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**OnTheWarpath58** · 01-08-2013, 04:29 PM

Just finished up a long holiday break, and spent a lot of it watching all three seasons of Deadwood. For whatever reason, I had never gotten around to watching it, even though I had heard nothing but great things about it.

I thought this was the last truly great show I had missed out on, but then I realized the Planet could probably steer me in the right direction. Looking for something new to me, and phenomenal.

Here's a list of the great and above average shows I've already seen. Might give you an idea of the kind of things Mrs. OTW58 and I like. Prefer to stick to HBO, SHO, AMC, FX, etc. Not really bothering with network.

The Sopranos
Deadwood
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Homeland
House of Lies
Rescue Me
The Wire
Band of Brothers
The Pacific
Generation Kill
Sons of Anarchy
Archer
Entourage
Weeds
The Killing

I'm sure I forgot something. Any recommendations?

**Buehler445** · 01-08-2013, 07:34 PM

Game of Thrones.
Might try Longmire.
Band of Brothers

I'm a huge fan of Burn Notice and White Collar.

lewdog · 01-08-2013, 07:37 PM

The Bunny Ranch

Thig Lyfe · 01-08-2013, 07:50 PM

Girls and Veep are pretty good.

Drop the anti-network bias and check out Parks & Rec, Community, 30 Rock, and early seasons of The Office if you haven't seen them.

Original British version of The Office is great and very dark, and Extras is pretty good too.

displacedinMN · 01-08-2013, 07:53 PM

I like a more humorous show

Leverage-TNT
Like Oceans 11 every week.
Not intense. Has good humor.

Royal Pains-USA
Necessary Roughness-USA

La literatura · 01-08-2013, 08:09 PM

Ballykissangel from BBC.

Pitt Gorilla · 01-08-2013, 08:10 PM

Justified. HTF does someone miss that show?

**OnTheWarpath58** · 01-08-2013, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

Justified. HTF does someone miss that show?

I guess the same way I missed Deadwood for what, 8 years?

Matter of fact, the only shows on my list that I actually started watching at the time of premiere were The Sopranos, Archer, House of Lies and Boardwalk Empire.

The rest were all started a season or two into their airing. Or in the case of Deadwood, 8 years after the fact.

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-08-2013, 08:58 PM

I've always enjoyed Californication. Duchovny is brilliant in that show. This last season started out rather slow but finished strong.

CanadianChief · 01-08-2013, 09:02 PM

Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead should both be added to your list.

Edit: Also The League

Cornstock · 01-08-2013, 09:21 PM

From the makers of Archer, Frisky Dingo. Its an odd type of humor but if you liked Archer you will love it. I still don't know why anyone hasn't made a keyboard ant farm yet...

Someone said Damages

Also, network, but How I Met Your Mother is great.

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-08-2013, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Cornstock

Also, network, but How I Met Your Mother is great.

I have to fully disagree.

It was entertaining for the first few seasons but it's been a complete cluster**** since 2010, if not 2009.

The writers continue to drag out the story line, there's very little humor left and the characters have grown very stale.

Laugh tracks suck.

**noa** · 01-08-2013, 09:25 PM

I would say Justified, Terriers, Battlestar Galactica and Six Feet Under. Also, if you enjoyed the dialogue of Deadwood, you might like Luck. Like Terriers, it only lasted one season, and I don't think there was much of a following for Luck, but I love the worlds Milch creates and was sad to see it go.

**DaneMcCloud** · 01-08-2013, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noa

I would say Justified, Terriers, Battlestar Galactica and Six Feet Under. Also, if you enjoyed the dialogue of Deadwood, you might like Luck. Like Terriers, it only lasted one season, and I don't think there was much of a following for Luck, but I love the worlds Milch creates and was sad to see it go.

Luck was shut down because of the death of two horses. Also, there were claims of drugging and abusing the horses.

Semen · 01-08-2013, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I've always enjoyed Californication. Duchovny is brilliant in that show. This last season started out rather slow but finished strong.

Good call. This is one of my top five. Looking forward to seeing how the new season plays out.

Pants · 01-08-2013, 09:30 PM

I highly recommend Rome. It probably fell right between the Sopranos and The Wire for me. This might be a biased opinion due to my love of history, but I'm positive the show is excellent on its own merits.

01-08-2013, 04:29 PM
OnTheWarpath58 FACTORY OF SADNESS Join Date: Sep 2005 Casino cash: $3884414	The best TV show of the last 10-12 years that OTW58 hasn't seen... Just finished up a long holiday break, and spent a lot of it watching all three seasons of Deadwood. For whatever reason, I had never gotten around to watching it, even though I had heard nothing but great things about it. I thought this was the last truly great show I had missed out on, but then I realized the Planet could probably steer me in the right direction. Looking for something new to me, and phenomenal. Here's a list of the great and above average shows I've already seen. Might give you an idea of the kind of things Mrs. OTW58 and I like. Prefer to stick to HBO, SHO, AMC, FX, etc. Not really bothering with network. The Sopranos Deadwood Breaking Bad Mad Men Boardwalk Empire Dexter Homeland House of Lies Rescue Me The Wire Band of Brothers The Pacific Generation Kill Sons of Anarchy Archer Entourage Weeds The Killing I'm sure I forgot something. Any recommendations?
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noa Band Join Date: Sep 2005 Casino cash: $51689	I would say Justified, Terriers, Battlestar Galactica and Six Feet Under. Also, if you enjoyed the dialogue of Deadwood, you might like Luck. Like Terriers, it only lasted one season, and I don't think there was much of a following for Luck, but I love the worlds Milch creates and was sad to see it go. __________________ Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes, well, he eats you.
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