Fringe. Best Sci-Fi ending that wraps back around to an episode that broke the show open. The last season getting there is kind of rough. But the first 4 seasons are solid.

ODDTAXI (with subtitles) is some of the best dialog I've experienced in a long time. With a fun story about a walrus who lives and drives a taxi around Tokyo. It's anime, so I know it isn't everyone's thing, but it's very different from what most people think anime is.

One I dont see mentioned often is Dark Matter which I think is pretty underrated.

I really enjoyed Babylon 5. Especially seasons 2-4. The interplay between the characters, especially Londo and G'kar was excellent. The stories were epic and political, it would be relevant today I think. It was so quotable and parts really moved you.

The effects were dated even then, and the transfer to widescreen after the digital models were lost was an absolute travesty. Instead of widescreen making the show better, they cropped the 4:3 for every effects shot, making them all blurry and poorly composed.

Even so, the story and characters are epic and timeless.

"The Thick Of It", if you wanna cackle. It's three seasons (under 10 episodes each) and a TV movie. I recommend watching it with subtitles, especially if you're not a native English speaker/not accustomed to the many accents of the British Isles. If you've watched Veep, it's quite similar except much better in all aspects, lol.

If you don't mind animays (and, for whatever reason, you haven't watched this masterpiece... the shame!) and are competently literate, I also enthusiastically recommend "Legend of the Galactic Heroes". It explores the "honourable philosopher king" autocracy v. "decaying, corrupt, aimless democracy" issue, and the character arcs and very realistic reactions and interactions are just chef's kiss. 👍

Fringe is worth it for the White Tulip episode alone. For me that was when the series changed from a monster of the week series to actual art.

TIL it was renewed for a season 2.

I recently discovered Cybersix (1999). It's got a great aesthetic, an intriguing story, and quality animation.

Honestly the intro takes too long... I just kept fastforwarding till they started doing the actual dimention hopping...

Also the other Dark Matter is just awesome... in some ways even more awesome than this Dark Matter

Mr Robot

Sherlock was excellent! Revived my interest in the lore.

Fargo is IMHO one of the best if not the best TV series. Every season has its own story and therefore has an end and no cliffhangers until the next season.

Storywise it's just that the Coen brothers have this great feeling for pain and suffering and the twisted humor that lies within. There are no real happy ends and everything comes at a price. But their characters are fighters, they don't give up that easily.
I also love that the bad guys really get under my skin. They have their own logic and methods, they're brutal and the worst of all: they feel real. Like Jon Hamm in the latest season, great (as in I'd never want to meet him) character, great cast!

I was learning 3d modeling back then and found lightwave was used for the cgi!

As a scifi buff: Battlestar Galactica, and The Expanse were excellent. Nightsky was also a really good watch even though it was slow moving, and was more about relationships than SciFi

"Better Off Ted" is really funny and still holds up.

The Expanse is magnificent. And they are at the perfect time to get certain actors back to continue with the Laconia story in the last three books. I want it so badly.

I am surprised that I'm the first to mention Bojack Horseman here.

This series is for you if you want to cry out your mental health problems

Did anyone else like ‘Treme’? I thought it was great.

• A&E's Nero Wolfe
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (with David Suchet)
• The Expanse
• Star Trek: TNG
• Fleabag (season 2 is a masterpiece, and I don't throw that word around)
• For All Mankind
• Archane (season 1 is another masterpiece)
• Penny Dreadful (it dips in quality in the later seasons, but worth it for the Frankenstein's monster story alone)

EDIT:

• Coupling (UK) - Thr first two seasons
• Keeping Up Appearances
• IT Crowd

Fringe should always benin rotation.

Anything on Corncob TV

Poirot, Coupling and IT Crowd are some of the best telly ever created in my opinion.

Since someone else mentioned Arcane,
My choice would be Chernobyl. I watch it probably once a year and I'm just as hooked every single time. Damn fine work.

I also adore Haunting of Bly Manor. Haunting of Hill House ranks just below that one, I think. But both of those are very good.

And if weird and irreverent are your thing, Bee and Puppycat is so cozy and fun.

Mad Men.
It's one of the TV GOAT's for good reasons.

I don't see Pantheon mentioned a lot, its a series about uploading human brains to computers. It starts off very good, but the last few episodes turn the show into one of my favourites.

This is the one I thought they were talking about lol. I was very confused when I clicked their link

More like a miniseries, but HBO’s Chernobyl. Some of the best television I’ve ever seen.

Justice League (the cartoon series). A must-watch for any superhero fan.

Obligatory Firefly mention.

Those ads...

arrested development

The Good Place

Penny Dreadful

The Pitt. Not usually a medical show guy but the acting and realism were top notch. Kept me hooked the whole way. Deserved that Emmy for sure.

Quick pitch: Follow an ER team throughout a shift, with each season being one single shift. Every episode is an hour. ER is understaffed like they all are, you bounce from one crisis to the next to the next. There is absolutely no medical situation they will not show uncensored in full.

A very different kind of sci-fi show: Red Dwarf. Specifically Season 3 and up when Kryten becomes a regular character that ties everything together. Although the first 2 seasons are still worth a watch, just not as good.

Omg a fellow snek boi :D

Always and forever The Wire

• The Sopranos
• The West Wing

Some of my favorites of the last few years have been:

"The expanse"; British series "Utopia"; "Inside No. 9" ; "Common Side effects"; "Fleabag"

I'm not a huge Anime buff; but lately I've been finding a lot of anime i really like:

"Golden Kamui", "Odd Taxi", "Ranking of kings", "Mononoke", "Dorohedoro" and "Kaji"

Detectorists - when you want to completely relax.

Mr. Inbetween - I believe the less you know before watching it, the better. Just turn it on.

Reservation dogs - also very relaxed.

The Wire. It's the best piece of visual media ever created. Not only is it the best portrayal of the inner city drugs trade but also the decaying institutions and social structures that allow it to flourish, and the corrupting influence of dirty money.

It also is consistently the best written show on TV and is grounded in it's reality better than anything else. Half the cast were complete unknowns, in many cases plucked from the streets of Baltimore itself and there are standout performances all across it's vast and diverse cast.

It's a little slow to get going, the first few episodes have a lot of ground to cover to get the viewer up to speed, it also makes no effort to ease the viewer in, with a lot of jargon, slang and some very thick accents to content with, there's also no "previously on the wire" to go over key points from earlier episodes so it definitely requires more participation from the viewer than most TV but it's all the better for it.

• The Watchmen
• Six Feet Under (has one season which is a bit underwhelming but it's worth sticking around for the best show ending ever)

I’m 60% through the last book, it’s so good!

Legion is one that I don't see get mentioned very often. Very trippy and a unique spin on the superhero genre. Also Aubre Plaza is fantastic. Loved her in parks and rec, but this is when I realized she had serious acting chops beyond April.

And if you like Firefly but know nothing about anime, then Cowboy Bebop!

Our flag means death. https://youtu.be/prQDst-tAJ8

Weeds, at least the first like 3 or 4 seasons. I really enjoyed it when they were coming out! The first season of the Fargo TV show is also excellent.

Absolutely one of the best shows ever

• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Gravity Falls
• Psych
• Steven Universe (Rough beginning but so worth it)
• Ted Lasso

I loved season 1 of Prison Break, season 2 was mostly ok but had a lot of wasted potential, and everything after that was completely off of the rails.

I felt very similarly to Heroes. It started very strong, but fizzled out quickly and eventually became a caricature of itself.

I did watch it twice already. The third rewatch is nearing, now that you make think about it.

DARK. The plot, casting and soundtrack are all superb, and way ahead of most other shows. Although Season 3 will fuck you up, it also nails the ending.