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fallenchicken said:
I binge watch cards, but I don't think I'd keep up with it if all the episodes weren't released at once. After both seasons I remember feeling like: this looks like a good show, it talks like a good show, but it's just... not very good.

Love Orange is the New Black though. Heard mixed things about Marco Polo. I'll check it out if for no other reason than the interesting setting and expensive production.
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I have pretty much the same feeling about Cards. It's missing something that's hard to define. It feels very distant and antiseptic. But not bad for all that.
 
fallenchicken said:
Also the Honorable Woman, an eight episode miniseries. If you like sophisticated spy dramas (think John Le Carre) then you'll love this. One of my favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg3Yzfu5kYI
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**** you're throwing out some great recs. Gonna check this out.

Rep this man.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
**** you're throwing out some great recs. Gonna check this out.

Rep this man.
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BBC has been killing it for me lately (I know Black Mirror is like "Channel 4" or something--but let's just lump all of British tv into BBC). Their limited series approach to TV is very refreshing compared to American TV. The Honorable Woman especially is super novelistic--tv with a beginning, middle, end and no filler--brilliant! Eight episodes is what it needs to tell its story, and so it's eight episodes long (I think--around that). Just great stuff. But maybe it's just because only the best British shows pick up hype here--maybe the Brits, if they only watch Mad Men and Breaking Bad, think American TV is all great.
 
I decided to look at my Netflix "taste profile" and look at everything I'd rated five stars in the past couple of years that's still available to stream. Here's the list, starting with most recently rated.

Black Mirror
Still Mine
The Kids Are All Right
Sling Blade
Galaxy Quest
Django Unchained
Gandhi
Philadelphia
Inequality For All
Ordinary People
Samsara
Forrest Gump
Who Framed Roger Rabit
Luther
Orange is the New Black
The West Wing
Jackie Brown
Airplane!
Good Will Hunting
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Seven
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Kill Bill Vol. 1

I'll stop there. Obviously most of these people will know about or have seen already, but there are a few more obscure things in there...
 
I've been going through House and West Wing from the start. Also currently going through Firefly.

Parks and Rec is great, although I don't think they have the last season or two yet.

Warehouse 13 is in the same boat--it's great but I think the last season or two are missing.

I believe all of Psych is there, my family totally loved that show.

One of the next series I'll tackle from the start is Doctor Who (well, from the 9th doctor onwards). I've seen a lot of them, but not all.

Black Adder is classic British comedy.

The Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock episodes are amazing, in case anyone hasn't seen those yet.
 
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