What is the Last TV Series You Watched?

[Roy H.]

Umbrella Academy season 4 a major disappointment

Yeah.  When I started watching, I had no idea that it was the last season or that it was truncated to six episodes.  Like Game of Thrones, the writers didn't seem to know what direction to go in once the source material dried up.

[Redz]

Umbrella Academy season 4 a major disappointment

I sort of assumed that last season was the last season the way it ended. So you?re saying they should have left well enough alone?

[Goldstar88]

The Gentlemen on Netflix. If you like Guy Ritchie films, check out this series. Highly entertaining.

[Neurotic Guy]

The Gentlemen on Netflix. If you like Guy Ritchie films, check out this series. Highly entertaining.

Agree. Good watch.

[mobilija]

Umbrella Academy season 4 a major disappointment

Yeah.  When I started watching, I had no idea that it was the last season or that it was truncated to six episodes.  Like Game of Thrones, the writers didn't seem to know what direction to go in once the source material dried up.

So?.more convoluted than the previous seasons? No thanks.

[Roy H.]

Umbrella Academy season 4 a major disappointment

Yeah.  When I started watching, I had no idea that it was the last season or that it was truncated to six episodes.  Like Game of Thrones, the writers didn't seem to know what direction to go in once the source material dried up.

So?.more convoluted than the previous seasons? No thanks.

Probably less convoluted, in that it's straight-forward enough.  The entire thing just seems like the writers couldn't come up with a satisfactory conclusion.  So, the season treads water for awhile, and then during the last episode or two rushes toward an unearned conclusion.

[perks-a-beast]

I finally finished the last two seasons of "Boardwalk Empire" on HBO. While the quality did somewhat fall off towards the end, I don't think it's as bad as many say. It's funny, I remember this series being a big deal while it was airing, especially in the early seasons, but it just kind of came and went and I feel no one really talks about it anymore.

Overall, I think it's a really fun series with outstanding writing and character development. I'd highly recommend it, but I don't think it cracks my Top 5...

1. LOST
2. Breaking Bad
3. Better Call Saul
4. The Sopranos
5. Six Feet Under
6. Dexter
7. Boardwalk Empire
8. Ozark (great first three seasons but holy crap season 4 was a flaming dumpster fire)

"Deadwood" and "The Wire" are still on my list, trying to decide which to watch next.

[Goldstar88]

I finally finished the last two seasons of "Boardwalk Empire" on HBO. While the quality did somewhat fall off towards the end, I don't think it's as bad as many say. It's funny, I remember this series being a big deal while it was airing, especially in the early seasons, but it just kind of came and went and I feel no one really talks about it anymore.

Overall, I think it's a really fun series with outstanding writing and character development. I'd highly recommend it, but I don't think it cracks my Top 5...

1. LOST
2. Breaking Bad
3. Better Call Saul
4. The Sopranos
5. Six Feet Under
6. Dexter
7. Boardwalk Empire
8. Ozark (great first three seasons but holy crap season 4 was a flaming dumpster fire)

"Deadwood" and "The Wire" are still on my list, trying to decide which to watch next.

I think The Wire is the best series I?ve ever seen.

[Redz]

I finally finished the last two seasons of "Boardwalk Empire" on HBO. While the quality did somewhat fall off towards the end, I don't think it's as bad as many say. It's funny, I remember this series being a big deal while it was airing, especially in the early seasons, but it just kind of came and went and I feel no one really talks about it anymore.

Overall, I think it's a really fun series with outstanding writing and character development. I'd highly recommend it, but I don't think it cracks my Top 5...

1. LOST
2. Breaking Bad
3. Better Call Saul
4. The Sopranos
5. Six Feet Under
6. Dexter
7. Boardwalk Empire
8. Ozark (great first three seasons but holy crap season 4 was a flaming dumpster fire)

"Deadwood" and "The Wire" are still on my list, trying to decide which to watch next.

I think The Wire is the best series I?ve ever seen.

What makes you like Lost so much?  I remember watching the first few episodes and thinking it had potential, but for whatever reason never kept up with it.  It seemed like it got hokey.  I was thinking of giving it a shot though.

I'm just about done with my four year nerd out binge of Star Trek brands.

The Wise great through and through.  Deadwood is a lot of fun, but you need to go in knowing that it never got finished.

[dannyboy35]

  Currently watching ? Only Murders In The Building ?. I love Martin Short so we?ve been enjoying it a lot. I don?t usually watch comedies except ? Curb your Enthusiasm ? . But there?s been a couple wholesome type  like this and Ted Lasso that I?ve been able to stick with. I usually like darker or more serious shows . Something world building or with suspense.The comedy in action display takes me out of it.
  My wife s d I can?t wait for ? The Old Man? with Jeff Bridges , John Lithgow and Amy Brenneman to come back.

[bdm860]

I finally finished the last two seasons of "Boardwalk Empire" on HBO. While the quality did somewhat fall off towards the end, I don't think it's as bad as many say. It's funny, I remember this series being a big deal while it was airing, especially in the early seasons, but it just kind of came and went and I feel no one really talks about it anymore.

Overall, I think it's a really fun series with outstanding writing and character development. I'd highly recommend it, but I don't think it cracks my Top 5...

1. LOST
2. Breaking Bad
3. Better Call Saul
4. The Sopranos
5. Six Feet Under
6. Dexter
7. Boardwalk Empire
8. Ozark (great first three seasons but holy crap season 4 was a flaming dumpster fire)

"Deadwood" and "The Wire" are still on my list, trying to decide which to watch next.

I'll echo others saying the Wire.  To be fair, I've only watched 3 of your top 8 (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Ozark), and agree with the ordering for those 3, but I think the Wire is so far ahead of all of them.  I've watched through the Wire 2-3 times, and spent countless hours re-watching scenes and character super cuts on YouTube since.

Some tips:
The Wire doesn't spoon feed you anything and is much lighter on exposition than most shows.  You'll be hit with a lot of realistic cop and street slang that they don't explain.  They just throw you in their environment.

It moves at a snails pace.  Most shows resolve an issue every episode while introducing a new issue (to be solved next episode), while also building towards whatever the overall arc of the season is, while the Wire just really builds to the overall season arc.  And I don't think any episodes end in a cliffhanger (or if thy do it's rare).

So that being said, you really have to pay attention.  It's not a whodunit where you have to pick up clues, but there's a lot of dialogue and subtleness that explains character motivations, lays the foundation for future actions, etc.  If you watch it like I watch most TV shows (scrolling on your phone, having a conversation with your spouse in the next room or on the couch next to you, not pausing when you go to the kitchen/bathroom, etc. because you don't think a scene is important), you'll miss a lot of stuff and will probably be one of those people who don't understand why the show is so highly regarded.

Personally, I think it takes like 3 episodes to really get good and start to understand it.

[Silas]

I'm mid-way through the 4th season of Vikings, on Netflix.  Great show that I missed when it first aired in 2013.  After watching the more recent series Vikings: Valhalla, which takes place about 100 years after the original Vikings, I decided to watch the original series.  I am really enjoying the well written and acted series.

[Redz]

I finally finished the last two seasons of "Boardwalk Empire" on HBO. While the quality did somewhat fall off towards the end, I don't think it's as bad as many say. It's funny, I remember this series being a big deal while it was airing, especially in the early seasons, but it just kind of came and went and I feel no one really talks about it anymore.

Overall, I think it's a really fun series with outstanding writing and character development. I'd highly recommend it, but I don't think it cracks my Top 5...

1. LOST
2. Breaking Bad
3. Better Call Saul
4. The Sopranos
5. Six Feet Under
6. Dexter
7. Boardwalk Empire
8. Ozark (great first three seasons but holy crap season 4 was a flaming dumpster fire)

"Deadwood" and "The Wire" are still on my list, trying to decide which to watch next.

I'll echo others saying the Wire.  To be fair, I've only watched 3 of your top 8 (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Ozark), and agree with the ordering for those 3, but I think the Wire is so far ahead of all of them.  I've watched through the Wire 2-3 times, and spent countless hours re-watching scenes and character super cuts on YouTube since.

Some tips:
The Wire doesn't spoon feed you anything and is much lighter on exposition than most shows.  You'll be hit with a lot of realistic cop and street slang that they don't explain.  They just throw you in their environment.

It moves at a snails pace.  Most shows resolve an issue every episode while introducing a new issue (to be solved next episode), while also building towards whatever the overall arc of the season is, while the Wire just really builds to the overall season arc.  And I don't think any episodes end in a cliffhanger (or if thy do it's rare).

So that being said, you really have to pay attention.  It's not a whodunit where you have to pick up clues, but there's a lot of dialogue and subtleness that explains character motivations, lays the foundation for future actions, etc.  If you watch it like I watch most TV shows (scrolling on your phone, having a conversation with your spouse in the next room or on the couch next to you, not pausing when you go to the kitchen/bathroom, etc. because you don't think a scene is important), you'll miss a lot of stuff and will probably be one of those people who don't understand why the show is so highly regarded.

Personally, I think it takes like 3 episodes to really get good and start to understand it.

A little side bonus that I loved about that show was the changing of the renditions of the theme song ?Way Diwn in a Hole? season by season (though I?m partial to the original by Tim Waits).

[tazzmaniac]

I finally finished the last two seasons of "Boardwalk Empire" on HBO. While the quality did somewhat fall off towards the end, I don't think it's as bad as many say. It's funny, I remember this series being a big deal while it was airing, especially in the early seasons, but it just kind of came and went and I feel no one really talks about it anymore.

Overall, I think it's a really fun series with outstanding writing and character development. I'd highly recommend it, but I don't think it cracks my Top 5...

1. LOST
2. Breaking Bad
3. Better Call Saul
4. The Sopranos
5. Six Feet Under
6. Dexter
7. Boardwalk Empire
8. Ozark (great first three seasons but holy crap season 4 was a flaming dumpster fire)

"Deadwood" and "The Wire" are still on my list, trying to decide which to watch next.

I'll echo others saying the Wire.  To be fair, I've only watched 3 of your top 8 (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Ozark), and agree with the ordering for those 3, but I think the Wire is so far ahead of all of them.  I've watched through the Wire 2-3 times, and spent countless hours re-watching scenes and character super cuts on YouTube since.

Some tips:
The Wire doesn't spoon feed you anything and is much lighter on exposition than most shows.  You'll be hit with a lot of realistic cop and street slang that they don't explain.  They just throw you in their environment.

It moves at a snails pace.  Most shows resolve an issue every episode while introducing a new issue (to be solved next episode), while also building towards whatever the overall arc of the season is, while the Wire just really builds to the overall season arc.  And I don't think any episodes end in a cliffhanger (or if thy do it's rare).

So that being said, you really have to pay attention.  It's not a whodunit where you have to pick up clues, but there's a lot of dialogue and subtleness that explains character motivations, lays the foundation for future actions, etc.  If you watch it like I watch most TV shows (scrolling on your phone, having a conversation with your spouse in the next room or on the couch next to you, not pausing when you go to the kitchen/bathroom, etc. because you don't think a scene is important), you'll miss a lot of stuff and will probably be one of those people who don't understand why the show is so highly regarded.

Personally, I think it takes like 3 episodes to really get good and start to understand it.

The Wire is at the top of my list too.  I've seen a number of people state it took a few episodes to get into the Wire.  I was into it from the very first scene with McNulty discussing with a witness how Snot Boogie was killed.  The funny thing is McNulty, the lead character, is one of my least favorite characters on the show. Lots of great characters and dialog.  I don't recall having any difficulty with the police and street slang.  It is very realistic and thus moves at a realistic pace.   

No way can I watch a good TV show or movie like you describe unless I've already watched it a couple times.  Any show or movie where you can isn't top 100 let alone top 10. 

Snot Boogie scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYgKmOJT_gM 

[Roy H.]

I finally finished the last two seasons of "Boardwalk Empire" on HBO. While the quality did somewhat fall off towards the end, I don't think it's as bad as many say. It's funny, I remember this series being a big deal while it was airing, especially in the early seasons, but it just kind of came and went and I feel no one really talks about it anymore.

Overall, I think it's a really fun series with outstanding writing and character development. I'd highly recommend it, but I don't think it cracks my Top 5...

1. LOST
2. Breaking Bad
3. Better Call Saul
4. The Sopranos
5. Six Feet Under
6. Dexter
7. Boardwalk Empire
8. Ozark (great first three seasons but holy crap season 4 was a flaming dumpster fire)

"Deadwood" and "The Wire" are still on my list, trying to decide which to watch next.

I like all of the series that you listed that I've seen.  I haven't watched Lost or Six Feet Under.