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?
iCarly
The Leftovers. If I were to ever put together a top 10 list of personal favorites, this would be at the top then in a distant second I could start ranking the rest. I love how fully realized its concepts were. I love how it stuck true to its convictions right up to the end. I love the mashup of science fiction and fantasy and grief and contemporary life. I love the beautiful Max Richter score. For a show that starts pretty bleak in the first few episodes you really feel the love and warmth by the end of the series and the discovery of inner piece.
I always like to add this caveat to anyone jumping in, the first half of season one can be tough. Episode 3 is a good taste of what the show is at its best and episode 6 is one of the best in the series and the point where most people are fully hooked.
I’ve been wanting to watch it and your comment makes me want to see it even more.
I don’t live in the US anymore and Max doesn’t have English subtitles for some of their shows in my region, which is pretty annoying. Including for the Leftovers! That’s why I’ve been putting off seeing it. Haha. Ugh. It’s funny because I check it again every once in a while to see if there are English subtitles, which is how bad I wanna see the show.
A recent one? Resident Alien. It has a lot of unexpected laughs. The female characters in it are also really well done and not one dimensional.
I need laugh tracks so I know when to laugh.
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.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.
Nice!
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!
Monk, Psych, white collar and Frasier are probably my most favorite shows ever. They have all the things i want in a show, comedy and some drama, and really immersed me into the plot
You know that’s right.
The first and ONLY season of Altered Carbon. I love the dystopian cyberpunk sci-fi film noir style.
Over the Gardenwall
Happy!. The perfect mix of black comedy, violence, and weird central alien stuff.
First time I’ve seen someone else mention it. Definitely an underrated show with a lot of wild ideas.
Joe Pera Talks With You
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pera_Talks_with_You
https://www.adultswim.com/videos/joe-pera-talks-with-you
https://www.amazon.com/Joe-Pera-Talks-With-You/dp/B0B75L86ZG/
I was pretty bummed when it got canceled because it really got me through some hard times. What’s there holds up beautifully, however.
It starts off as a Mr. Rogers type vehicle that quickly veers off into strangeness. Joes propensity to talk to the camera like Mr. Rogers, and his propensity to explain human emotions by relating them to scientific ideas like the formation of rocks made this show weirdly comforting for me. It’s also just plain goofy.
It also includes Conner O’Malley in the cast and as one of the writers. O’Malley is like if BBC documentarian Adam Curtis instead made David Lynch-esque experimental comedy. He was on a few episodes of Detroiters with Tim Robinson and is in a handful of I Think You Should Leave sketches (in my opinion, most notably in “Honk if you’re horny”). For being such a strange guy, he wrote some of the most heartfelt stuff in Joe Pera.
Joes voice is extremely calming to me, and his timing and delivery genuinely kill me. I’ve had very few comedians that had me crying over something genuinely sweet and sad and then be able to make laugh a few moments later.
I hear people describe shows like Ted Lasso as “kind television” and I think Joe Pera Talks With You fits in that same niche. It’s very loving and doesn’t seem to really put anyone down and shows off a quiet, beautiful Michigan community. Despite not being from Marquette, originally, Joe has a lot of love for the area, it’s clear.
Such a fantastic show, killed in its prime:(
This sounds wonderful.
Itchy and Scratchy scratch my itch.
Futurama. I love how creative it is as well as how it can have its emotional moments, at least with the older seasons.
American Dad. It’s Family Guy made way better. The episodes are so original and creative. The first 7 seasons are all gold.
My mom and I don’t connect on much but she absolutely loved watching American Dad with me. Brings fond memories
Didn’t see it mentioned yet so i’ll shout out:
Devs.
Super super good sci-fi mystery series relating to quantum theory that introduced some … moral quandaries that stick with you. I dont see it talked about much but I really enjoyed it. Nick Offerman plays the main “bad guy” and it was a jarring but refreshing role change, kinda like John Goodman in the second cloverfield movie. God Damn he killed it.
I also loved Devs. Great soundtrack too.
