OT- Favorite streaming series [Archive]

sjbraun

11-09-2015, 07:34 AM

To piggyback on OP's post about ditching cable media, I wonder what viewing gems the Paceline community has found in the streaming universe.
Some of the best we've watched include:

Justified
Peaky Blinders
Battlestar Galactica, the new series
Homeland
The Walking Dead
Treme
Vikings
Breaking Bad
The Americans
True Detective
Orphan Black
The Killing

What can you add?

Birddog

11-09-2015, 07:38 AM

Longmire

cdn_bacon

11-09-2015, 07:49 AM

Backstrom. Sadly only one season.

Archer if you're into cartoons.

rugbysecondrow

11-09-2015, 08:09 AM

I enjoy watching reruns of old series. Most are kid friendly.

Friends
Cheers
Seinfeld
Cosby Show (this has been less fun as more info has come out)
How I Met Your Mother.
Sopranos

I also like these current shows:
Catastrophie
Casual
Orange is the New Black (first season was really good I thought)

charliedid

11-09-2015, 08:14 AM

First couple seasons of both Weeds and Californication are well written and produced.

Beyond that they lost me.

Lewis Moon

11-09-2015, 08:20 AM

Mr Robot
Longmire: Shot in a small town in NM that I absolutely love. Katee Sackoff, also, too.
Happy Valley
Broadchurch (first season)

coffeecake

11-09-2015, 08:47 AM

How to Get Away with Murder.

The concept is a bit of stretch, but it sure is thrilling.

Anarchist

11-09-2015, 09:05 AM

Dreamland, an Australian series. Hilarious.

Rake, the original series out of Australia.

Climb01742

11-09-2015, 09:07 AM

Another vote for 'Peaky Blinders'.

commonguy001

11-09-2015, 09:18 AM

Just adding to the list

Bosch
Narcos
Continuum
Halt and Catch Fire
Crossing Lines
Fire Fly
Nikita

All good trainer fodder for cold winter afternoons

exapkib

11-09-2015, 09:19 AM

Freaks and Geeks
Twilight Zone
The IT Crowd

djg21

11-09-2015, 09:27 AM

PQJ

11-09-2015, 09:29 AM

Fargo. Season 1 was brilliant. Season 2, so far, is just as good.

oldpotatoe

11-09-2015, 09:30 AM

djg21

11-09-2015, 09:32 AM

Fargo. Season 1 was brilliant. Season 2, so far, is just as good.

I'm two episodes into this season. It takes a bit to get into with all the characters. Ted Danson is great in it.

I also loved Justified. The the cast was awesome, and Elmore Leonard's writing make for great TV.

vav

11-09-2015, 09:44 AM

Orange is the new black.

Hank Scorpio

11-09-2015, 10:52 AM

House of Cards

Lewis Moon

11-09-2015, 12:18 PM

I'll also add Luther, Sense8 and The Fall.

mhespenheide

11-09-2015, 12:35 PM

Blacklist (season 1 was excellent; haven't started season 2 yet)
Daredevil
Castle (at least through the first few seasons)
Firefly

bcroslin

11-09-2015, 01:04 PM

The Knick on Cinemax is pretty good

I'm also still a fan of Homeland even though it's jumped the shark a bit

Another vote for the Fall. It's probably the best of the crime thrillers IMO

rodcad

11-09-2015, 01:06 PM

All good on Netflix that I have watched, House of Cards, Weed(s) and Orange is the new Black.

ntb1001

11-09-2015, 01:12 PM

I've watched..

Blacklist
House of cards
Suits
Breaking Bad
Daredevil
and now I'm into Homeland.

malcolm

11-09-2015, 01:53 PM

I'm two episodes into this season. It takes a bit to get into with all the characters. Ted Danson is great in it.

I also loved Justified. The the cast was awesome, and Elmore Leonard's writing make for great TV.

Justified best dialog and characters ever. Elmore Leonard was a genius.

slidey

11-09-2015, 02:05 PM

Yes, Minister
Yes, Prime Minister
Blackadder
Touch of Frost

Anarchist

11-09-2015, 03:09 PM

House of Cards only if you are watching the original British series.

The american copy is pale and weak in comparison.

charliedid

11-09-2015, 05:10 PM

House of Cards only if you are watching the original British series.

The american copy is pale and weak in comparison.

I generally agree but not giving up on the US version just yet.

Speaking of the Brit's.

Broadchurch is worth a look: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2249364/

echelon_john

11-09-2015, 05:14 PM

Broadchurch is phenomenal. Both seasons.
Hinterland
The Killing--U.S. Version
I don't think anybody mentioned True Detective?
Homeland

Tony T

11-09-2015, 05:52 PM

The IT Crowd

Found out about The IT Crowd from The Paceline (excellent show) :)

http://www.cheatengine.org/forum/files/restart_707.jpg

TheEnglish

11-09-2015, 05:58 PM

Orphan Black is pretty addictive.
Damages is amazing for the first three seasons, it's a unique format and super suspenseful.
And of course Game of Thrones, The Wire, True Detective, House of Cards, and Orange is the New Black.

csm

11-09-2015, 06:47 PM

Lillehammer.

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Tickdoc

11-09-2015, 07:08 PM

peaky blinders

walking dead

that is all.

chuckroast

11-09-2015, 07:13 PM

Does anyone know when Amazon is debuting the new Top Gear (or whatever they are going to call it)?

rpm

11-09-2015, 08:19 PM

Alpha House -- Hilarious. No word on a new season.

Bosch -- They found a perfect guy to play Bosch, and Michael Connelly writes for the series.

HillDancer

11-09-2015, 10:22 PM

Ray Donovan

eippo1

11-10-2015, 07:58 AM

I'd have to add Rick & Morty because it's hilarious. It's animate like Archer or Bob's Burgers, but ridiculous.

It also looks like I'm about to acquire an old house, so I've begun watching the first season of American Horror Story.

Gfi3

11-10-2015, 08:20 AM

Looks like I'm not the only one crushing season after season of TV series while on the trainer in the winter :)

Couple of my favorites and I can't believe they weren't mentioned yet!

The Wire
Sons of Anarchy

fkelly

11-10-2015, 09:23 AM

Madmen, especially if you grew up in the 60's.

Gilmore Girls. At least the first few seasons.

Doc Martin.

Breaking Bad though I had to binge watch it when my wife wasn't around cause of the violence.

CampyorBust

11-10-2015, 05:37 PM

What no South Park love in the Paceline?

The new season is really on point, best episodes/season in while now.

Mr.Robot was a pleasant surprise.

Leonardo has a show ya know, sumthin bout his demons.

Likes2ridefar

11-10-2015, 05:49 PM

My favorites have already been mentioned

Arrested development
Bored to death
Better call Saul
Scandal
Empire
It's always sunny in Philadelphia
Fringe

echappist

11-10-2015, 11:12 PM

House of Cards only if you are watching the original British series.

The american copy is pale and weak in comparison.

bingo

and i add to my list another BBC mainstay, Doctor Who

also to the list: Breaking Bad (i'm trained as a chemist) and Better Call Saul

StanleySteamer

11-10-2015, 11:20 PM

I second the vote for Justified. Scott and Bailey is an excellent Brit female cop show.

deechee

11-11-2015, 09:12 AM

Lately,
The Great British Bake off (even though PBS is a few seasons behind)
Netflix's Chef's Table

Impatiently waiting for:
Jessica Jones (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3UYWK2jeX0) on Netflix (Nov 20)
BBC's Wallander

A little less:
Broen (The Bridge), original
Forbrydelsen (The Killing), original

djg21

11-21-2015, 06:28 PM

I just binge-watched the entire season on Amazon's The Man in the High Castle. It is an excellent show and well worth watching.

1centaur

11-21-2015, 08:26 PM

Man in the High Castle getting high 90s from both critics and fans on Rotten Tomatoes. I am 3 in. It is good.

rwsaunders

11-21-2015, 10:15 PM

+1 for Broadchurch
Foyle's War
Sherlock (Cumberbatch)

eippo1

11-22-2015, 12:15 PM

Impatiently waiting for:
Jessica Jones (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3UYWK2jeX0) on Netflix (Nov 20)

Just watched the first one of these last night. That's super dark, but like that they seem to be true to the background story.

Tony T

11-22-2015, 12:34 PM

I just binge-watched the entire season on Amazon's The Man in the High Castle. It is an excellent show and well worth watching.

Did it remain 'true' to the PKD story (written in 1962)?
Interesting to note that the book was written 17 years after WWII, and the Amazon Series 70 years after.

djg21

11-22-2015, 12:42 PM

Did it remain 'true' to the PKD story (written in 1962)?
Interesting to note that the book was written 17 years after WWII, and the Amazon Series 70 years after.

From what I understand, not entirely. According to reviews I've read, the book focused on San Francisco under Japanese rule whereas the Amazon series dealt with the Nazi controlled east more extensively as well as the west. The book is on my reading list.

Tony T

11-22-2015, 06:10 PM

Man in the High Castle getting high 90s from both critics and fans on Rotten Tomatoes. I am 3 in. It is good.

Halfway through the 1st ep. Not too impressed, maybe it will get better.
(book was ok, but also, not great — I guess a reason why so many other PKD novels made it to the screen sooner)

djg21

11-22-2015, 06:26 PM

Halfway through the 1st ep. Not too impressed, maybe it will get better.
(book was ok, but also, not great I guess a reason why so many other PKD novels made it to the screen sooner)

The story takes some time to get going as it takes time to develop the characters and at least one subplot was pretty slow. There are aspects that are left hanging -- like the point of the heroine being an aikido expert. I'm still not sure why that was part of the story. But give it a handful of episodes. It gets better. In the meantime, the cinematography and conceptualization of NYC and San Francisco under Axis control was pretty interesting. The last episode was the best of the series, but I don't want to say anything and give it away.

Tony T

11-23-2015, 08:10 AM

Even Steve Dallas is "binging"

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12289480_1083868634977222_3379363626392459482_n.jp g?oh=73da882c0c31e26142f028c63832852a&oe=56F011FC

SlackMan

12-03-2015, 06:14 PM

I just binge-watched the entire season on Amazon's The Man in the High Castle. It is an excellent show and well worth watching.

+1. I am on episode 6 now, and really liking it even though it is quite disturbing given current instability in the geopolitical scene.

AJM100

12-03-2015, 06:19 PM

Every question the under representation of cyclists on the Walking Dead. :banana:

csm

12-03-2015, 09:45 PM

Man in high castle.... It's pretty good.

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martl

12-04-2015, 02:41 AM

"Deadwood" first by about a mile and a half

Breaking bad was good, as was Saul

"Bloodline" was surprisingly good
Liked House of Cards S01 and 02, didn't care much about S03

liking "Lie to me" and "Suits".

"Lillyhammer" is funny and entertaining, but not exactly a heavyweight.

azrider

06-05-2016, 09:20 PM

Long awaited 2nd seson of Bloodline was outstanding.

YoKev

06-06-2016, 04:37 AM

I've been working on the X-Files for about a month now and I still have 2.5 seasons to go.

Tim Porter

06-06-2016, 06:23 AM

Turn: Washington's Spies
The Night Manager

1happygirl

06-06-2016, 06:30 AM

Lillehammer.

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Me too.

Glad I didn't add it also. But,

Lillyhammer jumped the shark after 1.5 seasons sort of to me. Glad someone else liked it. Apparently we were the only two people:-)

oldpotatoe

06-06-2016, 06:38 AM

Walking Dead-my favorite

The Expanse(hope it comes back, great book)

House of Card-didn't like it altho Spacey is terrific..wandered to much, with reporter girl friend??..

The 100..too cute sometimes but interesting, sci-fi drama

Childhood's End..another good sci-fi series

Joxster

06-06-2016, 07:11 AM

I'm OD'ing on Revolution S1 & S2 just now and I'm enjoying it. Constintine was good, Line of Duty (BBC) was also good waiting for S3 to appear on Netflix

peanutgallery

06-06-2016, 07:12 AM

Who was that wild guy from back when, Viper? I like his favorite show, the reimaged Battlestar Gallactica. Hated the ending

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYjLrJRuMnY

tlittlefield

06-06-2016, 08:45 AM

Another vote for Bloodline, excellent.

Yesterday (complete rainout here in NH) I watch three seasons of Chosen on Crackle, another good one.

echappist

06-06-2016, 08:48 AM

Turn: Washington's Spies
The Night Manager

heard great things about the latter. too bad i missed it when BBC showed it...

leooooo

06-06-2016, 11:31 AM

Peaky Blinders is a fun watch, plus Tom Hardy is in it.
Just binged season 3 yesterday (6 episodes).

echelon_john

06-06-2016, 11:48 AM

Just started The Night Manager last night. You need to get through episode 1 to get the whole setup. It's a tiny bit of a stretch in some ways, but entertaining so far.

Another vote for Broadchurch & Hinterland if you like British crime dramas.

Will put Peaky Blinders on the short list--thanks!

Peaky Blinders is a fun watch, plus Tom Hardy is in it.
Just binged season 3 yesterday (6 episodes).

OldCrank

06-06-2016, 02:28 PM

Carnivale! Strange but violent.

Got an email; there's a new Peakys season out.

Had high hopes on High Castle but... meh.