I like seeing a group evolve and form good friendships. I also like sci fi and weirdness. For these reasons, two of my favorite shows are The Expanse and Severance. In both, by the end, I felt like I was “part of the team” in some way.
What are a couple of your favorites? What kind of itch do they scratch?
Batman: The Animated Series
Unique art style (it was drawn on black paper), excellent writing, excellent voice acting.
Inequivocal yes! Grew up with Batman:TAS.
If I had to pick just a couple, then Twin Peaks and The Prisoner. Both have interesting styles, both keep you asking questions rather than spoonfeeding answers, both were ahead of their time.
@[email protected] you might enjoy The Good Place — not sci-fi, but awesome group building. Don’t read anything about it online to avoid spoilers, just sit and watch season 1. If you like it, watch the other seasons as well.
I had a panic attack on the way to work four or five years ago. Turned around, drove back home, and climbed into bed with my partner. We laid there and started The Good Place, and watched for like eight hours. Excellent show, very comfy for me now.
Better Call Saul. I find it so amazing how they were able to take an existing (brilliant in its own right) story, and extend it in both past and the future. It fits in so nicely. There are very few (if any) plot holes, and the story is enjoyable in its own right. Add to that the superb acting of almost everyone, and the elite cinematography. I don’t think there’s a single aspect of this show that I don’t like.
I’m always hesitant to watch Better Call Saul knowing that Walt ruined everything anyways. I wished i watched it before BB
There are a few moments that nod straight to Breaking Bad though, like Tuco’s entry. It had me fanboying and hyped for the directing/writing especially across shows. I also feel like you can really get a sense of the writers’ personal development coming off of Breaking Bad, like they refined so much that was already some of the best TV. And the contrast between Walt’s unreal saga and how Saul is so humanized; he’s deeply flawed but just a guy trying to make it.
I really need to finish Better Call Saul.
Don’t get me wrong. Breaking Bad is fantastic.
I enjoyed Better Call Saul more
The X-Files because childhood and Gillian Anderson.
Star Trek TNG becuase childhood and Gates McFadden.
Smiling friends. The humor isn’t anything like I’ve seen before. I tend to love random humor.
Letterkenny. The insults are top notch.
The best thing about Smiling Friends is that, despite how dark the humor can get, the show generally has a positive attitude and positive messages about humanity, friendships, and kindness.
spoiler
The pilot episode literally has a guy holding a gun to his own head threatening suicide the entire time and it ends with him finding purpose and no longer wanting to kill himself. We all just need something to live for.
For outwardly seeming like its just random shock shlock humor, Smiling Friends really does have depth and heart to it.
I can’t believe I forgot about Letterkenny. The riffing is just so good, it doesn’t get old, and every character is perfect. And the music, especially season one’s display is exactly my taste. The whole show is top notch, but season one is something special.
Schitt’s Creek, too. Both are Canadian gems. I love how like half of the cast is Eugene Levy’s family, and Dan Levy is bae. It’s one of the few comedies to bring me to tears, I’m pretty sure more than once.
So many shows have to be tied for number one for me lmao. Every time I look back at this thread the list gets longer.
I like seeing a group evolve and form good friendships.
Reply, 1988
It is a Korean drama where each episode focuses on a different character, all living on the same street in Seoul in 1988. I recommend it to everyone as my favourite show but especially for your preference described above. You feel each character’s struggles and successes. The way the show develops the characters through their relationships with their families and friends is outstanding.
Regular show
Its just so fun to watch and I am glad someone archived all of the episodes in the best quality
Where’s the archive? Tryna rewatch that shi
Thanks
Awesome, thank you!
I’ve just caught up with Slow Horses. The main character is played by Gary Oldman in top form. He’s a spy, so decrepit and filthy you can almost smell him. He runs an outpost of British intelligence from a filthy, decrepit office staffed by a bunch of fuck-ups. It’s the best thing I’ve seen in ages. Lots of character development, back stories, car chases, bloodshed, even a tiny splash of romance. It’s on its 4th series, so I’m very late to the game. Probably because I don’t have Apple+.
The books are great
Battlestar Galactica will always be my comfort apocalypse.
I’ve watched it too many times now. I still recommend it to everyone, I just can’t watch it myself anymore. Maybe when I retire.
On the final episode with my rewatch
My favorite shows are the shows I can binge over and over and over and they’re still tons of fun, with enough complexity and depth to still reveal something new after dozens of viewings.
In no particular order:
The Orville
Psych
Community
Bob’s Burgers
Archer
Eureka
Rick & Morty
Home Movies
Warehouse 13
Joe Pera Talks With You
Also, my wife and I watch Friends together a lot. It’s from our time. It really doesn’t age, honestly, because all the humor is about people and relationships; there’s nothing political or edgy, there’s nothing other than telephones to really date it and that doesn’t matter whatsoever, it’s just happenstance.Honorable mention:
Continuum
Gravity Falls
Roswell (yeah it was from my time)So nice to see another Eureka/Warehouse 13 fan. Those shows are like perfect comfort food to me.
I like seeing a group evolve and form good friendships. I also like sci fi and weirdness.
You better get on that Scavengers Reign train. There’s only one season right now, but it rules, especially from a “weirdness” perspective, and there’s not going to be more unless it gets some more attention.
The first and ONLY season of Altered Carbon. I love the dystopian cyberpunk sci-fi film noir style.
I like seeing a group evolve and form good friendships. I also like sci fi and weirdness.
May I recommend Star Trek: Lower Decks? If you’re a fan of animated shows, that is.
I can vouch for Lower Decks!
OP WATCH SCAVENGERS REIGN. Unless you’re sensitive to body horror.
Especially if you’re sensitive to body horror?
