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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.

superduperpirate ,

The Wire

The Sopranos

Deadwood

Justified

Bosch

If you’re open to comedic stuff:

What We Do In The Shadows

Resident Alien

Miracle Workers

ExcursionInversion ,
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Finished my first watch of the wire this year, couldn’t stop watching it

Track_Shovel OP ,
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Lots on this list I’ve been meaning to check out

Reverendender ,
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This list is excellent. Bosch is a personal favorite.

cheesymoonshadow ,
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Me too, and it’s rare I see it already watched much less recommended by anybody else.

Others have mentioned a bunch of shows I would recommend, but one I haven’t seen mentioned yet is Turn: Washington’s Spies.

Reverendender ,
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I loved the first three seasons, but I never finished it. It’s one of my favorite historical periods.

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

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.

urquell ,

Also Ozark

andrewta ,

White Collar

Travelers

Stargate sg-1

scottmeme ,

I’ll addon and say Stargate Atlantis

illi ,

I will be bold and say Stargate Universe as well. One has to keep open mimd to a completely different vibe especially in first season.

TwinTusks ,
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Making my way through Stargate this year, been fun. Finished SG-1, now half way into Atlantis.

cleverusername ,
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Stargate, all series, end thread!

ExcursionInversion ,
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+1 for Travelers

SkaveRat ,

Travelers is such a great show. It’s confusing how few people know about it

remotelove ,
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All the star trek. This is not negotiable.

metaStatic ,

There is an absurd quantity of low quality Trek being shat out recently, did Disney buy the IP or something?

SkaveRat ,

what?

SNW and Lower Decks is pretty much as good as star trek can get. I’m on the fence about prodigy, but people generally are also very positive about it.

disco has its fair share of problems, but the later seasons were also quite good

mobius_slip ,

Lower Decks is great if you’re already a fan of classic trek ie TOS, Next Gen, Voyager, and DS9. I would never recommend the show to anybody who wasn’t a big fan of Star Trek already as most of the really good jokes would go over their head.

Strange New Worlds is a fantastic starting point though IMO.

fernandofig ,
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I’m very torn on disco. Season 2 is probably the best (due in no small part that it sets up SNW), but the rest are a chore to watch. Most of them have some neat ideas, but they’re badly executed more often than not. They also were too heavy handed with each season arcs serialization, most episodes don’t stand on their own, and the writing and consistency is just bad. I just finished the final season, and I’m glad they’re done with it so they can put more money on good Trek like SNW - hopefully they don’t screw it up eventually.

Mothra ,
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No, thankfully no, Disney’s intergalactic shenanigans are limited to the Empire only

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

SnokenKeekaGuard ,
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I think I understand your taste and you will love Black Sails. This is also imo the single most underrated TV show ever.

I swear all the shows you mention lead me to black sails. I had a phase where I binged like 6 of the shows you mentioned plus black sails since they fit in so well together. I can’t say much more than, seriously, trust me on this one.

dog_ ,

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Silentiea ,
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A masterpiece you can watch with your kids

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.

massive_bereavement ,

Based on your references I would say:

  • Viking stuff: The Last Kingdom
  • Alternate history+space: For All Mankind
  • Spy stuff: Slow Horses
  • Roman stuff: Rome
Contramuffin ,

If you like GoT, you’d probably like Shogun

Codilingus ,

Hannibal is a great show. Mads Mikkelsen is the best Hannibal, hands down.

saddlebag ,

Loved this show. Ended too early

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

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.

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