Chatting about a series

Listen to two friends chatting about a television series to practise and improve your listening skills.

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Man: So, did you see the final episode last night?

Woman: Of course! As if I would miss that!

Man: And?

Woman: It was by far the best episode, definitely.

Man: Yeah, totally. The dragon at the end and all the special effects in that final scene were amazing.

Woman: I loved that part! But I still don't think this series was as good as the others.

Man: Really? But you said you wouldn't want to miss it?

Woman: I know, but still … it's a lot more predictable than it used to be.

Man: But that's because the story has been told so well that all the characters are reaching their destiny now.

Woman: I don't know … before, anyone could die at any time so it was exciting! But, this series, no key characters died and we all knew they wouldn't. When Jaime fell in the water after the dragon attacked him, we knew he would make it somehow. And … oh, surprise, Bronn jumps in and saves him.

Man: They did kill some characters in this series, though. What was that one's name …?

Woman: Exactly, see! You can't even remember who died!

Man: Hmm. The only thing I didn't like about this series was that it was shorter than the others. Seven episodes instead of ten. Maybe they spent all their money on that dragon!

Woman: Right! I don't understand why they did it, as all the fans would happily watch ten episodes.

Man: I reckon that now they're not using the story in the books any more, they don't have as many ideas.

Woman: That would explain why they're not being as brave with the story too. It's more like a Hollywood film than a TV show now.

Man: So, is Tyrion still your favourite character?

Woman: You know … surprisingly, I think my favourite might be Cersei.

Man: What?!

Woman: She's so interesting! All the awful things she's done and the way she's just aiming for revenge, even though it won't make her happy. She still surprises us because we're expecting her to have a happy ending where she sees her mistakes and becomes a good person. But she never does, no matter what it costs her. She's unpredictable because we just can't believe anyone would be like her.

Man: I guess. You don't have to like a character for them to be your favourite!

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Discussion

What series do you think this chat is about? What's your favourite TV show and why?

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My favourite TV show is called icerde. It's a Turkish series. It's so impressive. It's action, romance, drama and policy series. Its events are unpredictable. Every episode surprises us. The main actor seeking to find his brother. He's insisting that his brother is alive instead of the fake facts around him. How their gathering for the first time was so impressive and made us cry.

I didn't know what series this chat is talking about until I, unfortunately, looked at the other users' answers. My favourite TV shows are by far "Twin Peaks" and "Breaking Bad", also I like very much a "Married...with Children". All these series for me have something special I can't explain what it is, call up good feels, evoke positive memories. Besides, all are a great TV series.

I think, it is GAME OF THRONES series. The TV series I like the most is DIRILIS ERTUGRUL, it is Turkish drama series of 5 season. It is totally unpredictable to think , what next is about to happen .

I am pretty much sure they are talking about Games of Thrones. I don't like watching TV series. They are too long and seasons take time to launch.

It strikes me that it's about "The Game of Thrones". Friends series is my favorite TV show. I can advise you that you should watch this series. I watch it every week. It's very funny and by the way, it's very helpful for learning English learner.

I´ve watched plenty of good series, Game of Thrones is one of them despite of its two lastest seasons, which are far from its esence. But I´m here to reccomend you a less known series called Fargo. I think it´s not among the most famous series and I think you should watch it, especially the first season (they are independient seasons). It has one of the best and funniest antagonists I´ve ever seen. Cheers from Madrid.

The other day, I enjoyed Italian detective drama on TV which was like a comedy! ;)

i think it is game of thrones my favorite tv show is legend of the blue sea it is a korean series

I'm pretty sure they're talking about game of thrones, I saw some episode but I really liked the final season, but no the final episode I think that could be better. Never ask to a fan series " what's your favorite serie?" Because we don't have a favorite serie, I mean I like 90% of the series I've watched. But I can tell my top 3 that it's number one Pretty littler lies I really love this serie because all history it talked e how that series was finished, number 2 it's the original, I love any character and how that continues the history from TVD e the last one but not de worse it's Sabrina, I'm so exciting to the new and last season that it'll show this year on netflix

It's Game of Thrones. I watched that series is a great series just until seven season I didn't finish the last season because I don’t liked. The sceneries, special effects and when Tyrion was judged in the court that moment was very exciting. Now I'm watching the end of the f * world, two insane kids with inside troubles, falling in love trying to leave their bad memories behind.