I haven’t watched TV in years; kids and my previous job really killed that.

There’s SO much out there since I last picked up a remote, and I have a fucking huge backlog.

I’m open to anything, as long as it’s well done.

Series I liked: Vikings, Norsemen (hysterical), The Americans, GoT, Man in the High Castle, Expanse, Spartacus (Batiartus is amazing)

I’m scratching the surface of Boardwalk Empire, but open to other rabbit holes.

  • halyk.the.red
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    11 year ago

    I’ve seen Breaking Bad mentioned. If you enjoy that, check out Your Honor. It’s another drama series starring Bryan Cranston.

    • metaStatic
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      61 year ago

      There is an absurd quantity of low quality Trek being shat out recently, did Disney buy the IP or something?

      • SkaveRat
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        41 year ago

        what?

        SNW and Lower Decks is pretty much as good as star trek can get. I’m on the fence about prodigy, but people generally are also very positive about it.

        disco has its fair share of problems, but the later seasons were also quite good

        • @fernandofig@reddthat.com
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          I’m very torn on disco. Season 2 is probably the best (due in no small part that it sets up SNW), but the rest are a chore to watch. Most of them have some neat ideas, but they’re badly executed more often than not. They also were too heavy handed with each season arcs serialization, most episodes don’t stand on their own, and the writing and consistency is just bad. I just finished the final season, and I’m glad they’re done with it so they can put more money on good Trek like SNW - hopefully they don’t screw it up eventually.

        • @mobius_slip@beehaw.org
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          11 year ago

          Lower Decks is great if you’re already a fan of classic trek ie TOS, Next Gen, Voyager, and DS9. I would never recommend the show to anybody who wasn’t a big fan of Star Trek already as most of the really good jokes would go over their head.

          Strange New Worlds is a fantastic starting point though IMO.

  • @JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee
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    221 year ago

    Here’s an ordered list of shows that came to mind, starting with what I think best fits with what you mentioned and getting further away from there, though I think they’re all worth it.

    Mr robot

    Fringe

    The boys

    Yellow jackets

    Stranger things

    The good place

  • massive_bereavement
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    71 year ago

    Based on your references I would say:

    • Viking stuff: The Last Kingdom
    • Alternate history+space: For All Mankind
    • Spy stuff: Slow Horses
    • Roman stuff: Rome
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    41 year ago

    It’s a short series (six episodes so far) but with two more in production: The Devil’s Hour.

    Go in blind, don’t spoil it for yourself.

    If you like a series that gives you all the clues but none of them fall together until the last episode, this one is dark, brain-bendy supernatural mystery with an excellent cast.

      • Random Dent
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        11 year ago

        Also if you like Peter Capaldi (the older actor in that show), he was in a really good crime drama recently called Criminal Record, which is only 8 episodes.

  • @Akasazh@feddit.nl
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    11 year ago

    I loved Netflix’ new Ripley series. It’s cinematographically gorgeous, has a very poignant bit of humor and is generally the best rendition of the story.

  • @Knuk@lemmy.world
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    11 year ago

    Some historical drama/fiction I really liked:

    • Pillars of the earth
    • For all mankind
    • The tudors
  • @Apeman42@lemmy.world
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    11 year ago

    If you liked Norsemen, I’d say give Plebs a try. It’s another historical sitcom, about a group of losers in ancient Rome.

  • Red Dwarf. Also that recent Netflix show where they explain trying to solve a complicated maths problem to help aliens, but I forget what it’s called now. The one where alien eyes appear in the sky.

    And also a weird Youtube video that’s quite well-known, along with its sequel. They’re called The Hole and The Orb.

    The Hole is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAIbvlobWDM