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Firefly/Stargate/expanse

wow. did a ctrl-f and firefly did not come up. Normally I find the first person to say firefly and reply to it. guess im that guy today. anyway. yeah. im one of those firefly folks. firefly for tv and lotr for movies.

Avatar: The Last Airbender.

I'm no particular order:

Dramas:

• The Wire (truly incredible TV, maybe the best Shakespeare ever told through Baltimore drug trade)
• Succession
• Damages (legal drama)
• True Detective (wish I could go back and experience watching this for the first time again so bad)
• Mad Men
• Widow's Bay (apple TV and absolutely hysterical horror)

Comedies:

• Arrested Development

• Veep

• Silicon Valley

• Schitt's Creek

  Regularly on in the background:

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • Futurama
  • 30 Rock
  • The Good Place

Cowboy Bebop (the animated ver) - Just absolute cinema the whole time. Never watched the live action, probably never will. Soundtrack goes so hard and the voice acting in both English and Japanese are unparalleled imo. Such an imaginative and realistic depiction of the future, especially for the time. Thanks a million to Adult Swim for introducing me to my fav show of all time.

The Expanse, Fringe, Malcolm in the Middle, Archer, GITS SAC, off the top of my head.

Star Trek TNG. Without a doubt.

Macgyver is up there, so is Westworld.

Babylon 5 — just the perfect scifi show for me with a five-season story arc that was planned from the beginning.

Others: Farscape, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dark, The West Wing, Community, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Mike Judge's Silicon Valley. The best representation of actual computer nerds I've ever seen.

Runner up: The Wire

DARK.

• The Simpsons 2-9
• It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
• Curb Your Enthusiasm

All because of their fantastic comedy writing: nuanced, layered jokes, with satisfying stories, characters and plots which leads to endless rewatchability.

• Community
• Atlanta

For being weird experimental extremely well written comedies. Rick and Morty's early seasons might make it on this list but I haven't gone back in a while.

• Breaking Bad
• The Expanse

For being long serious satisfying dramas with great characters and writing.

• Dark

Get a special shout-out for being one of the only mystery box shows I've ever seen that sticks the landing.

• Arrested Development 1-3
• Parks and Rec
• 30 Rock
• The Office

All get shout outs for being great comedies, if not quite at the tier of the above.

Mr. Robot. I’m super into the sometimes cheesy “fuck society” mentality. And everything that happens in that show either could or has already happened in reality.

Tough call. Absolutely depends on mood but right now I’d say Bojack Horseman. One of the few shows that got better all way through and ended at exactly the right time.

Scrubs, the good place, star trek tng/ds9, doctor who, torchwood

• Frieren
• ATLA
• Firefly

Always Farscape.

As with movies, foods, music, etc. my "favorites" always shift around depending on my mood, but just now off the top of my head:

• Doctor Who
• Star Trek TNG
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 (which is coming back again, again!)
• Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Bob's Burgers
• Ghosts (the US version)

Community, followed by Fringe and then Justified.

Community is my ideal sitcom: weird, experimental, hilarious, and emotional. It was my comfort show for a very long time. My ringtone comes from that show, Professor Professorson's conspiracy theory ringtone. (Dun dun dunnnnnn)

Fringe is my ideal sci-fi show: weird, far reaching, and is allowed to reach its end.

Justified is my ideal cop show: funny and dark, with a great supporting cast.

Watching King of the hill as an adult is a wholenew world

Battlestar Galactica ( the newer one)

MASH

BBC's Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Dark
Schitt's Creek

Breaking Bad

I rewatch it ever 2-3 years when it's been long enough to feel fresh again.

Firefly, Community, and Trailer Park Boys.

I always struggle to name one best thing at anything. Best movie? IDK, plenty of them are great, can't say which is the best. Favourite colour? Depends on context. Best car? Different each week, as my mood swings. But if I had to pick one tv show and crown it the best, it would be:

Red Dwarf

Hands down the most viewed thing for me. That absurd British humor just clicks with me, just as Monty Python or Black Adder or Black Books did. I used to watch it to fall asleep for years, especially at the college. It was many years ago but I still remember a lot of replicas word by word.

The Wire and M*A*S*H

Better call Saul / Breaking bad

The Good Place / Parks and Recreation

Scrubs / Malcom in the middle

The Simpsons.

I grew up at a time when it was the only good show on TV. Now I know 10 seasons of it by rote.

Stargate

Battlestar Galactica

Agents of Shield

Top 3 for me

Probably Deadwood.

I like the complexity of the characters - nobody’s truly good, nobody’s truly bad.

I like the how some of the experiences in the show are so universal and some are so peculiar to that time and place.

The performances are all incredible.

I was completely taken with it and still am.

I think as far as shows that I love and come back to, and that I keep thinking of and want to own on physical media:

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
She-Ra: Princesses of Power
The Good Place
The Addams Family (the black and white one)
Parks & Recreation
Star Trek TNG, Lower Decks, and Deep Space 9

This covers a few different genres:

• Arrested Development: I stg it gets funnier each time I watch. Except the Netflix seasons. Those suck.
• Love After Lockup: This is peak reality TV. It's messy and complicated and absolutely addicting.
• Xena Warrior Princess: I'm bi. Enough said.

Veep

Dexter. Only the first season though.

There will probably be a lot of recommendations for Breaking Bad, The Wire, The Sopranos, etc., and they're all great.

One that tends to fly under the radar is The Americans, about a family of Soviet spies under deep cover in suburban DC. A top FBI counter-espionage agent moves in across the street, and they become close friends.

Great writing, acting, everything. One of the very best finales I've ever seen.

Bears

Beats

Battlestar Galactica (Using this watch order)

The Prisoner.

Can't think of another show that made me think so hard.

https://youtu.be/osNmf_zmSyE

Connections [non-fiction]

Another show that expects you to bring your brain with you.

https://youtu.be/XetplHcM7aQ

Futureman.

This one caught me by surprise but I was hooked on the raunchy humor and the character development. Damn what a wild ride.

Star Trek.