[Closed] 6 Feet Under

Loved 6 Feet myself, nothing else like it!

Nothing quite matches the quality of Lauren Ambrose and Mena Suvari rolling on the grass....

The Wire will ruin you for all other TV shows.

Battlestar Galactica is just as good, but has space ships so even better.

Cracking series, never seemed as popular as it deserved to be, I thought.

I guess you've done Sopranos?
I'm really enjoying Sons of Anarchy as well.

You should watch Dexter next and see Michael [s]William[/s] C. Hall in a different light.

That'll be MIchael C Hall 😉

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Sopranos

The Wire

Deadwood

John from Cincinnati (OK I never really had a clue what the hell was going on - and nor did anyone else - but I loved it.)

I feel sad that I own and have watched all tge above mentioned.

Comes from having to put up with Spanish TV

The Wire is defo the best.

Just watched californication with david whatsisname from the x-files.

Quality program that had me laughing.

The Wire - wicked

True Blood is "made" by the the same fella as Six Feet Under - just starting (last night) S02 on Channel 4, onto S03 in US. I like it, probably took me about 4 or 5 episodes of the first series to get into it the Mrs really likes it features vampires, sex and drugs.

Echo other recommendations above re BSG and the Wire, although think the Sopranos is better than all of them.

I think Sopranos reached a height in about the second series when his mother was plotting to have him offed that it never really regained. TV doesn't get much better.

I would add Rome to the list too, if you like plotting and intrigue in your TV shows. And it had the guy out of Trainspotting in it.

True blood is quite good, but as above, took me a few episodes to get into it.

Thanks all, not done many other series so may look into True Blood, Sopranos, Dexter, and watch The Wire.

Are you all ****ing me re BSG?

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the wire
dexter
generation kill
the shield (very fast paced, very easy to end up watching many episodes at a time)
band of brothers
sons of anarchy
im alan partridge
arrested development
carl sagans cosmos
the power of myth (joseph cambell and bill moyers)

BSG
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But I love The Wire - just finished the second series and I can imagine, from the way things are set up, the third series will be a cracker.

So BSG is soft porn?

BSG is great, religion, politics, philosphy [i]and[/i] big frack* off spaceships.

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So BSG is soft porn?

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The West Wing?

Farscape?

Firefly?

BSG has something for everybody, great scripts, proper Sci Fi plotting and contemporary political references, the number 6s for the dads and of course Apollo and Anders for the girls.

Dramatic tension with the whole who is really a cyclon thing - comments about religion. OK nobody plots to off their mother but you can't have everything.

But as said, the best thing, great big frack off spaceships.

Seriously, watch it, would loan it you but somebody has just borrowed the pilot and series one off me.

A great series,
"good" ending too.

Hope you like the wire, stick with it as it is worth it.

And the lassie who played the 6s, that picture aside, is a fantastic actor you could tell what 6 character she was instantly.

I was pleasantly surprised by Lucy Lawless

Oh yeah, BSG even has kiwi actors ! Always a sign of quality...

P.S Russell Crowe is Australian, in spite of their attempts to blame us for him.

And how could I forget Al from Quantum Leap!

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I was pleasantly surprised by Lucy Lawless

Sounds like an enjoyable night in 😉

Beat me to it.

Curses, verses.

I'm just working my way through the first series of Oz. Grim but utterly, completely brilliant. I might have to try and figure out exactly when it went mad and stop watching before that point, the last series was pretty ridiculous in places.

Then, back to the West Wing.

... which is exactly what I'm watching right now.

Another vote for BSG, although I am yet to watch the end of season 4. There are also some "specials" done as well.

Farscape is also very good, but a little dated by comparison to the newer stuff.

Just finished watching Oz, highly recommended indeed (although some of the violence is a little extreme to say the least).

Dexter
West Wing - ****ing awesome
Wire - ****ing awesome too
The shield - gets better by the season
Californication - funny as
Sons of Anachy - made me want to join a bike gang
John from Cincinnati - excellent, "twin peaks" confusing

I am also trying to come to terms with life after The Wire. Currently watching ... The Wire. Again. And Homicide Life On The Street, made by the same guy.

terme

Quite enjoying southland and mad men at the moment.

Oh,

Not watched it myself yet, but Breaking Bad is supposed to be ace.

BReaking bad is surprisingly good... great casting! Well worth it

Breaking Bad
AWESOME

We're just about to start watching the final season of 6FU which is ace and then thinking its season 2 of Oz time.

Loved The Sopranos right upto the last episode which for me felt like it just stopped as a pose to finishing.

BReaking bad is surprisingly good... great casting! Well worth it

This^

Also Southland is ok.

Personally I found 6 Feet Under a bit too up itself. My opinion obviously.

Having started a similar topic on here in the past I have watched The Wire and it is definitely the best TV ever made.

I enjoyed Lost, even if it was a bit mental.

The 2 series of Life on Mars are excellent, Ashes to Ashes not so much.

I am currently working my way through The Shield, the first 4 or 5 episodes while not bad didn't really do it for me, but from then on it has been brilliant and is getting better and better. Yesterday due to a bit of jet lag me and Mrs-g managed 8 episodes back-to-back rather than sleeping.

Breaking Bad is like that short run cartoon 'Stressed Eric' - Every program makes me more and more stressed. It's great though!

For some reason I can't stop starring at that pic of 6.

Also, the Swedish version of Wallander is great television. If you like a bit of a grimfest from time to time, it does get darker as it goes along. Repeating the second series now on BBC4.

Ooh,

Best mini-series you've never heard of. See if you can track down The Lost Room. Awesome, awesome high-concept show that ran to six episodes (originally shown in pairs as three 'parts' I believe). And it's got the bloke out of 6FU in it, so it'll help your withdrawal.

Seriously, stop reading this and go and look for it.

the Riches
Huff
Nurse Jackie.

As said, The Wire & the Sopranos take some beating

Treme - had me hooked, for some reason

I really enjoyed all of these:
Californicaion
Dexter
Leverage
Firefly
Breaking Bad
Big Bang Theory

Ooh, yeah and as suggested above - The Lost Room is excellent.