All this talk about series, how network TV Sucks, and how hard it is to find quality shows, and some excellent shows that fly under the radar, I need a comprehensive review of all the series I need to see.
For good entertainment, I would be willing to buy DVD sets. But I've recently picked up HBOGO by kiping it from my parents, and recently got Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Here is a listing of shows that I currently own or have seen all the episodes of. If it isn't on the list, just assume I haven't seen it.
Spoiler!
Great Shows – Must See
Game of Thrones
Mad Men
Longmire
Burn Notice
House
Spartacus
House of Cards
Justified
True Detective
Breaking Bad
The Assets
The Wire
Sherlock (BBC)
The Americans
The Walking Dead
Deadwood
Netflix: Daredevil
Jack Taylor
Luther
Bosch
Good shows
Travelers
Ozark
The Leftovers
Conviction
Medici
The Last Kingdom
Firefly
Dollhouse
The Good Wife
Hell on Wheels
Big Bang Theory
Falling Skies
Suits
White Collar
Agents of SHIELD
Arrow
Boss
Rome
Orange is the New Black
Orphan Black
The Knick
Goliath (Amazon)
Iron Fist
Show Me a Hero
Hell on Wheels
Shooter
Mediocre
Robin Hood (BBC)
Vikings
How I met your Mother
Scrubs
Chuck
That 70's Show
Top Gear
Graceland
Hung (HBO)
Gotham
Conviction
Crap Camelot
Top Shot
Defiance
Legends of Tomorrow
Here is a listing of shows that I'm currently watching
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Great
Good
Boardwalk Empire
Westworld
Mediocre
Crap
Here is a listing of shows on my list to watch (mostly due to this thread)
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The Sopranos
24
Fargo (missed getting it on the DVR :-) )
Band of Brothers
The Pacific
The Comeback
6 Feet Under
John Adams
Battlestar Glactica
Friday Night Lights
I work a fuckton, so it is hard for me catch a series while it is on to get it on the DVR, but I recognize the entertainment value and am willing to go after the Must See shows. Accordingly, I'm not necessarily looking for anything that is still running. I'm up for watching stuff that has run its course.
So what say you, Planet? Which shows should I see?
Finished Game of thrones and looking for something else. Tried Boardwalk Empire. Not my thing. Tried 'True Detective'. I like Woody but the show is boring.
Waiting on Vikings, The Americans and Justified to come back.
Originally Posted by MahiMike:
Finished Game of thrones and looking for something else. Tried Boardwalk Empire. Not my thing. Tried 'True Detective'. I like Woody but the show is boring.
Waiting on Vikings, The Americans and Justified to come back.
Next?
If you have access to the HBO stuff watch The Wire and watch it today. Rome is next. [Reply]
It's what I call historical fantasy—as it only follows the main guidepost of the life of Mary Queen of Scots, and is seriously embellished. All those British/Ausi/NZ actors and accents playing French folks that were members of the French court. :-)
I good follow up to the Tudors, which was a lot more accurate.
I've been binge watching shows like crazy recently. I've watched all episodes so far of Peak Blinders, Boardwalk Empire, and Silicon Valley and now almost caught up with Vikings. I'm thinking Black Sails is next. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kcchiefsus:
I've been binge watching shows like crazy recently. I've watched all episodes so far of Peak Blinders, Boardwalk Empire, and Silicon Valley and now almost caught up with Vikings. I'm thinking Black Sails is next.
Black Sails is really solid. Not Game of Thrones good, but better than Vikings. [Reply]
Just went back and watched the one and only season of Firefly... Why in the heavens was this not renewed... that show was incredibly entertaining. Very sad there are no more to watch. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by fahrenheit:
Just went back and watched the one and only season of Firefly... Why in the heavens was this not renewed... that show was incredibly entertaining. Very sad there are no more to watch. :-)
I started watching a Canadian show called Republic of Doyle on Netflix. Father and Son private detective in Newfoundland with a GTO for good measure. The synopsis should have turned me away, but I was pretty much planning to be in and out of an exhaustion coma.
I couldn't have been more wrong, never napped at all. I think I watched the first five or six straight. It borders on ridiculous somehow in a good way, but it shows its home town well, the characters are pretty good, the detective stories are decent and the family at the heart of it is really fun. There are six seasons (I guess it was a pretty popular show,) so I will have good distractions for a while! [Reply]
