cracks. So this is a great opportunity to talk about some of the stuff we haven't gotten around to.

MART?NEZ: All right. Let's get to some of the things that are on the top of your list that we should be checking out.

WELDON: All right. So let's start with "Loot" on Apple TV+. This stars Maya Rudolph. And that's really my pitch. I mean, what more do you need? Don't be greedy, you know? Dayenu. She plays one of the world's richest women who divorces her billionaire tech bro husband of 20 years and then decides to get involved with her charitable foundation, about which she knows nothing. And that's the comedy.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "LOOT")

MAYA RUDOLPH: (As Molly Novak) I never did the work to find out who I am. It's really, really scary.

MJ RODRIGUEZ: (As Sofia) I'm sorry. I don't really care about any of that.

RUDOLPH: (As Molly Novak) Wow. When I said that to Oprah, she gave me one of the biggest hugs.

WELDON: I do recommend checking the show out. I also recommend maybe skipping the pilot because I think the pilot invites you to think the show is going to be a kind of biting, you know, joke-driven comedy that sets out to pop that Maya Rudolph character's privilege bubble. It's really not that. It's a surprisingly gentle, character-driven comedy where the people who work at the charitable foundation come around to the Maya Rudolph character, not that you can blame them. It's, you know, Maya freaking Rudolph. She's charm distilled⁶. There's a bit of "Schitt's Creek⁷" in the premise⁸ of the show, but there's a lot of "Schitt's Creek" in its tone. It's a very warm show. So that's "Loot" on Apple TV+.

MART?NEZ: All right. Now, what about some other shows that we should be watching?

WELDON: Well, this is one I haven't heard a lot of people talking about. This is "Moonhaven" on AMC+. This is a hard sci-fi show with a cool premise. So Earth is dying. So years before the show begins, they have terraformed a bit of the moon and sent colonists⁹ there to figure out how to fix everything.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "MOONHAVEN")

AMARA KARAN: (As Indira Mare) The mission of Moonhaven isn't simply about solving the crushing problems of our planet. It's about solving us.

WELDON: And they do. But when it comes time for the colonists to return to Earth and bring their knowledge with them, they don't want to go 'cause they've developed this idyllic¹⁰, kind of hippie dippy commune where there's no crime and everything is taken care of by this artificial intelligence. And what it reminds me of, A, is a great sci-fi show on Amazon called "The Expanse," which has all these different factions¹¹ angling for power in a morally gray universe where there's no heroes, there's no villains¹². I get the sense that that's what the show is aiming for. Hasn't gotten there yet - it's still kind of taxiing on the runway. But it was just picked up for a second season, so they're going to get a shot.

It's got great potential, great characters, interesting conflicts. It's also funny sometimes, sometimes not intentionally¹³, though, because the hippie moon colonists have their own jargon¹⁴, and you'll catch them saying things like, I got the dread¹⁵ feel because my mind is buzz foggy. And, like, that's a lot to take, you know? Season 2 maybe they pump the brakes on that. But I'm going to be keeping an eye on this show. That's "Moonhaven" on AMC+.

MART?NEZ: Glen Weldon is a host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour.

Glen, thanks a lot for giving us time.

WELDON: Thank you.

MART?NEZ: And for more suggestions, check out Pop Culture Happy Hour on npr.org.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

3 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 scrolling   

n.卷[滚]动法，上下换行v.（电脑屏幕上）从上到下移动（资料等），卷页( scroll的现在分词 )；（似卷轴般）卷起；（像展开卷轴般地）将文字显示于屏幕

参考例句：

• Another important detail required by auto-scrolling is a time delay. 自动滚屏需要的另一个重要细节是时间延迟。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• In 2D visualization and drawing applications, vertical and horizontal scrolling are common. 在二维的可视化及绘图应用中，垂直和水平滚动非常普遍。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

6 distilled   

adj.由蒸馏得来的v.蒸馏( distil的过去式和过去分词 )；从…提取精华

参考例句：

• The televised interview was distilled from 16 hours of film. 那次电视采访是从16个小时的影片中选出的精华。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Gasoline is distilled from crude oil. 汽油是从原油中提炼出来的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

8 premise   

n.前提；v.提论，预述

参考例句：

• Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
• We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。

9 colonists   

n.殖民地开拓者，移民，殖民地居民( colonist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Colonists from Europe populated many parts of the Americas. 欧洲的殖民者移居到了美洲的许多地方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some of the early colonists were cruel to the native population. 有些早期移居殖民地的人对当地居民很残忍。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 idyllic   

adj.质朴宜人的，田园风光的

参考例句：

• These scenes had an idyllic air.这种情景多少有点田园气氛。
• Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。

11 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

12 villains   

n.恶棍( villain的名词复数 )；罪犯；（小说、戏剧等中的）反面人物；淘气鬼

参考例句：

• The impression of villains was inescapable. 留下恶棍的印象是不可避免的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some villains robbed the widow of the savings. 有几个歹徒将寡妇的积蓄劫走了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

13 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

14 jargon   

n.术语，行话

参考例句：

• They will not hear critics with their horrible jargon.他们不愿意听到评论家们那些可怕的行话。
• It is important not to be overawed by the mathematical jargon.要紧的是不要被数学的术语所吓倒.

15 dread   

vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧

参考例句：

• We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
• Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。