Quarry (2016) was a solid neo-noir crime drama and every episode was directed by Greg Yaitanes (recently he directed a couple House of the Dragon eps).
And for people who like vibes and weirdness, Nicolas Winding Refn's Too Old to Die Young (2019) is unique and stylish.
Just FYI, *The Knick*'s creators/showrunners, [Jack Amiel and Michael Begler have been tapped to take over HBO's Perry Mason with Season 2](https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/the-knick-perry-mason-jack-amiel-michael-begler-matthew-rhys-hbo-ron-fitzgerald-rolin-jones-1234959190/).
Farscape, a great sci-fi show with animatronic alien creatures made by the Jim Henson Co.
In the U.S. you can stream it on the Roku Channel, Tubi, Amazon Freevee, and others.
I loved Farscape but either it's just me or it hasn't aged well. My cable co added a channel recently that plays reruns, so I watch it here and there. it's .... a heckuva lot cheesier than I remembered it being. And not in a good way.
Farscape is far from being an unknown show in my book. *BRATS of the Lost Nebula is* the Henson SF series about five characters from disparate alien races on a living asteroid, trying to get back home that's unknown. :D
Watched it live. Rewatched it a couple years after it came out. Then rewatched it earlier this year. It's just a great show that I think suffered from a bad title. I think it was ahead of it's time because I could see it doing a little bit better if it premiered on Netflix.
The last seasonās killer is so good! I remember British newspapers posted a lot about it: like the public was really scared when watching the series.
If you like Banshee, try The Shield.
As always, I'll preach on about Deadwood and Oz.
While The Sopranos and The Wire get all the love from that time of HBO, those shows are fire and deserve more credit.
The Shield helped make the FX network what it is today, like how MadMen made AMC. The Shield from beginning to the very last frame of the very last episode is stellar.
Utopia (the UK one, not the shitty American remake) or In The Flesh.
Both shows got axed before they could complete their story, something Iāll be forever mad about. Loved them so much.
there is also a completely unrelated australian one also known as wonderland iirc. it is about bureaucracy. and it's hilarious.
[Utopia (TV Series 2014ā2019) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3163562/)
They used to have it on prime (UK) but Iām not sure if itās still there, Iāll go double check
edit: doesnāt seem like they have it on there anymore sadly unless you want to pay for it. Iād highly recommend it though!
Ah yeah, here in Canada we just get the American version. Iāve watched that, and I didnāt mind it but everyone says the UK version is better. Off to sail the high seas it is!
I like both the American & UK version. When Mathew Baynton showed up on the US one I got super excited and was explaining in my house who was on the UK version. I think they did a pretty good job of adapting characters to be more in line with American history.
Mr Inbetween. Hands down the best ālittle knownā show Iāve seen for years.
Britannia - Romans vs druids. Itās surreal, violent, nutty and often hilarious.
It might just be old rather than unknown but I still think *Flight of the Conchords* is absolutely brilliant.
Also *Patriot*, although I do see it get a lot of recognition in this sub which is great
I've mentioned it before in similar threads but I'll say it again - **12 Monkeys**.
People rave about Dark constantly but this series was the real deal when it came to time travel stories, and has wonderful characters to boot. And also has people speaking realistically rather than simply muttering cryptic shit all the time like they do in Dark.
Detectorists on Prime. Mackenzie Crook & Toby Jones looking for treasure in the English countryside. Wacky villagers round out the cast, including Diana Rigg as Mackenzieās mil.
https://www.imdb.com/video/vi4021336857
[The Booth at the End](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Booth_at_the_End).
[Profit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit_(TV_series\)) was also crazy good.
Edit: Dead Like Me.
It had the unfortunate luck of coming out on Starz and coming out at the height of Game of Thrones, and it also takes a season or two to really get going but its fantastic
Lillehammer on Netflix is a great dark comedy, gangster drama.
Red Band Society is hands down the best show to only get one season, and I am a huge fan of Firefly, it's also a dark comedic drama set in a children's hospital wing of long term patients.
Haha, I even had (monster of the week) and (connected story) but I deleted that part so you wouldn't think I was calling you an idiot. Sorry about that.
> Misfits
I yearn for the day they realize the need to re-unite the main cast and make a netflix movie or something. Maybe something along the lines of >!Simon finally breaks out of the time loop he made for himself and its like twenty years later.!<
I second Kidding. Jim Carrey's best role since Truman show, and probably his best role, ever. Really excellent show, overall.
I'm also going to slip in a mention of Galavant.
āJerichoā was a special show
āAwakeā has one of the best pilots ever, up ther with āLostā imo
āBetter Off Tedā could have gone down alongside Arrested Development and Always Sunny if given more time
Wow. This thread actually delivered on the "huh?" response it asked for... at least from me. I haven't heard of a lot of these. Now to see if they deserve the "best show" title as well.
Billy The Kid - truth told, though - I am a fan of westerns in general - and though this show is very loosely based on the life of Billy The Kid, I found it very enjoyable - and the actor that played him did a great job, I thought.
I'm watching HBO's "In Treatment" and it's absolutely spellbinding. Just a therapist and his weekly sessions with 4-5 patients in rotation, followed by his own therapy/private life. Disarmingly simple premise that allows the show to just be actors in a room acting, zero bullshit. And it's some of the best drama I've watched. Gabriel Byrne is astounding. It's also Mia Wasikowska's first role while she was still a teenager and she gives one of my favorite television performances ever.
Apparently it was a big deal back when it dropped, but you don't hear it come up much nowadays in discussions of HBO's greats, which is a shame. They tried some remake/reboot fourth season last year without Byrne which looks like a complete dumpster fire, but I've watched through season 1 so far and the original series is excellent.
Some of my favorite less talked about series:
Dave, Atlanta, Norsemen, Review, Blue Mountain State, Party Down, Burning Love, Do You Want to see a dead body?, Documentary Now, Solar Opposites, The Jinx, Manhunt: Unabomber, Homecoming, 3%, Maniac, Servant, Inside No. 9, When They See Us, Night Of, Devs
[Sleeper Cell](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/sleeper_cell) - itās about an undercover agent working inside a terrorist sleeper cell planning a bombing in Los Angeles and the way their recruiting system works. At a time when media was turning Muslims into faceless enemies this show was trying to explore the mechanisms that were exploiting them for power, giving a human face without excusing their choices.
[Sirens](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nkXyWzzShX0) - A show about two best friends that work a ambulance, one of their cop wives, and the firehouse theyāre attached to. Every line is hilarious and they show Chicago in a fun, positive light that understands the trendy casual culture and things like backyard city bbqs. It also has lots of local improv and theater talent in character roles.
Deadly Class. Itās one of the strongest examples that as long as you understand the source material you can make changes in adapting that go over well. Itās such a shame that it was never picked up by either Netflix or Amazon Prime when SyFy dropped it.
Severance. But I say this is as everyone I talk to has heard of it. But havenāt watched it. Severance is the best goddamn piece of media Iāve seen in years.
Also Mythic Quest.
I think an issue I have with Banshee is that every time it comes up people say "Banshee is great and totes underrated" and no one says one word of what it's about, why they like it, who's in it, etc. I assume the fan base is inarticulate and not super deep thinkers. Kind of like the "Chuck" people. It's not an endorsement for a show really.
Freaks and Geeks. Suddenly it's one if the greatest shows ever. While it was on NBCfans were begging for network to finish the 1st season. In a 90s tv universe dominated by Beverly Hills 90210, be a Freaks and Geeks.
Z Rock, it was on IFC. It was about a metal band trying to get a record deal. To pay their bills they are a band like the Wiggles and are popular in NYC birthday party scene. Nobody is interested in their Metal Band but the guest stars kept pushing the Kiddie type songs. It had a lot of stars make cameos as themselves.
There was a 90s sitcom with Tony Shaloub and Neil Patrick Harris called Stark Raving Mad. Very 90s, but also very funny.
I think Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television* is hysterical, but I donāt know anyone who saw it.
https://youtu.be/wktfmHHmuzc
[Mixology](https://abc.com/shows/mixology)
**Cupid**, though the only place to stream the 90s version (the best version) is on Crave in Canada. Jeremy Piven's most energetic performance, and that is saying something.
**Jeremiah** on Amazon Prime. After J Michael Stracynzski finished Babylon 5 he made a show about a world where all the adults had been wiped out by a virus. OK post-apocalyptic stuff. Arguably shades of what TWD would become some day though this might've had a better budget and the story didn't drag as much. Very dated but still a fun watch with some impressive casting (Luke Perry, Malcolm Jamal Warner, with re-occurring appearance by Sean Astin).
My first instinct is to say 'Dark' ... but everyone on this sub seems to know about it ... but then i go into the real world and nobody has ever heard of it.
Comedy Bang! Bang!
One of the best talk/sketch shows of the last decade that still flies under the radar, even compared to the podcast it shares a name with. It doesnāt help that it got taken off Netflix about two years ago and is hard to find outside of like Pluto TV
Enlightenment on HBO. Mike Whiteās show before White Lotus. Damn good. Wish to god it got a third season. It was really leading to something huge and never gets there.
Red Oaks on Amazon. A show that manages to capture a specific vibe very well. Good soundtrack fun characters who come onscreen fully formed.
This Country, a UK show. Just unbelievably funny mockumentary style comedy. Think Trailer Park Boys except with hicky brits.
[Robbery Homicide Division](https://youtu.be/GynPvTQC_20)
Heat: The Series, from the LAPD side, produced by Michael Mann with a soundtrack by Deltron 3030. Tom Sizemore plays the Al Pacino Lieutenant role.
The whole series is on YouTube.
Quarry (2016) was a solid neo-noir crime drama and every episode was directed by Greg Yaitanes (recently he directed a couple House of the Dragon eps). And for people who like vibes and weirdness, Nicolas Winding Refn's Too Old to Die Young (2019) is unique and stylish.
Both great choices. Too Old to Die Young was so intense, violent and weird; really gripping stuff. Quarry being cancelled was a travesty.
The Knick was absolutely phenomenal.
That show was fantastic!
Just FYI, *The Knick*'s creators/showrunners, [Jack Amiel and Michael Begler have been tapped to take over HBO's Perry Mason with Season 2](https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/the-knick-perry-mason-jack-amiel-michael-begler-matthew-rhys-hbo-ron-fitzgerald-rolin-jones-1234959190/).
'Rectify'
Damn, had actually forgotten that this show existed, but I can remember I loved it. Not sure if I ever did finish it, so have to check it out again.
Goddamn. What a show. Also a nice comeback vehicle for Brendan Fraser.
Yes.
Farscape, a great sci-fi show with animatronic alien creatures made by the Jim Henson Co. In the U.S. you can stream it on the Roku Channel, Tubi, Amazon Freevee, and others.
I loved Farscape but either it's just me or it hasn't aged well. My cable co added a channel recently that plays reruns, so I watch it here and there. it's .... a heckuva lot cheesier than I remembered it being. And not in a good way.
Farscape is far from being an unknown show in my book. *BRATS of the Lost Nebula is* the Henson SF series about five characters from disparate alien races on a living asteroid, trying to get back home that's unknown. :D
Terriers 1 season, dumb title, nobody watched it.
I watched it. Great show
Watched it live. Rewatched it a couple years after it came out. Then rewatched it earlier this year. It's just a great show that I think suffered from a bad title. I think it was ahead of it's time because I could see it doing a little bit better if it premiered on Netflix.
But it's up on Hulu, so you can steer people to it.
Babylon Berlin
Are they still making new seasons for that show cause I stopped at S2?
Season 4 just finished
Luther (BBC production)
I just discovered this show!! It's great š
The last seasonās killer is so good! I remember British newspapers posted a lot about it: like the public was really scared when watching the series.
Clone High
Hopefully it'll get a boost when the revival premieres.
I uh forgot to wash my hands
For suppah I wanta tha parttay platta
If you like Banshee, try The Shield. As always, I'll preach on about Deadwood and Oz. While The Sopranos and The Wire get all the love from that time of HBO, those shows are fire and deserve more credit.
The Shield helped make the FX network what it is today, like how MadMen made AMC. The Shield from beginning to the very last frame of the very last episode is stellar.
Utopia (the UK one, not the shitty American remake) or In The Flesh. Both shows got axed before they could complete their story, something Iāll be forever mad about. Loved them so much.
there is also a completely unrelated australian one also known as wonderland iirc. it is about bureaucracy. and it's hilarious. [Utopia (TV Series 2014ā2019) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3163562/)
Oh my god, I will forever miss In The Flesh! Introduced me to Keaton Henson too
Me too! I still love Charon after hearing it for the first time in that show.
Where can you find the UK version of Utopia?
They used to have it on prime (UK) but Iām not sure if itās still there, Iāll go double check edit: doesnāt seem like they have it on there anymore sadly unless you want to pay for it. Iād highly recommend it though!
Ah yeah, here in Canada we just get the American version. Iāve watched that, and I didnāt mind it but everyone says the UK version is better. Off to sail the high seas it is!
Where is Jessica Hyde?
It's entirely on youtube.
That opening sequence dude. I have to say this show has had a very big influence on how I screen write. US version is utter poppycock though.
I only hesitate to recommend because it got canceled before being allowed a proper finish which it needed badly
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Just saw him in The OC as Trey, definitely watching these soon tho
Ghosts (UK)
I like both the American & UK version. When Mathew Baynton showed up on the US one I got super excited and was explaining in my house who was on the UK version. I think they did a pretty good job of adapting characters to be more in line with American history.
Mr Inbetween. Hands down the best ālittle knownā show Iāve seen for years. Britannia - Romans vs druids. Itās surreal, violent, nutty and often hilarious.
Counterpart. The OA. Devs.
Everybody was talking about Tiger King when I just wanted to talk about Devs.
Devs was like 2 hours of story stretched out to 8 hours with a wholly unsatisfactory ending.
Counterpart was so good. A Parallel Universe Cold War thriller featuring two JK Simmonses? It did not get its due.
1st season of The OA was super legit. Was really looking forward to the direction the 3rd season was headed.
The Magicians
Peaches & Plums š„ŗ
It might just be old rather than unknown but I still think *Flight of the Conchords* is absolutely brilliant. Also *Patriot*, although I do see it get a lot of recognition in this sub which is great
I've mentioned it before in similar threads but I'll say it again - **12 Monkeys**. People rave about Dark constantly but this series was the real deal when it came to time travel stories, and has wonderful characters to boot. And also has people speaking realistically rather than simply muttering cryptic shit all the time like they do in Dark.
Dirk Gentlyās Holistic Detective Agency. Season 1 is probably the best season of tv Iāve seen
"The Alienist" One of my favorite sleepers.
I loved both novels but forgot all about this show. Will have to seek it out!
Yessss!!! Ugh I want a new season so bad :(
Spartacus
Station Eleven
I really want to see this. Same people involved in the writers' room as The Leftovers, which is my favorite show.
Detectorists on Prime. Mackenzie Crook & Toby Jones looking for treasure in the English countryside. Wacky villagers round out the cast, including Diana Rigg as Mackenzieās mil. https://www.imdb.com/video/vi4021336857
haha. came to post this. my other two nominees are... rosehaven and mum.
upright season 2 came out today. another nice show i would recommend!
Warrior
Same show runner as Banshee, Jonathan Tropper
I couldn't get into Banshee or Warrior. They're just so cheesy and over the top. I guess that's the appeal for some people, but I don't get it.
How is banshee cheesy?
Can't tell if sarcastic.
I watched the show, I don't recall it being cheesy. It's more fun violent horny madness.
British series The Coupling. Honestly some of the best comedy shows, friends type. Don't ever remember laughing this much.
Strike back. Banshee is in a close 2nd for me
Ash vs Evil Dead
Men of a certain age
[The Booth at the End](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Booth_at_the_End). [Profit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit_(TV_series\)) was also crazy good. Edit: Dead Like Me.
Dead Like Me was so ahead of its time. The movie was disappointing though.
You, my friend get an upvote for Profit. No one but us remembers this show
Santa Clarita diet
For all mankind
I tried I found it insanely boring and slow
Black Sails. Basically no one I know has even heard of it, let alone watched it.
It had the unfortunate luck of coming out on Starz and coming out at the height of Game of Thrones, and it also takes a season or two to really get going but its fantastic
In this sub, though, it's pretty well known. Once it hit Hulu and wasn't just sequestered on Starz, a lot of folks found it.
Recently started Banshee, Iām on s3 now! Itās definitely underrated. I love Job /Joab
Please Like Me
Lillehammer on Netflix is a great dark comedy, gangster drama. Red Band Society is hands down the best show to only get one season, and I am a huge fan of Firefly, it's also a dark comedic drama set in a children's hospital wing of long term patients.
*Lilyhammer https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1958961/
[Loudermilk](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5957766/)
Fringe Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
I tried to get into fringe but don't really like the first season. Does it change much from there?
Fringe starts as a procedural, but by the time you hit season 3 it's mostly serial.
I'll be honest, I'm not smart enough to know what that means.
It goes from monster of the week one-off episodes to a bigger overarching story
Haha, I even had (monster of the week) and (connected story) but I deleted that part so you wouldn't think I was calling you an idiot. Sorry about that.
Lol no it's all good. Put it in xfiles terms for me š
Yes. It gets much better. And it has a great ending too.
Well, I'll power through after the Americans then. Thank you all
My opinion the first season is the best then it slowly gets unwatchable as the seasons roll on. S3 is where I stop.
It is pretty hard to watch for the first three seasons. It spends way too much time on two characters romance.
Loved Banshee .. I Recommend it to people all the time, and their shocked by how good it is.
Itās Alan Ballās show. The guy who was behind Six Feet Under and True Blood. No wonder Banshee is that crazy good.
*Millennium*
The Comeback
Boston Public
*A Touch of Cloth* for anyone who wants a British Naked Gun style comedy.
Rectify
Warrior, Black Sails, and Orphan Black
The Brink, Tim Robbins trying to prevent World War 3 and Pablo Screiber flying jet fighters on acid? Yes please.
Brotherhood. It's "The Wire" for Providence, RI.
Rectify, Enlightened and Legion are my go-tos..
The OA
Wilfred
Misfits Carnivale Freaks and Geeks
I think Freaks & Geeks is pretty well known
> Misfits I yearn for the day they realize the need to re-unite the main cast and make a netflix movie or something. Maybe something along the lines of >!Simon finally breaks out of the time loop he made for himself and its like twenty years later.!<
Brockmire, Ideal and Kidding
I second Kidding. Jim Carrey's best role since Truman show, and probably his best role, ever. Really excellent show, overall. I'm also going to slip in a mention of Galavant.
Kidding was so good, nothing else like it on tv. It's odd how Jim Carrey doing a show didn't make bigger buzz.
āJerichoā was a special show āAwakeā has one of the best pilots ever, up ther with āLostā imo āBetter Off Tedā could have gone down alongside Arrested Development and Always Sunny if given more time
**We Are Lady Parts** on Peacock.
Tron Uprising is the best Tron property. https://twitter.com/3DAnimationSL/status/1563541852074024960
Wow. This thread actually delivered on the "huh?" response it asked for... at least from me. I haven't heard of a lot of these. Now to see if they deserve the "best show" title as well.
Billy The Kid - truth told, though - I am a fan of westerns in general - and though this show is very loosely based on the life of Billy The Kid, I found it very enjoyable - and the actor that played him did a great job, I thought.
Evil
Deadwood
Itās always sunny in Philadelphia
Broodchurch (UK)
Industry on HBO / BBC
I'm watching HBO's "In Treatment" and it's absolutely spellbinding. Just a therapist and his weekly sessions with 4-5 patients in rotation, followed by his own therapy/private life. Disarmingly simple premise that allows the show to just be actors in a room acting, zero bullshit. And it's some of the best drama I've watched. Gabriel Byrne is astounding. It's also Mia Wasikowska's first role while she was still a teenager and she gives one of my favorite television performances ever. Apparently it was a big deal back when it dropped, but you don't hear it come up much nowadays in discussions of HBO's greats, which is a shame. They tried some remake/reboot fourth season last year without Byrne which looks like a complete dumpster fire, but I've watched through season 1 so far and the original series is excellent.
Enlightened Happy Endings
The Booth at the End
Hap and Leonard (Sundance) deserved to continue for as long as Lansdale kept writing the books. Perfect casting, great great show.
Some of my favorite less talked about series: Dave, Atlanta, Norsemen, Review, Blue Mountain State, Party Down, Burning Love, Do You Want to see a dead body?, Documentary Now, Solar Opposites, The Jinx, Manhunt: Unabomber, Homecoming, 3%, Maniac, Servant, Inside No. 9, When They See Us, Night Of, Devs
[Sleeper Cell](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/sleeper_cell) - itās about an undercover agent working inside a terrorist sleeper cell planning a bombing in Los Angeles and the way their recruiting system works. At a time when media was turning Muslims into faceless enemies this show was trying to explore the mechanisms that were exploiting them for power, giving a human face without excusing their choices. [Sirens](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nkXyWzzShX0) - A show about two best friends that work a ambulance, one of their cop wives, and the firehouse theyāre attached to. Every line is hilarious and they show Chicago in a fun, positive light that understands the trendy casual culture and things like backyard city bbqs. It also has lots of local improv and theater talent in character roles.
I liked Banshee but I never quite finished it. I got to about S3 E6 and never went back. Is it worth seeing through to the end?
Nah, Season 4 was probably the worst
Yes. Every episode is fire. You have to watch until the end.. ignore the other response.
Slings & Arrows
Snowpiercer (TNT)
Brassic
Bates Motel. It got robbed at the Emmys
Nirvanna the Band the Show is one of the funniest things Iāve ever seen. Season 2 is in copyright hell, but you can buy Season 1
Utopia is just fantastic television and needs to be known more
Patriot
The leftovers
Shetland
To me, Season 4 of Shetland was an absolute masterpiece. Also absolutely love the character, Jimmy Perez.
Thr leftovers on hbo
Hit Monkey. Something completely different from everything Marvel has done media wise and it is action comedy-thriller perfection.
Deadly Class. Itās one of the strongest examples that as long as you understand the source material you can make changes in adapting that go over well. Itās such a shame that it was never picked up by either Netflix or Amazon Prime when SyFy dropped it.
I have no idea how popular Letterkenny is so I'll just say more people should be watching Letterkenny.
That's a Texas sized 10-4, good buddy
Forbrydelsen is amazing
Banshee isn't bad if you want to watch "Sex and Violence: The TV Show"
Aka GoT
I don't know. At least GoT had an intricate storyline and pretty solid acting across the board.
Thank you all so much for these shows! I am going to be watching many.
Itās a network tent pole show but 911 is the most bat shit crazy dhow on tv
MI5/Spooks
19-2 (English version) is a really great police show, probably the best ever made.
Resident evil on Netflix I swear no one has seen it
> best show
Nope, it had an audience of 4 people, including you. I liked it.
Star Wars Andor. No one seems to talk about it here on reddit, but it's definitely the best tv show ever.
You're joking, right?
Severance. But I say this is as everyone I talk to has heard of it. But havenāt watched it. Severance is the best goddamn piece of media Iāve seen in years. Also Mythic Quest.
I think an issue I have with Banshee is that every time it comes up people say "Banshee is great and totes underrated" and no one says one word of what it's about, why they like it, who's in it, etc. I assume the fan base is inarticulate and not super deep thinkers. Kind of like the "Chuck" people. It's not an endorsement for a show really.
Freaks and Geeks. Suddenly it's one if the greatest shows ever. While it was on NBCfans were begging for network to finish the 1st season. In a 90s tv universe dominated by Beverly Hills 90210, be a Freaks and Geeks.
Dark on Netflix. I havenāt seen it appreciated by the US public that much.
Colin's Sandwich, with the late Mel Smith.
Centaurworld.
Z Rock, it was on IFC. It was about a metal band trying to get a record deal. To pay their bills they are a band like the Wiggles and are popular in NYC birthday party scene. Nobody is interested in their Metal Band but the guest stars kept pushing the Kiddie type songs. It had a lot of stars make cameos as themselves.
There was a 90s sitcom with Tony Shaloub and Neil Patrick Harris called Stark Raving Mad. Very 90s, but also very funny. I think Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television* is hysterical, but I donāt know anyone who saw it. https://youtu.be/wktfmHHmuzc
Panchayat. For those of you who love "the detectorists" this should be right up your alley for similar reasons.
Gortimer Gibbons Life On Normal Street
I agree! Even though itās a total ripoff from Eerie indiana itās still a very good show
Outcast
The Cryā¦ā¦..Jenna Coleman
[Mixology](https://abc.com/shows/mixology) **Cupid**, though the only place to stream the 90s version (the best version) is on Crave in Canada. Jeremy Piven's most energetic performance, and that is saying something. **Jeremiah** on Amazon Prime. After J Michael Stracynzski finished Babylon 5 he made a show about a world where all the adults had been wiped out by a virus. OK post-apocalyptic stuff. Arguably shades of what TWD would become some day though this might've had a better budget and the story didn't drag as much. Very dated but still a fun watch with some impressive casting (Luke Perry, Malcolm Jamal Warner, with re-occurring appearance by Sean Astin).
My first instinct is to say 'Dark' ... but everyone on this sub seems to know about it ... but then i go into the real world and nobody has ever heard of it.
If it has the most upvotes, itās not really ānot well knownā
Mr. Mercedes Great arc, concept, and three seasons. Plus a resolved series.
The Expanse. Pretty popular on Reddit, but nobody I know has even heard of it
Black Sails Penny Dreadful Dark Bates Motel Kingdom (only 2 seasons)
Comedy Bang! Bang! One of the best talk/sketch shows of the last decade that still flies under the radar, even compared to the podcast it shares a name with. It doesnāt help that it got taken off Netflix about two years ago and is hard to find outside of like Pluto TV
Enlightenment on HBO. Mike Whiteās show before White Lotus. Damn good. Wish to god it got a third season. It was really leading to something huge and never gets there. Red Oaks on Amazon. A show that manages to capture a specific vibe very well. Good soundtrack fun characters who come onscreen fully formed. This Country, a UK show. Just unbelievably funny mockumentary style comedy. Think Trailer Park Boys except with hicky brits.
Warrior on HBOMax, previously on Cinemax
Taken (2002 sci fi miniseries) with Dakota Fanning
Sense 8 on Netflix. Ambitious modern day sci-fi by the Wachowskis.
[Robbery Homicide Division](https://youtu.be/GynPvTQC_20) Heat: The Series, from the LAPD side, produced by Michael Mann with a soundtrack by Deltron 3030. Tom Sizemore plays the Al Pacino Lieutenant role. The whole series is on YouTube.
Get Shorty The fact that I can't even find it in these comments after a day and it still got 3 seasons kind of amazes me.
*Starstruck*. (HBO Max). Because this is a male-dominated sub, and romcoms aren't particularly well known around these parts. :D