Which of these series should I check out?

mrcheez

I recently completed True Detective Season 3 and Punisher Season 2... and I'm watching The Orvile at the moment, but I'm craving a bit of a "large story arc" series to check out next.

I tried Umbrella Academy and Doom Patrol, but just lost interest.


So far the following interest me...

- Mr Robot

- Penny Dreadful

- Bates Motel


which of these have the most engaging story?

Harry Palmr

Forget that American ****e - Line of Duty is coming back soon I expect all the previous series are on Netflix

mrcheez

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Forget that American ****e - Line of Duty is coming back soon I expect all the previous series are on Netflix

Never heard of it, but I'll add it to the backlog.

In the meantime I'll check out the pilots of the American ****e and see if any take my fancy

Harry Palmr

It's four series, 23 hours of material about police internal investigations unit. Very complex but full of twists and turns Jed Mercurio is a dab hand at throwing audiences off the scent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_Duty

ValdasANS

Riverdale some nice wemen in it

mrcheez

Hmm so maybe I wasn't clear.

Which TV series OF THE THREE I listed should I check out?

kerry37

I've only seen Mr Robot and Penny Dreadful.

Mr Robot is very good.

Penny Dreadful is exactly that.

Agent Coulson

Bates Motel!

mrcheez

Saw the pilot for Mr Robot ... reckon that's a go-er for the next while, then will check out Bates Motel.

While I'm on the subject of TV series in general, is Gotham any good?

kerry37

mrcheez wrote: »

Saw the pilot for Mr Robot ... reckon that's a go-er for the next while, then will check out Bates Motel.

While I'm on the subject of TV series in general, is Gotham any good?

Yeah really enjoyed the first 2 seasons. Found it just got a bit ridiculous after that but was good for something to zone out to and enjoy

blondeonblonde

mrcheez wrote: »

Hmm so maybe I wasn't clear.

Which TV series OF THE THREE I listed should I check out?

Mr. Robot is ok. Penny Dreadful not so much... Can't speak of Bates Motel.

Line of Duty however, is excellent, binge worthy material! Cast your net a little wider whydoncha... You might surprise yourself

The_Honeybadger

Mr. Robot is good enough, not for everyone as it’s slow enough moving. I haven’t seen the others.

Skerries

my vote would be for Mr.Robot but you should also check out the recent series Counterpart
the plot is about a cold war between 2 parallel worlds that diverged in the 80's starring the brilliant J.K.Simmons

Stevecw

mrcheez wrote: »

I recently completed True Detective Season 3 and Punisher Season 2... and I'm watching The Orvile at the moment, but I'm craving a bit of a "large story arc" series to check out next.

I tried Umbrella Academy and Doom Patrol, but just lost interest.


So far the following interest me...

- Mr Robot

- Penny Dreadful

- Bates Motel


which of these have the most engaging story?

Easily Bates Motel, it starts off fairly good. Takes a few episodes to fully get into it, but series after series it just keeps getting better. Binged it all in a pretty short spell as it was so good. Norman & Norma are played brilliantly.

Jealous of you having it all to watch for the 1st time!

TerrorFirmer

Haven't seen Bates Motel, but the first season of Mr. Robot was excellent, second season was really poor in comparison and I never went back for season 3.

Penny Dreadful is excellent but for a certain audience, it's pretty schlocky but the production values and cast are very good.

If Doom Patrol and Umbrella Academy don't interest you, Penny Dreadful likely wouldn't either though.

mrcheez

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

If Doom Patrol and Umbrella Academy don't interest you, Penny Dreadful likely wouldn't either though.

yeah it's odd as normally I'm up for those kind of series.

I loved Legion for example, plus The Punisher was great, plus I'm enjoying The Orville.


Doom Patrol I pretty much fell asleep, and Umbrella Academy was decidedly meh for me

mrcheez

blondeonblonde wrote: »

Mr. Robot is ok. Penny Dreadful not so much... Can't speak of Bates Motel.

Line of Duty however, is excellent, binge worthy material! Cast your net a little wider whydoncha... You might surprise yourself

I'm not really in the mood for an investigative series just yet... more interested in the genres which those three I mentioned cover (horror / suspense)

Also as I work in IT I think Mr Robot is probably must-see anyway.


I have a few seasons of American Horror Story to see as well...

ixoy

Mr. Robot of those. First season is excellent, second is OK and third, for me, was a big improvement. It actually portrays IT in an accurate way so it's gotten a lot of kudos from the techies. Rami Malek is strong in it although the plot is indeed slow and sometimes vague for the sake of it.

Penny Dreadful isn't great. Watched two seasons and wasn't bothered with the third. It's getting a spin off though.

Bates Motel is enjoyable. Some great acting from the two leads and it ended very strongly.