Good TV series?

but Dr.House is based on Sherlock, and he said he doesn't like Dr.House...

to each his own.

I'm a fan of Doctor who, but you probably won't like it either.

Edit: haven't read all the way... nm :D

The first couple seasons of Dexter were really interesting, but then it just became complete shit. It was much more interesting when Dexter was just a sociopath, trying to hide in a relationship with a broken woman.

+1

Then, I love how Ben Browder and Claudia Black join Stargate SG1 in seasons 8 and 7.

+1

I quit after the second season. Well made show, but just too thoroughly unpleasant to watch. The most likable person was the DEA agent, and he was a buffoon.

It felt so artificial and forced I just couldn't bear watching it after two episodes.

To be fair Walter's wife does have a tendency to make a lot of the episodes a chore to get through.

Agreed

Well, except for the occasional appearance of Odin.

And the lack of a truly great book series that makes me hate the changes the show has made.

+1

It really was a classic show, but in hindsight, I'm glad it was just the one season. It makes it a great little jewel of a series.

Another one that I rewatch every few years is Babylon 5. The first season is a little hard to get through, because they were still ironing out the kinks of the special effects (early days of CGI), but its got great writing and the universe really evolves as the series progresses.

+1

House was just another crappy medical drama, intended for old women. It would take a lot more than Hugh Laurie for that to be a good show.

The only thing that I learned from House was that it takes many good 'normal' people around a sociopath to make said sociopath viable in life and to keep him from being a danger to the world.

There's a thing called opinions, you know. Just because someone thinks different than you about a subject which is indeed purely subjective, as this is, doesn't mean you can take that attitude. You must be terribly fun at parties.

From House M.D., I liked Jennifer Morrison and Olivia Wilde.

Forgot about that show.
+1

Alias is great! <o>

No one should watch a show with a laugh track. Its like reading books with pictures in it.

Doctor Who is a great suggestion, though. I came late to the party (started watching from the beginning when the 4-5 season was airing). I felt like it would be too weird to start seriously watching the show at the 9th Doctor, but they made it very easy to slide in. And David Tennant was completely brilliant.

+1 for The Strain.

+1, I watched a whole bunch of series, but none of them came close to the quality of The Wire.

Same^

best series +1

Agents of Shield starts off kind of weak, but the latter episodes were great. Hopefully it keeps up for Season 2.

Eureka was a great show with lots of humor, although it got rather inconsistent towards the end. And there was a death in the later seasons that was a good story, but I thought the show lost some zing without them.

Grimm is largely really interesting (plus its spitting distance from where I live), but some of the episodes are really inconsistent. There's been a few times when I almost pulled the ripcord, because of a string of uninteresting episodes that didn't add anything to the story.

If he didn't like Firely, he'll most certainly not like Buffy or Angel. He might like Agents of Shield though, as it's clearly the worst of Joss Whedon's work(even if the second part of the season got a whole lot better).

Defiance is one of those shows I watch because there aren't very many decent shows to watch at any one time, and even fewer sci-fi shows of any quality. Hell, at any single point in the year, there's probably only 3-4 shows I watch a week.

Yes!

But if we are gonna mention this show, why not mention Red Dwarf?!

I've only seen one episode - the last one I believe, but it was good.