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The Americans is pretty high stakes and almost zero comedy with the exception of the goofy disguises. That said, it's an amazing show.
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May 15, 2021 05:31
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fancy stats posted:Lodge 49 or HaCF. Seconding Lodge 49.
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May 15, 2021 05:33
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:Perennial Terriers plug this and also Halt And Catch Fire as others have wisely suggested It's a great show. if you liked Mad Men I think you'll like H&CF Also, For All Mankind is badass
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May 15, 2021 05:33
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I've given The Americans and HaCF a try before, but neither grabbed me with the first few episodes. Been meaning to give HaCF another try. I'll check out Lodge 49, too. Rectify is another show I really loved, even though there's not really any comedy.
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May 15, 2021 05:39
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Hell yeah Rectify is awesome and the first season is perfect imo try Dispatches From Elsewhere
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May 15, 2021 05:41
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Wasn't a fan of Lodge 49
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May 15, 2021 06:20
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We're about halfway through season 1 of The Magicians now and it sucks noticeably less. Still not fully convinced by it, but it's definitely improved.
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May 15, 2021 07:44
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Trig Discipline posted:We're about halfway through season 1 of The Magicians now and it sucks noticeably less. Still not fully convinced by it, but it's definitely improved.
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May 15, 2021 07:51
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I just finished watching Dark Shadows. 1,225 episodes of Gothic insanity. Despite the quality drop near the end, I never got the urge to bail out. If you ever decide to watch it (Amazon Prime has it), you will find yourself asking, "Can this show get any more ridiculous?" and that answer will always be a resounding "yes!".
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May 15, 2021 13:15
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Trig Discipline posted:We're about halfway through season 1 of The Magicians now and it sucks noticeably less. Still not fully convinced by it, but it's definitely improved. I'm up to early season 3, and it gets much, much better.
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May 15, 2021 14:08
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sparksbloom posted:I've given The Americans and HaCF a try before, but neither grabbed me with the first few episodes. Been meaning to give HaCF another try. HaCF gets great when it stops trying to make Lee Pace into the 80’s Don Draper. Honestly I liked season 1 a lot, but many think it isn’t until season 2 that it gets truly good. Also I will say the final season reminds me of the final season of SFU in relation to how I felt after the series finale. I knew I was going to miss these fictional characters more than any sane human should. I like The Americans, but I never thought it was on the level everyone else did. It was also a B+ show to me. Lodge 49 is great too, and I need to watch Rectify myself. The Leftovers is another but that season 1 can be dark. nate fisher fucked around with this message at 14:21 on May 15, 2021 |
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May 15, 2021 14:18
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Trig Discipline posted:We're about halfway through season 1 of The Magicians now and it sucks noticeably less. Still not fully convinced by it, but it's definitely improved. I’m where you are in the show as well and it definitely feels like it’s slowly getting better. I basically had to force myself to watch the first few episodes, didn’t like any of the characters, and couldn’t get into it. That’s changing though! I’ve finally started to not hate Quentin and I’m going to stick with it this time! Hopefully! 
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May 15, 2021 17:42
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:Perennial Terriers plug Greatest 1 season show of all time.
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May 15, 2021 18:05
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HOLY gently caress posted:I’m where you are in the show as well and it definitely feels like it’s slowly getting better. I basically had to force myself to watch the first few episodes, didn’t like any of the characters, and couldn’t get into it. That’s changing though! I’ve finally started to not hate Quentin and I’m going to stick with it this time! Hopefully! Most of the characters, fortunately, become less hateable as the show goes on. Two characters that had seemed kind of pointless for most of the first season (Kady and Margo) became my favorites by mid-season 2.
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May 15, 2021 19:54
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I've been binging my way through Guy's Grocery Games
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May 15, 2021 20:08
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HOLY gently caress posted:I’m where you are in the show as well and it definitely feels like it’s slowly getting better. I basically had to force myself to watch the first few episodes, didn’t like any of the characters, and couldn’t get into it. That’s changing though! I’ve finally started to not hate Quentin and I’m going to stick with it this time! Hopefully! Yeah early Quentin reminded me way too much of this dude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Ka2nkIi2I
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May 15, 2021 22:45
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sparksbloom posted:Rewatching Six Feet Under for like the fifth or sixth time and looking for recs of this kind of show — low-stakes dramedy with some amount of depth. Mad Men and Succession scratch the same itch for me. Also really loved Enlightened. I'd say Atlanta and second Rectify, Halt and Catch Fire, Lodge 49 and Terriers. If you're willing to up the stakes a little into people committing mortal sins I'd also very much suggest Barry and Patriot. The Americans is great, but Mu Zeta was absolutely right on the stakes and it being about as grim and serious as you'll get from contemporary TV drama. For the record both HaCF and Americans have weaker first seasons and build strength from there, I don't think this is a controversial take.
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May 16, 2021 00:18
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Thanks to everyone who recommended Ted Lasso as a light-hearted, mostly drama-free show. It's funny and nice and just generally a pleasure to watch. My wife and I don't mind dark shows sometimes, but we need a nightly "settle down" show that we can watch while our hyper-anxious dog falls asleep. That's not the best time for either of us to watch The Americans or Breaking Bad. (Or The Magicians, which was giving my wife nightmares after watching it too late at night.) So far we've gone through the entire run of the Great British Baking Show, Taskmaster, and now most of Ted Lasso. I think we might do Mythic Quest next. Does anyone have suggestions for similarly lighthearted shows that aren't obnoxiously cloying? In a couple more weeks we're going to need something new to watch.
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May 16, 2021 00:41
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Schitt’s Creek
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May 16, 2021 00:42
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withak posted:Schitt’s Creek Honestly, I know nothing of the show other than that the pun of its name instantly turned me off. Which I know is a dumb reason to write something off, so I'll give it a look. Thanks!
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May 16, 2021 00:44
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I had the exact same reaction for the longest time and I'm currently watching through it for the third time in the last year. Its just wonderful and heartwarming.
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May 16, 2021 00:50
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WhiteHowler posted:Thanks to everyone who recommended Ted Lasso as a light-hearted, mostly drama-free show. It's funny and nice and just generally a pleasure to watch. As UNRULY_HOUSEGUEST just mentioned, Atlanta is absolutely fantastic. It's just a very unique show which sort of drifts from a very grounded sort of deadpan humor into completely unexpected bits of surrealism. I'd watch just about anything with Donald Glover, Lakeith Stanfield, or Zazie Beetz in it and Atlanta has all three. It's also really cemented Hiro Murai in my mind as a director to follow, and his work on Barry only reinforces that. Have you seen Please Like Me? It's got some dramatic moments but is mostly very light-hearted and sweet, and is one of those great shows where even characters who start off as unlikeable eventually become quite sympathetic. If I had to sum up its worldview succinctly, it's something like "everyone's trying to be a good person, but some people aren't as good at it as others". Of course if you like Taskmaster you also have just a never-ending fountain of other British panel shows to choose from, which all essentially have the same rotating cast of a few dozen comedians. The Big Fat Quiz, Eight Out Of Ten Cats, Eight Out Of Ten Cats Does Countdown, QI, Richard Osman's House of Games, etc. I mostly knew all of those people from Taskmaster until I got stuck in quarantine for most of three months and started watching the other shows. It's a lot of fun going "Oh it's Aisling Bea! And Russell Howard! And Alex Horne!" It's just the same crowd over and over but they're all so fun that it's always worth watching. There's also a never-ending set of Taskmaster spinoffs. The American version wasn't great, but the new NZ version and the Norwegian one were both pretty good.
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May 16, 2021 02:01
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WhiteHowler posted:Does anyone have suggestions for similarly lighthearted shows that aren't obnoxiously cloying? In a couple more weeks we're going to need something new to watch. Maybe Santa Clarita Diet? It not only has a great core cast, but lots of great supporting players. One caveat is it can be pretty gory, but it's usually in juxtaposition to a good helping of goofiness. It also got cut by Netflix after three seasons and really could've used a proper conclusion.
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May 16, 2021 02:35
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Mu Zeta posted:The Americans is pretty high stakes and almost zero comedy with the exception of the goofy disguises. That said, it's an amazing show. YOU RESPECT JESUS BUT NOT US was comedy gold for me
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May 16, 2021 02:37
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Trig Discipline posted:As UNRULY_HOUSEGUEST just mentioned, Atlanta is absolutely fantastic. quote:It's also really cemented Hiro Murai in my mind as a director to follow, and his work on Barry only reinforces that. quote:Have you seen Please Like Me? It's got some dramatic moments but is mostly very light-hearted and sweet, and is one of those great shows where even characters who start off as unlikeable eventually become quite sympathetic. quote:Of course if you like Taskmaster you also have just a never-ending fountain of other British panel shows to choose from, which all essentially have the same rotating cast of a few dozen comedians. The Big Fat Quiz, Eight Out Of Ten Cats, Eight Out Of Ten Cats Does Countdown, QI, Richard Osman's House of Games, etc. We also absolutely love Korean variety and competition shows (Running Man, The Genius, The Great Escape, etc.), but we tend to avoid shows with subtitles during "settle down" time, because we're often also tending to the dog or getting snacks or whatever. PizzaProwler posted:Maybe Santa Clarita Diet? It not only has a great core cast, but lots of great supporting players. One caveat is it can be pretty gory, but it's usually in juxtaposition to a good helping of goofiness. It also got cut by Netflix after three seasons and really could've used a proper conclusion.
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May 16, 2021 03:04
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WhiteHowler posted:I checked out the UK TV megathread but the landscape is so broad, and none of the panel shows I've sampled quite reached the heights of Taskmaster. Yeah it's my favorite of all of them by a substantial margin.
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May 16, 2021 03:20
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WhiteHowler posted:We watched and loved Atlanta when it first aired, and I hate that there may never be any more. It has so much potential left. According to Wikipedia, seasons 3 and 4 are filming right now!
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May 16, 2021 03:21
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Have you seen What We Do In The Shadows?
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May 16, 2021 04:49
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Just started binging Girls5Eva. I had low expectations because I didn't think I was the target audience but I'm surprised at how funny it is. Also, the musical numbers are on point and it has one of my favorite causes of death: the girl who swam off the end of an Infinity Pool.
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May 17, 2021 01:50
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isaboo posted:Have you seen What We Do In The Shadows? No. It looks fun. I know it's generally played for silliness, but how much actually spooky imagery is there? My wife is prone to weird dreams if we watch anything creepy or gory just before bed.
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May 17, 2021 01:55
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WhiteHowler posted:No. It looks fun. I know it's generally played for silliness, but how much actually spooky imagery is there? My wife is prone to weird dreams if we watch anything creepy or gory just before bed. None. There might be some campy-mock horror (like someone hissing with fangs out) but there isn’t anything creepy (that I remember)
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May 17, 2021 01:57
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started travelers, a few EPs in and the abusive husband character is already pissing me off
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May 17, 2021 01:59
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Google Butt posted:started travelers, a few EPs in and the abusive husband character is already pissing me off Have fun with that!
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May 17, 2021 02:12
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Open Source Idiom posted:Have fun with that! does it really go on for the entire run
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May 17, 2021 02:15
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Google Butt posted:does it really go on for the entire run Almost all of it. And it never gets better haha. Sorry man.
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May 17, 2021 02:17
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Open Source Idiom posted:Almost all of it. And it never gets better haha. Sorry man. Jesus gently caress
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May 17, 2021 02:17
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Finished Travelers today. Really nice surprise of a show, thanks for the recs for it here. Jeff the cop is usually a pretty small part of the episodes so I wouldn’t abandon the show just because of him. We also have watched a couple of other short series. Gentified: (Netflix) take on facing change in a Latinx neighborhood. Most of the characters have their charm. It’s not earth shattering but it was a fun watch. The Truth Will Out (Acorn/Prime) Swedish crime series. Pretty good but maybe not my favorite. It’s a little funnier than most shows in this genre that I’ve seen. The main character is a bit of a sad sack at first but we found it worth it to get through to the end of the season. It’s definitely not as intense/dreamy as Trapped, Wisting, Rebecca Martinson...
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May 17, 2021 03:19
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I also started Girls5eva and it's really funny. It's weird how we're at the point of having nostalgia for the 2000s/ MTV TRL era already? The release of the show is perfect timing with that Britney Spears documentary.
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May 17, 2021 04:10
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I finished the first season of Jupiter’s Legacy. It was alright I guess. I do enjoy me some superhero’s but this once felt a little lacking. Especially in the production design. I hope the story picks up in the season 2. I’m curious to see where it goes.
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