• LucJenson@lemm.ee
    1·
    2 days ago

    I have a few, but each in their own categories.

    • Reality - Departures - A show where three fellows in Canada give up everything to travel the world together for a year, documenting their journey. One year becomes three. It released me of all my anxieties about leaving the comfort of my home and is now a gem of a series I keep close by. Shout out to Andres Dupuis, Justin Lukach, and Scott Wilson for being such a huge inspiration.

    • Live Action Drama/Comedy - Scrubs - The best medical drama out there. It is so well written, so impactful, and so enjoyable to go through. It helped me come to terms with my dad’s passing.

    • Live Action Sitcom - Friends - 10 seasons of ups and downs, laughter, and tears. The show definitely told us life was gonna be this way. Can’t go wrong with this classic.

    • Animated - Futurama - Another contender for one of the best written TV shows out there. It’s so perfectly complete.

    • Anime - Log Horizon - I’m a long-time fan of both .hack// and Log Horizon. Both are incredible series. But Log Horizon is maybe a bit more compact and easy to follow for outsiders and is generally a more casual watch experience while still having solid continuity across the series.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago
    • The BSG remake series is the GOAT
    • TNG and Voyager. (Never got into DS9…too much religious hibbidy-jibbidy and scenery chewing from Sisko…come at me, bro.)
    • Stargate Atlantis (And of course SG1, though on the whole I think Atlantis was the superior show)
    • Bojack Horseman (Because I credit that show for finally getting a handle on my own mental health)

    And yes…I realise the hypocrisy of not liking DS9 because of its religious hibbidy-jibbidy, but calling BSG the GOAT. I have no answer for you. Maybe the Bajoran religion itself was just stupid.

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 days ago

      BSG… Big Scary Guy? Boobs Sex Guns? Beavers Selling Green? Brave Snew Gworld?

      No offense, but your post reads like a military dudebro’s war story. Introduce initialisms the first time, please. I knew a few of them through context clues, but not everyone will.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
    181·
    3 days ago

    This is hard.

    • Avatar: The Last Airbender + The Legend of Korra together. Don’t even get me started (actually please do).

    • Pantheon. Dense, proper sci fi, criminally and tragically suppressed IRL. Watch it, right now.

    • I am really loving Severance so far.

    • Arcane is up there, maybe as most artistic.

    • Star Wars: Andor. Not a huge Star Wars fan, but it’s so good, and grounded. It has everything.

    I have a lot of “secondary” favorites I am excluding here, like The Expanse, Person of Interest, Fringe, The Americans, Narcos, Mythbusters, and such for various reasons, but are still amazing.

    • Toes♀@ani.social
      6·
      3 days ago

      +1 for Avatar. Such a phenomenal cast of characters and world building. Korra got really weird but I still appreciate it.

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
        51·
        3 days ago

        I love LoK, honestly more than ATLA, for many reasons. Along those lines, I was more into ATLA for Zuko than the Gaang.

  • gloktawasright@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Hard to pick, so here are a bunch I love:

    • Game of Thrones (until it got bad, but the early seasons were amazing)
    • True detective season 1
    • Attack on Titan
    • Pantheon (Second season is on youtube)
    • Breaking Bad
    • Better Call Saul
    • Bojack Horseman
    • Fleabag
    • Altered carbon season 1
    • Rick and Morty (early seasons. Maybe 1-4 or so)
    • Invincible so far
  • Captain Janeway@lemmy.world
    15·
    3 days ago

    Easily Star Trek: The Next Generation. It’s mystery, sci-fi, action, drama, and period pieces (holo deck episodes). It has a bit of everything. Plus it’s a hopeful vision of the future.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
    8·
    3 days ago

    Star trek the next generation and deep space nine Battlestar Galactica The Orville

    Yes, I’m a sci-fi nerd

    Also “the good place”, it’s awesome

      • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
        1·
        2 days ago

        Ah the expanse, of course! Awesome, though the last two seasons went down in quality. Especially the lady season was a mess only surpassed bu game of thrones season 8

  • dumbass@leminal.spaceEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    These shows always make me feel good when I watch them.

    • Bob’s Burgers
    • Mash
    • Star Trek Voyager
    • Derek
    • Trollied
    • Corner Gas
    • Reba
    • Would I Lie To You?
    • Taskmaster (UK)
    • The Simpsons
  • myusernameis@lemmy.ca
    10·
    3 days ago

    Bob’s Burgers hands down. It’s just constantly showcases the wholesomeness I want to see in the world.

    It shows a constantly imperfect world, and family, friends, and community standing together to survive it.

    I could write a thesis, but I’m crying thinking about that Christmas episode now, you know the one.

  • remon@ani.social
    51·
    3 days ago
    • Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
    • Avatar the Last Airbender
    • Firefly
  • Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com
    5·
    2 days ago

    Some that come to mind, and merely in order I thought of them:

    • Danger Five
    • Green Wing
    • Blackadder
    • Clone High (Edit: should probably be AtlA, but I’m holdin)
    • Puella Magi Madoka Magica
    • Cowboy Bebop
    • Flight of the Conchords
    • Inside No. 9
    • The Wire
    • Atlanta

    Only finished shows considered, as a poor ending can ruin a show.