Netlixb binging for the past two weeks and I've seen some of the best tv I've ever wathced
Ranking them 1-4, These are my recommendations:
1) "Hell on Wheels". A 47 (or so) part series about the building of the transcontinental railroad.
2) "Narkos". About the unbelievably violent lives of the Colombian drug cartels (3 seasons)
3) "Breaking Bad" A high school chemistry teacher has a knack for cooking meth. The rewards are great, but the risks are even greater. (5 seasons)
4)" I am a Killer". A series of interviews with mostly death row inmates in across the country. (about 10 stories)
Now I understand binge watching. The only upside of quarantine that I have been able to find.
CurtEastPoint
(19,287 posts)pnwest
(3,297 posts)bingeing, so much more caught up in the story...week to week you forget some details. For further watching I recommend The Americans, The Wire and The Sopranos. Not sure if theyre on Netflix, might have to use Amazon Prime.
world wide wally
(21,835 posts)Iconic series
pnwest
(3,297 posts)it tho when I binged it. You would love The Wire.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)pnwest
(3,297 posts)LakeVermilion
(1,229 posts)make sure you do "Better Call, Saul." Tells the story of Saul before the "Breaking Bad" series.
On another note: I thought that "Breaking Bad" was a dark comedy. Granted there is lots of violence, but think about the kleptomaniac sister in law married to the DEA agent. When I stepped back from the viewing there was always something that was funny: the acid in the bathtub was a favorite.
world wide wally
(21,835 posts)M wife and I have already decided that "Better Call Saul" is our next binge
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)My list..Gotham, Outlander, Peaky Blinders, Longmire, The Irishman - awesome, Sherlock was great..Intelligence, - that should hold you for about a month...oops..last but not least..Greenleaf...and Dark Matter..
Happy binging..and stay safe and healthy...
world wide wally
(21,835 posts)We tried Peaky Binders and we couldn't understand a word. Maybe we'll take English lessons
ms liberty
(9,905 posts)My husband said it took him most of the first season to get it. Have you tried Ripper Street? The characters have a little less heavy an accent than Peaky Blinders.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)I had to learn how to listen "hard" - sometimes you have to watch what they do to understand what they say..LOL..
Shanti Mama
(1,288 posts)it's a bit irritating to have them on the screen, but at least I can follow dialog.
ms liberty
(9,905 posts)I forgot to mention it in my reply. He loves Peaky Blinders, and I'm not into it. I do like Ripper Street.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)OZARK..awesome..new season started 3/27..
catchnrelease
(2,023 posts)It's so good for so many reasons. I started on Peaky Blinders but never went back to it after season 1. It just seemed like it was always a revenge war back and forth. Ripper Street at least had a little more to it than PB for me.
BootinUp
(49,213 posts)world wide wally
(21,835 posts)ms liberty
(9,905 posts)Peaky Blinders is a british mob story based in the very early 1900's, I'm not so much into it, bc I'm kind of over most all the mob stories even if they are british. I do like Ripper Street which is early cops in Whitechapel during the time of and soon after the Jack the Ripper period.
Two I just can't get into are Marcella, which is a cop drama set in modern day London or a british city anyway and it's not bad, but it's one of those that no one is really likeable, and the heroine is one of the least likeable. The other is Hinterland, a modern day cop drama set in Wales and the backdrop of Wales is amazing and the show'snot bad at all but again, everyone's miserable and not really very likeable.