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IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 06:34 PM Mar 2017

TV shows to binge watch

There is a blizzard coming to my city and I don't have to go to work for a few days. I thought I would curl up in my pajamas with my two kittens, eat comfort food and try a new TV show. Do you recommend any good TV shows to binge watch?

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TV shows to binge watch (Original Post) IrishEyes Mar 2017 OP
Scott and Bailey shenmue Mar 2017 #1
I LOVE that show! No one else I know watched it! Squinch Mar 2017 #28
I watch it on PBS. Great British police drama AJT Mar 2017 #63
That was good. madaboutharry Mar 2017 #68
HBO - Big Little Lies underpants Mar 2017 #2
Yeah, it's pretty good! CurtEastPoint Mar 2017 #3
The Crown (Netflix) CurtEastPoint Mar 2017 #4
If you have Hulu I recommend Moone Boy 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2017 #5
I seen it. Moone Boy is a great show. IrishEyes Mar 2017 #6
True Detective brewens Mar 2017 #7
1st season* FenwayDonkey Mar 2017 #20
If you have Amazon Prime charlyvi Mar 2017 #8
Don't forget Bosch. Lochloosa Mar 2017 #12
Haven't seen Bosch.... charlyvi Mar 2017 #18
Yes. The music score is worth it alone. Lochloosa Mar 2017 #21
Okay, I'll watch it. charlyvi Mar 2017 #37
i just found two unwatched seasons of.... samnsara Mar 2017 #9
Oh Yes! I agree. FireandIce59 Mar 2017 #64
Fargo, The Americans, Man in the High Castle Sedona Mar 2017 #10
Fargo is so good! Can't wait for season 3! Initech Mar 2017 #19
Love it too! Season3 Premiere 4/19. Fla Dem Mar 2017 #38
Another big thumbs up for The Americans. Dave Starsky Mar 2017 #91
One of the top 10 in recent years, I say. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #92
Good news about Season 6. Dave Starsky Mar 2017 #93
Billions and The Good Fight are my weekly must-see shows dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #94
I'm watching "Monk" from Season 1 right now. Then there's HBO's "Game of Thrones." Or History's WinkyDink Mar 2017 #11
Loved Monk. IrishEyes Mar 2017 #25
Bones and Mad Men Lochloosa Mar 2017 #13
Sounds like a plan! furtheradu Mar 2017 #14
Thanks. I'm thinking grilled cheese and soup. IrishEyes Mar 2017 #23
I have lots..... fNord Mar 2017 #15
I binge watch three of those when I was unemployed. IrishEyes Mar 2017 #24
You should check out alpha house.... fNord Mar 2017 #26
Another QI Fan! Leith Mar 2017 #86
Thank you for the heads up about the Travelers.... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #95
Longmire, Justified, Breaking Bad, Hell on Wheels and the Killing to name a few. doc03 Mar 2017 #16
Longmire is really good. Last season this year. Lochloosa Mar 2017 #22
I just finished binge watching it yesterday lunatica Mar 2017 #40
Glad you liked it. Sad to see it go. Lochloosa Mar 2017 #44
Isn't coming back? lunatica Mar 2017 #45
One more season to wrap things up Lochloosa Mar 2017 #46
I'm glad there's more! lunatica Mar 2017 #47
I watched all of those lunatica Mar 2017 #41
If you have Hulu, 11/22/63 is good TexasBushwhacker Mar 2017 #17
Agreed. I watched it during a tropical storm. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #54
Stay snug Mme. Defarge Mar 2017 #27
into wierd stuff? essaynnc Mar 2017 #29
I love Supernatural. IrishEyes Mar 2017 #30
My number one pick: Try the free month of avebury Mar 2017 #31
Netflix has the entire original Lisbeth Salander Millennium series avebury Mar 2017 #32
Longmire!!! Guilded Lilly Mar 2017 #33
Schitts Creek - no s***, its really funny - stumbled across it one day on Netflix and Im one who Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2017 #34
Great pick! FrankfurtCat Mar 2017 #48
Try "The Travellers" on Netflix Generic Brad Mar 2017 #35
Loved it.... FrenchieCat Mar 2017 #78
Lots Zorro Mar 2017 #36
Bloodline. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2017 #39
If you haven't seen the Walking Dead lunatica Mar 2017 #42
I binge watch it every time they put a new season on. IrishEyes Mar 2017 #59
When I do that lunatica Mar 2017 #71
The Expanse Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #43
Twilight Zone. Netflix Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #49
I love the Twilight Zone IrishEyes Mar 2017 #51
Penny Dreadful, Netflix sarge43 Mar 2017 #50
Black Mirror. JHan Mar 2017 #52
Great Show. IrishEyes Mar 2017 #55
lol ..ok my second suggestion: Call the Midwife.. JHan Mar 2017 #60
Orphan Black. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #53
I binge watched WMC, "Women's Murders Club" over on You Tube Warpy Mar 2017 #56
"trump and his cabinet donations to charity" Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #57
I wish Trump was just character in a bad TV show. IrishEyes Mar 2017 #62
Amazon cmeneer Mar 2017 #58
If you ROKU Add Drama Fever to your channels The empressof all Mar 2017 #61
A Place to Call Home AJT Mar 2017 #65
Absolutely FANTASTIC show. It is so moving, so real. A must watch. n/t auntAgonist Mar 2017 #96
Stranger Things, on the off chance you haven't yet seen it. subterranean Mar 2017 #66
Alternate episodes of Gilmore Girls and Buffy... Binkie The Clown Mar 2017 #67
Grace and Frankie on Netflix. madaboutharry Mar 2017 #69
Great Show IrishEyes Mar 2017 #90
Hint: Bum-ba-ba-bummm! Bum-ba-ba-bummm! Ree-ah! Ree-ah! Ree-ah! longship Mar 2017 #70
Patriot...Amazon Prime. Into 3rd episode, so far blah. Fla Dem Mar 2017 #72
Better Call Saul on Netflix lame54 Mar 2017 #73
Wonderful show. VOX Mar 2017 #76
Agree - love it! nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2017 #88
House Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #74
"Peaky Blinders" is outstanding. Highest recommendation. VOX Mar 2017 #75
If you have Amazon Prime: The Night Manager, Sneaky Pete, You Are Wanted, The Expanse still_one Mar 2017 #77
Outlander...if you haven't seen it yet. FrenchieCat Mar 2017 #79
The Prisoner. Original with Patrick McGoohan Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #80
Outer Limits. Original. Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #81
"Imposters" is new, only 6 or 7 episodes to binge, pretty entertaining. pnwest Mar 2017 #82
Everyone should watch area51 Mar 2017 #83
Firefly was a great show. IrishEyes Mar 2017 #84
Sanford and Son Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #85
Orange Is The New Black clementine613 Mar 2017 #87
STAR WARS: CLONE WARS! yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #89
Babylon 5 - the show that made Star Trekkers cry. earthshine Mar 2017 #97

underpants

(182,849 posts)
2. HBO - Big Little Lies
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 06:38 PM
Mar 2017

Only 4 episodes so far. It's a murder mystery but the murder hasn't happened yet.

samnsara

(17,625 posts)
9. i just found two unwatched seasons of....
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 06:50 PM
Mar 2017

..Absolutely Fabulous! And if you like British sit coms watch Doc Martin!

FireandIce59

(92 posts)
64. Oh Yes! I agree.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 08:01 PM
Mar 2017

Doc Martin is worth it. It is truly addictive....

You can find it on Netflix and Acorn TV.

Enjoy!

Fla Dem

(23,711 posts)
38. Love it too! Season3 Premiere 4/19.
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 10:11 AM
Mar 2017

The third season of Fargo, an American anthology black comedy–crime drama television series created by Noah Hawley, is scheduled to premiere on April 19, ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_(season_3)

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
91. Another big thumbs up for The Americans.
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 12:12 PM
Mar 2017

Great show. Particularly if you actually remember the Reagan days.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
92. One of the top 10 in recent years, I say.
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 04:22 PM
Mar 2017

Season 5 has just began.
AND there will be a season 6, they say.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
93. Good news about Season 6.
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 04:43 PM
Mar 2017

It's my wife's favorite show. Very intriguing and intense. Makes a great escape from the pressures of daily life.

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
11. I'm watching "Monk" from Season 1 right now. Then there's HBO's "Game of Thrones." Or History's
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 06:55 PM
Mar 2017

"Vikings."

furtheradu

(1,865 posts)
14. Sounds like a plan!
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 07:03 PM
Mar 2017

If You like BBC/PBS/historical fiction. .I'm a fool for Poldark..
Sooo..what Comfort Food is on the menu?
enJOY Your jammies & kitties & have a snuggly goood time!

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
23. Thanks. I'm thinking grilled cheese and soup.
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 08:50 PM
Mar 2017

Also, I'm going to baked some cookies. I will probably pop some popcorn at some point and have hot chocolate with it.

fNord

(1,756 posts)
15. I have lots.....
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 07:30 PM
Mar 2017

Been unemployed for almost a year, and Netflix has been a good friend to me:

Leverage

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Trailer Park Boys (the Canadian it's always sunny)

Any Star Trek except "enterprise"

The Travlers (Netflix original. Awesome, but only one season out, and it leaves you on a hell-of-a cliffhanger)

On amazon prime:

Orphan Black

Dr Who

Torchwood

Alpha House (hilarious! 4 republican congressmen sharing a town house when they're "in town". John Goodman stars, with guest appearances by Bill Murray and Rachel Madow, among others!)

On YouTube:

LEXX (genius/insanity at its glorious best-ish. Surreal, tunge in cheek, irreverent, campy, and pure fun. The first "Season" is four 90 minute movies, the rest is shows.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLb6FwrPUfo75ZHG5BARHvT05pYuR6S6wG&v=SvqnjEQljYs

Q I (Bryant British show, as funny as it is educational. NOT for kids! Kind of like a less politically driven mix between Real Time with Bill Maher and Clive Anderson's "whose line is it anyway" but...different. It airs after the watershed, and is hosted by Stephen Fry. Each season is a letter, so if you YouTube it from the beginning, you look up QI a1.
I think there up to "N," but I'm only up to "K.&quot

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
24. I binge watch three of those when I was unemployed.
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 08:53 PM
Mar 2017

I watched Leverage, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Trailer Park Boys. I enjoyed those shows.

fNord

(1,756 posts)
26. You should check out alpha house....
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 09:02 PM
Mar 2017

It's only two seasons, but still worth the price of amazon prime

Leith

(7,813 posts)
86. Another QI Fan!
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 12:06 PM
Mar 2017

I love that show. Sandi Toksvig takes over in series N and she's very good.

If you like British panel shows, try Would I Lie to You on YouTube. Lee Mack and David Mitchell are captains of teams where the other two are guests of the day. The premise is that a panelist reads a sentence or two about themselves from a card. The other side asks questions about it, then decides whether the panelist is telling the truth or lying. There are endless jokes and sometimes Mitchell and Mack go off into the rants they are known for.

Kingdom is a very good comedy/drama starring Stephen Fry. The frustrating part is that it was cancelled after the third season with a heck of a cliffhanger.

There are many episodes of Who Do You Think You Are, British and American, on YouTube, too.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
95. Thank you for the heads up about the Travelers....
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 05:39 PM
Mar 2017

I was saving it to binge on, but hate those cliff hangers.
May wait till season 2.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
47. I'm glad there's more!
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 05:50 PM
Mar 2017

But I think they're right. A good story must end sometime, or it becomes tedious and desperate. They would have to make Longmire start clowning around just to keep the show going.

No thanks.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,208 posts)
17. If you have Hulu, 11/22/63 is good
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 07:52 PM
Mar 2017

It's only 8 episodes. It's about a school teach who travels back in time to keep JFK from being assassinated. It's based on a Stephen King book.

essaynnc

(801 posts)
29. into wierd stuff?
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 09:20 PM
Mar 2017

Try Supernatural on Netflix. Try one or two, see if you like it. It's ALWAYS exciting, and 2 story lines​once you get into it. We watched s 10 e 15 last night, so there are a bunch of them !!

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
30. I love Supernatural.
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 09:31 PM
Mar 2017

It is one of my favorite shows. It has been on for 12 seasons so far and I have seen every episode.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
31. My number one pick: Try the free month of
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 09:41 PM
Mar 2017

Acorn TV and binge watch Wild At Heart. I loved loved loved loved this series. A British family relocates to the African bush. I binged watch the entier series during my free trial month. The setting, the animals, the storyline. I loved this series.


Net Flix:
House of Cards (if you haven't watched it yet)
Ripper Street

Death in Paradise - My favorite on Netflix - A mystery series set on a Caribbean Island. Sun, sand water and interesting mysteries.
Murdoch Mysteries
Leverage - Another great favorite. Timothy Hutton leands a modern day band of Thieves to right the wrongs and help the innocent.
The Paradise
Rebellion
Turn: Washington's Spies
Continuum - A gret Sci-Fi
Life - Damian Lewis is so quirky in this show
Cosmos: A Spaceime Odyssey - Neal DeGrasse Tyson
Dark Matter - a decent Sci Fi series
Trevor Noah: Afraid of The Dark (a new comedy special)
Jim Jefferies: Bare (another Comedy Special)



Try the free month of Acorn TV, great British television
Wild At Heart
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (also on Netflix)
Murdoch Mysteries
Republic of Doyle
The Code


avebury

(10,952 posts)
32. Netflix has the entire original Lisbeth Salander Millennium series
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 09:44 PM
Mar 2017

as a 6 part mini-series with extra footage. It is well worth watching.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
34. Schitts Creek - no s***, its really funny - stumbled across it one day on Netflix and Im one who
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 10:12 PM
Mar 2017

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usually DETESTS sitcoms of all types and from all eras. It was the cast that made me watch the first one - Eugene Levy, Catherine Oheara, Chris Elliot - Eugene Levy's son plays the "metrosexual" son and is quite hilarious, I think they may be improvising at times. It can be LOL funny or surreal one minute and then totally unexpectedly quite moving and real for a brief moment. The characters actually change and grow over time. It took a couple of episodes though before I was hooked.

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)
35. Try "The Travellers" on Netflix
Mon Mar 13, 2017, 10:25 PM
Mar 2017

One really good season. Hopefully Showtime and them make more. It is great sci-fi-fi drama that keeps you guessing. It stars Eric McCormick (He is not Will in this one) and was put together by the producer of Stargate-SG1.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
50. Penny Dreadful, Netflix
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 07:33 PM
Mar 2017

If you have a taste for the gothic and fantastic, this is for you. It's what The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen should have been.

JHan

(10,173 posts)
60. lol ..ok my second suggestion: Call the Midwife..
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 07:40 PM
Mar 2017

If you're a fan of Downton Abbey, you might dig that series - I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Warpy

(111,305 posts)
56. I binge watched WMC, "Women's Murders Club" over on You Tube
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 07:38 PM
Mar 2017

over the weekend when TCM was showing old Robert Osborne interviews all weekend. I did love Osborne's taste in film but celebrity interviews bore the hell out of me. The WMC videos, one full season of them, were very diverting.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
57. "trump and his cabinet donations to charity"
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 07:38 PM
Mar 2017

problem is it is only one episode and lasts two minutes only...nothing happens

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
62. I wish Trump was just character in a bad TV show.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 07:43 PM
Mar 2017

If someone wrote him as a character in a TV show or film, it would be criticized for being too over the top and unbelievable.

The empressof all

(29,098 posts)
61. If you ROKU Add Drama Fever to your channels
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 07:40 PM
Mar 2017

Korean Dramas are like Crack


Watch Goblin.........OMG!!


You can thank me later.


You can also watch on line

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
66. Stranger Things, on the off chance you haven't yet seen it.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 08:12 PM
Mar 2017

I don't watch a lot of TV, but I enjoyed that one, as well as Fargo, True Detective and Better Call Saul.

madaboutharry

(40,216 posts)
69. Grace and Frankie on Netflix.
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 08:47 PM
Mar 2017

The chemistry between Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlinson is priceless. And Martin Sheen and Sam Waterson are perfect.

longship

(40,416 posts)
70. Hint: Bum-ba-ba-bummm! Bum-ba-ba-bummm! Ree-ah! Ree-ah! Ree-ah!
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 08:58 PM
Mar 2017
https://m.


Shit! Almost all the YouTube links utterly suck! Wanted a TOS red alert. They all suck.

Fla Dem

(23,711 posts)
72. Patriot...Amazon Prime. Into 3rd episode, so far blah.
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 03:46 PM
Mar 2017

Has anyone watched this? It is so plodding and tedious, yet in just the 1st 3 episodes, they've introduced at least half a dozen pivotal characters. They keep jumping from 2002 to 2012 to 2017; from Milwaukee to Washington to Luxemburg to Dusseldorf to Antwerp to Brussels to Amsterdam. Also everything is so low key, it's like all the actors are on valium.

Is this one I should stick with? It's gotten good reviews. One thing it's got going for me is I watch it while I'm doing my bike for 45 minutes. At least it's keeping me occupied.

OTOH just last week I finished watching "The Do Over" with Adam Sandler and David Spade. Not a big Sandler fan, but the movie was funny. Watched it in 4 installments.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
84. Firefly was a great show.
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 05:21 AM
Mar 2017

I have the series. My friend and I still quote lines from it. Everyone should watch it.

 

earthshine

(1,642 posts)
97. Babylon 5 - the show that made Star Trekkers cry.
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 06:48 PM
Mar 2017

It was hard for us Trekkers to admit that another Sci-Fi show could be so good that it could threaten to dethrone Trek as the greatest thing that ever was.

B5 needs to be binged as it is highly serialized.

The first season is a bit slow, but worth it.

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