Been following the new Outlander series. My mom has read the book and has bugged me about reading them too, so I guess is kind of a middle ground.
So far it's actually pretty good. The acting is solid and they've really captured the spirit of 18th century Scotland pretty well. If the first season turns out to be great I might reconsider reading the books, and then me and my mom can be nerdy together.
Also I finished watching the thirds season of Legend of Korra (WARNING MIGHT BE SPOILERS I DUNNO) and I think that so far this season has been the best. The plot was solid, Korra didn't go back in her development again like she did in the start of the second season.
The main villain was intriguing, although the rest of them were kind of undeveloped and had barley no other characteristic beyond their special powers, and the romance between the main baddy and that fire bending chick was kind of dropped and picked in the last second just so that we know it's a big deal for him when she ultimately is axed off in what admittedly was in very awesome and brutal way. But still they were cool and the main guy is at the end of the day supposed to be the one that should get the most development and he did get that.
Also FUCKING consequences! I love it that when they defeated the bad guys everything didn't just go back to the status quo. Shit is still fucked up. The Earth kingdom is in chaos and I suspect in the next season there will be a civil war sub-plot of some kind. And Korra lost the ability to walk and is all broken and shit, both physically and mentally! Sure she is going to get better but that's not the point of it. The point was that the theme of all the seasons in the series was that the main bad guys all in some way opposed the need of an avatar, and in the end when the air-benders declare themselves the name guardians of natural balance while Korra is recovering it hits Korra hard to all the bad guys were right. There is now need for the Avatar anymore. Which is why she cries at the end.
Sorry for my Korra rambling.