Cosmos (the NDT series) - my overall favourite series. If you like Cosmos a lot, consider watching the archives of the Royal Institution’s Christmas lectures
The Good Place - Existential Philosophy and Ontology 101, the TV Series. Hilarious, dramatic, and one of the most touching stories I’ve ever encountered
Person of Interest - Basically “What You’ll Learn on Lemmy: The TV Series”, about all of the wondrous horrors of the digital surveillance state in which we all live.
here’s a few i haven’t seen mentioned yet:
oz - uncompromising US prison drama
garth merenghi’s darkplace - deadpan british tele-horror parody
the mighty boosh - absurdist musical stage-theatre from the UK
dirk gently’s holistic detective agency - fast-paced comedy with an interesting premise that plays out like a douglas adams novel
happy - netflix series which combines a gritty procedural crime-drama with a cartoon mascot. Very violent and dark humour
Taskmaster,
The good place
Schitts Creek
Arrested development
My name is Earl
Frasier
Firefly
OUTLANDER❤❤❤
- Futurama all the way up to the end of the comedy central reboot; I haven’t seen the newest ones.
- 30 Rock
- Fargo
- Derry girls
- The Last of Us
- Broadchurch
- Slow horses
- True Detective S1, 3, and 4.
- Rome
Edit:my original format was awful. Sorry about that :/
Ordered by quality (best on top)
- Sopranos (…is the absolute GOAT)
- The Wire
- Band of Broters
- Generation Kill
- Bron (The Bridge - the original Swedish version)
- Narcos and Narcos Mexico
- Sense8
- Mr. Robot
Then there are some more good ones from recent times:
- Down Cemetery Road was not bad
- Slow Horses is close to making it to my all time Top X list
- SAS Rogue Heroes is a good watch too
- Masters of the Air is worth it for the visuals
- Sherlock is my wife’s favourite
- Undercover and Ferry, 2 Dutch series are very good and vibey
- The Borgias was good, shame they had to finish it halfway
There, this should give you a considerable backlog.
Slow Horses The Rehearsal Patriot
My name is Earl.
Babylon 5
Community
Silicon Valley
The Inbetweeners
Pluribus
Space Dandy
Space ghost coast to coast: surreal talk show and interview comedy reusing old cartoon animation. A more modern equivalent would probably be Smiling Friends.
Courage the cowardly dog: PG rated horror, lots of references and original stuff, suspense and humor
Cowboy Bebop: anime, good sci-fi amazing music
All the star treks: fully automated gay space communism and the alien and robot crisises they encounter. Futurama, The Orville for more comedic/modern equivalents. Cue epic fanfare intro music.
Psych & Monk: comfort sitcom meets murder mystery early 2000s style, updated Matlock/Columbo/murder she wrote.
Most David Attenborough nature docs
The twilight zone original and reboot, eerie sci-fi standalone stories
Legion: professor X’s son is the most powerful mutant alive (pre Franklin Richards) and slowly losing his mind. Reminds me a bit of The Prisoner.
Cosmos original and reboot, I like the style of the original but the updated science in the new one is obviously more informative. For a taste try just the powers of 10 video.
Carnivale. It ended on a cliff hanger but IMHO, its an absolutely fantastic 3 seasons.
Turn: Washington Spies
