Boca BIlls Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Deadwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Turn-On Secret Talents of the Stars Breaking Boston Dot Comedy Co-Ed Fever Quarterlife Heil Honey I’m Home I guarantee that the any of these series will hold your attention throughout their entire run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockpile233 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I’ve got to say Breaking Bad is the only one I can think of that was basically perfect from start to finish. I would say Game of Thrones, but I agree with the OP about the previous season. The Wire sort of, but my issue is the fifth and final season being silly. I always argue with people about season two, which may be my FAVORITE season of the show. Most recently I love Attack on Titan, but both the manga/show is still ongoing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) 24 (24 font ) GoT Soprano's Edited February 26, 2019 by ShadyBillsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 ‘She’s the Sheriff’? ? (You would have thought someone would have told George Wyner to change his last name for the stage.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shrader Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Doc Brown said: Not for any dramas I've seen. Breaking Bad was the closest but they replaced a great villain (Gus) with the generic villains of neo-nazis in Season 5 seemed like lazy writing. Sacrificing himself to save Jesse seemed too perfect to be true. The caveat I'll add is the theory that Season 5 was all a dream that Walter White had and what we saw the final few episodes was the best possible way to make amends for the damage he caused. Still damn entertaining and engaging though. So would that make all of Better Call Saul a part of his dream too due to the few Omaha scenes? edit: Oh, and the funniest online theory I've seen about Breaking Bad is that Walt's meth caused the Walking Dead. It's a funny thought and apparently they've actually thrown a few easter eggs into the show to play with that idea. 3 hours ago, Doc Brown said: Comedies are a different animal as they aren't as reliant on a linear story. All in the Family, Cheers, Seinfeld (I liked the last episode damn it), Curb, and MASH were relatively strong throughout. Lately I've been throwing on an episode or two of Cheers while I wind down my gym workout on a treadmill. It's a great way to add on an extra 30 minutes or so without even realizing it. Edited February 26, 2019 by shrader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, ChevyVanMiller said: Turn-On Secret Talents of the Stars Breaking Boston Dot Comedy Co-Ed Fever Quarterlife Heil Honey I’m Home I guarantee that the any of these series will hold your attention throughout their entire run. This has to have been the worst decision in the history of television. I watched the episode, and I get what they were trying to do. A parody of the traditional American sitcom. But literally, any historic figure in history, good or evil, would have been a better choice than Adolf Hitler. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 17 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said: I recommended the show Breaking Bad to a friend because I loved that show. She finished all 5 seasons--not surprisingly--in about a week and a half. But she was upset about the ending. I won't spoil things about the show for those who haven't seen it, but she felt that it wasn't an "honest ending." Personally, I disagree in general. I loved that show from the very beginning to the very end. I think it did exactly what it was trying to do. But it got me thinking about TV shows in general. Most of them are about the journey, not the destination. That's why I feel like endings of a lot of these shows are kinda awkward, almost like the creator is fumbling for an ending--Seinfeld!!! Fringe is one of my all time favorite shows. But the last season and a half were just weird... you could tell the creator just had the foundational ideas for the show planned, not the ending. Lost was gripping up until a certain point, at which point the same thing Fringe suffered from seemed to happen. Love The Walking Dead, but I'm really just losing interest at this point. There have been a couple opportunities in the last season or so to just end it and wrap everything up well. Haven't even picked it back up since it started again a few weeks ago. The Blacklist is another show I really like, but it's starting to suffer from the same problems, though I'll see where it goes 'cause it still has a chance. I'm absolutely loving Better Call Saul, but right now it's at an inflection point, and I'm curious if it wraps itself up into its obvious conclusion this season or if it stretches itself out and falls into the same trap. Almost the opposite can be said with Game of Thrones, which went from almost a slow-burning big budget TV show for the first 3 or 4 seasons and just felt rushed in its last season, to the point of being outlandish at points... even for a Fantasy show. And with just 6 episodes left, I'm wondering where it ends, though if the ultimate victor is the character I want it to be, I'll probably be satisfied. So I guess I'm throwing this out for 2 reasons: 1) I'm curious if anyone can think of a show that was a knockout from beginning to end. And that doesn't necessarily mean a happy ending... but it means a perfect, or near-perfect ending for that particular show and 2) I'm always looking for good shows to watch... so preferably some warnings about spoilers, first Breaking Bad was the show that crossed my mind when I saw the topic. A few months ago I started a topic about best / worst endings to shows with more than one season. Breaking Bad was my choice for best ending. Absolutely loved it. Ending that final episode by playing my favorite Badfinger song in its entirety was icing on the cake. That being said, almost as many chose it as the worst ending as the best. Also liked that every time it started to put some humor the meth lifestyle, it showed the horrors. Dexter was my choice for weakest ending for what it's worth. Currently, Blindspot is getting very weak in what I assume will be its final season. Still enjoy Blacklist, though the ending will likely be a letdown as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, Steve O said: Breaking Bad was the show that crossed my mind when I saw the topic. A few months ago I started a topic about best / worst endings to shows with more than one season. Breaking Bad was my choice for best ending. Absolutely loved it. Ending that final episode by playing my favorite Badfinger song in its entirety was icing on the cake. That being said, almost as many chose it as the worst ending as the best. Also liked that every time it started to put some humor the meth lifestyle, it showed the horrors. Dexter was my choice for weakest ending for what it's worth. Currently, Blindspot is getting very weak in what I assume will be its final season. Still enjoy Blacklist, though the ending will likely be a letdown as well. I can understand that some people may not have been thrilled with the ending of Breaking Bad. Anyone who wants to call it the worst though, those people really need to stop exaggerating for the sake of making a point. The words start to lose meaning if you call that the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 They took Fringe (and Walternate) and turned it into a Showtime Series Counterpart Counterpart, a new series with a strong Fringe feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richmond_Bills Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 4 hours ago, Doc Brown said: Not for any dramas I've seen. Breaking Bad was the closest but they replaced a great villain (Gus) with the generic villains of neo-nazis in Season 5 seemed like lazy writing. Sacrificing himself to save Jesse seemed too perfect to be true. The caveat I'll add is the theory that Season 5 was all a dream that Walter White had and what we saw the final few episodes was the best possible way to make amends for the damage he caused. Still damn entertaining and engaging though. Peaky Blinders is a great series but it went all Oceans 11 on us in the 4th season. Comedies are a different animal as they aren't as reliant on a linear story. All in the Family, Cheers, Seinfeld (I liked the last episode damn it), Curb, and MASH were relatively strong throughout. I have a theory about Breaking Bad. I feel like the true ending of the series was supposed to be the end of Season 4. He kills Gus. He goes to parking deck and calls Skyler and says "I won". I think the viewing population would have been totally content with this being the ending (and I think that is how they planned for it to end). However, the mass following and demand for a 5th season required them to keep going. There were some dark, dark episodes in Season 5 that were borderline unwatchable. There were also some great moments, but I would have been totally content with the show ending at the end of S4. Killing Mike, Hank, Lydia, the little kid - all uneccessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transplantbillsfan Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 24 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: They took Fringe (and Walternate) and turned it into a Showtime Series Counterpart Counterpart, a new series with a strong Fringe feeling. The Walternate stuff is when the series got weird. Such a shame. Fantastic shoe before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I see a lot of Breaking Bad mentioned. I gave up on BB after the first few episodes. Then before season 3 I caught the middle of an AMC marathon and was hooked Game of Thrones was something I heard people talking about but never got around to watching. Then the winter between seasons 3 and 4 there was a snowstorm and I needed something to watch so I binged the first 3 seasons with an occasional sleep break Peaky Blinders had me hooked from the first episode. I remember recommending it to a friend who said they gave up in the middle of the first episode because they couldn't understand the dialog thru the thick accent. Then a couple days later he came back and thanked me, once they cut thru the accent they were hooked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 12 minutes ago, /dev/null said: I see a lot of Breaking Bad mentioned. I gave up on BB after the first few episodes. Then before season 3 I caught the middle of an AMC marathon and was hooked That's why these streaming services are so great. I can see how someone would have fallen off of Breaking Bad if they had to watch that on a weekly basis. That pilot was balls to the wall, but then it slowed significantly for the character development episodes. Getting to watch all that development in one sitting as opposed to stretching it out over a month or two? Sign me up. That's how I watched the show since I only had basic cable when it originally aired. Better Call Saul is good, but with how long it's drawn out, I really wish I had just waited for the entire series to be finished before watching it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB3 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) The 4400. The writer's strike robbed me of the final season. Edited February 26, 2019 by LBSeeBallLBGetBall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 mind hunter on netflix really made me tingle down there. i know they just finished recording the second season in december, so we're due for another season this year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Not a drama, but a comedy: Letterkenny It's an incredibly smart show described as an incredibly dumb show. The writing is pure linguistic bliss. Absolutely brilliant. It's a niche sort of humor for sure, but man is it funny. It may have made me laugh out loud more than any show in history. It's on Hulu if anyone is interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Warcodered Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Richmond_Bills said: I have a theory about Breaking Bad. I feel like the true ending of the series was supposed to be the end of Season 4. He kills Gus. He goes to parking deck and calls Skyler and says "I won". I think the viewing population would have been totally content with this being the ending (and I think that is how they planned for it to end). However, the mass following and demand for a 5th season required them to keep going. There were some dark, dark episodes in Season 5 that were borderline unwatchable. There were also some great moments, but I would have been totally content with the show ending at the end of S4. Killing Mike, Hank, Lydia, the little kid - all uneccessary. Walt just winning and having no major repercussions for his actions was never going to be the ending to that show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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