I’ve been rewatching my favorites (Mr. Robot, Andor, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) and I’m curious: What is your favorite show of all time? What makes that your favorite?
Star Trek TNG. Without a doubt.
Macgyver is up there, so is Westworld.
I do love MacGyver! Grew up on that, Quantum Leap and Wings!
I’m genuinely curious how you rate the seasons of Westworld, the first season is absolutely one of the best things I’ve ever watched, and I still enjoyed the second season, but it really declined from there in my opinion
Encounter at far point is one my favorite sci-fi movies of all time.
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:
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Arrested Development
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Veep
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Silicon Valley
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Schitt’s Creek
Regularly on in the background:
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Futurama
- 30 Rock
- The Good Place
The Good Place had no business being as good as it was.
Fork yeah!
This. This is a rock solid list, dude.
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.
I really liked the live action Cowboy Bebop. But then, I never watch the anime. Then again, I don’t mind remakes and format changes, so long as it is still well made.
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
Battlestar Galactica ( the newer one)
MASH
I was going to post BSG as well
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.
DARK.
I should watch this again.
It’s different, and arguably better, on second viewing.
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)
Scrubs, the good place, star trek tng/ds9, doctor who, torchwood
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.
If you haven’t seen it, look up the German sci-fi comedy show Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot. There’s a fan translation of the first season and official English subtitles for the second season. It’s got a really good off-the-wall energy, and I don’t think it’s well enough known outside Germany.
Red Dwarf is such good comfort TV. I don’t even generally like British humour but that show just fills me with warmth. It’s probably mostly the Cat for me if we’re being honest, but it is just a good show.
I’m the same. Red Dwarf is the only favorite thing I really have. I still manage a watch nearly everyday and have seen it through so many times I’ve lost count.
- Frieren
- ATLA
- Firefly
ATLA is the GOAT.
Firefly - I’m not into it, but my wife fucking loves it. She had a Firefly wedding, like all themed and stuff. Which I don’t understand but whatever.
That’s wild. So you don’t particularly care for the show, but it was presumably the theme for your wedding as well? Or was this a previous marriage?
Not my wedding, haha. Her previous wedding. Our wedding together was conducted by a gay pastor in a park.
And I send her ex-husband a “fuck you” message once a year, along with a picture of his ex wife happy in glorious locales.
So… funny story. Before I ever watched frieren, I bought a T-shirt about that series in Akihabara. Then when we got home we watched the first season and I regretted not buying several amazing figures from the series while I was there.
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.
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.
I think Trailer Park Boys up to the end of the Swayze Express arc
Twin Peaks. It’s one of the most original shows I’ve seen, and I think it manages to strike a perfect balance between mystery, drama, comedy, and general quirkiness. The third season in particular is a goddamn masterpiece imo. Also Dale Cooper has to be one of my all time favorite characters. It’s definitely not everyone’s cup of coffee though
The Return is thoroughly good. 💯
