Fast paced show like Breaking Bad and Homeland?

kraggy · 06-11-2012 03:24PM #1

..to recommend to me?

Have zero time for The Wire and Boardwalk Empire but love BB and Homeland. I need a show to be pacey and twisty to keep me engaged and much as I'd love to like The Wire (because that would be hours of stuff to watch) I just don't like it.

So, any ideas?

One other proviso, no supernatural stuff.

Any ideas would be great. Thanks.

UDP · 06-11-2012 03:25PM

Have you watched the west wing?

meoklmrk91 · 06-11-2012 03:27PM

Dexter?

Paddy@CIRL · 06-11-2012 03:33PM

The Sopranos?

Miguel_Sanchez · 06-11-2012 03:48PM

The Killing is pretty twisty, maybe not as fast paced as the ones you've mentioned but it certainly messes with your suspicions about whodunnit regularly throughout the series.

kingtiger · 06-11-2012 03:48PM

you want fast paced with twists & turns

"The Shield" is your only man

RoryMurphyJnr · 06-11-2012 03:51PM

Hunted and Spooks

Syferus · 06-11-2012 04:10PM

This is the first time I've ever heard Breaking Bad described as 'fast-paced'.

blackwave · 06-11-2012 04:35PM

Sons of Anarchy has got a good pace to it.

As for BB it wasnt that fast paced at the being but since the third season it has gotten faster.

Banjo · 06-11-2012 04:49PM

Person of Interest - it's fast paced, self contained episodes but with enough going on in the background that it's worth going back for more. It's occasionally twisty like a half-made pretzel without becoming a tangled mess, like a 2 year old barbie's hair. In terms of content, it's got all of the violence and intrigue of Highway to Heaven crossed with the compassion and homelyness of The Bourne Identity. But with 20% more kneecapings.

krudler · 06-11-2012 06:26PM

Syferus wrote: »

This is the first time I've ever heard Breaking Bad described as 'fast-paced'.

ha yeah, I love BB but fast paced it most certainly isn't.

I_smell_fear · 06-11-2012 07:39PM

The Fast Show?

recipio · 06-11-2012 08:29PM

Hunted, although its about 6 episodes in now. Also 'Luther' surprisingly gritty for a UK production.

lucast2007us · 06-11-2012 08:30PM

666 Park Avenue!!

tommyboy2222 · 06-11-2012 08:33PM

Sons of Anarchy is great fun !!!

ryaner1979 · 06-11-2012 08:44PM

24 and Prison Break

Cork boy 55 · 07-11-2012 12:33AM

Syferus wrote: »

This is the first time I've ever heard Breaking Bad described as 'fast-paced'.

+1
there is one episode where he spends 45 minutes trying to kill a fly.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 07-11-2012 12:34AM

the shield or sons of anarchy

expectationlost · 07-11-2012 03:46AM

anything on dvd

areyawell · 07-11-2012 03:54AM

Top Gear

TheStook · 07-11-2012 04:23AM

Cork boy 55 wrote: »

+1
there is one episode where he spends 45 minutes trying to kill a fly.

And what an episode that is. I love the part when Jesse said " That fly's got serious skills, yo". Made me "LoL" anyway.

I would call BB slow paced if anything, and then medium paced midway through season 3.

Dexter is most certainly the show you're looking for. Theres more twists and turns than a Carlow backroad and the characterization is hands down one of the best on television. If you like Walts character and his strange, almost distant displays of emotion you will love Dexters.

I don't know anyone who has watched Dexter and doesn't like it.

TwoShedsJackson · 07-11-2012 08:58AM

TheStook wrote: »

A
I don't know anyone who has watched Dexter and doesn't like it.

Watch seasons 1,2, and 4 - the others are garbage.

colinod0806 · 07-11-2012 10:24AM

What is with this forum's new found obsession with "fast paced" shows?
Does nobody care about things like suspense, storytelling and character development anymore?

Some people would be better off playing Playstation games.

browner85 · 07-11-2012 10:31AM

Revenge?

TwoShedsJackson · 07-11-2012 10:48AM

colinod0806 wrote: »

What is with this forum's new found obsession with "fast paced" shows?
Does nobody care about things like suspense, storytelling and character development anymore?

Some people would be better off playing Playstation games.

Got to agree, there was people in the Homeland thread complaining about 'not enough action', as if it was supposed to be an action-oriented show.

Many people have the attention span of a gnat.

kraggy · 07-11-2012 01:06PM

UDP wrote: »

Have you watched the west wing?

Have just got that and I'm going to dive in to it in the next couple of days, thanks.

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Dexter?

Paddy@CIRL wrote: »

The Sopranos?

Seen it all. Personally, loved Seasons 1-3, thought 4-6 were a lot weaker.

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

The Killing is pretty twisty, maybe not as fast paced as the ones you've mentioned but it certainly messes with your suspicions about whodunnit regularly throughout the series.

Will have a look at it, thanks.

kingtiger wrote: »

you want fast paced with twists & turns

"The Shield" is your only man

Have heard lots about this recently. I live in Korea so it's hard to stay in touch but gonna definitely research this one.

Syferus wrote: »

This is the first time I've ever heard Breaking Bad described as 'fast-paced'.

krudler wrote: »

ha yeah, I love BB but fast paced it most certainly isn't.

I just did a google of "Breaking Bad fast-paced" and it brought up loads of review and forum websites that describe it as fast-paced. In some episodes stuff happens at a rate of knots. Sure, there are slower paced episodes but all Tv shows have slow episodes.

It's hardly a slow burner like No Country For Old Men now, is it? Why do you like if it's so slow paced?

colinod0806 wrote: »

What is with this forum's new found obsession with "fast paced" shows?
Does nobody care about things like suspense, storytelling and character development anymore?

Some people would be better off playing Playstation games.

How do you reckon I don't care about "suspense, storytelling and character development"? Just because right now I want something fast-moving with twist's, that's all I want?

If you've nothing productive to say, dont bother your hole replying. Especiallly if you're going to make playstation comments which are in now way relevant.

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

Got to agree, there was people in the Homeland thread complaining about 'not enough action', as if it was supposed to be an action-oriented show.

Many people have the attention span of a gnat.

Just because people want stuff to happen doesn't mean they have ADD or something.

Grow up.

Thanks to everyone who posted recommendations. Will read up on all of them.

hidinginthebush · 07-11-2012 01:12PM

TheStook wrote: »

I don't know anyone who has watched Dexter and doesn't like it.

I've tried to watch it twice. Hated it. Can't get past the first few episodes. I hate the character Dexter himself, so I've decided that its just not for me.

donnacha · 07-11-2012 02:27PM

+1 on the shield

Justified is also worth a viewing

snausages · 07-11-2012 02:30PM

blackwave wrote: »

Sons of Anarchy has got a good pace to it.

As for BB it wasnt that fast paced at the being but since the third season it has gotten faster.

Earlier episodes were better paced I thought. Absolute **** all happened for most of the first half of season 4.

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate a slow-burner. But Breaking Bad season 4 was falling up its own arse until it shifted the spotlight onto Gus.

username123 · 07-11-2012 02:36PM

TheStook wrote: »

I don't know anyone who has watched Dexter and doesn't like it.

Me. Didnt interest me at all. I thought the character development was rubbish and the characters were one dimensional and boring. I also dont really enjoy shows where much the same thing is happening with a slightly different storyline week after week.

Sorry. Id like to like it, but no.

adox · 07-11-2012 02:52PM

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

Watch seasons 1,2, and 4 - the others are garbage.

Would agree to an extent but the new season is proving entertaining, for me at least. 5 and 6 were awful though.

Season 4 probably my favourite.

Fast paced show like Breaking Bad and Homeland?

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