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Shows I watch :

Castle
Game of Thrones
CSI (Vegas)
Breaking Bad (season 2)

In a few weeks I'll be looking to watch something new with the wife every night.

Recommend me your favorite shows!

Everything starring Gordon Ramsay.

Justified.

Hannibal!

I'm going to go unobvious and say Twin Peaks.

It's a great show to watch with others.

Hmmm, True Blood and Boardwalk Empire could be fun.

The Americans would be a fun show to watch with a spouse

Supernatural.
Fringe.

Details on these shows and why you find they are good recommendations would help...

Justified is basically amazing. It is about a US Marshall who seems to have been born a hundred years too late: he's got a cowboy and gunslinging attitude toward life (and fashion), and it does not always mesh well with superiors. The action starts when a questionable shooting has him reassigned to his home state, where he has to face people he hasn't dealt with in years, including his old wife, a former rival-turned-bank...exploder... and his estranged father.

The acting is phenomenal, and the dialogue is quick and fun. It takes about 3 episodes (I think) for the first sort of long-running storyline to get going, but the show is just... excellent.

I just noticed I described her as his "old wife" not "ex-wife" and I have no idea why.

Really, it's the snappy dialogue and writing that's the main draw. Simply fantastic.

What Chad said, Justified is rad.

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Sorry, meant to click informative.

Sorry, I'm drunk.

Canada Day, eh

My wife and I have recently been enjoying Longmire, which is a crime-drama-ish show about a sheriff's department in sleepy rural Wyoming, dealing with all sorts of modern day problems (drugs, murder, prostitution, etc.) plus having to deal with racial discrimination from and against the local Reservation.

Also, The Glades.

Archer.

Doctor Who!

Supernatural - The Continuing story of Sam and Dean Winchester. Hunters of the things that go bump in the night. The series has a unique look at a wide variety of supernatural mythos and urban legends. The highlight of the show are the characters in my opinion. Sam and Dean play off each other perfectly. The later additions of Castiel the Angel, Bobby Singer, and Crowley "King of Hell", all get gold stars. The series is drama, but definitely has it's good share of chuckles. A few episodes even go so far as to not take themselves entirely serious such as the one that's entirely in black in white where the boys hunt down a creature masquerading as classic movie monsters. Can't recommend this series enough. 8 seasons and counting.

And behold the awesomeness of Jensen Ackles.


Fringe - Think X files with Dr. Frankenstein as part of the team. The Fringe division of the FBI investigates the weird and bizarre, which usually involves science taken a step too far. Teleportation, instant mutation, matter manipulation, mind control, time travel. The team consists of experienced FBI golden girl Olivia, backed by team scientist Walter Bishop, a former inmate of a mental institution who once made a career of doing fringe science for the government. And Walter's equally brilliant son who is the only one who can keep his father focused on the task at hand.
Series had five seasons and a solid conclusion. The final season jumps the shark a bit, but overall it's a good watch. I particularly enjoyed the third season for reasons that would be too revealing to go into. But let's just say it has a unique twist to it.

I've heard that Eerie, IN and Fringe were both good series. I have seen none of them.
You may find NCIS interesting, if you don't mind the technical inaccuracies.

--Patrick

Deadwood is pretty awesome.
If you like Castle and the CSI's, there's a good chance you could enjoy NCIS as well.
Perhaps, as a tribute to Gandolfini, a complete showing of the Sopranos.
Other than that, the above posters had some good ideas.

What does your wife watch?

Hannibal is similar to the books and movies only with one major exception: NOBODY KNOWS HE'S A KILLER! And yet he still helps out in investigations and where the Anthony Hopkins portrayal wore his crazy on his sleeves, Madds Mikkelson acts like straight up normal person like most psychopaths do. And he's only half, Will Graham is an excellent protagonist. He has an ability where he can empathize with a killer and figure out how they did it. The only problem is the more he empathizes the more those killers leave an imprint on his psyche, especially the first killer. Check it out, it is awesome.

Yoshimickster said:

Hannibal is similar to the books and movies only with one major exception: NOBODY KNOWS HE'S A KILLER! And yet he still helps out in investigations and where the Anthony Hopkins portrayal wore his crazy on his sleeves, Madds Mikkelson acts like straight up normal person like most psychopaths do. And he's only half, Will Graham is an excellent protagonist. He has an ability where he can empathize with a killer and figure out how they did it. The only problem is the more he empathizes the more those killers leave an imprint on his psyche, especially the first killer. Check it out, it is awesome.

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Sounds a lot like Dexter.

Shawnacy said:

Sounds a lot like Dexter.

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Hannibal could literally not me more different than Dexter if it tried.

Hannibal, for one, isn't terrible.

Oh!

If you can find it, you should probably check out SU:2 as well. Some absolutely great moments in there.

--Patrick

Also Dr.Lecter is still a straight up villain who has no qualms in his actions, while Dexter is a morally ambiguous anti-hero who calls his murderous urge a "dark passenger" and refers to killing people as "disappearing" them. No offense if there are people who still like this, but Dexter always seemed too silly for me to get into.

You heard it here first!

"Dexter: Too silly for Yoshimickster "

Jay said:

Shows I watch :

Castle
Game of Thrones
CSI (Vegas)
Breaking Bad (season 2)

In a few weeks I'll be looking to watch something new with the wife every night.

Recommend me your favorite shows!

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I dunno what your wife will like, but my current "watching" list is similar to yours, with a couple additions:

Grimm
Archer
Venture Brothers

Other shows I have watched in the past I recommend:
The first couple seasons of House, so long as nobody watching is an actual doctor. *important.
Jericho - just be warned it got cancelled before the story was over.
Deadwood
Rome
The IT Crowd
Community

Beyond those, here's my list of essential "If you have not watched this, you have neglected your personal education" that I'm ASSUMING (ahem) you have already seen.
Babylon 5
Blackadder series 2, 3 and 4
Fawlty Towers
Firefly
Futurama
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Red Dwarf
Sealab 2021
South Park
Star Trek (all series)

Random, off-the-wall stuff you might want to watch if you get a wild notion and never saw them before:
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr
The first few seasons of My Name Is Earl
The Critic (pop culture humor might be a little dated though)
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
The Boondocks
Tripping the rift (but not much of it)
The Drinky Crow Show (may not be suitable for wife)
Moral Orel

GasBandit said:

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr

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Seconded. And if you enjoy his adventures, you might want to add the Herc and Xena series' to the list.

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

Seconded. And if you enjoy his adventures, you might want to add the Herc and Xena series' to the list.

--Patrick

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I have them on my server.. I just didn't want to scare off the normie.

GasBandit said:

Blackadder series 2, 3 and 4

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Recommending only the first seasons of House I understand (currently slogging through the end of 7 and beginning of 8). But why oh why would you ever suggest something as silly as not watching The Blackadder?

Bubble181 said:

Recommending only the first seasons of House I understand (currently slogging through the end of 7 and beginning of 8). But why oh why would you ever suggest something as silly as not watching The Blackadder?

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I've never been a fan of the first series of Blackadder. For me the series works when Rowan Atkinson gets to be evilly witty. Not something his character accomplishes in the first series since he's played dumb for laughs.

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For me the series works when Rowan Atkinson gets to be evilly witty. Not something his character accomplishes in the first series since he's played dumb for laughs.

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When I finally connected the dots and realized Mr. Bean was Black Adder... I was highly disappointed. Because Rowan is so delightful being the witty one.

I liked Mr. Bean, but he can do so much more.

I will always suggest Life if you haven't seen it. Cop is wrongfully put in prison for a murder he didn't commit, gets huge settlement and his job back, trying to find out who committed the crime. Oh, zen aspect thrown in and did I mention Damien Lewis?

The Unusuals is also a really offbeat cop show. Very bizarre but still good.

Krisken said:

...and did I mention Damien Lewis?

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Oh my god, how did I forget to mention Homeland?

Go watch Homeland. Damien Lewis plays an US Marine captured in Iraq eight years ago who is finally found and returned home after years of captivity. He's hailed as a hero, but a CIA analyst (Claire Danes) thinks he's been turned into a sleeper agent for Al Qaeda. The only problem is that she has loads of mental issues and shaky evidence, so she can't be sure and definitely can't convince her superiors.

It's fantastic. There are two seasons done already and the third starts in September. It's full of tension and plot twists, and the acting is phenomenal.

sixpackshaker said:

When I finally connected the dots and realized Mr. Bean was Black Adder... I was highly disappointed. Because Rowan is so delightful being the witty one.

I liked Mr. Bean, but he can do so much more.

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Yup, Rowan Atkinson is a sublime comedy actor, both on stage and on TV. It's just a shame he's by far best known for Mr Bean...

As other said, I omitted Blackadder 1 because Intelligent Evil > Cartoon villainy. Smart Blackadder is better Blackadder.

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It's just a shame he's by far best known for Mr Bean...

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Beats being known for Johnny English

Doctor who. End of discussion.

Tress said:

Oh my god, how did I forget to mention Homeland?

Go watch Homeland. Damien Lewis plays an US Marine captured in Iraq eight years ago who is finally found and returned home after years of captivity. He's hailed as a hero, but a CIA analyst (Claire Danes) thinks he's been turned into a sleeper agent for Al Qaeda. The only problem is that she has loads of mental issues and shaky evidence, so she can't be sure and definitely can't convince her superiors.

It's fantastic. There are two seasons done already and the third starts in September. It's full of tension and plot twists, and the acting is phenomenal.

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All this sounded good except... Claire Danes.

Jay said:

All this sounded good except... Claire Danes.

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She won an Emmy for her performance on the show. She's pretty fantastic.

I don't do Claire Danes.

I know sometimes she can hit you with the re-re ray, but others she's actually good at it.

SUITS - Awesome lawyer show on USA. "On the run from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant college-dropout, finds himself a job working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City's best lawyers.". Another "it's about the characters" series where you just love to watch Harvey get the better of someone last minute. Mike is good too, though occasionally he can come off as whiny and he tends to get himself in more trouble than he's worth. Another fantastic character is Lewis, who is Harvey's rival even though they work at the same firm. He's the guy you love to hate, because sometimes you actually relate to him.

Shawnacy said:

SUITS - Awesome lawyer show on USA. "On the run from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant college-dropout, finds himself a job working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City's best lawyers.". Another "it's about the characters" series where you just love to watch Harvey get the better of someone last minute. Mike is good too, though occasionally he can come off as whiny and he tends to get himself in more trouble than he's worth. Another fantastic character is Lewis, who is Harvey's rival even though they work at the same firm. He's the guy you love to hate, because sometimes you actually relate to him.

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I once went off on a half-hour rant about this show, breaking down precisely how terrible it was using examples from every episode of the first season. I was fairly inebriated, and my friends thought it was quite funny (they all love the show) but I guess the point I'm trying to make here is: you and I are going to have to have a streetfight about this show next time I get drunk and watch the whole first season again to jog my memory.

On top of the ones already mentioned... Downton Abbey. Even if it had only Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess and nothing else, I'd still watch it.

Also, is American Horror Story any good? I've got the first three epidodes TiVo'd, but I've not yet watched 'em.

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I once went off on a half-hour rant about this show, breaking down precisely how terrible it was using examples from every episode of the first season. I was fairly inebriated, and my friends thought it was quite funny (they all love the show) but I guess the point I'm trying to make here is: you and I are going to have to have a streetfight about this show next time I get drunk and watch the whole first season again to jog my memory.

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There are a few issues I have with it. Mostly involving Mike and his ability to fuck up the opportunity that Harvey has given him. The first season focused way too much on the drug issue. The second season was also very good, but I think I enjoyed the first half more than the second half. The first half was intense and ended pretty much on a season finale worthy episode. The real season finale was very bland and didn't manage to get my hyped for the next season.

Meanwhile, In Supernatural...