Help me select a new show to watch
Enjoyed watching Billions, House of Lies, and started watching first season of Suits but decided that it's not for me. What shows are you guys currently watching and can recommend?
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I'd recommend you House of Cards, Damages and Weeds. And I didn't like Suits either - so you're not alone here!
Hannah
I'll check those out thanks!
House of Cards is an excellent show!
Currently finishing up Mad Men, highly recommend that one
I heard good things about stranger things from a few folks, but I haven't watched personally. It seems to be well acclaimed so something good for a rainy day I imagine. Have you already gone through Breaking Bad/walking dead?
Tangentially, if you're looking for a hilarious and easy watch, I'd recommend Blue Mountain State :P
I cant take stranger things seriously and yea ive watched breaking bad, walking dead, and BMS haha
Watch Stranger Things if you're into sci-fi and children acting in a series.
Mad Men is the good version of Suits
Check out Tin Star on Amazon
Will do i'll check it out
I've watched all the shows above you mentioned.
Check out Sneaky Pete on Amazon, and I'm a big fan of Power on Starz/Hulu.
I hated Sneaky Pete, which is a shame because it was a fun premise. But tons of unbelievable moments. Like, the dude spent some time in prison and none of his family can tell it's not the same guy anymore? That's crazy. Dudes are chasing him and he ducks behind a corner and they all run the other way like in a fucking Bugs Bunny cartoon? Fuck outa here
Watch The Office if you haven't already. I understand so many trends and quotes that people used to mention when I was a kid that I never understood until now.
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Great....great show on netflix! Best thing I've seen Jason Bateman in. It is finance related(tangentially), think breaking bad with a twist.
Watched the whole season in one sitting. Really enjoyed it 8.5/10
I was considering it, but was hesitant given Netflix's shotgun approach to purchasing shows, but now I'll check it out. Thanks.
Watched it, it's pretty good, definitely wouldn't score it an 8.5/10. More like a 6.5-7/10 for me. Worth the watch.
White Collar!!! It's better than Suits imo.
Mr. Robot is pretty top notch
This.
Mr Robot is intense. And a very stark view into what society might turn into in the near future especially with the emergence of cryptocurrency. All that to say, F Society FTW.
I stopped watching Mr. Robot after the first season when I realized it's just Fight Club in episodic form. Did it get any better?
The Office, Narcos, Master of None, Madam Secretary, Designated Survivor
ostrich here are my picks (in no particular order):
1.) Mad Men - Some of the best acting, dialogue, and overall best period drama I have ever seen. It may take two tries but its worth pushing through till the end. In short its about a Creative Director at a Madison Avenue Ad agency during the 1960s interwoven with real-world situations and complex characters.
2.) The Newsroom - Only three seasons and stars the guy from Dumb & Dumber (Daniels?) who plays a famous news anchor and showcases real events that occurred but from a news station (think CNN, CNBC, etc.) point of view. Highly recommended for the witty dialogue and humor.
3.) House of Cards - Its unfortunate that because of the scandal surrounding Spacey this show won't conclude...I still recommend it. Based on a British TV show with the same premise and title it follows Frank Underwood a man who would scare the shit out of Machiavelli. Great acting and dialogue as well.
4.) Fear of the Walking Dead - Better than The Walking Dead as it takes you from pre-zombie apocalypse to post and you get to see the downfall of society that other dramas regarding zombies don't show.
5.) Homeland - One of my favorite and I can't believe it took me this long to watch it. Great show to binge watch as the latest season ended earlier this year. The show evolves around a CIA operative/analyst that is bipolar and batshit insane yet brilliant at what she does. Highly recommend this series and worth powering through.
6.) The Twilight Zone - (Watch the 1960s series) Simply the best anthology series to ever hit television. Rod Serling is a classy man who narrates different stories that deal with the issues of the 1960s such as Communism, Aliens, etc.
7.) Black Mirror - Similar to The Twilight Zone but revolves around technology and its impact on society. Must watch no matter how weird or screwed up you think it is.
This is a solid list.
To this I'd add Narcos, as it really is very well done, Ray Donovan, which I still think is one of the best shows on TV, and Boardwalk Empire, which is stunningly good.
Of course all of this is moot if you haven't seen the first season of True Detective, which is one of the finer things that's ever been committed to film or digital media. An immediate must-watch.
I would definitely have said Ray Donovan, except this season had me stop watching for good.
How many flashbacks do we need of "her", and how often do we need to be reminded? I kept this vague on purpose
After positing I realized I left a few other shows off that I enjoyed (but others mentioned). I enjoyed Narcos as I knew the backstory of Pablo Escobar and Wagner Moura (guy who plays Pablo Escobar) is a very good Brazilian actor famous for his work in Tropa de Elite (The Elite Squad) and its subsequent sequel which I HIGHLY recommend.
True Detective bored the hell out of me and was way too slow hence why I lost interest despite all the high praise it received. I haven't seen Ray Donovan but from people who watch it I've heard its gone downhill.
Boardwalk Empire was another show I wanted to get into but found boring and way too slow. Also the main character (forgot his name) creeped me out.
The Wire is another show where I enjoyed individual clips and certain characters but found to be slow and boring at times and struggled to finish Season 1 but may take it up as I've heard HBO remastered and re-released it.
Still need to watch The Sopranos but I've realized some of these shows haven't aged well and if you didn't watch it when it came out it may be difficult to get back into it IMO.
I'm on the 6th or so episode of the 1st season of Mad Men. I'm having trouble getting into it - not really seeing a point to the whole show or a center conflict other than a few character problems. Does the show pick up?
Yes it does! For me I had to watch the entire show twice but what I found to be helpful is reading the Wiki articles and trying to understand the jokes and historical contexts of what was happening around the time period or that specific episode.
Keep going and you'll start to paint an image of the characters and you'll see how they evolve throughout the seasons.
the wire, the sopranos, breaking bad, mad men, the shield, GOT, six feet under, black mirror, friday night lights
The Last Kingdom on Netflix is so good, a bit of a hidden gem. Takes one or two episodes to pick up though
Yeah, watching Suits after having seen Billions is tough...almost painful.
The Punisher series on Netflix is really good, highly entertaining.
The Deuce
Westworld is probably the best tv show I've ever seen.
Somehow have already forgotten about it, good call. Amazing that with all the info overload these days, you forget even stunningly good/bad/important things so soon after they happen or were experienced.
Shameful. Go watch that again ASAP.
Vikings / GoT / Band of Brothers / The Pacific / Peaky Blinders
I know this is a completely different theme from other shows mentioned above, but The League is honestly one of the funniest shows I've seen.
Completely pointless when you could be using that time doing something productive like making money or picking up a skill. Read the description or related news of some popular shows so you have something to say when others bring them up.
peaky blinders
Rick and Morty, it was like South Park was, which was like what the Simpsons was. It is the new best animated TV show with adult topics, and funniest show on TV
I second Rick and Morty
ostrich, sounds like you've got the business-related shows covered, so maybe some more diverse viewings are in order. I'd start with pretty much anything on HBO (Six Feet Under, Game of Thrones, Real Time, Last Week Tonight, Silicon Valley, Sopranos, The Wire, Vice, Oz).
My favorite shows are as follows: (I would recommend them all if you haven't yet seem them)
Sopranos: Probably the best show ever made The Wire: The actual best show ever made Entourage: Everyone likes the idea of hangin' with your boys 24/7 getting into debauchery The Newsroom: Someone else mentioned this above, but it needs to be reiterated, great show. The Americans: Not primetime television like HBO, which I think hurts dialogue, but seriously a great show loosely based on the USSR's Illegals program during the Cold War.
Honorable mention:
Deadwood: I love the old west, this show I think captures much of what Hollywood got wrong about the old west, how nasty and straight up ruthless many of the people were.
My roommate and I just finished going through Skins...
Very shitty teen angsty UK TV show but just couldn't stop watching for some reason
Lost
I went through the thread and most shows are covered, I want to add a caveat though, stay away from anything on network TV/ USA. While shows like Suits/ White Collar and Designated Survivor can be interesting, there is just way too much good TV to spend a significant amount of time on those. I will try and mention shows that somehow people neglected to cite, I see alot of great content from FX missing, which I think is second only to HBO in quality shows (NFLX has alot of quality but also alot of nonsense).
FX
AMC
Hulu
NFLX
These are all where the shows originally aired, you will find some/many of these shows on the traditional streaming platforms (NFLX, Hulu, AMZN) as well.
In no particular order:
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Atlanta Black Mirror Rome (HBO) First season of True Detective (HBO) The Sopranos (HBO) The Wire (HBO) Narcos Chef's Table Anything with Anthony Bourdain Oz (HBO) Louie Seinfeld, always a classic Mad Men Trailer Park Boys The Office Portlandia Lilyhammer American Vandal
Decided to get back into Vikings. I quit for like 8 months after Ragnar died. Figured show was over. Glad I did! I have two episodes in Season 4. It's very good! The savagery did not die with Ragnar!
I am saving season 5 til after xmas - gonna binge before binging game of thrones before season 8 starts
Gotta work backwards haha
I wish I could follow GoT. Looks so savage.
If u already watche Walking dead Game of Thrones Vikings Spartacus
Try Bates Motel! Is fantastic!
Banshee - series is over but was solid. Vikings Aqua Teen Hunger Force Trailer park boys
Try American Vandal on Netflix. The show is actually written pretty well despite its ridiculous premise. It is probably one of the funniest shows I've seen in a while.
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