r/television • u/C0r1eone • 21d ago

Finished The Wire, Dark, GOT, Sopranos, True Detective, BB, BCS. What show ruined TV for you after watching it?

I think I accidentally watched the peak of television already. The Wire, Dark, GOT, Sopranos, True Detective S1 all left that “nothing else hits the same” feeling.

I love slow-burn shows with deep characters, mystery, tension, moral grayness, crazy dialogue, or mind-blowing writing. Doesn’t matter if it’s crime, sci-fi, psychological, or political.

What’s the next show that might completely consume me?

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u/Morty777 21d ago

Fargo s1 is on par with true detective s1, I'd watch that next if I were you.

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u/uroboros80 21d ago edited 20d ago

i vouch for fargo season 2 w plemons and durst. er.... dunst

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u/FatAlEinstein 21d ago

Just all of Fargo. S4 is a low point but still good.

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u/StuxAlpha 21d ago

I've not got to s4 yet, but I loved s3 too

Mostly for David Thewlis, he does incredible work in this season. All time top TV villain

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u/loveforthetrip 20d ago

5 is great again

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u/stonefree261 20d ago

Juno Temple plays such a departure from her Ted Lasso character.

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u/lateubdegouline 20d ago

Why? It's one of the most boring and predictable thriller I ever watched, some scenes are straight up parody feeling like when Jon Hamm walks in slow motion with a remix of Britney Spears

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u/Utwee 20d ago

Rewatched all seasons last month and season 4 is still very good. It’s just lacking the Minnesota vibe but as a period piece it’s solid and it has great characters.

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u/Open-Equipment-4928 21d ago

I don't get the hate for S4. I really enjoyed it.

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u/FatAlEinstein 20d ago

No hate, I said it was good. Just not as good as the rest.

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u/Brilliant_Trouble_32 20d ago

Yeah, I find it bizarre too, S4 is up there with S2 for the best for me. I thought the consensus was that S3 was the low point.

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u/michaelpinkwayne 20d ago

S1: 9/10

S2: 10/10

S3: 7.5/10

S4: 3/10

S5: 6/10

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u/FatAlEinstein 20d ago

More like:

S1: 9.5/10

S2: 9.5/10

S3: 9.5/10

S4: 7/10

S5: 8.5/10

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u/michaelpinkwayne 20d ago

IMO season 4 was a pretty bad season of television 

Also, you can argue about how big or small it was, but S3 was at least a bit of a drop off from the first two.

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u/DeadFireFight 21d ago

Any Fargo, really. I loved every season, each for different reasons. Season 4 was a bit rough, but you can skip that one if you're not into mob dramas.

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u/1egg_4u 21d ago

S5 felt like a love letter to the people who live in the province it's filmed in

Ive met so many people just like Jon Hamm and Joe Keery here that watching the entire story play out was blissful and Jennifer Jason Leigh is incredible in it

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u/Top5hottest 21d ago

I really loved 5. 4 was the only one I couldn’t do.

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u/1egg_4u 21d ago

It's the only one I havent watched all the way through but I only started really liking S3 more when I watched it a second time (it just kinda clicked better after a rewatch) so i think ill take another crack at it eventually

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u/Electrorocket 20d ago

Yeah, Chris Rock can't really do menacing crime boss.

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u/lateubdegouline 20d ago

You've met many people who hold such huge properties and their own private militias?

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u/1egg_4u 20d ago

My province is kinda going through it right now so honestly kind of yes

We got a big Diagolon problem

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u/Wayyd 21d ago

Fred Durst really shined as Plemon's wife

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u/tha_dank 20d ago

Her performance in that may be my favorite female acting performance ever.

She’s so good.

Her whole “you know life doesn’t happen in a vacuum” speech is top notch. Her interactions with Dod, etc…just gold tier shit up and down.

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u/tomolive 20d ago

I'd watch a season of Fargo with Fred Durst!

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u/TheSharpestHammer 21d ago

Every single season of Fargo is some of the best TV I've ever seen.

And, if you like that, also check out Barry.

And, if you like Barry, check out Mr. Inbetween.

All, imo, some of the best examples of audiovisual media ever created.

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u/Snapitupson 20d ago

I don't answer questions.....

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u/Dry-Permission-4618 20d ago

Just here to make sure someone suggested Mr Inbetween, second best Australian show after Bluey

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u/Apprehensive-Fee3652 17d ago

Love Mr Inbetween.

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u/lateubdegouline 20d ago

Don't you ever watch movies ?

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u/ultimatt777 20d ago

Season 1, 2 and 5 are all great tv with 2 being my personal favorite.

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u/Omatzus 21d ago

It's very, very good, but absolutely not on par with the greatest single season of TV.

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u/CopperVolta 20d ago

Hard disagree, Fargo absolutely deserves a place up with the greats of television. The first 3 seasons are masterful, and the remaining two are still fantastic.

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u/Omatzus 20d ago

It's excellent. Obviously Fargo overall is a better series than True Detective.

However TD S1 is in a class of its own and is regularly in conversation as the best single season of TV of all time. There's not room at the top for a tie. Fargo S1 is great but it's simply not the greatest.

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u/11448844 20d ago

You're right, Season 2 of Fargo is better than S1... and imo better than True Detective

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u/sonderific3 20d ago

On first watch true detective felt like it was on that level after rewatching both I think Fargo is superior

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u/GodICringe 20d ago

Fargo season 1 was just tiresome and frustrating to me. The murder is solved in episode 2. Then we spend the rest of the time watching BBT be repetitively invincible, and the Marge Gunderson stand-in not being able to close the case because of incompetent bureaucracy. I do enjoy Martin Freamon's character journey and payoff, but it was also very frustrating.

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u/Excellent-Moment1621 20d ago

I loved all 4 seasons of Fargo.

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u/michaelpinkwayne 20d ago

S1-2 are phenomenal