The Wire is excellent, one of the best shows ever made. Watch it! Do it now!

24 used to be really good, but after the first couple of series, it just got repetetive and had too many plot twists that really didn't make any sense.

The West Wing is okay, a lot of good actors, but it's a bit boring imo.

I'd say watch Deadwood or West Wing over any of the others listed. But of those two West Wing has more political timely-ness baggage so I'd go Deadwood.

That being said, I'd skip all on the list and say watch either Weeds or Breaking Bad.

The only shows I've seen from that list are The Wire, Dexter, and 24. The first two are pretty good, I stopped watching 24 after the first season, because it got too repetitive. I guess I would go for The Wire.

>> ^JiggaJonson:
I'd say watch Deadwood or West Wing over any of the others listed. But of those two West Wing has more political timely-ness baggage so I'd go Deadwood.
That being said, I'd skip all on the list and say watch either Weeds or Breaking Bad.


i'd never even heard of Breaking Bad before you just mentioned it. i like the sound of it.

The Wire

out of the ones you listed i would go for 1 or 2 (am about to start deadwood soon).
but breaking bad is fucking awesome!

and..
dollhouse
trailer park boys
spaced
twin peaks
carnivale
firefly
30 rock
big bang theory
extras

... whoops. just started listing some of my favourites.

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Six Feet Under was the best series on TV ever.

Venture Bros. It's good for laughs, not really a big drama though.

West Wing is a "talker", so you have to be into that. But it's much like House, but in the White House. I like it.

House MD is awesomely awesome.

The IT Crowd - British sit-com about IT workers. It's very British and very funny.

I thought Deadwood was alright, but it's a "hard" series. Lots of grim stuff happens there. They swear like dock workers with ball-cancer.

Battlestar Galactica is really good until the resolution of the series which just ruins the show. Don't watch that.

>> ^gwiz665:
The IT Crowd - British sit-com about IT workers. It's very British and very funny.


i tried watching The IT Crowd but it didn't grab me. surprising as everything else linehan's done i've absolutely loved.


>> ^dag:
Six Feet Under was the best series on TV ever.


really? fuck this is difficult.

I can add that I thought Six Feet Under was OK, not brilliant.

I would throw my support behind Six Feet Under, The Wire and Dead Wood.

Three great shows, I dont think you could wrong with any of them, but 6 feet really got under my skin like nothing else, as Dag said, best series ever.

Never saw west wing but only heard good things about it. I just finished the first series of breaking bad and I'm impressed with it, Dexter is really dark fun too

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paint drying
grass growing

I find either of these to be roughly equivalent to a "good" TV show nowadays. Also, they're free.

Toss up between Six Feet Under and Battlestar Galactica. Follow them with Dexter and True Blood. As for thinking your girlfriend wouldn't enjoy the latter 3, don't be so sure.

Deadwood is an utterly brilliant series that unfortunately got cut short part way through it's last season (It had 3). So if you like some Shakespearean level swearing (it really is beautiful in its profanity), and wonderful characters, go Deadwood, just know that it doesn't end as it should.

My Wife and I were both very much into Six Feet Under for the first 2 seasons I think, then the stations here killed it for us by moving it around timeslot wise so we lost track.

But those two seasons were brilliant.

My Wife swears by the West Wing, I've never gotten into it.

Also, Battlestar was brilliant also for us both, but yeah, you have to be willing to watch sci fi for that one.

You cant go wrong with Deadwood (highly recommend), but West Wing is my all time favorite. Also enjoyed Carnival.

The Wire.

And no one fucking mentioned Oz?

The Wire is pretty awesome. The Six Feet Under episodes I saw are awesome, but I never finished the second season... so maybe it's not as awesome as I remember.

The Wire
Deadwood
Six Feet Under

in that order.


Then
Battlestar Galactica
Dexter
True Blood

in that order.


Trust me, your girl will enjoy the shit out of True Blood and BSG.

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Six feet under. Or I will kill you.

Deadwood.

24 was good up to series 3; it really peaked at series 2 though. If you do watch it stop at 3. Same with ER, as you noted.

Carnivale was good, but unfortunately got canceled, so you'll have that to contend with. Haven't seen any of the others on your list as I haven't had cable since 2003. And I'm all the better for it!

I don't have the attention span for any of these crappy suspense/drama series. It seems like from your review of the programs you have watched, you feel the same way. I've tried a multitude of them and none of them interest me for more than 2 episodes. I'd say True Blood has the best shot at being something I could watch. You're probably too cool for Entourage, but I thoroughly enjoy turning off my brain and watching that show. Also, Californication is titillating to say the least. They are both very adult shows though, so if you or your wife are prudish in any sense, you might want to skip both.

The Wire is the only logical choice to watch next. It's entertaining, addictive and offers incisive social commentary. Just buy all the DVDs. SFU is enjoyable. I have only seen the first two eps of Deadwood but it was good. Funnily enough my problem with Deadwood is the swearing. And I like swearing. It just seems a bit too much.

24 is a show that was moderately silly and entertaining nonsense but I felt there were better things to watch many years ago.

ER is a long running soap and your enjoyment depends on how far you like the characters but repetition does set in. I can't even be arsed to find the final series.

Six Feet Under. .. best tv show ever.. god it is so good. I watch them more than once theyre so good.

THE NEW DR WHO SERIES.
SERIOUSLY.
ive never met a girl who didnt want to hump the dr after an episode or too so if youre girlfriend doesnt warm up to it, shes probably not human. maybe even a dalex.