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The Wire
I binged The Wire more than once. It's fascinating in so many different ways. I also binged watch the first 2 seasons of House of Cards. The rest aren't binge worthy. I also binged Firefly. Granted it was only 1 season, but it was worth it. I'd also recommend Band of Brothers if you've never seen it.The Wire
Besides The Wire, other bingeable shows, in no particular order: The Sopranos, Rome, The Tudors, Deadwood, Battlestar Galactica (2004), Futurama (but you can stop after 4 seasons).
What's it about? Taking a dump?David Simon has a new show coming out this fall, The Deuce.
Loved Deadwood..
Also Treme was a favorite.. hated to see John Goodman not continue on after season 1
I watched Treme when it was on, but never went back and finished the last couple seasons. It was an interesting show, but didn't have much of a plot line....very meandering. Music was great. I wouldn't put it in the same class as others mentioned here.
Billions is a show that's currently on, that I think is good.
Breaking Bad
Sopranos
The Wire
The West Wing
House of Cards
Mad Men
Are the only the shows I've ever binge watched. The first 3 I've watched beginning to end several times. Others, like Dexter, are ok for a once through.
A show like Sopranos, you have to somewhat appreciate the timeframe it was made. While there are a ton of great TV shows now....when it was on, there was really nothing else much like it. It really paved the way for the current era of tv.
Not sure how I forgot this show but Season 1 (only) of True Detective is incredible. Despite debate on the last episode it's probably in my top 3 seasons ever.
I'll also throw in season 1 of Heroes. Save the cheerleader, Save the World is one of the best plot lines ever.
Billions is great. Hopefully they will be able to keep it going. Maybe everyone is just taking it for granted, but obviously Game of Thrones.I watched Treme when it was on, but never went back and finished the last couple seasons. It was an interesting show, but didn't have much of a plot line....very meandering. Music was great. I wouldn't put it in the same class as others mentioned here.
Billions is a show that's currently on, that I think is good.
Breaking Bad
Sopranos
The Wire
The West Wing
House of Cards
Mad Men
Are the only the shows I've ever binge watched. The first 3 I've watched beginning to end several times. Others, like Dexter, are ok for a once through.
A show like Sopranos, you have to somewhat appreciate the timeframe it was made. While there are a ton of great TV shows now....when it was on, there was really nothing else much like it. It really paved the way for the current era of tv.
Billions is great. Hopefully they will be able to keep it going. Maybe everyone is just taking it for granted, but obviously Game of Thrones.
Treme was better the first couple of years than toward the end. I love New Orleans and the music is what kept me coming back each season.
True Detective season one was great...remember this scene:
It's a Dickensian view of taking a dump. Wide mileu and dizzying cast of characters who take 2nd billing only to taking a #2.What's it about? Taking a dump?
A show like Sopranos, you have to somewhat appreciate the timeframe it was made. While there are a ton of great TV shows now....when it was on, there was really nothing else much like it. It really paved the way for the current era of tv.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deuce_(TV_series)What's it about? Taking a dump?
Warning: TV nerding ahead.Yeah. I tried re-watching The Sopranos recently as a treadmill show, that is, a show to watch while I'm on the treadmill. It was a tough watch the second time around. Much slower paced than shows today, and all those scenes with the therapist just drag and drag. It really was groundbreaking at the time, but unlike The Wire it doesn't seem to hold up as well. Too much hand wringing angst, not enough story movement.
Looks promising.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deuce_(TV_series)
Porn industry.....so you all should like it.
Try Gilligan's Island, I hear it is engrossing and cutting edge plots.
Try Gilligan's Island, I hear it is engrossing and cutting edge plots.
Wow, you must have really been into it! lol.The early ones are entertaining, back when they were just trying to be funny. But the later seasons where they attempted to address cultural and social taboos and issues seemed to be more tedious than humorous. Like when they tackled the lasting horrific effects of a long ended global conflict (The Japanese Solder) or the 60's drug use epidemic (where Gilligan drinks the berries and has visual hallucinations) or ageism (where Gilligan's hair turns white and he's ostracized) or cultural/racial divisions (The Headhunters) or the pressures of fame and publicity (The Mosquitos taking refuge on the island) or sexual confusion and tension (Erica Tiffany Smith getting the The Skipper all worked up, but pining for The Professor).
It got to be too much. I want to be entertained. Not preached to.
For ****s sake you can't make a Gilligans Island post without posting some pictures of Ginger or Mary Ann. Which leads to the question which way do you lean?The early ones are entertaining, back when they were just trying to be funny. But the later seasons where they attempted to address cultural and social taboos and issues seemed to be more tedious than humorous. Like when they tackled the lasting horrific effects of a long ended global conflict (The Japanese Solder) or the 60's drug use epidemic (where Gilligan drinks the berries and has visual hallucinations) or ageism (where Gilligan's hair turns white and he's ostracized) or cultural/racial divisions (The Headhunters) or the pressures of fame and publicity (The Mosquitos taking refuge on the island) or sexual confusion and tension (Erica Tiffany Smith getting the The Skipper all worked up, but pining for The Professor).
It got to be too much. I want to be entertained. Not preached to.
Here's a few (there are many others):
The Americans
Black mirror
Shameless
The league
It's always sunny in Philadelphia
Halt and catch fire (season 1 only)
House of cards
The early ones are entertaining, back when they were just trying to be funny. But the later seasons where they attempted to address cultural and social taboos and issues seemed to be more tedious than humorous. Like when they tackled the lasting horrific effects of a long ended global conflict (The Japanese Solder) or the 60's drug use epidemic (where Gilligan drinks the berries and has visual hallucinations) or ageism (where Gilligan's hair turns white and he's ostracized) or cultural/racial divisions (The Headhunters) or the pressures of fame and publicity (The Mosquitos taking refuge on the island) or sexual confusion and tension (Erica Tiffany Smith getting the The Skipper all worked up, but pining for The Professor).
It got to be too much. I want to be entertained. Not preached to.
perhaps you took that show a bit too seriously.
Dude. They took on some deep issues, in some cases years before anyone else dared. Who else was addressing gender confusion in the mid '60's?
Ginger, if not her, then a 3some.For ****s sake you can't make a Gilligans Island post without posting some pictures of Ginger or Mary Ann. Which leads to the question which way do you lean?
But "The Americans" is historically good claims a mod. Emmy nods and The Wire Season 4 be damned.i agree on Halt and Catch Fire, but thought season 3 was really great and the best of the 3 so far, while 1 and 2 were very good, but not as good as 3.
would definitely recommend HACF as binge worthy.
also agree with the poster above who recommended "Billions".
The Good Wife stayed consistently good through the entire run.
hated to see that show end.
Suits was really good for a season or 2, but writing really fell off last yr.
i never understood the love affair with Breaking Bad.
tried several times, and never could get into it.
i also keep trying with The Americans, but it moves way too slow for me. (i now catch about every other to every third episode, and fast forward some at that).
i'm still thinking in the end, Elizabeth, (a brainwashed true believer psychopath), turns on Philip, for not being so much one.
i'm thinking this could go "Prizzi's Honor/"Mr and Mrs Smith" in the end, with Elizabeth forcing the issue since she's the unbending zealot.