TV series binge recommendation

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motorhead
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
I’ve pretty much completed my bucket list of old TV series to binge and am looking for new recommendations. I trust the TUSCL brotherhood will provide better advice than Reddit and Quora.

Apparently I seem to have little patience because if I don’t get hooked in the first 2 or 3 episodes I move on.

For All Mankind was recently recommended. I absolutely loved it. Great! But I gave up on Slow Horses after 3 episodes.

In the past 6 months I’ve tried the following, but never could get past a season at the most. All were highly recommended on Reddit

Outlander
Westworld
Succession
Billions
Yellowjacket’s
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Shield

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shailynn
2 years ago
All the Narcos series on Netflix

If I were you I’d try to find reruns of Facts of Life, Silver Spoons and the Drummonds. Maybe throw in Webster too.
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twentyfive
2 years ago
I liked The Last Kingdom on Netflix that’s 6 seasons should take a bit of time.
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mark94
2 years ago
Both the following move in and out of streaming. Right now, I don’t think they are available. They are worth waiting for.

Life: the lead actor from Band of Brothers plays an ex con, millionaire, Buddhist detective in LA. Well written, well acted, great cast, and a great series finale.

Dark Matter: SciFi. A gang of cut throat space bandits become good guys and protect the weak. Sort of Seven Samurai in space.
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mark94
2 years ago
I assume you’ve seen Band of Brothers.
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docsavage
2 years ago
Burn Notice
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georgmicrodong
2 years ago
Supernatural
Burn Notice
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Cashman1234
2 years ago
I don’t watch much streaming content. I’ve tried a few streaming series, and since I don’t watch much television, I get too far behind.

I tried Outlander, but I got bored with it.

I like Peaky Blinders so far. I think I’ve made it to the second season.

The show I’ve recently started is The Sinner. It’s pretty good, and the guy Bill Pullman is an interesting character.

That’s all I’ve got.
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gSteph
2 years ago
Marvelous Mrs Maisel
GLOW, (glorious ladies of wrestling)
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doctorevil
2 years ago
Bordertown, a Finnish crime drama on Netflix.
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whodey
2 years ago
These are the top 5 network shows that I have rewatched over the past couple of years:
West Wing
ER
24
CSI
Sopranos

Others I would recommend would be:
House of Cards
Game of Thrones (maybe skip the last season)
Breaking Bad
Criminal Minds
Lost (absolutely skip the last season)
Blacklist
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Tetradon
2 years ago
I'm digging Godfather of Harlem.
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ATACdawg
2 years ago
Highlander - all six seasons
The Red Green Show
Babylon 5
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drewcareypnw
2 years ago
Mindhunter
Slow horses
The wire
Lost in space
The deuce (topical for tuscl)
Let the right one in
The bureau
Interview with the vampire
The outsider
Tinker tailor solider spy, and smileys people (1970s version)

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skibum609
2 years ago
Gunsmoke
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rockie
2 years ago
Mission Impossible
Sports Night
Treme
Bosch
Lincoln Lawyer
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londonguy
2 years ago
If you can access them I’d recommend two British shows. Line of Duty and Happy Valley. Both are dramas. Happy Valley third series finished recently, it was superb, the acting is incredible. It’s based in Yorkshire so some of you may struggle with the accent and slang.
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motorhead
2 years ago
Londonguy

I appreciate the suggestion. But I’ve never latched on to any British series.

I’ve tried Peaky Binders, Slow Horses, Outlander and got bored. And I struggled with the accents even with those
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londonguy
2 years ago
Motörhead, I never watched Peaky Blinders, it’s set in the West Midlands, the worst of all our accents is this one.
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Jimbo888
2 years ago
Slow Horses
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stmike
2 years ago
Letterkenny
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