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Fallingman
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Ok, so I dont watch a huge amount of general TV. We tend to pick shows and follow them:
24
Heroes
Lost
Prison Break
West Wing
BSG
Deadwood
etc.
So, now Heroes, Lost and 24 are wrapping up - and I'm at a loss.
I watched Drive, until they pulled the plug - I only just heard about Jericho, but have now heard that they've killed that too.
I'm thinking of throwing the West WIng in again (Up to season 3 now) and maybe looking into the Shield.
My Question is what would you suggest?
To Give some guides, I guess we like dramas. I've seen firefly... I've heard about Verinica Mars, but I cant quite get myself to watch a teen drama. Noir or no.
Help!
24
Heroes
Lost
Prison Break
West Wing
BSG
Deadwood
etc.
So, now Heroes, Lost and 24 are wrapping up - and I'm at a loss.
I watched Drive, until they pulled the plug - I only just heard about Jericho, but have now heard that they've killed that too.
I'm thinking of throwing the West WIng in again (Up to season 3 now) and maybe looking into the Shield.
My Question is what would you suggest?
To Give some guides, I guess we like dramas. I've seen firefly... I've heard about Verinica Mars, but I cant quite get myself to watch a teen drama. Noir or no.
Help!
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Veronica Mars is also really good. And calling it a Teen Drama is an insult, it isn't 90210 by any stretch of the imagination.
You might like Rome, it was a great HBO mini-series. Unfortunately, the DVDs are quite expensive.
The shield - check. (I actually have the 1st season, but I'd watch it through again so she doesn't miss anything)
Veronica Mars... I might see if I can source the 1st ep to see if it grabs us.
Thanks guys, keep 'em coming!
It's so awesome.
They only did one season, AND IT WAS AWESOME.
It's not really a "drama" per se, but it was a really great show.
While not a drama, I've gotta recommend some Alias.
Carnivale seemed slow. Was it? Any more on Ailias? It always seemed a little "Buffy-esque" for my tastes... Or was it quite good?
Oh please please please, watch Dexter. One of the best dramas I've ever seen.
Rome is pretty good, too.
Arrested Development is the best comedy out there...but yes, it's a comedy.
House?
HUFF
I just started watching it. It's the most addicting drama I've watched in a looooooooong long time.
Plus it's got Hank Azaria as the main character. +++++
Dexter. Hmmmm. Hmmm indeed.
Sunday lunchtime with a tuna mayonnaise baked potato. Got the flat all cleaned and the weekly shopping in and now we can just sit here and eat our potatos and watch us some House.
House house house, so good it'll give you Lupis.
What is this hmmming
Do you need convincing (I have screen caps all ready)
Alias built in a good bit of drama over its run with murder of friends and family, a good bit of betrayal and betrayal that turned out not to be, etc. I never watched Buffy, other than the original movie, so I can't compare it to that but while Alias is no 24 it wasn't nearly as silly and such as the Buffy movie was.
The Hmmm was good.
I'd never heard about it, but its gone on my list.
My List:
Dexter
The Nine
Veronica Mars
Thief
Carnivale
Sleeper Cell - is there a second series?
Traveler
Anyone know about these - a lot are down in name only, indicating that I wish to look into them more. Hate one? Tell us please. Know if one has been cancelled already? Argh!
I felt that about midway through the third season the show got a bit stale, but it's definitely worth checking out.
Well, the first season was very well received by audience and critics alike. A second season is definitely on its way and it is loosely based on a series of books that is still being published - so there is always fresh material at hand.
No one I have shown it to has disliked it; the cinematography is excellent and so are the individual performances.
You just need to watch the opening to see an example of how good it is.
After that the show overall was mostly the same, but added a bit of "who's really the bad guy and who's actually good?" type stuff.
I'd expect it to be out on DVD fairly soon.
Also, The Venture Bros. is one of the best comedies to come out in the past several years. It's a cartoon, but it's amazing.
Yes to both of these. Eddie Izzard is amazing, and the Riches is really good. Additionally, Venture Brothers is the best thing Adult Swim has ever been a part of.
May as well complete the FX Drama hat-trick and throw out Nip/Tuck. I'm squeamish by nature, so the surgery is kinda ugh to watch... but seriously, this show is like Jerry Springer on crack laced with heroin.
By which I mean, good.
I second that, I'd also go with the aforementioned House, Rome, and Veronica Mars. Heroes and the Shield are highly reccommended as well.
Has anyone reccommended Weeds yet? It's a hilarious show I think on showtime and the second season just wrapped up. It's pretty funny but there's also those definite tense moments. I mean, she's a housewife who's a drug dealer afterall....
I'm not sure if you're a big CSI fan, but the new one in NY is actually pretty interesting--completely unrealistic, but really really cool.
I wish the seasons weren't so expensive. Then again I wish TV seasons of anything weren't so expensive.
Huff Huff Huff Huff Huff Huff
Nip/Tuck ain't bad in a trashy, soap opera way. I didn't watch the last season though.
I like House a lot but goddamn if every episode isn't the same. I read an article recently titled something like "10 things that TV shows should change" (Article is here. . Hey, I was close...)and the writer compared House plots to Scooby Doo plots.
He kinda has a point.
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Bullshit. As soon as the show stops being about medical situations is when it becomes Grey's Anatomy, and I stop watching. A new take on the medical genre doesn't mean you abandon the genre. House is good because Hugh Laurie is an excellent actor, yes, but also because each plot is quite interesting. Why do you think he is so bored in the clinic, where he can diagnose illnesses in seconds?
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
Finally someone mentions one of the best shows on TV. So funny. Johnny Drama = my hero.
Also, Rescue Me. June 13th is the new season, but you might wanna start from the beginning.
I really need to watch The Shield too.
Oh, it's Always Sunny in Philidelphia is really good too.
If not...if you like the shield theres no way in hell you won't like the Wire
I don't believe it - I'm on my THIRD PS3, and my FIRST XBOX360. What the heck?
And I think Gilmore Girls is an excellent show that hasn't been mentioned. It's something I didn't think I'd like at all, but I'll be damned if the stream of pop culture references isn't humorous. Plus it's something the lady friends are excited to watch with you.
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