NFT: Binge watching suggestions please.

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Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Dexter

Breaking Bad. The Wire. I just binged The Man in the High Castle.

I watched those. liked the Wire as the best of the group you suggested.

your likes/dislikes are but I really enjoyed the 2 seasons of Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix.

The final Dexter was like, WTH???

And The Eighties. Starting The Sixties now.

and Better call Saul.

I should have stated Netflix or Amazon suggestions,please.

Suits, Better Call Saul (need not have watched bb -- i didnt/havent/prob wont)

choose a topic and then spend hours with it connected to the smart TV

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In comment 13358084 EricJ said:

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choose a topic and then spend hours with it connected to the smart TV

I fall into youtube holes and have no idea how I got some places.

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The final Dexter was like, WTH???

Lol me too. It was absolutely horrible even comical. Overall great show but the ending plus season 5 made it far far far below the elites.

but I have been watching Red Oaks on Amazon. Easy to watch and good characters.

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Schitt's Creek
Transparent
Baskets
Teachers
Narcos
Stranger Things
Super Store
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Casual
Atlanta
Master of None
Better Things
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
The Good Place
The Mick
Santa Clarita Diet
The Wire
Oz

In comment 13358112 DanMetroMan said:

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Schitt's Creek Transparent Baskets Teachers Narcos Stranger Things Super Store A Series of Unfortunate Events Casual Atlanta Master of None Better Things Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt The Good Place The Mick Santa Clarita Diet The Wire Oz

after Narcos and the Wire, which one would you recommend the most?

In comment 13358117 Floyd_Fan said:

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In comment 13358112 DanMetroMan said: Quote: Schitt's Creek Transparent Baskets Teachers Narcos Stranger Things Super Store A Series of Unfortunate Events Casual Atlanta Master of None Better Things Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt The Good Place The Mick Santa Clarita Diet The Wire Oz after Narcos and the Wire, which one would you recommend the most?

I think Oz is the most underrated show (maybe ever) so I would recommend Oz. Everyone always focused on "gay sex" (there really wasn't much of it) but the show was excellent and without it there likely is no Sopranos etc. It was before it's time but great cast and really well done show.

had it #99 best show of all time (their list included cartoons, talk shows etc)

All Stories
99. 'Oz'
1997-2003
The HBO prison drama was a searing exposé of life in maximum-security Oswald State Penitentiary: the shankings, the sexual abuse, the racial warfare. Brutally frank in its violence, Oz was too shocking for its time – and remains shocking years later.

Dexter
Sneaky Pete

Something lighter and easy:
Schitt's Creek

The dumber, mind numbing shows are better for binge watching, IMO.

The wire is my favorite show ever and I wouldn't recommend blowing through it in a couple weeks, you'd lose out on a ton of detail.

House of Cards is the perfect show for binge watching because it hooks you in with season 1 then goes off the rails so the detail doesn't really matter.

In comment 13358131 JayBinQueens said:

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Dexter Sneaky Pete Something lighter and easy: Schitt's Creek

Just "found" Schitt's Creek this week. Zero buzz (mostly because it's a Canadian show) but Eugene Levy, O'Hara, Daniel Levy and the always funny Chris Elliott = really funny.

and Dexter both fit as well. Shows that suck you in and then fall off a cliff.

Leftovers

In comment 13358147 ZGiants98 said:

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Leftovers

I liked that one as well. Outstanding sound track which sets the mood perfectly. heard that season 3 was in the works.

On Amazon was good. LA detective story, 2 seasons

With Bill Paxton looks great.
If you like sci-fi The Expanse is a great show.

I finally got around to binge watching The Shield...loved it. Like a lot of shows, started to drift into the strange and macabre after about 3 seasons, as the writers kept searching for some new and original ideas, but a quality show with quality characters

I may have been the last person to see it of course

In addition to many good ones mentioned, I recommend Bloodline, season 1 and 2, original type of show and very good

just started binge-watching Deadwood.

Love the Shield.

Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy and also Smiley's People. Alec Guiness is brilliant in both. IMO, these are two of the best mini series ever produced.

If it hasn't been suggested already, Sneaky Peat on Amazon is good.

The Americans, Deadwood, the Wire etc -- if it is your first watch, you really need to break up the episodes. It makes a different. Episodes have an ark that gets lost in a binge. And you get no time to think about what you watched.

Nathan Fillion is brilliant as a mystery writer trying to be a detective.

Just don't watch the finale - ruined all my plans for a binge re-watch

Hell on Wheels
Arrow

Is a new one I liked.

Also Schitts Creek, Tudors and Vikings.

You can watch the whole serialization in one sleepless night.

And Breaking Bad are my recommendations.

I need to get around to watching Oz, The shield, and The Wire.

Sons of Anarchy, Hell on Wheels, Nip Tuck, and Dexter are excellent ideas that start as good shows and end up becoming inane shark jumping episode after episode. I can only assume the last season of sons has Henry Kissinger and Dick Cheney make cameos when they need the Sons to invade Iraq and various countries to steal alien made biological weapons before space nazis get to them first.

Sci-fi

Amazon prime. You can catch up before season 5 starts on History Channel.

Some of the others mentioned worthy too. Oz is great. If you like historical fiction Vikings works and maybe a little more of a stretch, Spartacus Blood and Sand.

FYI...two Sons of Anarchy spin-offs in the works/discussion.

One about the Mayans and one in the works about the redwood original first 9 - as long as no Gemma Taylor I'm interested in both, but I have a feeling she'll be in the First 9. Neither is out or even definitely going to happen yet as far as I know. Mayans I believe is further along.

In comment 13358292 Steve L said:

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Is a new one I liked. Also Schitts Creek, Tudors and Vikings.

Second Santa Clarita diet funny and creepy.

The Night Manager half an hour ago. I thought it was excellent.

I also recently finished watching Bloodline.

In comment 13358156 jestersdead said:

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On Amazon was good. LA detective story, 2 seasons

+1 for Bosch and the third season starts next month. Red Oaks on Amazon Prime is harmless fun, especially if you're from the 80's. Narcos on Netflix is very, very good. Damages with Glenn Close and Rose Bryn is excellent and has about 5 seasons; under the radar but one of the best series I've seen on TV.

was good just very predictable. Good for a binge watch since it's pretty mindless.

kinda like Sense8. Starts off weird but once you get into it and understand what's going on, it sucks you in

Just binge watched it. Really solid miniseries

Solid show that just came out on Amazon.

As others have said above, Sons of Anarchy, The Wire, Deadwood....

Also from Amazon, The Man in the High Castle is worth the binge.

In comment 13358340 pjcas18 said:

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Amazon prime. You can catch up before season 5 starts on History Channel. Some of the others mentioned worthy too. Oz is great. If you like historical fiction Vikings works and maybe a little more of a stretch, Spartacus Blood and Sand. FYI...two Sons of Anarchy spin-offs in the works/discussion. One about the Mayans and one in the works about the redwood original first 9 - as long as no Gemma Taylor I'm interested in both, but I have a feeling she'll be in the First 9. Neither is out or even definitely going to happen yet as far as I know. Mayans I believe is further along.

PJ, that's great news. I heard rumors that the Redwood Original was going to be a 5 episode mini series. The Mayans spin off should be pretty good if they have Alvarez come back as the lead, otherwise there is no real connection to SOA.

stars Idris Elba as a UK-based detective....on Netflix...a BBC drama....great stories

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In comment 13358404 figgy2989 said:

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In comment 13358340 pjcas18 said: Quote: Amazon prime. You can catch up before season 5 starts on History Channel. Some of the others mentioned worthy too. Oz is great. If you like historical fiction Vikings works and maybe a little more of a stretch, Spartacus Blood and Sand. FYI...two Sons of Anarchy spin-offs in the works/discussion. One about the Mayans and one in the works about the redwood original first 9 - as long as no Gemma Taylor I'm interested in both, but I have a feeling she'll be in the First 9. Neither is out or even definitely going to happen yet as far as I know. Mayans I believe is further along. PJ, that's great news. I heard rumors that the Redwood Original was going to be a 5 episode mini series. The Mayans spin off should be pretty good if they have Alvarez come back as the lead, otherwise there is no real connection to SOA.

Alvarez would have to be in it I think. He heads the Mayans and they own the gun business now with the Irish.

I think it could be interesting.

The one from this past year that was on BBC America. Easily the best new show I've watched in a while. Quirky, funny, impossible to guess what will happen next, right up till the end of the last episode. Based on a couple of books by Douglas Adams (author of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy). Though the story in this series was completely new.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency...

And so far seem to be pretty solid.

Shooter- first season I believe it was on USA network only half way through it but so far pretty good.
Six- on the history channel this is a new series but so far enjoying the show.
Viking- only on the 3rd season but really enjoy it.
House of cards
Person of Interest – we enjoyed the show but it took a few episodes to get into it towards the end of the series it got a little painful to watch.
OZ- I agree was a very solid series.
If you are into survival shows Alone is pretty good as well.

The Fall
Broadchurch (Season 1, particularly)
Hinterland
Happy Valley
Prime Suspect
George Gently

More Euro, but with that Brit feel:

Wallander (there's also a Swedish version, also excellent)
The Missing
The Bridge (the Swedish version, though the American version is OK)

is a great show.

Also highly recommended. Small show with wonderful characters.

sci-fi, easy binge.

I also second Hand of God, especially with season 2 right around the corner.

Hung
Californication
The Tudors
Jack Taylor

I second Night Manager, Hugh Laurie was great in that.

The Patty Duke Show.