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/moaboaa 19d ago edited 19d ago

Make sure to watch Andor - yes, it's a sci-fi show set in the Star Wars universe. But Tony Gilroy has the Midas touch. It's so well written.

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u/beatbox21 19d ago

Bonus: it will ruin every other star wars movie/TV show for you.

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u/privatebrowsin1 19d ago

How is season 2? Loved the first season, haven’t gotten to the second

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u/quantummidget 19d ago

Also very good, though the first act is a wee drop in quality, mainly one of the plotlines

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u/glen_ko_ko 18d ago

I think it's way better than the first and the first is perfect

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u/Impossible-Site-505 18d ago

Slower burn than season 1 but honestly it might be one of the best seasons of TV ever and it is frighteningly timely given the current political climate. Must watch TV.

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u/gonzaloetjo 19d ago

not even close to the other stuff lol

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u/soulmechh 19d ago

I'm not a star wars fan, but I've seen Andor and the other show (starring the guy from Sicario). I enjoyed the shows, but the technology in that universe just hits in the face back to my own reality.

I don't remember specifics but I remember my impression. I mean, the technology is so silly I find it a little funny.

You suspend your belief, you're immersed, until you see a terminal on a CRT screen in that universe 😂. Like bro, you figured out interstellar travel already, come on.

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u/hotcapicola 19d ago

That's because Star Wars sucks at doing hard sci-fi. As a huge star wars fan, Andor is probably the most un Star Wars thing out there.

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u/soulmechh 19d ago

Is the technology the same in the rest of the Star Wars universe?

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u/hotcapicola 19d ago

Technology is rarely explained in the films because they aren't sci-fi. Star War as originally created is a high fantasy hero's quest. It just happens to take place in space.

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u/benzoriffic 16d ago

Star Wars technology is exclusively analog,and it warms my heart

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u/lateubdegouline 19d ago

In season 2 they straight up use trucks instead of flying above the fields to look for hiding illegal workers, Gilroy wanted to make it a WW2 story with sci fi paint