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Desperately seeking recommendations....

sprinkles · 2010-12-09 17:02:55

Ok so I'm stuck in the back end of Africa with just my laptop for company and I've just finished both TV series I brought with me... Arrested Dev and the absolutely brilliant The Wire. Which has left a huge void in my life. I was looking for any recommendations for what to watch next. Preferably a series that has a good…

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Ok so I'm stuck in the back end of Africa with just my laptop for company and I've just finished both TV series I brought with me... Arrested Dev and the absolutely brilliant The Wire. Which has left a huge void in my life.

I was looking for any recommendations for what to watch next. Preferably a series that has a good bit of watching in it, meaning it's gotta be a few years old. Drama preferably...

Thanks!

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#2 09-12-2010 05:04PM

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24! - 8 seasons, plenty of drama, action and twists!.

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#3 09-12-2010 05:06PM

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Rescue Me - brilliant.

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#4 09-12-2010 05:06PM

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if you want the quality comparable to the wire then it has to be Mad Men or Breaking Bad IMO

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The Sopranos and The Shield. Loads of watching but I got through them in about a week and a half each, they're that good. :pac:

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Ooops, forgot Breaking Bad, only about 30 episodes so far but bloody brilliant.

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I enjoyed House and Prison Break.

6 and 4 seasons there respectively?

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#8 09-12-2010 05:10PM

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Sons of Anarchy... three series in. Set in a fictional Californian biker gang. Intrigue, violence, tattoos, family loyalties, gang wars (kind of the same thing, come to think of it), huge Harleys, etc. From the writers of the Shield.

Supernatural... six or seven series in. Two brothers hunt ghosts, demons and evil spirits across America.

Criminal Minds... six or seven series in. A team of FBI profilers track serial killers.

Also, the guy who produced The Wire is now doing Treme, if you weren't aware.

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#9 09-12-2010 05:11PM

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I'd also recommend avoiding Sons of Anarchy, starts well but goes quickly downhill in Season 2.

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#10 09-12-2010 05:12PM

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Oh look - a thread full of recommendations!

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#11 09-12-2010 05:16PM

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Wow busy forum! Thanks, some great ideas there - Mad Men is definitely one going on the download list! Might give breaking bad a try too. Gave 24 and prison break a chance for a season a few years back and lost interest, but thanks for the suggestions!

Son's of Anarchy sounds interesting too.

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#12 09-12-2010 05:16PM

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amacachi wrote: »

I'd also recommend avoiding Sons of Anarchy, starts well but goes quickly downhill in Season 2.

Really, why?

Personally, I think all three seasons are consistently high quality, myself. I just watched the last episode of season three yesterday and was gobsmacked by it.

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#13 09-12-2010 05:18PM

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Mr E wrote: »

Oh look - a thread full of recommendations!

Sorry, never saw that (obviously!) Thanks.

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#14 09-12-2010 05:34PM

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Immaculata wrote: »

Really, why?

Personally, I think all three seasons are consistently high quality, myself. I just watched the last episode of season three yesterday and was gobsmacked by it.

Halfway through season 2 there was something about it I wasn't enjoying and stopped watching around episode 3 or 4 of season 3. If I get desperate I might watch it in a few years. :pac:

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#15 09-12-2010 07:52PM

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If you liked AD, then try Running Wilde.
Co-created by Michael Hurwitz (AD) and Will Arnett (Gob Bluth in AD).
David Cross (Tobias Fünke Analrapist in AD) makes a few appearances too.

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#16 09-12-2010 10:10PM

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Check out Oz as well
Really good gritty prison drama

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#17 09-12-2010 10:15PM

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Also recommend The Shield. How about The West Wing??

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#18 09-12-2010 11:07PM

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Twenty10 wrote: »

How about The West Wing??

ya was joust gonna recomend that, lots of watching there, 7 seasons of brilliance,

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#19 09-12-2010 11:16PM

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Battlestar Galactica!

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#20 10-12-2010 12:25AM

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if you liked Arrested Development, i think you would like Modern Family aswell..i know not that many episodes but i think its so funny!

definitely Mad Men..my opinion, the best thing on TV at the moment! True Blood, Dexter and Rescue Me are well up there as must watches i think!

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#21 10-12-2010 12:41AM

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I would say Weeds too.. just don't bother with Season 6!

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#22 10-12-2010 12:42AM

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OH! I just thought of a great one: It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia!

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#23 10-12-2010 07:01AM

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I tend to assume this of people who've watched AD, but you've already watched all of Curb your Enthusiasm right?

It's as funny as AD, but without being so self referential that it kills any chances of getting new viewers with each season.

I'd add:
Band Of Brothers
Generation Kill
The Pacific

Short seasons, but all definitely worth a watch, also, Flight of the Conchords is brilliant.

Basically if it starts with static and the letters HBO appear on screen it's worth watching.

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#24 10-12-2010 09:09AM

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L31mr0d wrote: »

Basically if it starts with static and the letters HBO appear on screen it's worth watching.

Big SATC fan?

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#25 10-12-2010 10:09AM

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Also Entourage is a good watch!

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#26 10-12-2010 10:23AM

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+1 on FoTC and Curb!

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#27 10-12-2010 10:25AM

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Twenty10 wrote: »

Also Entourage is a good watch!

AH... now Entourage is a show that I can just not get into. I find the characters really smug and obnoxious and while I know that's the way they are supposed to be, I think they are like that in real life too which kind of annoys me. Plus I just find it all boring tbh.
Anyone with me on this?

I think I may have felt differently if Piven wasn't in it. He just puts me off whatever he is in.

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#28 10-12-2010 11:08AM

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OisinT wrote: »

AH... now Entourage is a show that I can just not get into. I find the characters really smug and obnoxious and while I know that's the way they are supposed to be, I think they are like that in real life too which kind of annoys me. Plus I just find it all boring tbh.
Anyone with me on this?

I think I may have felt differently if Piven wasn't in it. He just puts me off whatever he is in.

I watch it all the time although I realise it has very little comedic merit. It's just one of those progammes where I keep fooling myself into thinking it's going to be good but it never really is.

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#29 10-12-2010 11:19AM

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pickarooney wrote: »

I watch it all the time although I realise it has very little comedic merit. It's just one of those progammes where I keep fooling myself into thinking it's going to be good but it never really is.

I think that's my problem tbh.

I tried watching it when it started and I was very meh about it so I gave up after a while.

Then I hear everyone raving about it so much that I decided to give it another go. Now, with all the hype, I find it even worse than when I watched it when it first started!

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#30 10-12-2010 07:48PM

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OisinT wrote: »

I think I may have felt differently if Piven wasn't in it. He just puts me off whatever he is in.

whhhhhhhaaaaaa, ari is the heart and soul of that show, it wouldnt have got past one season if he wasnt in it,

if anyone os watching entourage, if you dont like ari just dont bother with the show,

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Six Feet Under.

Jericho - it only got one full season, then a 2nd season with just 7 episodes but it was wonderful. It's based in this small town in middle-of-nowhere America in the aftermath of nuclear attacks across the country.

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