For most of us , 2020 sucked. One thing for me that made it more bearable was how many outstanding TV series I watched.

What was your favorite TV series this year? You can include the latest season of ongoing shows.

Here are mine.

!. My Brilliant Friend (HBO)

2. Schitt's Creek - Final season

3. Ozark - 3rd season - Netflix

4. Pen15 - Hulu

5 We are Who we Are - HBO

6. Little Fires Everywhere - Hulu

7. Succession - HBO

8. The Queen's Gambit - Netflix

I actually meant to put just about 3 series, but I kept on thinking "what about this series" and felt I couldn't leave any of these out. There are others I really liked that I didn't include. What a year!

The Mandalorian.

Don't have one. Nothing compelled me that much this year...

Waiting for Manifest to return

"Call me Kat" the American version of "Miranda" is to sitcomy to be good. The trailer looks cheesy.

I think Amy Poehler would have been a better cast for the lead role.

Mandalorian and Stranger Things are the only 2 that interest me so far.

Hudson said:

Nice presentation! Interesting this is the third list of severl shows but none of them overlap at all. I did almost include Sex Education.

kewlschool said:

"Call me Kat" the American version of "Miranda" is to sitcomy to be good. The trailer looks cheesy.

I think Amy Poehler would have been a better cast for the lead role.

I think they hired Mayim Bialik hoping Big Bang Theory fans will watch the series.

gandorb said:

For most of us , 2020 sucked.

So did the finalie of TWD.

Good:

Better Call Saul S05

Mandalorian S02

.

i watched the entirety of GOT this year, only to become underwhelmed by the conclusion

i know it just missed the 2020 frame, but S03 of 'Cobra Kai' was tons of fun once again

nayroo2002 said:

gandorb said:

For most of us , 2020 sucked.

So did the finalie of TWD.

Good:

Better Call Saul S05

Mandalorian S02

.

i watched the entirety of GOT this year, only to become underwhelmed by the conclusion

i know it just missed the 2020 frame, but S03 of 'Cobra Kai' was tons of fun once again

I imagine TWD is obvious, but I am better at the Prince album song acronyms. So. ?

Schitts Creek by far is my fave of the year. The last season was perfect.

Other honorable mentions:

Succession

Ozark

Good Fight

Cobra Kai (cheesy byt fun!)

Queens Gambit

and one I discovered this year and totally addicted: Shameless.

gandorb said:

Hudson said:

gandorb said:

I imagine TWD is obvious, but I am better at the Prince album song acronyms. So. ?

GOT is game of thrones. TWD is the walking dead.

A bit off topic, but, i just watched the movie 'Dredd' and it afforded me a bit of GOT closure

...and a few more great additions:

(already mentioned, but i watched all 3 seasons in 2020) 'Ozark'!

'Your Honor' technically started last year, but it's getting deeper!

(also aleady mentioned)'The Boys' & 'Watchmen'

nayroo2002 said:

Hudson said:

gandorb said: GOT is game of thrones. TWD is the walking dead.

A bit off topic, but, i just watched the movie 'Dredd' and it afforded me a bit of GOT closure

...and a few more great additions:

(already mentioned, but i watched all 3 seasons in 2020) 'Ozark'!

'Your Honor' technically started last year, but it's getting deeper!

(also aleady mentioned)'The Boys' & 'Watchmen'

I liked Watchman, but it's sad and very dark stories.

nayroo2002 said:

onlyforaminute said:

nayroo2002 said:

A bit off topic, but, i just watched the movie 'Dredd' and it afforded me a bit of GOT closure

...and a few more great additions:

(already mentioned, but i watched all 3 seasons in 2020) 'Ozark'!

'Your Honor' technically started last year, but it's getting deeper!

(also aleady mentioned)'The Boys' & 'Watchmen'

This is an interesting comparison. Curious on how that worked. I loved Dredd but then I stan Karl Urban so...

The villain is played by Lena Headey

nayroo2002 said:

I never really got around to watching The Sopranos. I always watched it until season 3 or 4 and then had to stop for some reason, so this time, with the pandemic and all, I decided to start with season 1 again and now I´m almost done with season 5 and I love this show. It´s really special...very realistic, lots of pop cultural references, interesting characters, very brutal in a realistic way and it´s also an emotional rollercoaster for me. It´s also interesting to get a closer glimpse into Italian-American life in New Jersey.

And it seems like yesterday but it´s been 20 years already, or 13 if you count from when it ended. It´s strange to see a time before the omnipresent smartphones, or a pre-9/11 America, and to see them peddling stolen DVD players.

That Tony Soprano is a strange character....sometimes I deeply emphathize with him and find him very likeable and the next scene he is a complete asshole.

But that´s part of the charm of this show I guess.

My Top 10 Fav series of the year are

1. Cobra Kai, Season 3

2. The Flight Attendent. Season 1

3. His Dark Materials, Season 2

4. Sneakerheads, Season 1

5. Insecure. Season 4

6. The Manderlorian, Season 2

7. Law & Order: SUV, Season 21

8. Blue Bloods, Season 10

9. Death In Paradise, Season 9

10. The Boys, Season 2

But 2020 is over. For 2021.

Not even close to anything else - Lovecraft Country

The acting and the story lines kept me transfixed and what an inspired cast.

Otherwise the usual suspects, Rupauls drag race and it's spinoffs, otherwise my interest in TV extends to stuff like Death in Paradise (British/French crime comedy drama set in the West indies).

Finally got around to watching 'The Wire'...Wow.

That street dialogue is rich.

KoolEaze said:

onlyforaminute said:

EmmaMcG said:

KoolEaze said:

I never really got around to watching The Sopranos. I always watched it until season 3 or 4 and then had to stop for some reason, so this time, with the pandemic and all, I decided to start with season 1 again and now I´m almost done with season 5 and I love this show. It´s really special...very realistic, lots of pop cultural references, interesting characters, very brutal in a realistic way and it´s also an emotional rollercoaster for me. It´s also interesting to get a closer glimpse into Italian-American life in New Jersey.

And it seems like yesterday but it´s been 20 years already, or 13 if you count from when it ended. It´s strange to see a time before the omnipresent smartphones, or a pre-9/11 America, and to see them peddling stolen DVD players.

That Tony Soprano is a strange character....sometimes I deeply emphathize with him and find him very likeable and the next scene he is a complete asshole.

But that´s part of the charm of this show I guess.

The Sopranos is one part of The Holy Trinity of TV shows. Absolutely brilliant. Everything about it is great. Writing, acting, directing, music, everything. Brilliant show. And hilarious at times. Funny you should mention that about Tony Soprano sometimes appearing to be a sympathetic character and other times being a complete prick. That element of the show is something that always stuck out to me. There are no good guys and bad guys in The Sopranos. It's not as simple as that. Tony, as an example, wants to be good. Probably even thinks that he is. But deep down he knows he's not. He's a horrible husband, father and friend. But he can't admit that to himself. The other two shows that make up The Holy Trinity are Deadwood and The Wire. If you've never watched them before, you should. Both equally great. Both shows that lack a clear "good guy" and "bad guy". Although in Deadwood, they're all pretty much bad guys. Just varying degrees of bad.

I just finished watching the final episode and one thing´s for sure, I am going to miss Tony Soprano.

What a brillinat masterpiece of a TV series. Now I understand what the fuss was all about.

And unlike some fans, I really liked the ending. But then again, I also liked the final season of LOST, so what do I know?

It´s interesting that you mention The Wire because when I told a good friend of mine that I´m finally watching The Sopranos, his immediate reaction was that I should also watch The Wire as soon as I´m done with The Sopranos. It will be weird for me to go back in time again and I know I have a lot of catching up to do but I trust your judgement and will watch The Wire real soon, too.

And Deadwood.

But I´m already missing out big time on the current TV shows, for example The Mandalorian (which I really , really like a lot but I´ve only watched season one so far.)

.

Now that I´ve seen every episode, it dawns on me what a great actor James Gandolfini was. I mean they were all great in The Sopranos, but he was on a whole different level of greatness. May he rest in peace.

KoolEaze said: