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Need help with my next TV series on Netflix/Amazon Prime
February 14, 2014 at
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In the last year I've watched all episodes of:
Lost
Heroes
Firefly
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Jericho
and enjoyed all of them immensely. Can't seem to find anything else yet on Netflix or Amazon that would be as good as those shows are. Anyone care to throw out some recommendations based on my top tier shows above? Tried 4400 and another one that I had to quit on lately. Thanks!
Lost
Heroes
Firefly
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Jericho
and enjoyed all of them immensely. Can't seem to find anything else yet on Netflix or Amazon that would be as good as those shows are. Anyone care to throw out some recommendations based on my top tier shows above? Tried 4400 and another one that I had to quit on lately. Thanks!
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Last Edited by Joe Davola
September 17, 2014
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Several Loungers agree on:
Six Feet Under
Dexter
Breaking Bad
Unfortunately two of these options are in the OP.
Six Feet Under
Dexter
Breaking Bad
Unfortunately two of these options are in the OP.
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Seriously one of the best shows.
Rory: Mom, I need to talk to you about Dean.
Lorelai: Which Dean? Howard Dean, James Dean or Jimmy Dean?
Rory: Uh, too old, too dead and too fattening.
Lorelai: You don't have to tell that to my thighs.
Rory: Can you ask your thighs if they borrowed my Gap Capris?
Lorelai: They did not and are insulted that you'd ask such a thing.
Rory: As insulted as Kitty Kelley when people accuse her of taking liberties with her best selling tell-alls?
Lorelai: Almost. Wanna make out?
Rory: Absolutely not.
Lorelai: Oh, you are so lying.
Rory: I so am.
Rory: Mom, I need to talk to you about Dean.
Lorelai: Which Dean? Howard Dean, James Dean or Jimmy Dean?
Rory: Uh, too old, too dead and too fattening.
Lorelai: You don't have to tell that to my thighs.
Rory: Can you ask your thighs if they borrowed my Gap Capris?
Lorelai: They did not and are insulted that you'd ask such a thing.
Rory: As insulted as Kitty Kelley when people accuse her of taking liberties with her best selling tell-alls?
Lorelai: Almost. Wanna make out?
Rory: Absolutely not.
Lorelai: Oh, you are so lying.
Rory: I so am.
Seriously one of the best shows.
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The Walking Dead is a REALLY good zombie show.
Californication is about a sex addicted (David Duchovny) writer trying to hold his family/life together. It's mostly comedy with some drama.
COSMOS. You will be in awe of our universe.
House of Cards. Political drama with Kevin Spacey. He's freaking amazing in this show. Interesting take on shows, as Spacey often breaks the fourth wall and monologues his thoughts to the audience.
Scrubs. It's one of my most favorite light-hearted comedies of all time. It's a medical sitcom-ish show.
Orange is the New Black. Apparently, this show has one of the more accurate portrayals of life in prison. Well, at least a women's prison. This is not a serious drama.
There are a lot more, but I'm sure you have your hands full already with the plethora of suggestions from other people.
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there doesn't seem to be anything really at stake; why should i care whether he gets to be VP or not? why should i care whether he has a voice in the administration? why should i care whether the education bill goes through? even if he fails at all of these, he will still be a very powerful man in a very powerful position making lots of money. the open marriage and ongoing conflicts with his wife are more interesting because it seems he would actually be hurt if she left him, but that's a relatively small part of the show, so it's not enough to really keep me truly invested.
that said: there are some very poignant moments/parts that kept me coming back to finish the season: Claire's crushing visit with their previous bodyguard, the "you can't go home" theme of the library naming episode, Claire's New York interest saying out loud what they both feared was true, the bitter back and forth between Zoe and Frank later in the season, etc.
the ironic bit is the fact that the part of the show most likely to introduce the closest thing to real risk (the reporters finding out about various parts of Peter's story) is the one that i like the least. i don't know if it's because it is dependent on random chance and actions which seem very contradictory to other parts of the show (really, Doug drove Rachel to the meeting with Zoe and parked a block away in full view?) or i would prefer the conflict be more direct, but it doesn't pique my interest at all.
it's a very well-done show; it just doesn't resonate with me.