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I haven't been watching much in terms of actual shows for a good while, then while listening to a podcast a host casually mentioned they had rewatched Chernobyl, how it still holds up, that there's a reason it got as much acclaim as it did, etc. So I thought I'd give it a go and wow, loved it (still one episode left to watch).
Had me thinking, what else have I missed out on? What are some "absolute cinema" TV shows that still hold up and and are considered must watch?
Resident Alien
Spider Noir
Fargo Dirk Gentlys holistic detective agency Babylon Berlin Homeland I May Destroy You Fleabag The End of the Fking World
Widow's Bay was amazing
It was basically a Call of Cthulhu campaign played out on screen!
I'm really surprised The Expanse didn't get more of a mention here. Great scify series, and I don't like series in general.
Its closer to hard sci fy than prob anything else, it has pretty realistic politics of exploitation, rebellion and inyterdependace in the near (few hundred years) colonisation of the solar system. There's some gritty pewpewpew in space, balanced out by some space opera, with spectacular characters that have more depth than most and a story arch thats likely to make you binge it.
As an added bonus the series is 6 out of 9 (/10) books it is based on. There are some notable differences by the end but still you can... expand beyond what the series shows.
What resonated me the most in The Expanse is how tribalistic humans still are. Our lizard brain is having a hard time evolving with human development.
Andor!
Best Star Wars content in a lonngggg time
Better Call Saul! I like it even more than Breaking Bad
I would like to mention Legion . It's a SYFY/Marvel Television show made back in the era when Netflix was making their gritty, street-level shows like Daredevil and Jessica Jones for Marvel Television. I also strongly recommend the first seasons of both of those. Legion is three-seasons long with a complete story line planned for all three seasons from the beginning.
Legion takes place in an alternate world from the MCU. The main character is David Haller (Dan Stevens), an extraordinarily powerful telepathic/telekinetic with reality warping powers. He also may or may not be completely insane. One of the best things is that the show does not lead you around by the nose. You are left to puzzle your way through strange events wondering what is real and not real and whether he is insane or not.
Also, you really can't go wrong with a show that has Aubrey Plaza and Jemaine Clement in it.
Yesssssssss. Legion was incredible. One of my favorite shows of all time.
"Love won't save us. Love is what we have to save."
it still holds up
How old does a show or movie need to be in order for such a statement to be applicable? Seven years seems really short, and feels like when a child says "when I was a kid."
Check out Westworld.
Stop at the end of the first season and you have seen perfection
Loki isn't bad, both seasons
DARK on Netflix.
It's not for everybody but I loved every second of it. In summary (without spoilers):
Haven't seen The League of Gentlemen mentioned (not to be confused with the movie with extraordinary in the title)
Haven’t seen it mentioned yet, so I’ll go ahead and give a shoutout to The Queen’s gambit. It’s easily one of the best shows of the past 20 years and it’s a limited, 7 episode (iirc) series.
Babylon Berlin
The Good Place. Season one is just to set it up, please stick with it through at least S2. The ending makes me cry every time I watch it
Bosch
Line of Duty
Happy Valley
Into The Night
Lupin
Luther
Mystery Road
The Newsroom
I liked Into the Night, but they ditch the plane at the end, so I didn't even check if there is a second season.
Happy Valley is probably the best UK show of the last decade.
Bojack horseman (better under lsd/shrooms)
The Beatles: Get Back!
Ordinary Denazification (start of the Ukrainian war with a lot of nuances)
Ugly Americans (simple fun)
the Act of killing (though film, it is worth it)
Utopia, the original one. Unfortunately it got cancelled after season two, and the IP is owned by Amazon who tried to do a relaunch, but it was a flop.
Still, everyone should watch Utopia, the visuals, the colourwork, that amazing soundtrack. I pray Amazon releases its grasp one day.
Here's a short selection of series that really stood out for me over the past few years.
All are there for different reasons, but they were all quite amazing IMHO. (also, I've included spoiler-free summaries 😉)
Devs
A software engineer investigates the secretive quantum computing division of her cutting-edge tech company after her boyfriend goes missing.
This felt like some of the best early Black Mirror episodes, stretched out over the length of a well-paced short TV series. In a way, it's also similar to Severance, in the best of ways.
Our Flag Means Death
An 18th-century aristocrat abandons his life of luxury to become a pirate.
Funny, touching, extremely intelligent... if you like the work of Taika Waititi and his friends (What we do in the Shadows), this is a must-watch.
Scavengers Reign
When a deep-space freighter crashes on a beautiful but profoundly perilous alien planet, the scattered surviving crew must navigate a surreal, violently interconnected ecosystem in a desperate bid for rescue.
The best Sci-Fi series I've ever seen. This may be the first tv series I've seen that actually translates the vibe of some of the best Sci-Fi/space-opera writing I've read.
Killing Eve
A bored MI5 security officer and a glamorous, unpredictable assassin become locked in a deadly, globe-trotting game of cat-and-mouse.
Amazing actresses playing terrible people. It is so we'll made I think everyone needs to watch this one.
Utopia (UK)
A group of online forum members unearths a bizarre graphic novel rumored to predict global disasters, suddenly finding themselves hunted by a ruthless, shadowy organization.
This show is SO unique. The way it looks, the vibe, the story... everything hits SO hard! Just the intro sequence had me HOOKED! (Note: it was never finished; but it does have a pretty good ending regardless).
