I randomly came across Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency on Hulu and it quickly became one of my all time favorites. Super interesting characters.
This. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency had both a UK (cool) and an US (downright OUTSTANDING) version. If you can only watch one of them, pick the US one.
I find it hard to believe that a US version of anything was better than the UK version.
Ghosts.
Whose line is it anyway
It has two versions? Oh fuck yeah. Thanks.
Edit uh are you sure? I can only find the one with Elijah Wood. Are you thinking that the book is the British version?
Cheers m8
It is also based on an equally, though differently, enjoyable book series of the same name.
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Damn shame it was cancelled after the second season
Pantheon.
Pantheon.
Seriously, watch Pantheon if you haven’t already. Its screwed up release/licensing (died on the vine on some AMC streaming service) is a crime against humanity.
I literally can’t say anything else about it without spoiling it, other than it’s some of the best sci-fi ever, and its pacing is fast.
AMC has funded and then killed so many good and inventive shows.
Like what!? Pantheon is the only one I looked into (and miraculously got 2 seasons out of it).
“Lodge 49” was mentioned in this thread. I’ll add “Rubicon” to the list.
Thanks!
+1. It was really good
I still need to finish this. The release really killed the momentum on it for me, and I feel I need to do a full rewatch now to do it justice. I was shocked that I heard almost nothing about it anywhere. I hope it has a solid ending.
Pantheon is such a good show and Ken Liu is an amazing author
Better Off Ted
The workplace comedy about Veridian Dynamics, the company that can make anything, whether it’s a good idea or not.
It was on a major network, but the timeslot kept abruptly changing and the final two episodes were preempted by a live sports event, and never even aired in the US.
Veronica: Ted, we need a mouse that can withstand temperatures of up to 300(?) degrees.
Ted: Live mouse or computer mouse?
Veronica: …I’ll get back to you.
An attempt at creating an artificial meat:
Jerome: It tastes familiar…
Ted: Beef?
Jerome: No…
Linda: Chicken? We’ll take chicken.
Jerome: [Shakes head.]
Ted: What does it taste like?
Jerome: Despair.
Ted: Is it possible it just needs salt?
Great TV series.
Travelers is quite good and I don’t see it being mentioned as much online. Has a lot of ex Stargate extras.
Is that serialised, or episodic?
It’s on my list - but I’ve heard it has a ‘monster of the week’ type style by a few, and I tend to dislike that more.
It’s problem of the week with an overarching story for the season.
A good mix. Most episodes are a mission but there are a lot of serial storylines that work through the seasons.
For a time travel show it holds up very well on rewatch.
I wish they’d restart/reboot this one.
Galavant! The medieval, comedy musical!
Canceling Galavant is one of the greatest crimes ABC has ever committed.
Endlessly rewatchable delightful nonsense with Timothy Omundson at his PRIME. Great supporting cast and Weird Al as a singing monk.
The perfect show.
It felt like it may have ended on a high note. The plot and songs had started waning a bit at the end. Kinda like how they should’ve left schmigadoom at one season, the followup season was definitely a bit rougher.
AND VINNIE JONES
“I like my women either really fat or really skinny! Like, unhealthily skinny!”
Nothing in between.
There is a song that pops in my head regularly because it seems relevant to what I’m doing at the time, and I’m pretty sure it is from Galavant. Can’t remember it right now though. sigh
Maybee you won’t die aloooone
off with his shirt ! Strip him down!
You’re the same damed height
Forgot one:
Secret! Secret! Hush, hush, hush!
Person of Interest was a show that started episodic and evolved into an incredibly thrilling epic. Fuck the main actor though.
Yes to everything including a big fuck you to Caviezel!
Oh dear, what did he do?
Better Off Ted is one of the funniest shows I’ve ever seen and it pisses me off to no end that it flopped
We need a mouse that can stand temperatures up to 195 degrees.
We can do that. Uh, computer mouse or live mouse?
[thinks about it] I’ll get back to you.
It’s, to this day, one of my favourite shows ever.
The racism episode or the one where Ted is accidentally erased from employee records (might even be the same one), just genius.
Not sure how “lesser known” it is, but I can’t recommend Final Space enough
Did it get a true ending or did cancelation leave it on a cliff hanger?
Cliffhanger after season three. However, after several years the creater secured rights to self publish a graphic novel to complete the story. This might finally ship at the end of this year.
That’s a shame, it really was a great TV show, but I found out about it right around cancellation.
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Haha looks like you forgot you already responded to this, but I do appreciate the information. Graphic novel is better than nothing!
Yeah, new to this platform and thought somebody else asked the same question, so I replied again. Or I’m developing a case of old.
#facepalm
I don’t know what app/web version you’re using, but it can definitely be a bit confusing at times. When commenting my app doesn’t show the whole thread so you can miss things when commentinf/replying.
I loved the single season of “Surface” that we got in 2005/6. It didn’t do well, it wasn’t particularly well made, but boy did it have me glued to the TV for the next episode when I was younger.
You just beat me to it. They had to rush the last episode since it was canceled, but overall a solid show that had an interesting take on a common premise.
The Thick of It, for my unstimulated, laugh-track hating siblings out there. It’s ‘better’ than The Office (both versions), better than Seinfeld (is this even a relevant mention nowadays?), and just under Sunny because Sunny ran for at least 12 extremely solid seasons while The Thick of It is a 3 season show. Strong recommendation for anyone who can process information efficiently!
But is it better than Veep?
Same writer. Armando Iannucci. I’ve never seen Veep but I imagine they are on par.
Detectorists was very well done. It’s a brief 20 episodes over three seasons and a couple specials, and it’s buttoned up so well at the end. Highly recommend!
One of my favs. Everyone looks like I have gone mad when I recommend it.
Lodge 49, Lodge 49, Lodge 49! Probably one of my top 5 shows in the last decade. Every single review I have ever seen both professional and rando cannot stop raving about it, but still nobody watched it. I think mostly because it’s kind of hard to describe and doesn’t fit cleanly into any particular box.
Only downside is that it suffered a pretty sudden cancellation after season 2 was shot, so there is no satisfying resolution. Although Wyatt Russell has said repeatedly that he’d drop absolutely any project for a chance to revive it
A shame it was cancelled. A rare show where I was more interested in hanging with the characters then the main plot.
Flashforward from 2009. It’s based on a book which is also awesome, but the show really nailed it.
The cast is totally stacked with amazing talent, and the plot/concept is really unique and well-executed. Highly recommend.
But there was only one season of it so…
Yeah it was disappointing that it ended, especially since they teased a next season that never came, if I’m remembering correctly. Still worth watching though.
I loved this too.
Future Man
Season 1 is IMO one of the best single seasons of televion. Such a wild ride. Wolf’s character arc alone makes it worth watching.
I’m not sure if it went under the radar or if I just got into it late, but Fringe is a great show that has a lot of interesting twists. I haven’t watched it in a while and I’m planning a rewatch soon.
