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Overlooked TV shows

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    #272
    Mantis Toboggan
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    Better caul Saul gets largely overlooked I think probably because it's a spin off.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



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    #273
    Mikey..
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    AmyMurphy22 wrote: »
    Is the sopranos really that good?

    Carmella nearly makes it unwatchable


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    #274
    [Deleted User]
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    I'm not sure if anyone has posted it before, but Barry is really worth a watch.

    Henry Winkler and Bill Hader are so good.

    Season 2, Ep 5 is probably the best stand-alone ep I've ever watched on TV.


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    #275
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Trust - The 8 part mini series about the Paul Getty Jr kidnapping was excellent


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    #276
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users Posts: 18,354 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    I just want to say this thread is fantastic. Plenty of mentions of programmes, I have forgotten about. And others I never heard of.
    I have a lot a binge watching of the Detectorist tv programme (on you tube) which I would have been oblivious to otherwise.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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    #277
    Staplor
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    castletownman wrote: »
    Saw someone mention The Knick a couple of pages back. Superb show. Rewatching it again with the GF. Forgot just how good Clive Owen is in it. Shame it only got two seasons, as the whole story is great and indictive of the era it's set in.

    Anyone else stumble across a show called The Black Donnellys? Was on late at night on RTE a few years ago. Thought it was good everytime I watched it, though never watched the entire series, so maybe contradicting myself.

    I think Shameless USA is far superior than the UK version, and doesn't get the same recognition as other dark comedies. Lip has one of the best character arcs from any show.

    Black Donnellys was grand, one season, not up to much, but a couple of good characters drove it on from what I remember. They ended up pulling it and showed the second half of the season online.


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    #278
    nervous_twitch
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    The OA.


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    #279
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭smilerf


    Justified
    Orphan Black
    Bates Motel


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    #280
    Arghus
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    American Vandal.

    Probably my favourite show on Netflix. A lot of people couldn't get past the knowingly silly humour that was front loaded for the first few episodes, but what made it so great was that it was a much smarter and deeper show than it had to be - it had lots of true and prescient things to say about the pressures of social life and the stratification of teenage life. And all of this was wrapped up in a pitch perfect piss take of true crime tropes and toilet humour. It was smart, funny, emotionally resonant and bloody gripping, season two reached near Hitchcockian levels of suspense. It's such a great show, but it never found much traction with people because at first glance it came across as just a spoof. Seriously slept on show.


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    #281
    Did you smash it
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    Toast of London is a show most people would not have seen. It’s the funniest show I’ve seen since the inbetweeners. Graham Linehan is the writer.


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    #282
    [Deleted User]
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    Not sure if it's overlooked or not, but Ted Lasso is a huge amount of fun.


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    #283
    The DayDream
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    Did you smash it wrote: »
    Toast of London is a show most people would not have seen. It’s the funniest show I’ve seen since the inbetweeners. Graham Linehan is the writer.

    I love Toast. Strange to compare it to the Inbetweeners tho as it's much more offbeat and unique. I got great craic out of the Inbetweeners but it is very sophomoric, like a British TV version of American Pie.

    Toast of London's theme song is killer, too, the star of the show wrote it and the video on youtube is worth a gander.


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    #284
    BrenMar
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Not sure if it's overlooked or not, but Ted Lasso is a huge amount of fun.

    Good call.


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    #285
    grassylawn
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    Did you smash it wrote: »
    Toast of London is a show most people would not have seen. It’s the funniest show I’ve seen since the inbetweeners. Graham Linehan is the writer.
    I also like it. Graham Linehan was not involved though. It was written by Matt Berry (who is Toast) and Arthur Matthews. Arthur Matthews co-wrote Father Ted with Linehan. Matt Berry was the second CEO in The IT Crowd, which was written by Linehan.

    I agree with the post above that it is not like The Inbetweeners.


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    #286
    the purple tin
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    Neverwhere. Excellent 90s miniseries from Neil Gaiman.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115288/


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    #287
    TomTomTim
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    I hope that Blacksails was mentioned here at some stage, as it was easily the most overlooked show of the last 10 years. Most people who've watched it love it, but sadly many people have never even heard of it.

    “The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't it? A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill--he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it.”- ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov




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    #288
    JP Liz V1
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    Nikita
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    #289
    odyssey06
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    TomTomTim wrote: »
    I hope that Blacksails was mentioned here at some stage, as it was easily the most overlooked show of the last 10 years. Most people who've watched it love it, but sadly many people have never even heard of it.

    Immense performance from Toby Stephens in that show.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #290
    JP Liz V1
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Immense performance from Toby Stephens in that show.

    Quite funny in BBC comedy Vexed with Lucy Punch
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    #291
    khaldrogo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,572 ✭✭✭khaldrogo


    Sense 8
    The AO
    Banshee
    Spartacus


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    #292
    the purple tin
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    Bored To Death. Very funny but never made a big splash.


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    #293
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭smilerf


    Nowhere Man back in the mid 90s
    Only 1 series I can't figure out why


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    #294
    Nigel Fairservice
    Registered Users, Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 2,197 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nigel Fairservice


    smilerf wrote: »
    Nowhere Man back in the mid 90s
    Only 1 series I can't figure out why

    Loved it. Watched repeats of it in the late 90s. It used to be on really late mid week on Network 2. I haven't seen it repeated anywhere since. First Wave was on after it.


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    #295
    odyssey06
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    smilerf wrote: »
    Nowhere Man back in the mid 90s
    Only 1 series I can't figure out why

    Had a Prisoner / Fugitive vibe. Really enjoyed it. Bruce Greenwood was v good in the main role.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #296
    odyssey06
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    Slings & Arrows. It was a big hit in its native Canada but didn't seem to get much traction this side of the Atlantic.

    A sparkling comedy drama set behind the scenes of a Shakespeare festival starring Paul Gross (Due South) and an early role for Rachel McAdams in season 1.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #297
    JP Liz V1
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    Midnight Texas
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    #298
    RandomViewer
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    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Midnight Texas

    It wasn't great


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    #299
    JackTC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 127 ✭✭JackTC


    Thanks for the feedback so far.

    One show that keeps popping up here is Banshee so I may give that a watch.


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    #300
    [Deleted User]
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    Mythic Quest - it's very nerdy and I kind of like and hate it in equal parts, but it's fun.


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    #301
    Sawduck
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    Mythic Quest - it's very nerdy and I kind of like and hate it in equal parts, but it's fun.

    I love the cast its got mac from Its always sunny in Philadelphia, Abed from Community and the legend F. Murray Abraham. They also had a great Lock down episode


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