Mine would be The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad, which I recently started watching and am only on Season 3 so no spoilers please!
Oh, my: yes! I was so bummed when Netflix lost the rights to stream that show. I used to put that on at the end of the day and fall asleep to it. It was so soft and relaxing, while still being quite interesting.
House of Cards, by far. Kevin Spacey is absolutely phenomenal (when is he not, though). Truthfully, all of the actors casted are top notch. The story is exceptional, and you really get to see how brutal Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) is. Season 2, Episode 1, is the only episode in any TV show that I've ever seen that has had my jaw literally hang open. Excellent, excellent show.
If you like a scheming, cold-hearted bastard as a main character who will stop at nothing to accomplish his political goals, then yes. You will love House of Cards. It's a political show that revolves around Frank Underwood's (Kevin Spacey) desire to have more power. The show is wonderfully cast and beautifully shot. I'd highly recommend watching if you have that sort of interest in mind.
S02E01, the moment when he turns towards the audience and begins to speak, gave me goosebumps. An excellent show.
Could Robin Wright be any better in that? I don't think so. Perfect casting, amazing actress and well... gorgeous. I've enjoyed it. The second season was rough because everyone is so damned despicable. In the third season, at least we can root for Clair.
Robin Wright is amazing. She is ice cold. Sometimes, I swear she's the most badass person on the set.
Have you seen season 3? slight spoiler she is becoming human and as such more vulnerable
I have. I'm one of those people that sits and watches the entire season in a weekend (damn that feels sad to type out.) I was sort of disappointed in that but, at the same time, it shows character development and makes her character a bit more realistic. I'm very interested for season 4 to see how everything plays out.
I'd say it's not good by House of Cards standards, but it's still makes for very good television. My main criticism (though probably intentional) is the fact that there are fewer fourth wall breaks from Frank which were what got me hooked at the start. That said, it's still pretty enjoyable and sets up nicely for the next season(s).
If you want to know literally nothing about Season 3, don't read. That said, I'm not spoiling any plot points, just giving a minor introduction into the basic idea of the season. Also, if you haven't seen the first 2 seasons, I'd advise you to not read ahead.
Season 3 basically revolves around Frank as the President and how he comes to realize that, even though he's good at taking power from other people, he's not as adept at actually using that power effectively. It's a very interesting look into the more personal side of his life as well as his shortcomings. So far, we've only seen how aggressive and confident he can be, and season 3 starts to show us how that's not always a good thing.
Overall, it doesn't have the same feel as the first 2 seasons, because Frank isn't desperate to grab more power. He's at the top, there's nowhere to go. Things, IMO, seem to progress a bit more slowly and Frank realizes that he's not necessarily the puppet master.
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I dig all the normal ones from people's lists: 1. Arrested Development 2. Firefly 3. Battle star 4. Breaking Bad 5. True Detective (season 1) 6. Twin Peaks -best ever! see odd Hubski parody I did years ago: Some lesser known: 7. Carnival 8. Foyles War 9. Jericho
My favourite TV show of all times is Babylon 5. Although there have been other great shows, this one rises above everyone else. First of all, the show is an epic. A space opera. Before this, most shows I had seen had episodes that didn't require you to have seen previous episodes, and wrapped everything up by the end of the show (think Star Trek). Until B5, this had (probably) not been done in scifi. The B5 story arc starts at the very first episode, and without any interruption, runs up until the very last episode. The last time I watched it, I found something in every episode that moved the plot along - even though some of the earlier episodes appear as "one-offs", they are absolutely not - they're just slowly setting the stage. You might think that this alone should make it great, but wait - there's more! The show is viewed as having launched a new era of television special effects, and you can see the CGI evolving for each season. When the show aired, this was groundbreaking. The special effects were absolutely amazing. To bind it all together, the show was incredibly well written, with deep backstories on all the main characters, surprising plot twists and gripping events. The show looks awfully dated now, but is well worth watching. For more information, see Wikipedia
Well most of the my favorite TV shows have been mentioned here except "Better off Ted". It was a completely hilarious show with amazing repeat watch bonus. There were layers of jokes and clever dialogues which mandates multiple viewings to appreciate. I also don't see 30 rock mentioned yet but I am sure I can't be the only one who loved that show. I can watch any 30 rock episode more than once. In fact, you know what, brb going to watch another 30 rock episode 7th time.
Community was so damn good. I would give anything to see another paintball or pillow fort episode.
I am looking for a new TV show to get into now that GoT is over. Would you care to tell me why I should watch PoI?
I actually wrote up a little something on it in another thread: Without spoiling to much the cast of characters is really memorable, and the story telling is really really cool.Ok so this might be a stretch, but bare with me for a moment. One of my favorite sci-fi shows is a show called Person of Interest. If you've ever seen it then maybe you agree. The entire premise of the show is this dude builds a conscious AI to track acts terrorism before they occur for the US government except the AI tracks and predicts every crime. The US government defines every crime that is not an act of terrorism as irrelevant, but the creator of the AI believes differently. The creator of the AI ends up hiring a retired CIA agent(presumed dead) to help him save the people who "the machine" have predicted will be a part of a life threatening crime before they happen. The one catch is they never know if the person they are after is the perpetrator or the victim. That is only where the story begins, and it gets even crazier as the circle of characters grows larger. Would definitely recommend it.
My absolute favorite ever has to have been Rescue Me, and Dirty Jobs. However they aren't being produced anymore. I always really enjoyed public service TV shows since I was kid. I always loved CHiPs when I was a kid. While watching Dirty Jobs I love the variety and interesting things you both learn you wouldn't mind doing in real life as a job, and things you absolutely wouldn't want to do.
The Wire? No? The scope of the show is positively Shakespearean. The characters, the interweaving plots, even the language. If Shakespeare were to write a five-part police procedural set in Baltimore in the early 21st century, it would be The Wire.
Ctrl+F "Rick and Morty" I'm disappointed, hubski :( It's only been 1 season (plus the two episodes that leaked) and it deserves every bit of hype it receives. It's a fantastic mash up of Dr. Who and Futurama and the best of those countless animated family sit coms.
Favourite TV show(s): The West Wing. I don't care about the ridiculous portrayal of democrats and republicans. I mean I don't live in America so it only is interesting, not blood sport. I love Aaron Sorkin run shows. The pace of dialogue, the pretentious way all his shows seem to know that they are smarter than their audience. I don't care that sometimes the show got too heavy into its own press. But episodes like Two Cathedrals chilled me. The power in those performances and the way that the actors, all of them, were able to portray the weight. I still love watching it. Gilmore Girls, because Lauren Graham is a total babe. Also, rapid dialogue (it's a theme). Predictable characters and action to an extent. But it is nice to see the journey of so many generations. To see so many things reconcile in the most ridiculously nice way in the finale. There was so much optimism about human relationships throughout the show. Really I think I still love it just because it gives me hope that even though I am flawed, things might work out okay. And number 3....Community.
Well....parts of Community. The first 2 seasons. The AOL season....and a movie?
There are too many to pick just one! Probably Stargate: SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis Other shows that rival for my "favourite" spot: - Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise - Firefly - Castle - Continuum There are lots more but I will end it there.
After watching the final episode of Voyager, I'll never watch that show again. The ending was absolutely atrocious, and for me ruined the entirety of the series. I like your other choices, however.
There was a 21-page critique of the series finale floating around the net someplace, but a cursory search didn't turn up anything. Off the top of my head, there was (SPOILERS) Janeway ignoring the temporal time directive, her admiral self deciding to show up then to save the crew rather than, you know, the very first time that Voyager was chasing the Maquee around in the nebula in the Alpha quadrant, the fact that the Admiral gives tech to the Captain rather than the Admiral just doing it with her own ship, the fact that nobody on the ship steps foot on Earth or that the celebration at the end of the series is barely two minutes long... Yeah, there was badass weaponry and all, but there were too many plot holes to make it a practical ending. But that's just me.
Arr, here be SPOILERS Janeway was never one to fully follow the rules throughout the series. She bent the rules of the Prime Directive countless times - and that was one thing I liked about her. I mean, face it, the Federation's "non-interference" policy, while it's good most of the time, doesn't apply to certain situations. Because of this, I don't think it's out of character for her ignore the Temporal Prime Directive.. I always figured that "future Admiral Janeway" probably knew she had to go back to that specific point in the timeline, because that was the crucial moment to defeat the Borg and get Voyager back. Admiral Janeway giving tech to Captain Janeway? Not sure about that one. Never thought about it much before. It's been a while since I've seen it so I don't remember all the small details. As for them not celebrating/setting foot on Earth; I liked it. It was simple and clean; looking out the viewscreen and finally seeing Earth. I don't think they needed some long, drawn out celebration at the end with streamers and music. Star Wars already did that...and it was cheesy. You want a bad ending? Go watch Enterprise! (LOL) You'll think Voyager's ending is amazing after seeing that crappy episode. Oh, I forgot. We Enterprise fans aren't supposed to talk about that episode. It doesn't exist.
Stargate SG-1. I think it's because I watched it growing up so it holds a special place in my heart. It's definitely not the best TV show I've ever seen, but man is it fun. I can still watch a random episode and kind of be transported back to that idyllic carefree state of being that I was in when I first watched it. Plus Atlantis was awesome. I really wish it had gone on for another season instead of Universe (which was good too, but in a different way, and took a lot longer to find its groove).
I have to agree with Breaking bad, I'm mid-season 5. I love the scene in season 4 where it is revealed that Skyler is actually Jesse. That and Lost (I missed out on pretty much every popular TV show ever, I'm currently watching Breaking Bad, The Office, Archer, Lost and Dexter).
I've watched a lot of them, and recently my answer is Person of Interest. It has its way of impressing you in subtle ways, its clever writing and interesting characters. Even in the 4. season you learn something new about characters in flashbacks. The idea of a supercomputer/AI constantly watching everyone puts the viewer in a dilemma. It's obviously bad, but at the same time it helped save countless lives. The struggle between two of these machines is like watching two gods battle. Everyone should give it a chance. The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad are awesome too. They both impressed me in different ways.
My favorites change quite a bit, but some remain constant.. Futurama, Monster (anime), MAS*H, ATHF, Trailer Park Boys
Same here. I used to watch it with my grandfather when I was a just a wee lad, and I still watch it in my twenties. Such a fantastic show.. I will be sure that my children watch it.