Its dark, its Halloween, and as I type this, our Prime Minister has announced that England is going back into lockdown from Thursday. Yikes.
So forgive my reticence to be jolly about my October viewing, in which I succeeded in watching more television shows, something that I targeted, managing five seasons of shows, and also managed to get my 2020 total up to 185, leaving a whole two months remaining in which to reach that magical 200. I’d confidently suggest that total was in the bag, really, but lets not count our chickens just yet- this year, of all years, its quite clear we should expect the unexpected, plan for the worst, hope for the best as we go into November and Lockdown: The Sequel (lets just hope it doesn’t turn out to be a Trilogy).
With that sentiment, here’s the list of October’s viewing:
Television
175) The Boys Season Two
176) Das Boot Season One
179) The Marvellous Mrs Maisel Season One
184) The Queen’s Gambit
Films
171) Bad Education (2019)
172) Ready or Not (2019)
177) The Curse of la Llorona (2019)
178) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
180) Whiplash (2014)
181) Bombshell (2019)
182) Fanboys (2008)
183) Parasite (2019)
185) October Sky (1999)
The Abort Button
the ghost of 82 
It will be a trilogy.
There will be a lot of pissing about in December followed by another surge.
Sigh.
I just hope it doesn’t unfold into a Covid Quadrilogy next year.