Recommend me a drama box set please :)

eclectichoney

Hey guys
I have just watch Parenthood season 2 which I liked a lot - really loving Homeland at the moment, and also like Greys anatomy, Brothers & Sisters etc. Would not be into stuff like Glee to be honest. Would love a recommendation for a new box set to keep me occupied. I check the stick on reommendations but a lot seemed to be more on the sit-com vibe, and I am looking for something a bit heavier.

Thanks guys

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West Wing

AnonoBoy

Breaking Bad, The Wire or The Sopranos.

All classics.

HeidiHeidi

Mad Men.

NIMAN

West Wing or Band of Brothers. Sheer class.

Avoid Lost like the plague.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Deadwood, Justified, The Shield
mainly Deadwood

hondasam

Damages

eclectichoney

Thanks a lot guys - have seen west wing and the sopranos and Mad men. Good stuff
Did not like Lost, Flash Forward, the Mentalist at all...

Everyone seems to be talking about breaking bad - will give it a shot.

KilOit

Won't be disappointed with Breaking Bad, Fantastic stuff

Wereghost

The first 20 episodes of Breaking Bad are on Netflix.

Sons Of Anarchy season one is very good. Described as Easy Rider meets The Sopranos; and that's fairly accurate, I suppose.

Game Of Thrones is the business, a very faithful adaptation of a superior novel. Kind of like Lord Of The Rings meets, um, The Sopranos.

24, if you haven't seen it, was practically made for the DVD viewing format. First four seasons are also on Netflix.

Brendog

The Wire

hondasam

Prison Break

Nonoperational

Most of the usual suspects have been mentioned. I really enjoyed Friday Night Lights too.

Skinfull

Jericho - small town trying to cope after nuclear bombs go off.
Greek - life on the campus of a uni with a bunch of greek houses. Quite fun with some great characters.
My So Called Life - Old single season show starring Claire Danes as a 16 year old in high school.
Freaks & Geeks - another old one and another highschool one but brilliant show. Some big names in it when they were young!
Life on Mars - UK version, avoid US edition - John Simm is a detective who gets hit by a car and when he wakes up its 1970 and he is on a familiar case. Brilliant show.
Teachers - Andrew Lincoln as an English teacher in a comprehensive school in Manchester. Hilarious!

quickbeam

Rome. Highly recommended.

the bolt

sons of anarchy 1 and 2 were ok season 3 kind of lost its way but back on track with season 4.

mikom

eclectichoney wrote: »

Hey guys
I have just watch Parenthood season 2 which I liked a lot

Six feet under.
Up there with the Sopranos.
You will see some familiar faces from Parenthood in it too.

spurious

'The Wire' or 'Our friends in the North'.

Midnight Sundance

quickbeam wrote: »

Rome. Highly recommended.

Agreed!! Rome is very addictive but one you wouldn't want to watch with kids in the room....

theteal

The Wire must be seen by everybody, sheer classic!

Breaking Bad will be my next for me.

Boardwalk Empire is very good if not great.

Here's a weird one - Entourage. I watched all of this the other week, thouroughly entertaining.

Jimmy Iovine

I've just finished watching 'Breaking Bad'. I can't believe I was stupid enough not to bother with it up until now. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are amazing in it. Some of the best acting I've seen.

Also you'll come across one of television's greatest characters, Saul Goodman. You'll have to see him to believe him.

If you want to be kept occupied for a good while then 'The West Wing' is your man. It took me 5 months to watch all the episodes, and I was getting through at least one a night. 154 episodes. "Two Cathedrals" is again one of the finest episodes I've ever seen, especially the last scene.

'Mad Men' season 5 is starting at the weekend. I'd highly recommend trying to catch up with it.

Also the first season of 'Prison Break' is my favourite season of television (along with season 4 of 'The Wire'). If you haven't seen it then watch it. It's amazing. Season 2 is good, but not as good. Season 3 & 4 are alright. I wouldn't be too worried if you don't get around to them. There are some great moments but it's not on the scale of season 1.

The first season of 'Heroes' is amazing as well. I watched the original run and was blown away by it. I didn't bother watching any of the other seasons, but I heard they were very poor. Season 1 is worth it though.

Auvers

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Also you'll come across one of television's greatest characters, Saul Goodman. You'll have to see him to believe him.

http://www.bettercallsaul.com/



psst don't forget "the shield"

OldeCinemaSoz

You can't go far wrong with SHARK.

James Woods is excellent (as usual) and the
individual episodes deliver the goods even better
than the early LAW AND ORDER ones did.



BTW; season 2 is now showing on the very enjoyable
FX channel on Sky if you have it.

Thwip!

Boardwalk Empire is a great show
Mad men
Mentalist
Lie to Me

mikemac1

Jericho is a hidden gem

Nuclear bombs go off, communications are down, people are trapped in the town and fearful of what's going on outside
Will they get organized or will they turn on each other?

It could have been a failure, somehow the script writers made it work

_AVALANCHE_

Forgetting that you said Drama, SPARTACUS, really loving the slaughtering in this.:)

Boston Legal (My number 1)
Any of the Stargates (ATLANTIS)
Star Trek Voyager
Monk
Californication
Good Wife
Big Bang Theory (Funny, only first 4 Seasons)
Dexter
House

eclectichoney

Thanks again for all the recs guys I don't think I'll be venturing outside for a long time lol
Cheers!

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

_AVALANCHE_ wrote: »

Forgetting that you said Drama, SPARTACUS, really loving the slaughtering in this.:)

Boston Legal (My number 1)
Any of the Stargates (ATLANTIS)
Star Trek Voyager
Monk
Californication
Good Wife
Big Bang Theory (Funny, only first 4 Seasons)
Dexter
House

what the ****

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

_AVALANCHE_ wrote: »

Forgetting that you said Drama, SPARTACUS, really loving the slaughtering in this.:)

Boston Legal (My number 1)
Any of the Stargates (ATLANTIS)
Star Trek Voyager
Monk
Californication
Good Wife
Big Bang Theory (Funny, only first 4 Seasons)
Dexter
House

what the ****

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

_AVALANCHE_ wrote: »

Forgetting that you said Drama, SPARTACUS, really loving the slaughtering in this.:)

Boston Legal (My number 1)
Any of the Stargates (ATLANTIS)
Star Trek Voyager
Monk
Californication
Good Wife
Big Bang Theory (Funny, only first 4 Seasons)
Dexter
House

what the ****

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mikemac1

Murder One, it's over a decade old at this stage
Many/most legal dramas have a fresh case every week
This one focuses on one case for the entire season but of course the other lawyers are working on other cases
It is superb, best legal drama I've seen


Lights Out
Just one season, follows a old boxer with a young family making his comeback.
It's very good.
They couldn't possibly get more then one season out of it but I enjoyed it a lot.
You also see the usual sad story of boxers having hangers on and users who demand cuts of the money and managers who waste the cash


Chicago Code, cop show. Superb and the Fox executives who cancelled it should be sacked

Brotherhood. Two brothers in Rhode Island, one is a hoodlum and gang boss, the other is a politician.
Shades of the Bulger family in Boston.
Three series, very good

_AVALANCHE_

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

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Yup, isin't it brilliant!

Proper ending and all!




:)

bnt

Another vote here for The West Wing, and another for Six Feet Under, which is pretty heavy in a good way. There's an episode in the first series in which the funeral of a porn star requires the ... unusual usage of a tin of cat food. It's never less than very good, and the final few episodes are epic drama.

Kirby

NIMAN wrote: »

West Wing or Band of Brothers. Sheer class.

Avoid Lost like the plague.

It has tragically become the "done thing" to hate Lost on the internet. Like a Hipster trend.

While the quality of the show definately dropped later on, season 1 of Lost is simply brilliant. Some of the best tv I've seen. And I watch everything. Don't base your opinion of the show on some random episodes halfway through because you wanted to see what the big deal was. Watch it from the start. I've never met anybody not hooked by the pilot.

Scrawny71 wrote: »

The first 20 episodes of Breaking Bad are on Netflix.

The European version of netflix is awful. The US version has all of the seasons of Breaking bad. I would recommend anybody who has a netflix account look into how to view the american version. It makes the subscription worth paying for.

My suggestions have already been mentioned. Alot of options out there.

theteal

mikemac1 wrote: »

Brotherhood. Two brothers in Rhode Island, one is a hoodlum and gang boss, the other is a politician.
Shades of the Bulger family in Boston.
Three series, very good

oh i forgot about that, great show. . .although it does contain the creepiest ever line uttered by a pensioner :eek:

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Kirby wrote: »

It has tragically become the "done thing" to hate Lost on the internet. Like a Hipster trend.

While the quality of the show definately dropped later on, season 1 of Lost is simply brilliant. Some of the best tv I've seen. And I watch everything. Don't base your opinion of the show on some random episodes halfway through because you wanted to see what the big deal was. Watch it from the start. I've never met anybody not hooked by the pilot.




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the problem with lost is the payoff. 5 amazing seasons, some better than others sure but in general incredible television.. and then season 6. the biggest let down in television history since (i assume) the dallas dream thing. although i guess if you're watching it on a dvd box set you wouldn't have weeks/years to agonise over what was actually going on and flying through it in a couple of months the feeling of having wasted an hour a week for the last six years of your life "for this?!" wouldn't be as strong.

hondasam

I'm watching Blue Bloods at the moment, American police procedural/drama series. It's good. Tom Selleck is in it.

CastorTroy

Firefly
Game of Thrones

Louche Lad

West Wing

quickbeam

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

the problem with lost is the payoff. 5 amazing seasons, some better than others sure but in general incredible television.. and then season 6. the biggest let down in television history since (i assume) the dallas dream thing. although i guess if you're watching it on a dvd box set you wouldn't have weeks/years to agonise over what was actually going on and flying through it in a couple of months the feeling of having wasted an hour a week for the last six years of your life "for this?!" wouldn't be as strong.

While I loved Lost while it was on, I think half the appeal was the anticipation, speculation, internet discussions, etc. I have the six series box set but it's not something I'm aching to see again just yet. I think it might be something I'd go back to in 5 or 10 years after I've forgotten the minute details of it and the stories start to surprise me again.

Nonoperational

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

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Actually Voyager is one of my guilty pleasures! Seen them all twice

CastorTroy

Sure I've seen more episodes of each of Enterprise, Voyager and DS9 than I have of Next Generation or The Original Series.

Also Voyager = Seven and The Doctor. Probably the 2 best things about the series.... and the Doctor.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Smarmy

I'll add another recommend for BREAKING BAD terrific show. Brilliant writing and acting; Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Giancarlo Esposito are all just first class. If anyone reading this has never watched it, then you need to. Now

Another one I'll add is The Shield. I just finished watching this last night and I can't recommend it enough. On the outside, it probably looks just like another generic cop show but its really not. It moves at breakneck pace every episode and the writing is excellent. I've had times when I've truly despised certain characters and a few episodes later I've felt nothing but sympathy and compassion for, e.g.

Shane. Killed Lem and ordered a hit on Ronnie and was waiting to kill Vic but the last few episodes with the whole on the run with the family thing, how could anyone not feel sorry for the guy. He just kept sinking deeper and deeper and finding out Vic (and Ronnie, or so he was led to believe) had cut a deal and so he had no leverage over Vic or the DA to make a deal for himself. But you could see he truly loved his family and that's where he was possibly a better man than Vic. He was a good father and husband. Vic loved his kids but wasn't a good father, he was way too married to the job

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The acting in The Shield is superb too, Chiklis made a guy we should hate into one we love, Walton Goggins, CCH Pounder and all of the main cast were excellent. Except Danny, She was ok but was never a character I was that bothered about. Also Glenn Close and Forest Whitaker both deserve plaudits for their roles in The Shield.

Nonoperational

Breaking bad and the Shield are two exceptional tv series agreed.

wil

Dont think anyone mentioned Twin Peaks and I'll throw in Spartacus for the dramatic blood n' guts,
And then there was Oz. One of my fav prison dramas.

I'll put in a word for your local library as they are now stocking a pretty good range of DVDs.
Lots of both new and old drama box sets.
Full set of West Wing, Star Trek, The Tudors etc.
Also check out a few from before your time such as Shogun, Roots, Boys from the Black Stuff, Brideshead revisited, and more.

_AVALANCHE_

wil wrote: »

I'll throw in Spartacus for the dramatic blood n' guts,

YEEEEAH, fight scenes are that good, I watch them twice.

Can't wait for Asher to get destroyed.

wil wrote: »

I'll put in a word for your local library as they are now stocking a pretty good range of DVDs.

Only the major Librarys.

thomond2006

I really liked 24!

killbillvol2

Most of the good stuff has been mentioned and you'll find most of them in lists all over the internet.

Another recommendation here for Brotherhood.
Also:
Southland, cop show set in LA.
Battlestar Galactica
Boss - real quality drama starring Kelsey Grammer as a badass mayor of Chicago, great stuff.
Treme - New Orleans after the hurricane. Great music is a bonus.
Bored to Death
Luck on HBO has been very good and was shaping up well but they've cancelled season 2 while in production.

CastorTroy

Don't think they've been suggested but:
Veronica Mars - If you're a fan of Joss Whedon shows like Buffy and Angel, then this is for you. About a teen girl who's an investigator. Sounds like Nancy Drew, but this can be dark at times and has great writing. Starring Kristen Bell. Joss Whedon even guest starred in an episode and Charisma Carpenter and Alyson Hannigan are recurring characters.

Harper's Island - Kind of a serial killer whodunnit. An example of how some series should be. One 13 episode season and wrapped up in that time. The hook at the time was that at least 1 memeber of the main cast would be killed each episode.

_AVALANCHE_

CastorTroy wrote: »

Harper's Island

No

kitakyushu

Our Friends in the North. I really think it's must watch television for everyone.

I was going to post a trailer I found on youtube but it simply doesn't do the show justice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Friends_in_the_North