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**Buehler445** · 04-26-2012, 08:54 AM

All this talk about series, how network TV Sucks, and how hard it is to find quality shows, and some excellent shows that fly under the radar, I need a comprehensive review of all the series I need to see.

For good entertainment, I would be willing to buy DVD sets. But I've recently picked up HBOGO by kiping it from my parents, and recently got Netflix and Amazon Prime.

Here is a listing of shows that I currently own or have seen all the episodes of. If it isn't on the list, just assume I haven't seen it.

Spoiler!

Here is a listing of shows that I'm currently watching

Spoiler!

Here is a listing of shows on my list to watch (mostly due to this thread)

Spoiler!

I work a ****ton, so it is hard for me catch a series while it is on to get it on the DVR, but I recognize the entertainment value and am willing to go after the Must See shows. Accordingly, I'm not necessarily looking for anything that is still running. I'm up for watching stuff that has run its course.

So what say you, Planet? Which shows should I see?

UPDATED for the shows I've seen recently.

**Baby Lee** · 06-04-2018, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Nickhead

Gavin & Stacey

It's a cross between 'the office' and 'arrested development'. it's actually not a new series at all.

I don't have all night to describe all the nuances, just check it out if you feel like it...

fuggin' hell... it's even funnier when i rewatch the teasers after watching the show for the first time

Never seen it, but I know it gave Corden his big break. Always mix it up with 'Ned and Stacy' [which I also never watched] in my mind, or at least I have a mental image of them being similar shows.

What would you compare it to, humor-wise?

Also, chuffed to see Adrian Scarborough in the first clip. Loved his character in Blunt Talk [a show I recommend if you missed it].

Nickhead · 06-04-2018, 01:40 PM

trying to think, but really, it's quirky like the office and arrested. story lines aren't as nuanced, but the cringe comedy is there throughout.

Spoiler!

it's not pg rated, but not nearly as rough as say shameless.

the only thing i had a hard time getting past is stacey's damned voice. it's like listening to peggy bundy only higher pitched voice

Rudy tossed tigger's salad · 06-04-2018, 01:52 PM

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Babylon Berlin streaming on Netflix is getting 5 star reviews which is well deserved. It is a German production that is dubbed over in English which works well enough. Story is fantastic. You'll learn a lot about the Weimar Republic if you look things up, and you'll learn that the Nazis didn't just pop-out-of-nowhere but were the result of, not just chaos but desires but happens when other plotters plan to overthrow the new republic and return the Kaiser to power. This alone with the communist unrest mixed in.

https://www.vogue.com/article/babylo...netflix-review

The 16-part German period drama Babylon Berlin, which starts streaming on Netflix today, is lavish, epic, dizzyingly complex, and (through the four episodes sent to me early) as satisfying as anything I’ve seen in months....

It’s also similarly expensive. One of the immediate pleasures of this sprawling crime story set in 1929 Weimar Republic Berlin—which is full of unknown-to-me, hugely talented German actors and has as thickly braided a plot as a Tolstoy novel—is the millions thrown at the screen (it’s reportedly the most expensive German-language show ever made).

I liked this show a lot.

Plus the lead has great tits.

Why in the world would you watch it dubbed though? Subtitles are so much better.

BucEyedPea · 06-04-2018, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Rudy tossed tigger's salad

I liked this show a lot.

Plus the lead has great tits.

I don't know about that, but okay if it you think so.

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Why in the world would you watch it dubbed though? Subtitles are so much better.

Because that's how Netflix provided it—so no choice.

Plus it didn't even have closed captioning.

BucEyedPea · 06-04-2018, 10:51 PM

I finished the last season with the finale about a half hour ago of The Americans. It was really good, but I was not that happy with the finale. It was sad. Burov didn't deserve what he got or their children.

Sure seemed like they ended it so there would be a spinoff with the daughter continuing in their line of work.

BucEyedPea · 06-04-2018, 10:52 PM

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Enjoying The Handmaid's Tale. What a crazy scenario but somehow believable and unsettling. Brutal at times.

My sister tells me that is excellent. I just don't get Hulu.

Rudy tossed tigger's salad · 06-05-2018, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

I don't know about that, but okay if it you think so.

Because that's how Netflix provided it—so no choice.

Plus it didn't even have closed captioning.

Just go through the settings

BucEyedPea · 06-05-2018, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Rudy tossed tigger's salad

Just go through the settings

My settings are usually always on for captioning, then I use the button on my remote for on/off. Perhaps I should have checked the settings again. Then again, I didn't turn it on, someone else did.

Pitt Gorilla · 06-05-2018, 02:17 PM

New Kimmy Schmidt is outstanding. New AD is, somehow, off. I hope the second is better.

**Baby Lee** · 06-21-2018, 09:20 PM

Anyone catching 'Strange Angel?'

On CBS All Access, started this week.

Has a decent pedigree and dramatizes an already fantastical true story. The story of Jack Parson.

Giving it a chance, but I don't know if a serious treatment over 10 episodes can eclipse the summation from one Drunk History segment.

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rocknrolla · 06-22-2018, 08:00 AM

Anyone watch Animal Kingdom on TNT? Watched first few episodes on Prime, dont know if worth the time investment,

Miles · 06-23-2018, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Anyone catching 'Strange Angel?'

On CBS All Access, started this week.

Has a decent pedigree and dramatizes an already fantastical true story. The story of Jack Parson.

The Parson story is just insane so I should watch this if it’s good. There is a great podcast The Dollop that seems right up your alley and hilariously covered this crazy ass story.

Nickhead · 06-23-2018, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by rocknrolla

Anyone watch Animal Kingdom on TNT? Watched first few episodes on Prime, dont know if worth the time investment,

it's no different than watching sons of anarchy

**Baby Lee** · 06-29-2018, 01:09 PM

Not so much a series, as whatever you call Adult Swim interstitial content.

Joe Pera Talks With You About . . .

His delivery can be offputting for some. KInd of the developmentally disabled offspring of Jimmy Stewart and Garrison Keillor. But it gets in under your skin in a good way when you get on the same wavelength as him. Joe has one of the funniest bits about NFL fandom, that I think Chiefs fans can relate to.

Jerm · 06-29-2018, 11:39 PM

Evil Genius - Just binged this all....this is the craziest ****ing thing I've ever watched. Making A Murderer level of nuts here...

04-26-2012, 08:54 AM
Buehler445 Supporter Buehler445's Avatar Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS	Must Watch Series All this talk about series, how network TV Sucks, and how hard it is to find quality shows, and some excellent shows that fly under the radar, I need a comprehensive review of all the series I need to see. For good entertainment, I would be willing to buy DVD sets. But I've recently picked up HBOGO by kiping it from my parents, and recently got Netflix and Amazon Prime. Here is a listing of shows that I currently own or have seen all the episodes of. If it isn't on the list, just assume I haven't seen it. Spoiler! Great Shows – Must See Game of Thrones Mad Men Longmire Burn Notice House Spartacus House of Cards Justified True Detective Breaking Bad The Assets The Wire Sherlock (BBC) The Americans The Walking Dead Deadwood Netflix: Daredevil Jack Taylor Luther Bosch Good shows Travelers Ozark The Leftovers Conviction Medici The Last Kingdom Firefly Dollhouse The Good Wife Hell on Wheels Big Bang Theory Falling Skies Suits White Collar Agents of SHIELD Arrow Boss Rome Orange is the New Black Orphan Black The Knick Goliath (Amazon) Iron Fist Show Me a Hero Hell on Wheels Shooter Mediocre Robin Hood (BBC) Vikings How I met your Mother Scrubs Chuck That 70's Show Top Gear Graceland Hung (HBO) Gotham Conviction Crap Camelot Top Shot Defiance Legends of Tomorrow Here is a listing of shows that I'm currently watching Spoiler! Great Good Boardwalk Empire Westworld Mediocre Crap Here is a listing of shows on my list to watch (mostly due to this thread) Spoiler! The Sopranos 24 Fargo (missed getting it on the DVR ) Band of Brothers The Pacific The Comeback 6 Feet Under John Adams Battlestar Glactica Friday Night Lights I work a ***ton, so it is hard for me catch a series while it is on to get it on the DVR, but I recognize the entertainment value and am willing to go after the Must See shows. Accordingly, I'm not necessarily looking for anything that is still running. I'm up for watching stuff that has run its course. So what say you, Planet? Which shows should I see? UPDATED for the shows I've seen recently. Last edited by Buehler445; 08-09-2017 at 07:36 PM..*
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Nickhead EvOlVeD Nickhead's Avatar Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Blue Mountains, Australia	trying to think, but really, it's quirky like the office and arrested. story lines aren't as nuanced, but the cringe comedy is there throughout. Spoiler! it's a love story really about gavin and stacey (nothing close to ned and stacy, which i watched ) but the side characters steal the show. ness, the female version of dwight i would say, is a ****ing crack up. so dry it would make paint peel off the wall. then you have an awkward tension between an uncle, (tobias) and his gay nephew and their 'fishing trip' years ago. corden is the glue between all storylines singing in every entrance in some way or form. you have chinese allen, who isn't chinese at all (one of many of 'the gang'). then you have stacey's mother, always cooking when someone pops by, and it is ALWAYS an omelet of some kind it's not pg rated, but not nearly as rough as say shameless. the only thing i had a hard time getting past is stacey's damned voice. it's like listening to peggy bundy only higher pitched voice
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BucEyedPea Yum! Buc Marshmallows BucEyedPea's Avatar Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: None of your business	I finished the last season with the finale about a half hour ago of The Americans. It was really good, but I was not that happy with the finale. It was sad. Burov didn't deserve what he got or their children. Sure seemed like they ended it so there would be a spinoff with the daughter continuing in their line of work.
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Baby Lee Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000	Anyone catching 'Strange Angel?' On CBS All Access, started this week. Has a decent pedigree and dramatizes an already fantastical true story. The story of Jack Parson. Giving it a chance, but I don't know if a serious treatment over 10 episodes can eclipse the summation from one Drunk History segment. 000000;width:520px;">
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Baby Lee Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000	Not so much a series, as whatever you call Adult Swim interstitial content. Joe Pera Talks With You About . . . His delivery can be offputting for some. KInd of the developmentally disabled offspring of Jimmy Stewart and Garrison Keillor. But it gets in under your skin in a good way when you get on the same wavelength as him. Joe has one of the funniest bits about NFL fandom, that I think Chiefs fans can relate to.
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06-29-2018, 11:39 PM	#645
Jerm Mahomes > God Jerm's Avatar Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Clinton, MO	Evil Genius - Just binged this all....this is the craziest ****ing thing I've ever watched. Making A Murderer level of nuts here...
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