Really no preference PM anything except romance crap..Caught some of west world the other day but think I need to start from the beginning on that one

Yes, Westworld is a very complex and serialized show so you really have to watch the episodes in order and you can't skip any either. If you do, you can get easily lost as to what is going on.

Have you seen Game of Thrones?

PM's right, what kind of show? EDIT: Ha, beat me to it, that's what I get for typing slow. /EDIT

Just to throw out random suggestions on HBO; Deadwood, Rome, Boardwalk Empire and Generation Kill are all great.

Thanks for the suggestions...Yes PM "GOT" was why I signed up for the silver pack that gave me HBO and Showtime,,Watched the entire series and wormfood thanks I'll check those out..Rome sounds good..It's the kind of thing I like

Can confirm "Deadwood", "Rome". "Boardwalk Empire" is fantastic, and can be rounded after watching all five seasons with the (sadly) only season of "Mob City" (I don't think it was an HBO/Showtime production; not sure if the disc version can still be found). Anyway, since the fifth season of BE introduces Bugsy Siegel as a character, Mob City shines a light on the end of his career (as would the film "Bugsy", of course). Not covered would be his "mid career" as the head of Murder, Inc.

This is all new ground to me..Most of you guys know the shows..I used to just have the TV on the History channel or National Geo,,But with the current virus issues I think I need to stay home and spend some time watching TV,,Heck $200 a month for TV,,Internet and phone might as well get some use from it...Checked a few things out and my next choice is Rome,,Just might get me in the mood to fire up TW Rome,,Think I have like 3 versions of it,,Just checked and Gladiator is available on demand Time to order a pizza and enjoy the afternoon..Thanks for the advice gentlemen

Dexter and Game of Thrones will both deliver. Oddly, I sometimes find myself wanting to watch parts of "True Blood" again, despite my disdain for vampires and any of that crap. But the show had great, memorable characters. The plotting and seasons were iffy, however, with kinda every other season sucking(no pun intended), plotwise.

My top 5 shows of all time, for now, in no particular order are:

Dexter
Mr. Robot
Game of Thrones
Twin Peaks
Babylon 5

Honorable mention:
The Expanse (season 4 was a waste of time)
Battlestar Galactica (could almost duke it out between Babylon 5 and Battlestar for the spot, but Battlestar had a dud second half of season 3 with stupid "courtroom" drama)
X-Files (almost forgot, but that's older than Babylon)

"Rome" is truly an outstanding show and it won't take you long to get through it. It's only 2 seasons (22 episodes total).

Nope! "The Gathering" which was the 2 hour pilot for B5 aired in early 1993. Season 1 of the X-Files debuted in the Fall of 1993. Season 1 of B5 then debuted in early 1994.

Hah, interesting. I never watched Babylon 5 back in the 90s, but always felt like a mid-90s show. First time I saw it was a couple of years ago.

I didn't see it either when it originally aired and to be honest, I don't think I even knew about the show at that time. I didn't watch B5 until about 2007 when I rented the dvd's from Netflix. I was immediately hooked and I ended up buying the dvd sets from Amazon later that year.

I definitely recommend The Wire (Season 1) and The Sopranos as 'best shows ever', together with Fawlty Towers and Allo Allo (unfortunately, those last 2 are forbidden now as they 'induce hatred and intolerance' according to the Thought Police)

Yes. The Wire indeed is "the best show ever", if somewhat depressing.

The Wire felt like watching work. I never could start the second season, after the first.

I suppose if you're in law enforcement or social work, it could have that effect.
For everybody else, I think it helps greatly to appreciate the amount of adversity that these people have to deal with, both from the subject matter of the work itself and from the hurdles that bureaucrats and politicians throw at them. I was already weary of crime shows where the murderer confesses all after 40 or 80 minutes years ago, but after watching The Wire I could no longer tolerate them at all because they make it all about puzzle solving when in reality the crime itself is usually simple, but society and people are complex.

For what it's worth, another great aspect that you may not be aware of is that later seasons shift the attention from wiretapping the drug dealers. Season 2 is a case of human trafficking in the harbor (and thus focuses on labor unions), season 3, 4, 5 each deal with a different aspect such as the role of "schools", "politics" , "the press" in the complex web that makes Baltimore a mess that appears impossible to "solve".

Sounds like you may also like "Homicide : Life On The Street", similar in that a cop drama in Baltimore and gritty. Not quite as dark as The Wire but in my opinion better. A lot of characters crossed over and did cameos for The Wire from what I remember.

Homicide is one of my favourite shows of all time. Great story arcs. I think it may be hard to get hold of though, at least it was here in UK (only shown late at night when aired and never repeated. May be different in the States or where you are.

Finished up "The Office" again last night. Great show.

Both were created by David Simon, a reporter for the Baltimore Sun. He spent most of his time working for them covering the crime beat and getting to know a lot of people both in the police and on the streets of Baltimore. He wrote a few books about it as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Simon

The Liquidator

https://www.amazon.com/Liquidator-Rod-Taylor/dp/B00QHME2PE A fun Bond imitation.



It co-stars future Bond girl Jill St. Johns (Diamonds are Forever), title song by Shirley Bassey (Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, Moonraker) with music by the famous conductor of many Eastwood's Dirty Harry and Western films Lalo Schifrin https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006277/

Watched the movie "Let me In" last night. Fantastic.