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The TV Thread (GoT spoilers)

goon

The Shield is great if you haven't seen that. I'm assuming you'd have seen The Sopranos and The Wire. Desperate Housewives is also pretty good...

arsedocmd

Rex wrote:
Gays, I need a new tv show. Feel there is a void in my life after having finished The West Wing. Don't bother with mediocre, because I am looking for something really good.

give up. Just give up. You can't follow west wing with anything. Watch something with zilch expectations just to get back to normalcy.
I took up reading a book for a bit after watching west wing the second time.

Meatwad

The Knick, only 10 episodes. directed by soderbergh and stars clive owen and andre holland.

Jens

Rex wrote:
Gays, I need a new tv show. Feel there is a void in my life after having finished The West Wing. Don't bother with mediocre, because I am looking for something really good.

You're not giving us much to go on here.

Series that are better than The West Wing: The Sopranos

Series on par: The Wire, Oz, Breaking Bad, Deadwood, maybe The Shield.

Some quick season rankings:
The Sopranos: 2, 4, 1, 5, 6b, 3, 6a
The Wire: 4, 2, 1, 3, 5
Breaking Bad: 4, 5b, 2, 5a, 3, 1

Qwiss

The Wire: 3,4,1,2,5
Breaking Bad: 4,5b,3,5a,1,2

Too long since I've re-watched Sopranos.

Rex watch Deadwood or Friday Night Lights.

Qwiss

invisibleman18 wrote:
The Blacklist keeps getting better in season 2. Anyone else stuck with it? Love how ruthless Reddington is and James Spader is awesome.

I'm sticking with it but I'm 3 or 4 episodes behind. Its pretty good when it moves the main plot along. Spader is great too, without him its nothing. The female lead is so bland.

QuincyAbeyie

I've seen the first season og The Blacklist and completely agree with qs. I once caught myself literally facepalming at her acting. That doesn't happen often.

Rex

Thanks, guys. Saw Deadwood and Friday Night Lights on recommendation from you guys, and loved them both. 🙂 Too bad Deadwood was only 3 seasons; I can't for the life of me understand why they would cancel that show!

Rampage, I've seen all those except for Oz. Anyone else who would recommend that show? Not that I don't trust you, as much as it is possible to trust a Norwegian called Rampage, but it is always nice with second opinions!

Wilshere, Fargo is a good shout! Loved the movie, and seen a lot of you guys speak highly of the show.

Thanks, gays! 🙂

invisibleman18

If you're into spy stuff then Spooks was one of my favourites. For current shows not yet mentioned, Person of Interest or Arrow. Also, Broadchurch is really compelling viewing and theres only been 1 series so far so only 8 episodes to catch up.

goon

Oz is very highly rated but I didn't enjoy it at all. Didn't help that I found the narrator annoying. Stopped after season 1.

Daz

Oz is a great show Rex. Definitely worth watching.

goon

Finished season 1 of True Detective. Great show. The part based on the past was better than the present time element I thought, but still it was good.

My one complaint is how they found the guy in the end with the whole green ears thing, just seemed a bit stupid.

Jens

Gonna give ~~Dominick West's~~ McNulty's new HBO show The Affair a chance. Seems pretty decent.

arsedocmd

yea the first 3 episodes were pretty good.

Armor

qs! wrote:
The Wire: 3,4,1,2,5
Breaking Bad: 4,5b,3,5a,1,2

I'd have The Wire the exact same as that. Although 4 pushes 3 very close for the top season. The last few episodes of 3 with Stringer and Avon give it the edge.

Burnwinter

The Wire's 4,3,1,2,5 in my opinion. Season four is such a sensitive and moving literary exposition of how systems fail people without that being the fault of specific individuals.

Daz

I've only watched the first episode of the wire since being loaned the whole series by a colleague. My wife didn't like that episode and it's going to take a bit for me to convince her we should watch some more. Any pointers on things I could say about the show to bring her around? She generally likes crime dramas but I think she found the first episode dated and a bit clichéd.

Rex

Heh. Sounds exactly like what happened when I and my ex sat down to watch it. She didn't even make it through the first episode though. I watched it all by my lonesome, loved it, and now I'm divorced. You may want to think carefully about your next step here, Daz! 🙂

Daz

Ok now I'm really worried. Thanks a lot Rex.

Segway

The Wire starts very slowly. It is a bit of a grind but you probably need to go half way through the first season before it will suck you in. And trust me, you won't regret it. It gets better and better.

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