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.
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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?
Originally Posted by kcpasco:
Anyone watched or is watching Godless on Netflix? I’m about halfway through it and it’s really good if you like westerns.
Enjoying this series very much. Jeff Daniels is superb as a bad, bad man. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Anyone catch High Maintenance?
It's not 'must see' but it's pretty decent. It follows around a weed dealer in Manhattan, to serve as a surrogate/gatekeeper for the stories of his clients.
Season 2 premiered last night, and it's safe to say it made the best, most subtle [it doesn't even name the 'calamity' or the date or anything. It's treated as a 'generic' tragedy], use of the 2016 election by putting him as a fly on the wall as people were scarfing his product up with abandon the day after.
It used to be a web series before HBO bought it up, and the 2 seasons it was on youtube are archived here
Love this show, definitely looking forward to season 2. I read some interesting articles about the creators in the past few days, too. Glad HBO brought it back. [Reply]
I have my DVR set to record these new series starting next week, I love crime dramas and watch a lot of reality crime shows.
Mosaic on HBO Monday 1/22 at 8pm. Stars Sharon Stone murder mystery based in Park City, UT. Those with smart phone will be able to navigate around the clues, Paul Rubens is one of the cast.
The Alienist on TNT Monday 1/22 at 9pm. Follows the first female police detective (Dakota Fanning) in NYC in the late 1800's as she tries to solve a serial killer mystery. They use emerging psychology and early forensic techniques.
Waco on Paramount (use to be Spike) Wednesday 1/24 at 9pm. A mini-series about the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas with Michael Shannon as the FBI negotiator.
Two returning series that I'm into.
Divorce on HBO, Season 2 episode 2 airs tonight at 10pm. Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Hayden Church (Sideways) got divorced in season 1, now they discover their new found single life.
Baskets on FX Tuesday 1/23. Season 3 starts this week starring Zack Galifianakis as twin brothers who are complete opposites. The main brother started in season 1 going to clown school in France and returns to America with a French wife who only wanted him so she could come to America. He ended up as a rodeo clown until they closed. Season 2 he traveled the country as a train hobo and found lots of trouble. Comedian Louie Anderson in drag plays his mother, and is convincing in the role. Very funny show in a dark way. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DeepPurple:
[SIZE="2"]Two returning series that I'm into.
Divorce on HBO, Season 2 episode 2 airs tonight at 10pm. Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Hayden Church (Sideways) got divorced in season 1, now they discover their new found single life.
If you ever get to feeling down about how pathetic Nick's character is [Molly Shannon's husband], remember what he goes home to at night.
Originally Posted by kcpasco:
Anyone watched or is watching Godless on Netflix? I’m about halfway through it and it’s really good if you like westerns.
Originally Posted by noa:
Love this show, definitely looking forward to season 2. I read some interesting articles about the creators in the past few days, too. Glad HBO brought it back.
OMFG, the womynist pre-march meetup is one of the most hilarious bits on TV in a while, at least back to the end of Rick and Morty.
And the great part is that it's not at all played for humor, but you sense that it has a satirical soul nonetheless.
Like a cross between Woody Allen and Portlandia.
I won't spoil any of it, but I had to pause/rewind many many times to catch things I was missing through peals of laughter.
For those of you w/o HBO, it's on Dailymotion. Sound is for shit, but passable.
Originally Posted by DeepPurple: Mosaic on HBO Monday 1/22 at 8pm. Stars Sharon Stone murder mystery based in Park City, UT. Those with smart phone will be able to navigate around the clues, Paul Rubens is one of the cast.
Insomnia-binged this starting at Midnight last night. Not sure what to think. It was boring in spots and intriguing in spots, and there were some excellent twists that never ever 'fully' paid off. Wish there was more discussion of this somewhere so I could gauge my reaction better.
Soderberg's love affair with Jennifer Ferrin's face made it overall worthwhile, and Devin 'Buzz' Ratray was a lot of fun as a character, but I'm not fully sold.
One thing that nagged at me at the end. Was it just me, or
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did the painting of Olivia at the end look a lot more like Officer Nate's wife Melissa [the former officer in a wheelchair], than Olivia. What was up with that?
