The Official Good Television Thread

[rms]

Jinx is a pretty cool/well done real crime drama on HBO. Follows Robert Durst, rich as big foots dick real estate family from NYC who may have killed 3 different people in his life.

 

[Matt]

i also really love character-driven crime stuff, like BREAKING BAD and JUSTIFIED and (to a lesser extent) TRUE DETECTIVE. doesn't necessarily need to be exploring new territory - i love old school pulpy shit - but preferably i'd like something with a skillful manipulation of tone/atmosphere/tension, complex characterisations and whatnot.

Justified is so good. Really sad it's ending.

Southland was the best cop show on TV. Sucks that it got cancelled.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Justified is so good. Really sad it's ending.

yeah, love it so much. if every TV show was basically that i'd be happy tbh

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Yeah Fargo and Justified are both great shows. I've missed the last few seasons of Justified though.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

You want a good show? Watch fucking Bar Rescue. Jon Taffer is a god among men.

 

[no country for old wainds]

lol. is that literally just kitchen nightmares with bars 'cause i would totally watch that

 

[Funerary_Doom]

I love Bar Rescue! I visited a bar in NOLA that was on bar rescue to have my first drink.

 

[rms]

yeah it's great television

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

You want a good show? Watch fucking Bar Rescue. Jon Taffer is a god among men.

Do you think they'll ever visit Paddy's Pub?

 

[tagradh]

Last episode of the first series of Catastrophe went out last night. There's only 6 30min episodes in the series so you could watch it all in one go easily. Really good dark, romantic (I guess) comedy.

It feels very British and very Channel 4 (probably the best comedy they've done since Peep Show) but the two main actors/writers, Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan, are American and Irish respectively so maybe it'd appeal to people that don't, for whatever fucktard reason, tend to like British comedy.

 

[voilenoir]

You want a good show? Watch fucking Bar Rescue. Jon Taffer is a god among men.

ya sucks the Oscars were on and I missed him crying.



Also I am 1 season away from finishing SOA, I really don't want to because that finale pissed me off.
I dont wanna post any spoilers but seriously WTF!!

Is anyone watching Better Call Saul? I finally caught up the other night and I love it.

 

[Zephyrus]

Three episodes into the second season of Vikings now. As I've been told, the show does get better. Not the first show to turn out this way, in which a weak first season introduces all the characters and lays the foundation for a more interesting story to develop in later seasons, a big part of which is the transformation of the characters. I've been really fascinated by the Christian monk's development into a Viking warrior who struggles with issues of identity, allegiance and acceptance into the Viking culture, especially when they return to England.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Yes season two is much better. I thought S1 was pretty bad outside of the one episode where Ragnar and Earl Haraldson went at it.

I actually thought S2 started off even weaker, but the last few episodes were pretty strong.

 

[voilenoir]

Am I the only one into House of Cards?

 

[Matt]

^No. I've only gotten through two episodes of the new season so far but it's great so far.

 

[The Ozzman]

Seriously. Kevin Spacey is just amazing.

 

[Dak]

BCS is shaping up to be fantastic.

 

[voilenoir]

Seriously. Kevin Spacey is just amazing.

Yeah he's fucking evil I love it.
I haven't started S3 yet. Probably will in the next few days.

 

[voilenoir]

My friend had me watch Peaky Blinders last night. Super good, if you like Boardwalk Empire check it out.
Also I'm blasting through Gossip Girl, no fucks given.

 

[unknown]

just watched last night's episode of Better Call Saul. Goddamn. Give Jonathan Banks an Emmy. What a phenomenal actor