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Also seconding the first season of Californication (also on Netflix, sensing a trend here? Though I acquired the next two seasons as well because I couldn't wait for them to pop up there). That show blew me away for some reason. It's a strange perfect combination of hilarious, clever, raunchy, depressing, and romantic.
Californication is probably my favorite show to watch on TV. Your perfect combination description is spot on. I've watched the entirety of the first season multiple times and have loved it more each time.
I also want to say that the finale to the third season is probably the best episode of television I have ever watched.
Justified-The second season is about five eps in and it's firing in all cylinders. A lot of the show's appeal has to do with Timothy Oliphant's protrayal of Raylan, but I really dig it. Sadly, another of my recent faves-Terriers got cancelled.
Cougar Town-Horrible name. Great show.
If you never seen it, netflix streaming has all the seasons of Scrubs(including the iffy 'new class" one) It used to be my favorite show, and I think that it holds up pretty well.
I hear Babylon 5 is like Deep Space Nine, just without the Federation uniforms? Is that accurate? Either way, it's on Netflix, so why not.
Sort of; Babylon 5 is basically Star Trek only far more cynical and with far less technobabble. They share a humanistic outlook on the world, but Babylon 5 has the balls to make really really bad stuff happen all the time, whereas Star Trek chickens out and goes with a happy ending fairly often. I enjoy both Star Trek and Babylon 5, but if I had to pick one it would be the latter.
Someone else mentioned Black Books, so I'll reiterate that one.
Red Dwarf
Blackadder
Vicar of Dibley
Father Ted
Drop the Dead Donkey (I imagine that US Fox news is sort of like this)
Rome
Lewis (Inspector Lewis in the US, I believe)
Morse
The West Wing (maybe, if you somehow missed it the first time around)
The first few seasons of Spooks (MI5 in the US, I think?), after which it becomes increasingly silly
Life on Mars (UK version)
early seasons of Big Love
Deadwood (if you like westerns)
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Red Dwarf is indeed awesome, but go into it realizing that their budget (especially early on) was roughly $30/episode. They do amazing things with that $30, though.
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Ceres is quite right; the budget for late eighties BBC programming was...not large. However, there's a solid arguement that the grander the budget of the show got, the less comedic it became. Nonetheless, series 1-6 are some of the best comedic material produced in the UK in the last three decades (has it been that long?).
Also, to stay on topic:
Murdoch Mysteries, which is something of a quirky historical crime drama, set in Toronto
Midsomer Murders - Murder of the week UK mystery (with a reputation for copious and bizarre murders)
Coupling (the UK version, which is actually funny)
Sherlock (I'm not sure if the US has this yet - Netflix might?)
Foyles War - high budget, WW2 mystery drama. Does occasionally make fun of USians. But is also very clever.
Hustle - about the elaborate exploits of a group of 'long con' artists in London. Always clever and entertaining. There was a similar US show called 'Leverage' on TNT, but that seemed to be a bit more 'Robin Hood' and a bit less 'We're here to take that rich mans money' on the moral spectrum. YMMV.
The Inbetweeners - maybe. Comedy about a group of, I guess, in the US, high school students. Fairly rude, but quite funny, if you like that sort of thing.
I'd also add to the recommendation upthread for Babylon 5. It is very, very good. However, it comes with a series of major and minor story arcs in each season, so rewards watching in order, and you'll get more from watching several episodes than you will watching the odd one - compare with, say, Star Trek: Voyager's more episodic nature - if you're not a fan of long temr narrative arcs, you may not enjoy B5 as much.
Also, the oft forgotten 'A Town Called Eureka' - apparently called Eureka in the US - is absurdly surreal, the story of a normal man policing a town of supergeniuses. It went opff the rails a bit somewhere in Season 3, so I don't know what it was like thereafter - but the first two seasons were solid lighthearted comedy- mystery drama.
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Agreed about the quality of Red Dwarf going down as its budget goes up.
Also agreed about Sherlock... only three episodes right now, and another three in the Fall, from what I understand.
Misfits is another British show. 13 episodes total at the moment. Really weird, and probably not for the squeamish, but the acting is pretty amazing. It's sort of a teenage stupor-power very dark comedy. Very dark.
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Gotta throw out the first 5 seasons of Supernatural. They are mostly monster-of-the-week shows up until halfway into the second season, but they are awesome. 6th season hasn't been to my liking, personally, but a lot of people like it. Supernatural is, or at least I feel, a lot like the X-Files. I watched the X-Files as a kid with my dad, and holy shit, when I first saw Supernatural it immediately reminded me of them.
I'd like to say that the only Doctor Who I've seen was done by David Tennant, and he is freaking awesome.
You should really, really watch Breaking Bad. Awesome show. The portrayals are stellar.
So far I've only seen episodes 2-4 of Justified, and I love it.
Also, a list without comments:
Scrubs
Big Bang Theory
Warehouse 13
Eureka
Mike and Molly
Human Target
Heroes (first season)
Lost
Well thought out drama? Definitely Lost. They left a lot unanswered, but the whole lot is on Netflix, and it was really good.
Babylon 5 does have an "ending." More than one, really, if you count in its various specials and whatnot. I highly recommend it. It's really one of the best, most unsung science fiction series in US TV.
And remember kids, when you watch it, those special effects used to be pretty damn awesome.
Red Dwarf is fantastic up to Series 6, after that it took a massive nose dive (one of the writers left too).
I'd like to second (or third) some recommendations:
Blackadder - One of my all time favourite comedies and voted by the BBC (a while ago) as best sit-com, first season is weak and different to the rest, if you don't like it DEFINITELY skip to the second season. The seasons are periods of time, the first is set in 1485 and Blackadder is a weasely nasally loser, the second is 1568ish (Queen Elizabeth) and this is where the series starts to hit it's stride, he's a cunning, sarcastic, hate filled man. The third is 18th/19th century and the last is World War 2.
Spaced - Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, pretty much a must see for anyone that liked Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz)
Red Dwarf - Loved every episode from Season 1 to Season 6, avoid the 'remastered' versions as they remove a lot of the jokes and charming model special effects and replace them with dubious CGI footage.
Black Books - Dylan Moran at his finest. Absolutely fantastic show.
Fawlty Towers - Classic British comedy about a crappy hotel at the seaside and it's eccentric owner (John Cleese). The episode with the Germans is a must see.
Coupling - Hilarious up until the last season. Sort of like a British friends, if friends was a bit more 'raw' and crude.
The Inbetweeners - I really didn't think I'd like it, but it was absolutely hilarious. Comedy about a group of school friends, may work better in the UK but still good.
Also, not so British, my wife and I have recently watched our way through "That 70's Show" and have really been enjoying that. Prior to that we watched Frasier, which I started off hating and grew to love after only two or three episodes.
But if nothing else, watch Red Dwarf/Blackadder. I envy anyone that hasn't seen them, I'd love to forget them completely and then re-watch then anew.
Oh, another suggestion since I just finished catching up their seasons on netflix: MI:5. It's a wonderful spy show from BBC. I think it's properly called Spooks. A&E aired the first couple of seasons here years ago but couldn't find an audience.
And while we're mining that vein, get Hu$tle as well. It's an excellent con men gone noble show (think Leverage but better).
I hear Babylon 5 is like Deep Space Nine, just without the Federation uniforms? Is that accurate? Either way, it's on Netflix, so why not.
Sort of; Babylon 5 is basically Star Trek only far more cynical and with far less technobabble. They share a humanistic outlook on the world, but Babylon 5 has the balls to make really really bad stuff happen all the time, whereas Star Trek chickens out and goes with a happy ending fairly often. I enjoy both Star Trek and Babylon 5, but if I had to pick one it would be the latter.
Does Babylon 5 have a definitive ending?
Also to actually contribute, I will add Archer.
It is amazing.
Babylon 5's ending was so definitive that the guy had it all planned out in advance, but the ratings were so good that they had him keep on going making up more stuff (aka a 5th season and some movies). That's how I hear it happened, anyways.
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I did not like B5 season 1. It was a struggle to get through but season 2 + are great.
I just started watching Reaper on Netflix instant, and I really like it. It's sort of like Dead Like Me, parts of it remind me of the first season of Bleach, and for what it's worth, Kevin Smith was involved in it. The dialog is great and the characters are pretty believable (although one just is basically Jack Black in all but name).
I second Justified.
That is just solid, solid writing. And Timothy Olyphant as Raylan is so slick, cool, and unrestrained it really shines.
Some of the best characters on TV currently.
The first half of the first season, admittedly, is campy monster of the week shenanigans. From that point on the show has developed a nice overarching plot and has gotten progressively better.
I just started watching Reaper on Netflix instant, and I really like it. It's sort of like Dead Like Me, parts of it remind me of the first season of Bleach, and for what it's worth, Kevin Smith was involved in it. The dialog is great and the characters are pretty believable (although one just is basically Jack Black in all but name).
He becomes less Jack Black-ish and comes in to his own as the series gets going. I would really have recommended it but it drops the ball in season 2 and was then cancelled. Even knowing the show was due to be cancelled they left it on a massive cliff hanger.
So, yeah, if you're enjoying it now just be prepared that it doesn't actually end.
I just started watching Reaper on Netflix instant, and I really like it. It's sort of like Dead Like Me, parts of it remind me of the first season of Bleach, and for what it's worth, Kevin Smith was involved in it. The dialog is great and the characters are pretty believable (although one just is basically Jack Black in all but name).
He becomes less Jack Black-ish and comes in to his own as the series gets going. I would really have recommended it but it drops the ball in season 2 and was then cancelled. Even knowing the show was due to be cancelled they left it on a massive cliff hanger.
So, yeah, if you're enjoying it now just be prepared that it doesn't actually end.
Fuck, knowing it was cancelled before it was finished was the whole reason I couldn't get into Veronica Mars.
Well thought out drama? Definitely Lost. They left a lot unanswered, but the whole lot is on Netflix, and it was really good.
I watched S1 and half of 2 as they aired, then one day went "Oh fucking hell" and then didn't watch any more until I decided to marathon all the rest of it right before the series finale. It was all on Netflix except the final season at the time, and to this day I kind of regret watching that last season at all. There were some really REALLY amazing things in the middle seasons, but then the end.... dear god why.
Thread reminds me I should buy Spaced. I have this bad habit though of only watching things I can stream because getting up and putting DVDs in is tedious.
I'll second a lot of the recs, like:
Pushing Daisies
The Wire
Rome
How I Met Your Mother
Buffy
Angel
Spaced
Veronica Mars
And adding: (All available on Netflix streaming)
Doc Martin (BBC comedy, I just finished the first season on Netflix and enjoyed it a lot)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (really amazing as it picks up the pace. Shame it was canceled)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (yeah a cartoon, but so good!)
Xena
Hercules
^For Xena and Hercules, it's just a bunch of really campy fun. I watched the shows when I was younger and having them on Netflix instant is a real nostalgia trip. Plus guest appearances by Bruce Campbell! And a few minor Lord of the Rings actors due to the New Zealand filming, like Karl Urban.
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Oh you know what else is all on Netflix: Farscape. Awesome. But you have to be into the non-CGI-aliens special effects thing. I loved the hell out of the fact that there was great puppetry instead of shitty SciFi channel CGI, but I've known some people who refused to watch the show because they hated that aspect. Soooo awesome, though.
Peep show is amazing and as good as everyone says it is.
Mildred Pierce starts in a week or two, with Kate Winslet, Evan Rachel Wood, and full frontal Nudity. It's going to be amazing.
Sherlock has 3 hour and a half episodes, episode 2 kind of sucks and is...Somewhat racist, but episode 1 and 3 are fantastic, and definite must-sees. It's a BBC show starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as John Watson. BBC just comissioned more episodes which should be finished sometime this year (I believe), so keep an eye out for those, too.
And last but certainly not least, The Thick of It. You've probably not heard of it. Most people haven't, and it's a shame, because it's one the best TV show of the last decade. Easily the smartest, funniest TV show I've watched since Curb your Enthusiasm. BBC will have another season filmed this year, which will be 8 episodes long. You absolutely have to see this one. It makes The IT Crowd look like shit.
Here's a little taste of The Thick of It. More people need to know about this show (NSFW, it's vulgar as hell):
Downton Abbey
Jekyll
Life on Mars
The Green Wing
Cold Feet
And Coupling which has already been mentioned.
If going a few years back then:
Twin Peaks
And then there is the new show coming up in April called "The Killing".
It's an US remake of a Danish show and if they don't mess it up it will be great.
The first season of the Danish show is currently airing in the UK with subtitles and it is getting amazing reviews so if you can live with subtitles look for it (8.1 on IMDB).
As a Dane I enjoyed the show a lot and I hope the remake will be good (usually the US remakes are unfortunately rather bland).
I've gotten so hooked on Netflix streaming and will check out a lot of recommendations in this thread. There is one show that hasn't been mentioned yet, and I'm shocked.
Better off Ted
I love Arrested Development, but Better off Ted is better in every way. I haven't finished what's available on Netflix, but started re-watching from the beginning with my roommate. No story continuity between episodes, so you can watch randomly. But there's a ton of throwbacks and foreshadowing between episodes and seasons. Such a brilliantly absurd show.
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I will whole-heartedly agree about Better Off Ted being so, so much better than Arrested Development.
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Blackadder - One of my all time favourite comedies and voted by the BBC (a while ago) as best sit-com, first season is weak and different to the rest, if you don't like it DEFINITELY skip to the second season. The seasons are periods of time, the first is set in 1485 and Blackadder is a weasely nasally loser, the second is 1568ish (Queen Elizabeth) and this is where the series starts to hit it's stride, he's a cunning, sarcastic, hate filled man. The third is 18th/19th century and the last is World War 2.
For the love of God, if you love British comedies, you deserve to see this show. It has the utterly brilliant Rowan Atkinson and fantastic Hugh Laurie. I have never laughed so hard at a TV comedy.
I just started watching Reaper on Netflix instant, and I really like it. It's sort of like Dead Like Me, parts of it remind me of the first season of Bleach, and for what it's worth, Kevin Smith was involved in it. The dialog is great and the characters are pretty believable (although one just is basically Jack Black in all but name).
He becomes less Jack Black-ish and comes in to his own as the series gets going. I would really have recommended it but it drops the ball in season 2 and was then cancelled. Even knowing the show was due to be cancelled they left it on a massive cliff hanger.
So, yeah, if you're enjoying it now just be prepared that it doesn't actually end.
Fuck, knowing it was cancelled before it was finished was the whole reason I couldn't get into Veronica Mars.
This... isn't true. Her story is pretty well finished at the end of season 3. In basically the same way you'd expect if you know the genre they were working in.
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The first 6 episodes of season 1 are lukewarm. Starting at episode 7 it gets fantastic and holds through season 4.
I just started watching season 5 and it's a bit darker, but still funny.
Most if not all of the show is on Netflix streaming.
Also,
Better Off Ted is not better than Arrested Development. :x
I can't watch Weeds anymore because...
Nancy is the worst fucking mother in the world who keeps making horrible, horrible decisions yet everything goes her way. I quit watching after she got pregnant with the drug lords baby or whatever. Ugh. I just kept waiting for her to get horribly maimed or something.
The first 6 episodes of season 1 are lukewarm. Starting at episode 7 it gets fantastic and holds through season 4.
I just started watching season 5 and it's a bit darker, but still funny.
Most if not all of the show is on Netflix streaming.
Also,
Better Off Ted is not better than Arrested Development. :x
I can't watch Weeds anymore because...
Nancy is the worst fucking mother in the world who keeps making horrible, horrible decisions yet everything goes her way. I quit watching after she got pregnant with the drug lords baby or whatever. Ugh. I just kept waiting for her to get horribly maimed or something.
Well, I'm at that point and they're doing a pretty good job of pointing out the fact that she's a sociopath that brings all of her troubles upon herself.
But yeah, Seasons 1-4 were great, 5 is taking a much darker tone and the characters are less sympathetic.
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The first 6 episodes of season 1 are lukewarm. Starting at episode 7 it gets fantastic and holds through season 4.
I just started watching season 5 and it's a bit darker, but still funny.
Most if not all of the show is on Netflix streaming.
Also,
Better Off Ted is not better than Arrested Development. :x
I can't watch Weeds anymore because...
Nancy is the worst fucking mother in the world who keeps making horrible, horrible decisions yet everything goes her way. I quit watching after she got pregnant with the drug lords baby or whatever. Ugh. I just kept waiting for her to get horribly maimed or something.
Well, I'm at that point and they're doing a pretty good job of pointing out the fact that she's a sociopath that brings all of her troubles upon herself.
But yeah, Seasons 1-4 were great, 5 is taking a much darker tone and the characters are less sympathetic.
It's the same reason I had to stop watching Breaking Bad.
The first 6 episodes of season 1 are lukewarm. Starting at episode 7 it gets fantastic and holds through season 4.
I just started watching season 5 and it's a bit darker, but still funny.
Most if not all of the show is on Netflix streaming.
Also,
Better Off Ted is not better than Arrested Development. :x
I can't watch Weeds anymore because...
Nancy is the worst fucking mother in the world who keeps making horrible, horrible decisions yet everything goes her way. I quit watching after she got pregnant with the drug lords baby or whatever. Ugh. I just kept waiting for her to get horribly maimed or something.
Well, I'm at that point and they're doing a pretty good job of pointing out the fact that she's a sociopath that brings all of her troubles upon herself.
But yeah, Seasons 1-4 were great, 5 is taking a much darker tone and the characters are less sympathetic.
It's the same reason I had to stop watching Breaking Bad.
Wha-wha-what?!?! How on earth could you stop watching Breaking Bad? The last two episodes of the last season were breathtaking! It's my favorite TV show of all time, hands down. Please do us all a favor and tell us where this hate comes from.
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Californication is probably my favorite show to watch on TV. Your perfect combination description is spot on. I've watched the entirety of the first season multiple times and have loved it more each time.
I also want to say that the finale to the third season is probably the best episode of television I have ever watched.
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Love this show! Has alot of the people from the IT crowd in it.
Cougar Town-Horrible name. Great show.
If you never seen it, netflix streaming has all the seasons of Scrubs(including the iffy 'new class" one) It used to be my favorite show, and I think that it holds up pretty well.
Does Babylon 5 have a definitive ending?
Also to actually contribute, I will add Archer.
It is amazing.
Satans..... hints.....
Red Dwarf
Blackadder
Vicar of Dibley
Father Ted
Drop the Dead Donkey (I imagine that US Fox news is sort of like this)
Rome
Lewis (Inspector Lewis in the US, I believe)
Morse
The West Wing (maybe, if you somehow missed it the first time around)
The first few seasons of Spooks (MI5 in the US, I think?), after which it becomes increasingly silly
Life on Mars (UK version)
early seasons of Big Love
Deadwood (if you like westerns)
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Also, to stay on topic:
Murdoch Mysteries, which is something of a quirky historical crime drama, set in Toronto
Midsomer Murders - Murder of the week UK mystery (with a reputation for copious and bizarre murders)
Coupling (the UK version, which is actually funny)
Sherlock (I'm not sure if the US has this yet - Netflix might?)
Foyles War - high budget, WW2 mystery drama. Does occasionally make fun of USians. But is also very clever.
Hustle - about the elaborate exploits of a group of 'long con' artists in London. Always clever and entertaining. There was a similar US show called 'Leverage' on TNT, but that seemed to be a bit more 'Robin Hood' and a bit less 'We're here to take that rich mans money' on the moral spectrum. YMMV.
The Inbetweeners - maybe. Comedy about a group of, I guess, in the US, high school students. Fairly rude, but quite funny, if you like that sort of thing.
I'd also add to the recommendation upthread for Babylon 5. It is very, very good. However, it comes with a series of major and minor story arcs in each season, so rewards watching in order, and you'll get more from watching several episodes than you will watching the odd one - compare with, say, Star Trek: Voyager's more episodic nature - if you're not a fan of long temr narrative arcs, you may not enjoy B5 as much.
Also, the oft forgotten 'A Town Called Eureka' - apparently called Eureka in the US - is absurdly surreal, the story of a normal man policing a town of supergeniuses. It went opff the rails a bit somewhere in Season 3, so I don't know what it was like thereafter - but the first two seasons were solid lighthearted comedy- mystery drama.
Goodreads
SF&F Reviews blog
Also agreed about Sherlock... only three episodes right now, and another three in the Fall, from what I understand.
Misfits is another British show. 13 episodes total at the moment. Really weird, and probably not for the squeamish, but the acting is pretty amazing. It's sort of a teenage stupor-power very dark comedy. Very dark.
I'd like to say that the only Doctor Who I've seen was done by David Tennant, and he is freaking awesome.
You should really, really watch Breaking Bad. Awesome show. The portrayals are stellar.
So far I've only seen episodes 2-4 of Justified, and I love it.
Also, a list without comments:
Scrubs
Big Bang Theory
Warehouse 13
Eureka
Mike and Molly
Human Target
Heroes (first season)
Lost
Well thought out drama? Definitely Lost. They left a lot unanswered, but the whole lot is on Netflix, and it was really good.
And remember kids, when you watch it, those special effects used to be pretty damn awesome.
I'd like to second (or third) some recommendations:
Blackadder - One of my all time favourite comedies and voted by the BBC (a while ago) as best sit-com, first season is weak and different to the rest, if you don't like it DEFINITELY skip to the second season. The seasons are periods of time, the first is set in 1485 and Blackadder is a weasely nasally loser, the second is 1568ish (Queen Elizabeth) and this is where the series starts to hit it's stride, he's a cunning, sarcastic, hate filled man. The third is 18th/19th century and the last is World War 2.
Spaced - Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, pretty much a must see for anyone that liked Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz)
Red Dwarf - Loved every episode from Season 1 to Season 6, avoid the 'remastered' versions as they remove a lot of the jokes and charming model special effects and replace them with dubious CGI footage.
Black Books - Dylan Moran at his finest. Absolutely fantastic show.
Fawlty Towers - Classic British comedy about a crappy hotel at the seaside and it's eccentric owner (John Cleese). The episode with the Germans is a must see.
Coupling - Hilarious up until the last season. Sort of like a British friends, if friends was a bit more 'raw' and crude.
The Inbetweeners - I really didn't think I'd like it, but it was absolutely hilarious. Comedy about a group of school friends, may work better in the UK but still good.
Also, not so British, my wife and I have recently watched our way through "That 70's Show" and have really been enjoying that. Prior to that we watched Frasier, which I started off hating and grew to love after only two or three episodes.
But if nothing else, watch Red Dwarf/Blackadder. I envy anyone that hasn't seen them, I'd love to forget them completely and then re-watch then anew.
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And while we're mining that vein, get Hu$tle as well. It's an excellent con men gone noble show (think Leverage but better).
Babylon 5's ending was so definitive that the guy had it all planned out in advance, but the ratings were so good that they had him keep on going making up more stuff (aka a 5th season and some movies). That's how I hear it happened, anyways.
That is just solid, solid writing. And Timothy Olyphant as Raylan is so slick, cool, and unrestrained it really shines.
Some of the best characters on TV currently.
The first half of the first season, admittedly, is campy monster of the week shenanigans. From that point on the show has developed a nice overarching plot and has gotten progressively better.
Got canceled after one season, probably due to the silly marketing, but that first season is really really good
He becomes less Jack Black-ish and comes in to his own as the series gets going. I would really have recommended it but it drops the ball in season 2 and was then cancelled. Even knowing the show was due to be cancelled they left it on a massive cliff hanger.
So, yeah, if you're enjoying it now just be prepared that it doesn't actually end.
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I just found it on Netflix. It's a crazy, off-the-wall series that I would definitely recommend.
Fuck, knowing it was cancelled before it was finished was the whole reason I couldn't get into Veronica Mars.
I watched S1 and half of 2 as they aired, then one day went "Oh fucking hell" and then didn't watch any more until I decided to marathon all the rest of it right before the series finale. It was all on Netflix except the final season at the time, and to this day I kind of regret watching that last season at all. There were some really REALLY amazing things in the middle seasons, but then the end.... dear god why.
Thread reminds me I should buy Spaced. I have this bad habit though of only watching things I can stream because getting up and putting DVDs in is tedious.
Pushing Daisies
The Wire
Rome
How I Met Your Mother
Buffy
Angel
Spaced
Veronica Mars
And adding: (All available on Netflix streaming)
Doc Martin (BBC comedy, I just finished the first season on Netflix and enjoyed it a lot)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (really amazing as it picks up the pace. Shame it was canceled)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (yeah a cartoon, but so good!)
Xena
Hercules
^For Xena and Hercules, it's just a bunch of really campy fun. I watched the shows when I was younger and having them on Netflix instant is a real nostalgia trip. Plus guest appearances by Bruce Campbell! And a few minor Lord of the Rings actors due to the New Zealand filming, like Karl Urban.
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Peep show is amazing and as good as everyone says it is.
Mildred Pierce starts in a week or two, with Kate Winslet, Evan Rachel Wood, and full frontal Nudity. It's going to be amazing.
Sherlock has 3 hour and a half episodes, episode 2 kind of sucks and is...Somewhat racist, but episode 1 and 3 are fantastic, and definite must-sees. It's a BBC show starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as John Watson. BBC just comissioned more episodes which should be finished sometime this year (I believe), so keep an eye out for those, too.
And last but certainly not least, The Thick of It. You've probably not heard of it. Most people haven't, and it's a shame, because it's one the best TV show of the last decade. Easily the smartest, funniest TV show I've watched since Curb your Enthusiasm. BBC will have another season filmed this year, which will be 8 episodes long. You absolutely have to see this one. It makes The IT Crowd look like shit.
Here's a little taste of The Thick of It. More people need to know about this show (NSFW, it's vulgar as hell):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGb-x0W8Eg&feature=related
Downton Abbey
Jekyll
Life on Mars
The Green Wing
Cold Feet
And Coupling which has already been mentioned.
If going a few years back then:
Twin Peaks
And then there is the new show coming up in April called "The Killing".
It's an US remake of a Danish show and if they don't mess it up it will be great.
The first season of the Danish show is currently airing in the UK with subtitles and it is getting amazing reviews so if you can live with subtitles look for it (8.1 on IMDB).
As a Dane I enjoyed the show a lot and I hope the remake will be good (usually the US remakes are unfortunately rather bland).
Better off Ted
I love Arrested Development, but Better off Ted is better in every way. I haven't finished what's available on Netflix, but started re-watching from the beginning with my roommate. No story continuity between episodes, so you can watch randomly. But there's a ton of throwbacks and foreshadowing between episodes and seasons. Such a brilliantly absurd show.
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For the love of God, if you love British comedies, you deserve to see this show. It has the utterly brilliant Rowan Atkinson and fantastic Hugh Laurie. I have never laughed so hard at a TV comedy.
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This... isn't true. Her story is pretty well finished at the end of season 3. In basically the same way you'd expect if you know the genre they were working in.
The first 6 episodes of season 1 are lukewarm. Starting at episode 7 it gets fantastic and holds through season 4.
I just started watching season 5 and it's a bit darker, but still funny.
Most if not all of the show is on Netflix streaming.
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I can't watch Weeds anymore because...
Well, I'm at that point and they're doing a pretty good job of pointing out the fact that she's a sociopath that brings all of her troubles upon herself.
But yeah, Seasons 1-4 were great, 5 is taking a much darker tone and the characters are less sympathetic.
It's the same reason I had to stop watching Breaking Bad.
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Wha-wha-what?!?! How on earth could you stop watching Breaking Bad? The last two episodes of the last season were breathtaking! It's my favorite TV show of all time, hands down. Please do us all a favor and tell us where this hate comes from.