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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

If you liked Norsemen, I'd say give Plebs a try. It's another historical sitcom, about a group of losers in ancient Rome.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Red Dwarf. Also that recent Netflix show where they explain trying to solve a complicated maths problem to help aliens, but I forget what it's called now. The one where alien eyes appear in the sky.

And also a weird Youtube video that's quite well-known, along with its sequel. They're called The Hole and The Orb.

The Hole is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAIbvlobWDM

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Foundation is a surprisingly competent sci-fi show in the second season, but you need to watch the first.

Also of interest: Severance, Person of Interest, The Peripheral, The Returned (French TV show), Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Invincible, Ozark, The Leftovers, Twin Peaks

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Oh man, I loved that when it was on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Wow, Lemmy knows me, knocking it out with an absolute top tier pick at the very top of the hot comments.

Good taste, my friend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Old and left field ones

Wonderfalls Dead like me The almighty Johnsons (nz)

British ones Teachers (Andrew lincolin one) Coupling

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Last Kingdom. Better than Vikings.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Haven't watched Vikings, but I can confirm TLK is compelling as hell.

Edit: Aside from the obviously fictional plot it's also pretty damn historically accurate, most of the time, if you care about that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

"From" And "Evil"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

A masterpiece you can watch with your kids

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I loved Netflix' new Ripley series. It's cinematographically gorgeous, has a very poignant bit of humor and is generally the best rendition of the story.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Don't think I've seen Foundation or Silo mentioned yet.

Maybe sense8? Much like the expanse it takes a while to get going

3 body problem

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Scavengers Reign. If you like The Expanse, you might be into sci-fi animated with a seriously weird style. And it's one season with the story tied up in a bow at the end.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I love Scavenger's Reign, and don't remember any of the characters names or the basic story at all.

I feel like it's just a long world building art project.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I LOVED SR. It’s completely unique for animation, I felt, and every scene was like reading a Belgian comic book from the 60s.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Band of Brothers

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Breaking Bad + Better Call Saul

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Based on your previous shows: fallout, shogun and the boys are current.

Fallout - incredible S1 for the video game ip. Hilarious, visually stunning, flavorful

Shogun - game of thrones in japan

The boys - civilians take their city back from super powered heros

Ted lasso [ended] - amazing show about people, likely one of the best of this decade. A meme American football coach from the Midwest moved to the UK to teach a top tier UK futbol league.

Silicon valley [ended] - a tech startup in silicon valley on HBO constantly overcoming challenges with their revolutionary IP.

Avatar the last Airbender [ended] - best of the 2000s, unique flavorful. There is no live action in ba sing se, cartoon only

Disenchantment [ended] - Futurama but medieval magic

One piece live action - another great first showing for anime cross over, skips a lot of the filler and is executed well

+1 for the good place, arcane and last of us

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

but open to other rabbit holes

If you like satirical comedy or entertaining educational shows, there's a lot on Australian television (particularly shows from the national Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Also, for people who enjoyed The Office (at least, the UK version, I haven't seen the US variant), I recommend Utopia - it's far from a clone but has a lot of similar themes of workplace life mixed with poking fun at bureaucracy and government.

but I don't live in australia, or have a VPN to access ABC iView!

Visit the sidebar resources of [email protected], or even just YouTube will get you a lot of them.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Six more months until season 2. Counting down the days.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Mrs. Maisel is one of the funniest shows I've seen.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I can't believe no one recommended Fleabag. It's not the type of show that would attract me usually, but goddamn was that a masterpiece. Two seasons, short and sweet.

Another short series that is incredible is Chernobyl.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I couldn’t get over the insane exaggerations of Chernobyl, but I agree the show was great.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you like Vikings, try Black Sails. A very, very underrated pirate story, unofficial prequel to the story of Treasure Island that you might have read as a kid.

I watch it once a year. It's that good. It recently appeared on Netflix in the USA and it's finally starting to get the attention it deserves.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Hell yeah, such an amazing show!

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