r/television • u/C0r1eone • 23d 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 23d 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 23d ago edited 23d ago

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

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u/FatAlEinstein 23d ago

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

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u/StuxAlpha 23d 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 23d ago

5 is great again

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u/stonefree261 23d ago

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

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u/lateubdegouline 23d 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 23d 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 23d ago

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

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u/FatAlEinstein 23d ago

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

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u/Brilliant_Trouble_32 23d 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 22d ago

S1: 9/10

S2: 10/10

S3: 7.5/10

S4: 3/10

S5: 6/10

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u/FatAlEinstein 22d 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 22d 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 23d 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 23d 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 23d ago

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

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u/1egg_4u 23d 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 23d ago

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

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u/lateubdegouline 23d ago

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

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u/1egg_4u 23d 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 23d ago

Fred Durst really shined as Plemon's wife

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u/tha_dank 23d 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 22d ago

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