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Lol I must be buying the hype cause those 5 could easily be my top 5 tv shows ever.

I liked The Americans too; no doubt it's an elite show but they lost me toward the last. I think I even skipped the last season.

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05-18-2024 , 03:37 PM

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Americans just never clicked with me. I watched the first 2 seasons and then stopped because I just didn't like it.

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05-18-2024 , 04:32 PM

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The Americans went a bit awry in the last couple of seasons, but the series finale was very good.

Going to repeat myself here, but to me the GOAT underrated series is Black Sails I'm through 3 seasons on a rewatch on Netflix and it holds up against your top 5 and my #1, which is The Wire.

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05-18-2024 , 06:06 PM

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the americans was pretty good but let's not get ridiculously carried away and compare it to the sopranos or breaking bad.

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05-19-2024 , 08:01 AM

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What RBK said. It was damn good, BTW. But, yeah.

Also, you know how I decide who I can be friends with these days? If you don't 'get' Deadwood, leave me alone.

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05-20-2024 , 01:44 PM

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33 years ago today, the greatest sitcom finale scene ever....

Spoiler:

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05-21-2024 , 01:53 AM

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What RBK said. It was damn good, BTW. But, yeah.

Also, you know how I decide who I can be friends with these days? If you don't 'get' Deadwood, leave me alone.

that's a pretty good litmus test.

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05-21-2024 , 08:24 AM

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33 years ago today, the greatest sitcom finale scene ever....

Spoiler:

The GOAT, and it's not even close.

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05-21-2024 , 10:34 AM

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I guess I don't have many friends here.....

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05-21-2024 , 02:32 PM

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I'll be your non-Deadwood-liking pal, bigger. I found it close to unwatchable, mainly for the "look at me" writing by David Milch. Can't stand that blowhard, writes some LA Law and NYPD Blue eps and thinks he's Shakepeare!

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05-21-2024 , 04:34 PM

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The GOAT shows for me are also severely underappreciated : Devs (Alex Garland), Mr. Robot, True Detective S1, Westworld S1 (Jonathan Nolan).

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05-21-2024 , 06:36 PM

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The GOAT shows for me are also severely underappreciated : Devs (Alex Garland), Mr. Robot, True Detective S1, Westworld S1 (Jonathan Nolan).

Never heard of Devs, True Detective S1 is great. And I absolutely despised Mr. Robot and Westworld. But tastes differ

For me Deadwood is the greatest TV show ever made. Then its Madmen and the Wire. While I liked Breaking Bad I always thought it was ridiculously overrated. And GoT S1 was great and got significantly worse as each season popped up.

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05-21-2024 , 07:08 PM

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Devs was amazing...so was Mr. Robot.

I'm looking forward to the sequel, "Domo arrogate, Mr. Robot."

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05-21-2024 , 10:00 PM

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I didn't hate Deadwood as much as kioshk, but I do agree with the sentiment. There's a very fine line between writing great dialogue and just smelling your own farts, and Milch straddled that line a little too closely for my tastes.

For me, The Sopranos and BB are the goat shows and I can't see that ever changing. I'll also throw out a vote for The Shield being a great underrated show (maybe underrated is the wrong word, but I do think it's largely forgotten these days).

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05-21-2024 , 11:02 PM

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I'm looking forward to the sequel, "Domo arrogate, Mr. Robot."

I didn't get this if it was a joke or what, but I did find this movie made by Sam Esmail which apparently takes place in the same realm as Mr Robot : https://www.gq.com/story/confirmed-l...ended-universe

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05-22-2024 , 12:09 AM

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True Detective S1 is all-time for sure.

Underrated Shows:

Penny Dreadful
The Knick

Deadwood is top 5 for me but I love anything western

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05-22-2024 , 01:00 AM

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I loved The Leftovers, and its final episode was perfect. I think it's underrated.

During college most of us would stay in Saturday night to watch M.A.S.H., All in the Family, The Bob Newhart Show, and Mary Tyler Moore. Then we'd go out drinking.

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05-22-2024 , 04:35 AM

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The Leftovers was brilliant, wouldn't call it underrated though. Not amongst critics anyway.

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05-22-2024 , 03:22 PM

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My favorites, based on how many times I've rewatched, are The Sopranos and Breaking Bad, closely followed by the Shield which is due for a rewatch sometime soon. And of course Survivor is must watch TV still even though I think it has dropped off significantly.

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05-22-2024 , 03:23 PM

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Justified near the top as well.

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05-22-2024 , 10:28 PM

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in no particular order, ok well in some particular order.

band of brothers
sopranos
the wire
deadwood
bojack horseman
generation kill
madmen
true detective s1
justified s2
breaking bad
mr inbetween
fargo
leftovers
the knick
succession
godless
man hunt
slow horses
rome
columbo (pure nostalgia)

ok gonna stop now or this will get out of hand sure there are some more recent shows and mini series im leaving off and I'll regret forgetting later but oh well and also obv didn't include comedies otherwise list would've been way longer.

but I do think band of brothers is the greatest thing ever made for TV.

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05-22-2024 , 11:17 PM

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What is Man Hunt?

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05-23-2024 , 12:27 AM

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What is Man Hunt?

new appleTV mini-series based on a book about the assassination of Lincoln and the hunt for his assassins.

really well made.

edit: my phone did a stupid autocorrect it should be one word "manhunt"

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05-23-2024 , 12:52 AM

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new appleTV mini-series based on a book about the assassination of Lincoln and the hunt for his assassins.

really well made.

edit: my phone did a stupid autocorrect it should be one word "manhunt"

Ah ok...I'm not familiar with that one, and there are like 4 different shows with the title Manhunt lol. Also thought you might be talking about Mindhunter.

Fwiw there is another show called Manhunt focused on the Unabomber that is well worth a watch.