Ask Lemmy

I have a few, but each in their own categories.

• Reality - Departures - A show where three fellows in Canada give up everything to travel the world together for a year, documenting their journey. One year becomes three. It released me of all my anxieties about leaving the comfort of my home and is now a gem of a series I keep close by. Shout out to Andres Dupuis, Justin Lukach, and Scott Wilson for being such a huge inspiration.

• Live Action Drama/Comedy - Scrubs - The best medical drama out there. It is so well written, so impactful, and so enjoyable to go through. It helped me come to terms with my dad's passing.

• Live Action Sitcom - Friends - 10 seasons of ups and downs, laughter, and tears. The show definitely told us life was gonna be this way. Can't go wrong with this classic.

• Animated - Futurama - Another contender for one of the best written TV shows out there. It's so perfectly complete.

• Anime - Log Horizon - I'm a long-time fan of both .hack// and Log Horizon. Both are incredible series. But Log Horizon is maybe a bit more compact and easy to follow for outsiders and is generally a more casual watch experience while still having solid continuity across the series.

Seasons 2 through 4 of Babylon 5, especially that 4th season.

Seinfeld because it is so rewatchable

• The BSG remake series is the GOAT
• TNG and Voyager. (Never got into DS9...too much religious hibbidy-jibbidy and scenery chewing from Sisko...come at me, bro.)
• Stargate Atlantis (And of course SG1, though on the whole I think Atlantis was the superior show)
• Bojack Horseman (Because I credit that show for finally getting a handle on my own mental health)

And yes...I realise the hypocrisy of not liking DS9 because of its religious hibbidy-jibbidy, but calling BSG the GOAT. I have no answer for you. Maybe the Bajoran religion itself was just stupid.

Hard to pick, so here are a bunch I love:

• Game of Thrones (until it got bad, but the early seasons were amazing)
• True detective season 1
• Attack on Titan
• Pantheon (Second season is on youtube)
• Breaking Bad
• Better Call Saul
• Bojack Horseman
• Fleabag
• Altered carbon season 1
• Rick and Morty (early seasons. Maybe 1-4 or so)
• Invincible so far

Psych. A cliche “murder mystery of the week” show has no business being as wholesome, kind, friendly, and upbeat as Psych. I realized a few years ago when I was going through some personal issues and had started rewatching Psych that it was helping me deal with the stress, and it wasn’t the first time I’ve done that with the show.

Maybe a year ago I went to Psych’s first convention near Chicago. It was both surprising and reassuring to hear other fans go up to ask the actors questions and they all shared similar stories to me. People have used to show to help them briefly escape from challenging situations from dealing with the death of loved ones all the way to someone using it as background TV while trying to study in medical school.

One of the few things I miss from Reddit is the active Psych subreddit over there.

Also, the 80’s references are fantastic.

There are too many but I name one: Fawlty Towers

The Simpsons and yes even the new seasons. I'm a true fan.

These shows always make me feel good when I watch them.

• Bob's Burgers
• Mash
• Star Trek Voyager
• Derek
• Trollied
• Corner Gas
• Reba
• Would I Lie To You?
• Taskmaster (UK)
• The Simpsons

Family Guy!

• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Avatar the Last Airbender
• Firefly

Some that come to mind, and merely in order I thought of them:

• Danger Five
• Green Wing
• Blackadder
• Clone High (Edit: should probably be AtlA, but I'm holdin)
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Cowboy Bebop
• Flight of the Conchords
• Inside No. 9
• The Wire
• Atlanta

Only finished shows considered, as a poor ending can ruin a show.

Columbo

Rockford Files

Newhart

Cartoon : Dungeons & Dragons

I’ll forever be obsessed with Family Guy

Farscape by a long shot.

Star trek the next generation and deep space nine Battlestar Galactica The Orville

Yes, I'm a sci-fi nerd

Also "the good place", it's awesome

Firefly and Futurama

Ghost In The Shell, Haibane Renmei, and Gurren Lagann share the #1 spot for animated

Psych takes 1st place for live action

For a recent anime, Delicious in Dungeon is excellent!

It's always sunny in Philadelphia

Malcolm in the middle

Community

• Twilight Zone
• MASH
• Malcolm in the Middle

How I met your mother. It never fails to entertain me.

Bob's Burgers hands down. It's just constantly showcases the wholesomeness I want to see in the world.

It shows a constantly imperfect world, and family, friends, and community standing together to survive it.

I could write a thesis, but I'm crying thinking about that Christmas episode now, you know the one.

Pfft. ITT kids.

Twin Peaks.

Failing Twin Peaks, then Sapphire and Steel.

The Good Place. Perfect show, 10/10

Hilda

It's on Netflix and I cannot express enough how much I adore this show

Mr Robot Mad Men

Golden Girls! The jokes still crack me up

• Sherlock
• 30 Rock
• lThe Thick of it

Futurama will always hold a special place in my heart