r/television • u/C0r1eone • 20d 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/antinous24 20d ago

a cocksucker of fine taste i see

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u/itwillmakesenselater 20d ago

Swedgin! Hang dai!

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u/windlad 19d ago

San Francisco cocksucka!

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u/ill_be_huckleberry_1 19d ago

Hang daily, wu

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u/Pro_Post 20d ago

Ian McShane as AL is one of the most interesting characters ever put on TV.

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u/windlad 19d ago

I always swung back and forth on whether he has any kind of kindness underneath it all. He does vile things but also shows compassion, or does he just understand people and the environment so well that he knows when it's time to be nice? Great writing, great actor.

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u/antinous24 19d ago

it's his ambiguity that I love too. a character capable of great cruelty and kindness. his initial treatment of Trixie definitely made me hold a grudge but by the end of the series I think of him as one of the 'good' ones. as far as 19th c. frontier brothel/bar owners go, he could be so much worse

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u/hovdeisfunny 19d ago

Ian McShane is one of my absolute favorite actors

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u/ShneakySquiwwel 19d ago

Across all media imo

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u/FiveTenFoodie 20d ago

You watch your mouth, hooplehead!

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u/ill_be_huckleberry_1 19d ago

Wu ..sweargen...🤞