Amazon pilots!

Patriot: like the NYT says, it's a Mr. Robot twist on a different genre. I would add "attempted." But you also have the seemingly sympathetic damaged character who turns out to have all kinds of antihero material. Just a whole blender of Bourne, BB, Mr Robot, Americans, Rectify, blah blah. And it's played as comedy. Did Will Farrell think this up? Will I tune in if it goes to series? Yes, and I hate the Amazon business model.

Good Girls Revolt: Yes, I hate the Amazon business model, but they apparently get any and all music rights with no holding back. It's all top tracks from the time period depicted, 1969 New York. A young Nora Ephron is played by one of Meryl Streep's daughters in what may be a guest role. There is one notably terrible performance from the leads and a few not so good ones, like James Belushi's. The magazine newsroom is divided between glamorous kandy-kolored young women and bland shirt-and-tie young men. The combative banter is Mad Man-esque. The complete sexism exceeds it. Side note, were consciousness raising sessions with "girls get out your compacts we're going to look at our vulvas" still a thing in 1969 NYC?

Edge: a western, haven't seen it yet.

One Mississippi: Tig Notaro, haven't seen it yet.

Z The Beginning of Everything: afraid to see it, Christina Ricci as Zelda Fitzgerald. Can she do Alabama unstable? Will it be reverential?

Highston: wasn't there some 1990s or 1980s well-regarded comedy in which a man talks to many imaginary people in his mind? Anyway, this one's pretty good. Who knew Shaquille O'Neal was such a fan of the Martha Graham technique? Or that Flea the rock star can emote by yelling? As you see, lots of potential for random celebrity guest slots. Pretty well done, and we'll see if it can be interesting. For here is the deep etiological and social question for you and for us all: if it is boring to listen to other people's dreams, is it wonderful to watch comedy plots driven by celebrity availability? Perhaps, if cooked just right. The mental health thing could get dark, or drop the occasional a-very-special-episode, or stay light. A lot of it is about his parents tying to get him into therapy. Enter Mary Lynn Rajskub and Chris Parnell.