I've been two episodes away from finishing True Detective for 4 weeks now. Haven't been able to find a 2 hour chunk of time where I can let my mind rest and enjoy the finale. I'm also in the same boat as you for GoT. I enjoy reading the twitter commentary when big news drops more than watching the show now. :P I've been watching Girls simply because it's shorter and I don't care if I'm not 100% focused on watching it. It's pretty bad.I recently finished True Detective, and I stopped caring about Game of Thrones
You know, there are a lot of good shows on HBO, apparently. I enjoy watching GOT, I know I'd love the Sopranos, Mr. Show is one of my all time favorite sketch shows, and The Wire is probably the greatest show of all time. But that's four shows over two decades. What else should I watch there? What's good on air right now? I tried Silicon Valley last night. That was abysmal.
Boardwalk Empire was supposed to be really good, but it's off air. I personally enjoyed True Blood for a while and you might too, but don't watch the whole thing. Watch like the first three or four seasons and then let it go like a dead horse you don't need any more. (Unless you don't get fed up with it.) It's also off-air. Hmm. Curb Your Enthusiasm was supposed to be good, but I didn't watch it...I really want to watch Veep but haven't. That's the one show I've mentioned in this post that's still on air. ...I have a secret fondness for Sex and the City though it is a problematic show and I recognize those problems. Rome was great. I would recommend Rome. That's off air though. Carnivale was pretty great and I think you'd like it. Also off-air. But if you can get your hands on any of those shows I'd recommend them except for Sex and the City, I recognize it's my own weakness there ;) Edit: Also Chris O'Dowd from The IT Crowd is in their current series Family Tree, I'd try it out just for him.
Confession: I've watched every episode of Sex and the City. It's enjoyable in its own tongue-in-cheek way. I did really like the first season of Boardwalk Empire. Has it ended? I should download that. ALSO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF CARNIVALE. I've wanted to watch that for a long while. I'll also look up Rome and Family Tree! I watched an episode of Veep the other night. It's painfully awkward but entertaining!
To answer your original question, here are some series that I would highly recommend. I'm not sure they are all on HBO, if any of them at all but I'm sure you can find them: 1. Carnival -amazing series of fantasy/theology/dust bowl/David Lynch-esque TV 2. Twin Peaks -Even more David Lynch esque (I'm pretty sure you've seen this as I think we've trade comments about it in the past -but for the lurkers) 3. Jericho -Post Apocalyptic fun that convinced me that Skeet Ulrich was more than the poor and Johnny Depp Enjoy!
Definitely seen Twin Peaks. I've watched everything from David Lynch. If you're a fan of his more esoteric stuff, boy can we have some great discussions. Jericho's actually good? I watched a few episodes in the first season, but I was a lot younger back then.
Also, have you seen any of the David Lynch interview project shorts? Pretty cool. portraits of interesting, yet every day people.
Jericho is good in the same way that walking dead and perhaps 24 are. It's episodic and there are some cliffhanger moments and lots of action. If you're looking for beauty and art, go check out Carnival though. There's a reason I put it as number one
Here you go, you can start here: https://hubski.com/pub?id=10723
YOU GUYS. AND thenewgreen. I forgot an HBO show you all need to watch. Bored to Death is one of the greatest things of all time. Additionally, this coincidental timing is eerie, but Amazon Prime now has, like, almost every single HBO show for free.
I have not. I am actually woefully under-David-Lynched, but I have seen Rabbits multiple times and love it and love to make other people watch it. They do tend to get a little freaked out though. The first time I saw it I was halfway through college, it was like 3 in the morning, and one of my still-best-friends showed it to me while we were all sleep-deprived and inebriated. I thought it was trippy then, and it's just as trippy sober, and I just totally love it. If Inland Empire is on Netflix I will put it in the queue post haste.
Yeah, it's pretty bad. I hope you don't judge me because of my guilty pleasure. I think the first season caught me because I enjoyed watching (read: relating to) her insecurities surrounding her gender / career / sex life. It might be a girl thing.
I don't judge you for it. We all watch bad TV. But... if you don't mind my asking, how can you relate to her? It's the most insulting, degrading vision of women I've seen. Like I used to enjoy watching Sex and the City, because it always felt tongue in cheek in the way they showed these ditsy, base women. It was like light ribbing. Girls is similar, but they make it seem like it's the most accurate depiction of women, and then goes on to portray itself as, like "the most perfect portrayal of New York life." I mean, I guess, if you're rich and never heard of a black person haha.