Indirectly asking for recommendations on what to watch.
Since I watched Series 4 in 2021, I don’t think a week has gone by that I haven’t watched an episode, or at least a clip, of some iteration of Taskmaster.
I just discovered this show, and got sick and blasted through season/series 15, and loved it. I’ll probably go back and watch it all now.
ARCANE!!!
I’m over here thinking: Oh, League of Legends fans are all overreacting over getting something that’s probably decent at best…
My friend, let me tell you, they were not overreacting.
Arcane is the best show. The character development, the story, the art… Unbelievable. Go watch the making of, lots of great info.
Reservation Dogs. I heard it was good but didn’t realize it’s probably the best TV show ever made. So good. Funny, happy, made me cry like a baby and is super awesome. Go watch it you shit ass.
Reservoir Dogs? A TV show?
It is so unbelievably good…on Hulu. Well worth checking out!
Reservation Dogs. On Hulu I think.
Ah shit, I misread lmao
Disney in Canada
Cheese is absolutely my favourite character I’ve seen on television, probably of all time.
If you enjoy the cultural aspects of reservation dogs, someone mentioned resident alien above. It’s not an indigenous specific show but also hilarious and similarly showcases indigenous cultures brilliantly without being in your face about it, with quite a bit of actor crossover.
Cheese is the best.
Aho! I’m watching it right now and it’s fantastic, I just started season 3 yesterday. Almost certainly going to be my show of 2024 because it’s easily better than anything I watched in 2023.
I’ve come to this thread late and everyone is mentioning pretty obviously good shows which won awards etc. But there are 2 criminally underrated shows which were just phenomenal when I watched them:
The Americans - in my opinion it should be up there with the other big shows like The Sopranos and The Wire etc.
The Patriot - tv series … not the stupid Mel Gibson movie. Amazing premise and probably not as popular because of a stupid name and Amazon.
Oh and bonus show: The Bear. But it’s getting the accolades it deserves… so knew it would be good going in
The Americans - 18 Emmy Nominations, 4 Wins
But you’re right about Patriot not getting any credit!
Good ones. Loved The Americans and The Patriot. I kept trying to find out which characters were real… beside the obvious.
Patriot is easily one of the best shows there is.
Hey. Let me walk you through the Donnelly nut spacing and crack system rim-riding rip configuration. Using a field of half-C sprats, and brass-fitted nickel slits, our bracketed caps, and splay-flexed brace columns vent dampers to dampening hatch depths of one half meter from the damper crown to the spurve plinths. How? Well, we bolster twelve husk nuts to each girldle-jerry, while flex tandems press a task apparatus of ten vertically composited patch-hamplers. Then, pin-flam-fastened pan traps at both maiden-apexes of the jim-joist.
Sarah Connor Chronicles. Perfect run time, great pacing, nice gift wrapped complete series ending which still left an opening for further shows in the same timeline.
Too bad it was ejected from the cannon. I want to see more Shirley Manson terminator.
And more Summer Glau! That is never a bad thing
Fargo the show
First and second seasons were brilliant. Three and four meh. I haven’t seen the latest yet. One of the things I loved about the show were the little references to Cohen brothers films.
5 is badass. Watch it.
If you’re a fan of gritty police dramas, I continuously beat the drum for The Shield. It’s one of most tightly written series I’ve ever seen, with events from the very first episode affecting everything that comes after. Plots wind through multiple episodes and sometimes seasons.
All 7 seasons are currently on Hulu.
The Wire. Everyone always ranted and raved about it. And I was like “no way it’s that good”.
It’s better.
Just about to start a rewatch of The Wire for the first time in 14 years. Gonna be great!
Hell yeah dude. Enjoy!
Yessss, I am rewatching it right now and it’s been long enough that I can’t believe how good it is… again.
Westworld. Turns out it’s so much more than I imagined!
First two seasons? Maybe. After that it get real dumb real fast.
What We Do In The Shadows. OMG, it’s so fucking funny. Also I wish to own every single one of Nandor’s beautiful coats.
The series is great as well. I was reluctant because the film is so perfect and I didn’t want it to get draged out and repetitive. They did exactly that but still they managed to keep it super funny with great new vampires.
If you enjoy the humor in this show check out Norsemen. Totally different premise, but very similar dry humor with a lot of jokes and situations that are funny on multiple levels.
I love What We Do In The Shadows, it is hilarious. I could watch Colin Robinson drain people all day!
Moon. Extremely underrated Sci-fi movie Vera. Excellent British detective show
I love Moon! Such a fantastic sci-fi movie. I always suggest that one to folks looking to watch one.
Haven’t seen anyone mention Severance, which is one of my more recent obsessions. Everyone I watched the first episode with bounced off pretty hard, saying it was too weird. Man the payoff is amazing though, everything slowly ramping up to a crescendo in the final couple of episodes. Highly recommended if you like early Black Mirror.
Severance is an amazing show on every level. Writing, casting, acting, design… every single facet is brilliantly executed. The season finale was insane. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time.
I haven’t felt this excited for a second season premiere since the second season of Lost.
Not to mention Ricken. He may be one of my favorite fictional characters ever. He’s an endless well of brilliantly mindless quotes:
A society with festering workers can not flourish just as a man with rotting toes cannot skip.
If you’re as obsessed as I am, you should check out the Severed podcast by Allen Stare. Dude does a DEEP dive into each episode and it’s a great companion to the show.
Right on, I’ll check it out. I’ve also watched a lot of Nautilus Files on YouTube. He does some great character and theory breakdowns.
And agreed on Ricken being an amazing character (caricature?). The fact that >!the severed employees find his book and it becomes their new Bible!< was so perfect.
Young Sheldon. I was expecting a crappy spin off family sitcom, but it’s pretty good.
Star Trek TNG. I’m slowly watching DS9 but it’s not as fun
DS9 gets way better in the last few seasons, IMO. Worth sticking with it.
I’m on season 3 now
Couldn’t agree with this more. First few seasons they find their footing, but when they do they have some of the most incredible story lines and pay offs. It has become my favorite.
If you’re really struggling you can probably watch the episodes rated 7.0+ on IMDb in seasons 1 and 2 and still get a lot of what’s happening in season 3 and later, but you’ll definitely miss some backstory. Deep space nine being stationary generally did a good job with continuing characters and stories over time imo.
DS9 actually turned out to be my favorite. Didn’t expect that at all going into it.
After a LONG stretch of mediocre Star Wars content, I was burnt out on the franchise and had pretty much tuned out from new releases cuz they all sucked.
…saw people rave on and on about Andor, finally dove in expecting it to be more of the same half-assed shit we’d been getting for years leading up to it.
IT IS SO FUCKING GOOD!
Like holy shit, it felt so good to actually enjoy SW content again!
ONE WAY OUT! ONE WAY OUT!!
