• AAA@feddit.org
    6·
    51 minutes ago

    I have a high bar when it comes to recommending enthusiastically. Not to say my list is universal bangers, but they are MY bangers.

    Andor (the only good Star Wars series) Band of Brothers (WW2) Chernobyl (Cold war drama) Queens Gambit (Chess drama) Silo (Fallout-esque apocalyptic dystopia) The Expanse (Sci-fi)

  • roundup5381@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    1 hour ago

    Some I’ve hardly seen mentioned here

    Season 1 True Detective is peak tv

    Season 1 Westworld

    FX’s Legion- the story is a bit disjointed between the season but the effects are top notch

    • Redacted@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      56 minutes ago

      Westworld was my #1 for so many years until Foundation pipped it.

      I actually find it difficult to recommend it anymore because of how complex the plot got in later seasons. You need to be very familiar with every sci-fi concept to even stand a chance of keeping up with what’s going on.

      • Snowcano@startrek.website
        3·
        50 minutes ago

        And the fact that HBO canceled it one measly season away from being about to finish the story. I’ll never pay a cent for HBO again.

  • RBWells@lemmy.world
    2·
    32 minutes ago

    Scavengers Reign was amazing.

    Arcane

    Sweet Tooth

    Andor

    I can wholeheartedly, enthusiastically, recommend any of those.

    And The IT Crowd is one of the funniest things I have ever seen, if you can find that please watch it.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    33 minutes ago

    • BSG remake is a must watch for anyone, even those who don’t like “sci fi”

    • Band of Brothers is a must watch, even for those who don’t like “war”

    • Black Sails started amazing, dragged a bit in the middle, but well worth it for the final speech by Flint at the end.

    • The Americans is a show that has tragically never gotten the love that it deserves and is well worth your time.

    • Angel is better than Buffy in every conceivable way basically beginning in the second season and I’ll always point it out to people who won’t give it a chance because they don’t like Buffy. (I don’t like Buffy…but Angel was darker, more mature, less teeny bopper. And frankly funnier)

  • frog_brawler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    41 minutes ago

    Plenty of great shows that ended poorly.

    Maybe I’m just in a negative frame of mind but I won’t recommend any shows at this point.

    I was a fan of Lost when it was on the air, dumbest ending ever; ruined the show. I was a fan of Game of Thrones; the show ended in season 6 and the last two seasons ruined the previous 6.

    Hmmm ok, X-Men ‘97 was very well written and I liked it but that’s only one season and the main guy responsible for making it good got canned.

  • Signtist@bookwyr.meEnglish
    4·
    1 hour ago

    I introduced my wife to Chuck, one of my favorite shows, and it’s the only show so far that we’ve both liked.

  • plerwf@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 hours ago

    Halt and Catch Fire - love shows about technology and innovation and liked Silicon valley, but this show just took it to the next level for me. Both inspiring and at times horribly sad to watch, all done beautifully.

  • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    7·
    2 hours ago

    12 Monkeys and DARK. Both shows deal with time travel in a very cool way.

    Severance and The Boys are also fantastic.