Chernobyl was fucking amazing. From the first couple minutes it sucks you right in and doesn't let go until the very end. When I first watched it, I ended up watching the whole show in a night, then showed my sister-in-law the very next day and we watched the whole thing again.
As someone else that really enjoyed it, it's kind of a combination. Predominantly it's a horror show with strong Lovecraftian themes, but it also takes place in the 1950s US South and really uses that setting as it's own flavor of horror.
1 was the little stick things.
2 was LA?
3- oh yeah, the guy with different times.. Good but you really have to pay attention.
4 was alaska.
I think one and four are best, then three. I couldn't get into season two.
As much as i would say watch the Wire or Sopranos, unless you are glued to your TV a month is hard to finish one of those. The latter is 90ish hours alone.
I would focus on the short and sweet ones alongside maybe one of those. Band of Brothers, Rome, Deadwood are all ones you can easily finish.
Eh, disagree on Season 2 of Westworld IMO - felt like a retread of S1, whereas S3&4 - while abandoning the Wild West setting - at least took the story somewhere new and interesting.
IMO definitely worth a revisit if you haven’t yet, since the emergence of this current AI mania.
The Leftovers is amazing if you have not seen it yet, it's a bit dramatic and sad at times so if you are super depressed maybe not watch it. It's about the end of the world, when half of the people are ascended into heaven and the show deals with the people left behind hence the name. Anyways, it does have a lot of religious overtones to it because of the premise so if that bothers you maybe give it a pass, but I never found it preachy, it's more a story about human emotion, resolve and love and it's quite beautiful.
I love The Leftovers, I don’t even think it necessarily suggested it was for sure the rapture or that they went to heaven, it’s all very ambiguous. It’s been a long time but the ending felt more nihilistic than hopeful. Could just be my deconstructed perspective though
Interesting a lot of people in this thread were downvoted for no reason, meh whatever
Yeah that's true, it's been a while since I saw it but I suppose they do never really mention heaven like that. I suppose it leaves it up to the person, I was raised Catholic so I guess that's where my mind went with it :P
It has it all, great realistic complex characters, intense action, great emotional moments and a really grounded story.
Also it stars two of my favorite actors, Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey.
You want to know what actors say about Tom Pelphrey? If you do a scene with him you better bring your A game because he is prepared and intense. He is one of the greatest.
Oh man can't recommend the first season of the rehearsal (it's not bad it just fucked me up lol) but the second season is so good (and not connected to the first at all so can start there)
I watched the first episode of The Chair Company, and from what I can gather it's basically an ITYSL sketch but drawn out into a whole show. And tbh I kinda love it for that absurd reason.
Treme, since it hasn't been mentioned yet. David Simon's next thing after The Wire. I'm not sure I'd say it's a better show, but it's very good, and it affected me more.
I was reading this thread and was thinking of recommending Treme.
I would say that if you watched The Wire and liked the way that David Simon used each season to look at different facets of heroin crime in Baltimore, then Treme offers something similar for post-Katrina New Orleans. The difference is that you get the different lenses on New Orleans from start to finish, as the story follows characters who embody different facets of the city.
Because each episode tells a few minutes of each of these stories, and the stories focused on music (which is obviously very important to understanding New Orleans) need to take the time to play whole songs, it's a very slow-moving show. I watched it when it was airing and waiting a week to advance each story just a bit was agonizing. Maybe bingeing it feels faster.
The acting, writing, and direction are all very good.
Primal, Scavenger's Reign, Harley Quinn, Kite Man, Game of Thrones S1-5, Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, (not sure if I'd recommend House of Dragon yet), Rick and Morty, Silicon Valley, John Oliver, Chernobyl
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duckythescientist@sh.itjust.works · 47 pts · 38d
Chernobyl
Godric@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 37d
Fantastic reccomendation, Chernoble is so fucking good!
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 37d
Chernobyl was fucking amazing. From the first couple minutes it sucks you right in and doesn't let go until the very end. When I first watched it, I ended up watching the whole show in a night, then showed my sister-in-law the very next day and we watched the whole thing again.
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 29 pts · 38d
Our Flags Means Death and Peacemaker were my favorite two shows on HBO.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 37d
Not heard of those but they look great thanks
berty@feddit.org · 21 pts · 38d
Barry
EnderLaw@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 38d
The Wire. Best show ever.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 37d
It really is. I fucking love that show
Today@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 38d
The Outsider
True Detective seasons 1 and 4
I'm watching a George Carlin show that's pretty good.
White Lotus
Lovecraft Country
The Pitt!!!
Rooster
Flight attendant- season 1 is better than 2.
We like Restored.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 37d
Lovecraft county looks interesting... what kind of show is it? What's it similar to?
Hasherm0n@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 37d
As someone else that really enjoyed it, it's kind of a combination. Predominantly it's a horror show with strong Lovecraftian themes, but it also takes place in the 1950s US South and really uses that setting as it's own flavor of horror.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 37d
Sounds good thanks
Today@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 37d
Maybe like Lovecraft and Stephen King made a movie set in the racial tension of the 50s.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 36d
Lovecraft Country is an Anthology show of “horror” stories that incorporate some Lovecraft themes.
The first two episodes were good, the rest of it is unwatchable trash.
etherphon@piefed.social · 3 pts · 38d
Today@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 37d
Leftovers was good! Fun fact- they made Justin Theroux wear two pair of undies because they got so many comments on his sweat pants jogging scenes.
etherphon@piefed.social · 2 pts · 36d
mantorok@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 37d
Surely you mean True Detective season 3?
Today@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 37d
1 was the little stick things. 2 was LA? 3- oh yeah, the guy with different times.. Good but you really have to pay attention. 4 was alaska. I think one and four are best, then three. I couldn't get into season two.
crimson_iris@piefed.social · 16 pts · 38d
Band of Brothers, OZ, Deadwood.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 38d
Common Side Effects, Peacemaker is pretty fun
iatenine@piefed.social · 11 pts · 38d
Harley Quinn (the adult animated series) is funnier than it had any right to be
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 38d
Peacemaker!
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 38d
The best show
on HBOis Six Feet Under. At the very least, it has the best ending, of any TV series, ever.Bonus: Gay Dexter (but really, all the lead actors are great, not just Hall)
jwiggler@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 37d
High Maintenance is a good one that isn't as well known
LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 37d
Incredible show. The original short format series before the HBO version was also amazing, though I don't know where to find it anymore
blackbearjesus27@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 38d
As much as i would say watch the Wire or Sopranos, unless you are glued to your TV a month is hard to finish one of those. The latter is 90ish hours alone.
I would focus on the short and sweet ones alongside maybe one of those. Band of Brothers, Rome, Deadwood are all ones you can easily finish.
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 37d
Deadwood has the best writing of any show I’ve seen.
human@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 38d
I liked Hacks a lot.
Rooster
I haven't seen it yet, but Larry David's new historical comedy.
Barry
I've also been re-watching ER there.
They also have a good cosmology show How the Universe Works
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 37d
I used to be obsessed with ER. Absolutely fucking loved it
Thunderfist@piefed.social · 7 pts · 38d
Carnivale is worth a watch if you’re into Twin Peaks, etc.
ultranaut@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 38d
Rome
DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 38d
If you like sketch comedy, watch Mr. Show!
MrSelfDestruct@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 37d
They brutalising me!
JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 37d
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 37d
Westworld, if you haven't. Just seasons 1-2.
All of John Oliver, your best emigrant.
Do some game of thrones?
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 37d
Totally agree people should finish westworld at the end of s2.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 37d
Eh, disagree on Season 2 of Westworld IMO - felt like a retread of S1, whereas S3&4 - while abandoning the Wild West setting - at least took the story somewhere new and interesting.
IMO definitely worth a revisit if you haven’t yet, since the emergence of this current AI mania.
joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 38d
The Leftovers is amazing if you have not seen it yet, it's a bit dramatic and sad at times so if you are super depressed maybe not watch it. It's about the end of the world, when half of the people are ascended into heaven and the show deals with the people left behind hence the name. Anyways, it does have a lot of religious overtones to it because of the premise so if that bothers you maybe give it a pass, but I never found it preachy, it's more a story about human emotion, resolve and love and it's quite beautiful.
cmbabul@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 38d
I love The Leftovers, I don’t even think it necessarily suggested it was for sure the rapture or that they went to heaven, it’s all very ambiguous. It’s been a long time but the ending felt more nihilistic than hopeful. Could just be my deconstructed perspective though
joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 37d
Interesting a lot of people in this thread were downvoted for no reason, meh whatever
Yeah that's true, it's been a while since I saw it but I suppose they do never really mention heaven like that. I suppose it leaves it up to the person, I was raised Catholic so I guess that's where my mind went with it :P
cmbabul@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 37d
Oh I definitely see the parallels too, former southern Baptist here, there’s a lot to take away from a religious, areligious, and agnostic standpoint.
joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 37d
I suppose that's why I liked it, it left things so open. Honestly the camp outside of Jarden is kind of how things feel these days in the US lol
cmbabul@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 37d
Shit I hadn’t made that connection yet… you may have prompted a rewatch lol
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 37d
Chernobyl, Band of brothers, the wire, true detective s1
manateemilitia@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 37d
Los Espookys
MrSelfDestruct@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 37d
The Pitt!
thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 38d
Fantasmas is a weird little show that is unlike most stuff I’ve seen. Very creative.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 38d
Task
Task
And i will say it again, Task!
Also by the same writer “Mare of EastTown”.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 37d
Task was one I scrolled past cos it looked a bit tacky. Is it actually a good show?
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 37d
It has it all, great realistic complex characters, intense action, great emotional moments and a really grounded story.
Also it stars two of my favorite actors, Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey.
You want to know what actors say about Tom Pelphrey? If you do a scene with him you better bring your A game because he is prepared and intense. He is one of the greatest.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 37d
Oooooh adding it thanks 😊
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 37d
Deadwood
Militias@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 37d
30 Coins is great if you don't mind other languages than English.
Otherwise you can always rewatch 'How it's made' for the four hundredth time 😃
mantorok@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 37d
Not yet mentioned:
The Deuce
The Chair Company
The Penguin
The Rehearsal
bomibantai@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 37d
Oh man can't recommend the first season of the rehearsal (it's not bad it just fucked me up lol) but the second season is so good (and not connected to the first at all so can start there)
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 37d
I watched the first episode of The Chair Company, and from what I can gather it's basically an ITYSL sketch but drawn out into a whole show. And tbh I kinda love it for that absurd reason.
Corngood@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 37d
Treme, since it hasn't been mentioned yet. David Simon's next thing after The Wire. I'm not sure I'd say it's a better show, but it's very good, and it affected me more.
msfroh@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 37d
I was reading this thread and was thinking of recommending Treme.
I would say that if you watched The Wire and liked the way that David Simon used each season to look at different facets of heroin crime in Baltimore, then Treme offers something similar for post-Katrina New Orleans. The difference is that you get the different lenses on New Orleans from start to finish, as the story follows characters who embody different facets of the city.
Because each episode tells a few minutes of each of these stories, and the stories focused on music (which is obviously very important to understanding New Orleans) need to take the time to play whole songs, it's a very slow-moving show. I watched it when it was airing and waiting a week to advance each story just a bit was agonizing. Maybe bingeing it feels faster.
The acting, writing, and direction are all very good.
noxypaws@pawb.social · 2 pts · 37d
The Larry Sanders Show was great. Rip Torn was hilarious in it.
putitoutwithyourbootsted@piefed.social · 2 pts · 37d
Hacks, Silicone Valley, Station Eleven, the night of, task
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 37d
The Mummy trilogy is on there right now. Not TV, but it's The friggin' Mummy with Brendan Fraiser.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 37d
I loved Hacks. I’m sad that it’s over, but they timed it right.
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 37d
The brink, it's only one season but it's amazing.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 37d
arli$$
buliarous@piefed.social · 1 pts · 37d
boardwalk empire,
peaky blinders,
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 36d
Peaky Blinders isn’t HBO.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 36d
Primal, Scavenger's Reign, Harley Quinn, Kite Man, Game of Thrones S1-5, Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, (not sure if I'd recommend House of Dragon yet), Rick and Morty, Silicon Valley, John Oliver, Chernobyl
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 37d
YOUNG justice, if you are into animated dc series, eventhough its only 4 seasons. titans also 4 seasons, although it isnt that good.
homes@piefed.world · 1 pts · 37d
True blood