• Polisheocket@lemmy.zip
    4·
    1 hour ago

    I wfh so this is gold when I find a good show that has multiple seasons and I can actually follow while working.

  • sakuraba@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 hours ago

    I spent a couple of months only watching Venture Bros in my free time and oh boy it was so fucking GOOD

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    6·
    3 hours ago

    I much prefer a show that comes in, does it’s thing, and fucks off again. Respect my time.

    Stretching it out to a million seasons with a million episodes each just for archaic syndication purposes is a big no from me, dawg.

    • Notyou@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      6 hours ago

      Ash vs Evil Dead was super enjoyable.

      I can’t believe you found out about Futurama later but I am old, so good news everyone. Another person has found out how great Futurama is.

      Also, fucking Jeffster! I loved Chuck and how they sold out to subway in order to get the series going. They did those subs right. I used to get subway on Mondays just cause that was Chuck day. They lost it at the end when everyone was getting the intersect instead of just Chuck. Still a fun time.

  • HairEater@thelemmy.club
    20·
    16 hours ago

    I watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the first time this year. It was the perfect end-of-day comfort show.

    Now I’ve finished all 7 seasons and there is a hole in my life.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 hours ago

      Ope, that hole is a rough one. I still crave more similar style shows with that good mix of light and dark and urban fantasy that doesn’t need to take itself too seriously.

      Wildly different show, but The Magicians scratches a somewhat similar itch, especially after season 2. It’s definitely darker, but is also about young people struggling with the consequences of living in a world with magic that most people don’t know about while also having fun with it from time to time

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 hours ago

        The problem with angel is that there’s always something wrong with it.

        Buffy regularly has seasons that are clearly what it should be and it’s easy to remember the baseline of what it is. Season 1 is monster of the week, high schoolers finding their footing. Season 2 has Angel, 3 has Faith. You don’t ever feel like “wait why isn’t soandso here”.

        Angel is the opposite. Every watch I’ve wondered why some characters take so long to arrive or leave so soon when they’re so iconic. The overarching story also kinda meanders and I think part of the problem is that Angel is just a worse center for a show than Buffy was (or Cordelia was, I’m still mad she was written out). Also season 4 (or whatever the season with Connor being edgy) was actively bad. Then unfortunately the show was canceled after the best season where it felt like it finally understood itself.

        Still absolutely worth a watch, it did great things for a few of the characters of Buffy who had to leave Sunnydale, as well as having more post face turn Cordelia and some of the best Faith scenes.

        • BasedMaquisEddington@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          1·
          1 hour ago

          Angel is cursed to have better individual episodes (especially toward the end) but to have worse arcs (until the very end). For any Buffy fans, here are some gems that come to mind:

          2x17 Disharmony

          5x14 Smile Time

          6x05 The Cautionary Tale of El Número Cinco

  • protist@retrofed.comEnglish
    16·
    18 hours ago

    Since no one else has said it, I want to recommend “Dark.” It’s German, so subtitled unless you watch it dubbed, but oh shit what a lengthy ride