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TV nerds: what should I watch

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.

Sneptaur ,
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This thread has cost me about a terabyte on my NAS.

tfw_no_toiletpaper ,

And you will watch all that, right?

Sneptaur ,
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On a long enough timeline, yes! Plus I share my library with like a dozen people so I’m sure someone will appreciate these

Akasazh ,
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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.

JackiesFridge ,
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It’s a short series (six episodes so far) but with two more in production: The Devil’s Hour.

Go in blind, don’t spoil it for yourself.

If you like a series that gives you all the clues but none of them fall together until the last episode, this one is dark, brain-bendy supernatural mystery with an excellent cast.

Track_Shovel OP ,
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Sounds great!

CrabAndBroom ,

Also if you like Peter Capaldi (the older actor in that show), he was in a really good crime drama recently called Criminal Record, which is only 8 episodes.

spudsrus ,

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

aStonedSanta ,

Severance

IvanOverdrive ,

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

Mesa ,
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So good.

RBWells ,

Another vote for Scavenger’s Reign, it was amazing.

I have enjoyed the Wheel of Time episodes on amazon.

Blue Eyed Samurai was beautiful.

The IT Crowd is hilarious.

gerdesj ,

My T shirt says:
Have you tried turning it off and on again

IvanOverdrive ,

I thought I was the only one who’s seen Scavenger’s Reign. I haven’t heard much talk about it. Damn shame because it’s amazing.

RBWells ,

It really is. I had only heard it was sort of hopeless so held out for awhile but my goodness it was just so very good. The art style, story, the very creative settings and flora/fauna, everything. So creative and oddly compelling, we enjoyed it so much.

absGeekNZ ,
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  • Fawlty Towers
  • Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister
  • Good Omens
  • Black Books
  • The Expanse
  • For All Mankind (feels like a precursor to the expanse)
  • The Boys
  • Firefly
  • Stargate / SG Atlantis
  • Castle
  • The Orville
wewbull ,

Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister

Then for the dramatic take - the BBC version of House of Cards / To Play the King / The Final Cut starring Ian Richardson (Not the US version with Kevin Spacey)

Black Books

…and then Father Ted and IT Crowd

Then I think you have to include the big HBO series: The Wire / The Sopranos / Game of Thrones / House of the Dragon.

massive_bereavement ,

I would add Coupling to the British tv list.

wewbull ,

Oh yes. I loved that at the time. Haven’t watched it in ages.

absGeekNZ ,
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How did I forget about Farther Ted, that is such great show.

I haven’t seen House of Cards, but I’ll have to put it and To Play the King on my list.

Aurenkin ,

Band of Brothers

littlecolt ,

Breaking Bad + Better Call Saul

darklamer ,
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Babylon Berlin

ProdigalFrog , (edited )

Turn from AMC is really excellent if you’re into revolutionary war spy rings! Excellent writing and acting.

I would also second Andor, fantastic show. Peaky Blinders is another good one, though try not to binge it, I think it’d be much better if watched less avidly.

PrincessLeiasCat ,

You have excellent taste - I am extremely picky and will 3 of your recs are easy 10/10 for me.

thirteene , (edited )

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

eureka ,
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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 !piracy, or even just YouTube will get you a lot of them.

Trollivier ,

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.

lichtmetzger ,

Hell yeah, such an amazing show!

BonesOfTheMoon ,

Letterkenny! Canadian humour at its absolute finest.

Also What We Do In The Shadows, and Reservation Dogs.

MeatsOfRage ,

Just a warning, the third episode is notoriously bad and not indicative of the quality of the rest of the show. It’s totally skippable.

BonesOfTheMoon ,

Aww I love Fartbook.

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