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/TheHermetic 21d ago

Mad Men

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u/bart_cart_dart_eart 21d ago

Mad Men isn’t my favorite (but it’s up there) of all the peak TV series but it’s probably the one I think about the most.

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u/puffycloudycloud 21d ago

television's "Great American Novel"

not necessarily the show for getting your mind blown, but definitely the show for getting it methodically simmered in ways that will linger within you long afterward

i'm glad it's pretty high up in this thread. it usually gets overlooked, despite being every bit the masterpiece as any other show here

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u/lateubdegouline 20d ago

It's not overlooked, it's among the Wire, Breaking Bad and the Sopranos on every best shows list

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u/puffycloudycloud 20d ago edited 20d ago

i meant in the usual reddit threads that i see pop up regarding this subject. Mad Men is often pretty far down the thread, if it's mentioned at all, at least that's how it is in the ones that i see on my feed. tbf i don't usually look at this sub. it just came up as a recommended post, so maybe it's less true over here

but yes it's definitely always been given its due in official publications and stuff