You seem to gravitate to BBC type cop/crime shows and a preference for drama over comedy. Happy Valley was pretty good. It's a UK cop/kidnap sex and drugs story, very slightly like The Fall. The name, I think, made people overlook it - it sounds like a comedy but isn't at all. Broadchurch, with David Tennant, who was easily the best of the new Dr Who actors, is a seedy murder show, too. Sherlock is fun - Bennedict Cumberbatch is good at playing a weirdo genus - but is more episodic - maybe a bit like Luther. The obvious comp for Peaky Blinders is Boardwalk Empire, especially the first season.
I just watched the premiere of HBO's Show Me A Hero and I really love it. David Simon who wrote The Wire & Treme is the writer, Paul Haggis directs. Oscar Issac (Inside Llewyn Davis, A Most Violent Year) stars. There's also Winona Ryder, James Belushi, Catherine Keener and a ton of good actors I recognize but can't name. A 6 episode mini-series. Other than that I watch Bob's Burgers, Broad City, Portlandia, The Brink, Silicon Valley
Not yet. I believe the pilot is still free on YouTube. PopcornTime is great for computer streaming or you could use a site like couchtuner.
This show is hilarious. One of the best original comedies I've seen in a while. Tim Robbins is gold in it.
Only 6 episodes into 1st season and havent had a reaso to come back, every episode is a new story and Rayland just acts humorous. The other show im currently watching which has a new plot every episode that is stellar and i recommend is -Elementary - a sherlock holmes take. Op watch- Bloodline House of cards Hell on Wheels Daredevil True detective
"catastrophe" is a pretty awesome british/american dramedy. every breh's worst nightmare, getting a one night stander poignaant.
Yes. Should be good, or I hope at least. To whoever said they watched the first 5 episodes of Justified and then quit... The show changes after the first season. Much, much less "episode of the week" kind of stuff and a great, large story arc with characters that are just amazingly well-written.
I just watched the first five episodes. Damn that show is solid all the way around. Highly highly recommended. I had to force myself to stop, and to think that it is almost all true makes it even more fascinating.
Narcos. just made a thread about it; brand new show netflix just came out with. great production value and lots of good acting.
Ripper Street - about police life in Whitechapel immediately after the Ripper murders stop. Not amazing but pretty good. Justified gets way better after the first season. No longer a serial, either, with season-long arcs. Top of the Lake - well done, quick story of the hunt for a missing girl in New Zealand.
watched the first episode of " strike back" before the astros game yesterday. I was like hot damn! entertained to the fullest but missing the cinemax staple. =( and how is it that rick grimes can do a British accent and I cainnot.
