I'm going to go with Monk! I don't know how that show managed to mix together sadness, humor, and hope flawlessly while also giving interesting mysteries to solve time and time again.
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Generation Kill
I love me some Generation Kill. I tell people it's the closest show/movie to being deployed as I've seen. The downtime bullshitting and the incompetent higher-ups trying to look good was just so good.
That's on my list! How does it compare to band of brothers
Less pathos, more grit, more realism, funnier.
Fringe
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I have to throw Black Sails in the hat as well. Easily one of the best executed shows, start to finish. At no point did any characters change for the plot, they always stayed consistent with what they would do based on experiences you watch them have on the show. Not to say they don't change, just that they do so in accordance with what we've shown them to do. And after the entire thrilling ride, they stick the landing and finish the show off in a satisfying way. Could not recommend this show more.
Person of interest
Heroes, gets better every season
Controversial...
Spaced
This so much. Kinda teary at the end though.
Task Master. I fucking love it, rewatching the whole show on YouTube again right now. :)
Helix. At the end of every episode you think „they can’t possibly top this“ and then the next episode turns it up another notch
Utopia (the original version, though the Amazon version isn’t bad either)
I'll agree with you on the original version, but the Amazon version was hot garbage.
If you ignore the source and just watch it like it’s fresh, I didn’t have much of a problem with it
My problem is also not with the source, Amazon is capable of making good shows. My problem is that the show itself was bad. It took all the mystery and suspense of the original and dumbed it down for US audiences.
Irresponsible Captain Taylor.
Underappreciated hidden gem of an old school anime. Dude bumblefucks his way into joining the military, starting an intergalactic war, becomes three captain of his own ship of misfits and starts winning said war by accident, and that's the first three episodes.
Guardian of the Spirits [Seirei no Moribito]
A truly excellent anime based on a truly excellent series of books.
Vinland saga
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