Top 77 Television and Streaming Video Series of 2019

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Will have to check out this Shadows thing then ty

imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:22 (four years ago) link

Watchmen was one i voted for but i have a hard time being passionate about it, except that its treatment of racism in America was really, really well-done and therefore the final episode was satisfying, and the Hooded Justice episode was probably the peak. Lots of the rest seemed overly mannered and refined and while clever didn't really make me feel anything other than impressed at the clever machinations. The acting was excellent, as one would imagine with that cast.

omar little, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:22 (four years ago) link

the vampire trial episode of wwdits is an obvious standout, but i also loved the escalating running gags about gabriel's accidental slaying abilities and nadja's endlessly reincarnated ex 'grigor'

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:22 (four years ago) link

Anyway, has forks dropped some sort of fake on us

imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:24 (four years ago) link

probably would've voted watchmen higher if i liked the final episode more, but overall it was high quality. still pales in comparison to s2 and 3 of leftovers, but so do most things.

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link

I just finished Watchmen last month. A lot good about it. A lot meh about it.

If only we could get the schitt's creek cast to do a send up of Terrace House I would be in love.

Yerac, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link

forks, don't you know you save the ersatz joke entry for the #1 spot

unless that isn't a joke and we're all currently in hell

Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link

maybe just for me since that would be highly inappropriate i guess. xpost

Yerac, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link

xp to me tho i am not an old-lunchian type for whom bad endings sour the rest of the show for me

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link

we're all currently in hell and that is a joke.

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link

I am totally confused about "male lead" in the context of How to Get Away with Murder, because as I see it, there is a female lead, and the rest are supporting cast

sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link

Schitt's Creek should probably have its own thread. And it's one of the few shows i'd want to rewatch again since the characters are ones i'd miss when it's over.

omar little, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link

I agree except for the thing where it's ending in like six weeks or whatever. :(

Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:28 (four years ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/vsUDVLr.jpg
#7 (Tie) - Joe Pera Talks With You (Adult Swim) - 135 points, 14 votes

Joe Pera Talks With You

Joe Pera Talks With You on Adult Swim Website

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6py2vGxvU0

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link

when my gf comes home, i've taken to saying "hullo" like joe pera

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link

it's the dude with the extremely long neck right? How to get away...

Is Pimple Popper very popular? I liked watching it a lot on youtube. I assume most people are fascinated with that shit. I was watching that obesity autopsy video floating around last month while eating salt and vinegar wings.

Yerac, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link

As I mentioned after my bingewatch of the first season of Joe Pera, that show is something really special. Sui generis.

Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link

I bailed on Mr. Robot after the second season and again after the third season, but I guess I'm in a decent position to see how it recovers.

Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link

Joe Pera is the best but I didn't vote for it because S1 was 2018 and we in the UK don't seem to have permission to view S2 yet

imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link

amazing show

bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link

i don't even know what it is, and I am very much okay with that.

sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link

sigh it is joe Pera talks WITH you and that distinction from to you is extremely important!

Clay, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:32 (four years ago) link

still haven't seen season 2

TOO MUCH STUFF TO WATCH GAH

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:32 (four years ago) link

Yeah, never heard of it. Is S1still available in UK anywhere or will I have to torrent?

groovypanda, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:33 (four years ago) link

can't believe pimple popper beat Baby Yoda

sarahell, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:33 (four years ago) link

As for Schitt's Creek, it is the show which all of my early-teenage tutees have been recommending I see, which has probably hardened me against it a little unfairly. Will probably check it out now

imago, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:33 (four years ago) link

Joe Pera Talks to You is the show that your sweetest, most contemplative grand-relative would make. Now imagine your grand-relative is in his 30s.

Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:33 (four years ago) link

Sorry 'With'!

Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link

I watched one episode of Pimple Poppper and it was utterly thrilling, I probably could've voted for it just on principle.

Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link

doc pimp pop really placed this high?

Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link

Joe Pera way too low. Shoulda been #1 by a mile

Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link

the Milwaukee episode of Joe Pera was so much fun b/c I've spent a lot of time in those exact locations. and I also come from a pretty small town so I kinda go through the same emotions

frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link

anyways joe pera was my number one and I almost love it too much to talk evenly about. the bean arch, you know. singing on the first day of school. a show about the smallest pleasures writ very large and the greatest tragedies writ just as they are in the sense that these things happen. I’m glad I live in a world that is shred with joe

Clay, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:37 (four years ago) link

shared but shred is also fine

Clay, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link

BEAN ARCH

bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link

Joe Shreds

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link

Schitt's Creek and Joe Pera are the only ones I voted for that I feel strongly inclined to evangelize in favor of. They're like 'best of decade'-level picks.

(Oh and The OA but there's no chance it'll show up at this point and everyone who isn't onboard already is just gonna point and laugh like they always do at beautiful things they don't understand.)

Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link

i love that Joe Pera and the show it tied with are both so very good, both so very funny and both so very different. I also like them about equally!

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/qYDHAZi.jpg
#7 (Tie) - Succession (HBO) - 135 points, 14 votes

HBO's Succession - Season 2 and Beyond

Succession on HBO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9TKHvvaMfE

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:39 (four years ago) link

'green apple giveaway'

I recall that particular phrase a lot, for some reason.

Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link

my #2. this show is shockingly good. it has no right to be as insightful, scathing, and just darn watchable as it is.

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link

Yeah, Schitt's may be my favorite sitcom of all time at the moment. I should try Joe Pera. (OA is all sorts of bullshit)

Yerac, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link

Succession s1 was decent but s2 leveled up bigtime

bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link

the way the other characters interact with Joe (particularly the Melskys) really makes the show IMO - you expect him to get made fun of a lot but everyone just sort of takes him for what he is. which is pretty much how it goes in real life. it takes a lot of restraint to make a show this funny without constantly making him the butt of the joke.

frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link

re: what we do in the shadows

the lead actors are all hilarious, especially matt berry, and funny in a way that's distinct from the original trio.

as in every show matt berry is involved in matt berry plays matt berry, i'm not a huge fan of his but he fits pretty well in here. it's kind of funny that he's the only one who doesn't bother doing a wampire accent.

Paperbag raita (ledge), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link

just started schitts creek, very much enjoying it

nxd, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link

as in every show matt berry is involved in matt berry plays matt berry, i'm not a huge fan of his but he fits pretty well in here. it's kind of funny that he's the only one who doesn't bother doing a wampire accent.

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it helps that they give him all the best lines.

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link

Joe Pera is the kind of heartfelt and strange series protagonist you almost never see. Almost like Dale Cooper.

Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link

Also Conner O'Malley as the doofus neighbor is hilarious.

Chris L, Friday, 14 February 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link

anyways joe pera was my number one and I almost love it too much to talk evenly about. the bean arch, you know. singing on the first day of school. a show about the smallest pleasures writ very large and the greatest tragedies writ just as they are in the sense that these things happen. I’m glad I live in a world that is shred with joe

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good post otm. i almost dont want to talk about this show cos its too special to me and i dont want to be overly sappy about it. i watch every new episode multiple times in a row at this point. frogbs otm about it too.

Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 14 February 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link


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