I haven’t watched TV in years; kids and my previous job really killed that.
There’s SO much out there since I last picked up a remote, and I have a fucking huge backlog.
I’m open to anything, as long as it’s well done.
Series I liked: Vikings, Norsemen (hysterical), The Americans, GoT, Man in the High Castle, Expanse, Spartacus (Batiartus is amazing)
I’m scratching the surface of Boardwalk Empire, but open to other rabbit holes.
The Cyberpunk 2077 anime was a trip
I found it very hard to follow without having played the game. There’s a lot of jargon that I didn’t enjoy
Based on your references I would say:
- Viking stuff: The Last Kingdom
- Alternate history+space: For All Mankind
- Spy stuff: Slow Horses
- Roman stuff: Rome
Old and left field ones
Wonderfalls Dead like me The almighty Johnsons (nz)
British ones Teachers (Andrew lincolin one) Coupling
All the star trek. This is not negotiable.
There is an absurd quantity of low quality Trek being shat out recently, did Disney buy the IP or something?
what?
SNW and Lower Decks is pretty much as good as star trek can get. I’m on the fence about prodigy, but people generally are also very positive about it.
disco has its fair share of problems, but the later seasons were also quite good
No, thankfully no, Disney’s intergalactic shenanigans are limited to the Empire only
The Wire
The Sopranos
Deadwood
Justified
Bosch
If you’re open to comedic stuff:
What We Do In The Shadows
Resident Alien
Miracle Workers
Finished my first watch of the wire this year, couldn’t stop watching it
Lots on this list I’ve been meaning to check out
This list is excellent. Bosch is a personal favorite.
Me too, and it’s rare I see it already watched much less recommended by anybody else.
Others have mentioned a bunch of shows I would recommend, but one I haven’t seen mentioned yet is Turn: Washington’s Spies.
I’ll addon and say Stargate Atlantis
I will be bold and say Stargate Universe as well. One has to keep open mimd to a completely different vibe especially in first season.
Making my way through Stargate this year, been fun. Finished SG-1, now half way into Atlantis.
Travelers is such a great show. It’s confusing how few people know about it
Stargate, all series, end thread!
+1 for Travelers
Severance has a really cool premise and season 2 is being made.
Oh thank goodness, I was afraid it had been canceled.
New season coming out in january
Here’s an ordered list of shows that came to mind, starting with what I think best fits with what you mentioned and getting further away from there, though I think they’re all worth it.
Mr robot
Fringe
The boys
Yellow jackets
Stranger things
The good place
+1 for Mr robot, The boys, and Yellowjackets
Fringe is great. Season 1 is a bit “Monster of the week” but when it gets going it’s a great ride.
I love monster of the week episodes. Those are my favorite X-Files episodes, too.
You’re asking on Lemmy? Star Trek.
Which one? Yes.
The Good Place.
Be warned, that you should watch this one without much research. If you like the first episode, you’ll love the show.
One of the very few shows where each and every season is consistently great. Super funny and had a satisfying ending, instead of the usual clifferhanger-because-of-cancellation ending
Came here to post this as well.
Just watch the first episode or two, and if it doesn’t have you hooked, it’s not your jam anyway.
But it will have you hooked, because it’s the best piece of American television in recent history.
Normally I’d agree with that advice, but it took me the whole first season to get hooked by the show. After about 5 episodes I was ready to call it quits, but my partner who had seen it told me to keep watching, and they were right! Loved every minute of it from then on.
On my fifth rewatch right now. Just started S2
I highly recommend The Good Place. It’s my comfort show.
Hannibal is a great show. Mads Mikkelsen is the best Hannibal, hands down.
Avenue 5 is a brilliant dark sci-fi comedy that I cannot stop thinking about. It’s basically a cruise ship in space but then things go wrong. The physics are actually sound which makes for some really fun and terrifying gags. It’s heavy on dark humor, but if you’re ok with that it’s such a fun ride. I am biased but I feel like this show is criminally underrated.
I’ll check it out!
Alternate take: This show is godawful but for some reason I kept watching. It’s literally unpleasant to watch. Critics also panned it, if you find that of importance.
Same for me. I found the show amusing but never once laughed while watching it, if that makes sense
As a side note, there’s a Swedish movie called Aniara which has a similar premise, except if you replace the ‘dark comedy’ part with ‘unrelenting existential horror and infinite, unfathomable bleakness’. Worth a watch lol
Westworld Season 1. Sooo good, just do it.
S1, half of S2 then stop
man, everything after S1 was such a disappointment.
So many great ideas. But such lackluster execution and dialogue
Season 1 is 10/10, the other seasons not so much. Definitely worth watching S01 on its own though
If you like GoT, you’d probably like Shogun
I think I understand your taste and you will love Black Sails. This is also imo the single most underrated TV show ever.
I swear all the shows you mention lead me to black sails. I had a phase where I binged like 6 of the shows you mentioned plus black sails since they fit in so well together. I can’t say much more than, seriously, trust me on this one.
