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The Wire
The Sopranos
Oz
Chernobyl
Band of Brothers
The Night Of
Game of Thrones
Six Feet Under
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Deadwood
True Detective
Boardwalk Empire
The White Lotus

 

Hard pressed for me to rank these, but I will give it a go. 

 

1. Oz (perfect)
2. Game of Thrones (knocked down a spot from a bad final 2 episodes)
3. Sopranos (knocked down a spot from a bad final season)
4. Deadwood (Al Swearengen might be my favorite character of all time)
5. Boardwalk Empire

 

True Detective may have had the greatest 1st season of all, but the follow ups ruined it as a series.

 

 

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I've only seen 5 of them, so my list will be bunk, but here is the ranking of the 5 I saw.

  1. The Wire
  2. Oz
  3. Band of Brothers
  4. Thrones (didn't watch the last season)
  5. True Detective

Wire head and shoulders better than all of the others.

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4 minutes ago, BiffTannen said:

1. GoT

2. Entourage 

3. East Bound and Down. 

 

I haven't seen the others on your list. 

 

2 minutes ago, WhiteWonder said:

1. The Wire

2. GoT

3. Entourage

4. Boardwalk Empire

5. Oz

 

random soft spot for True Blood

Entourage isn't on the list. Fockwads. :mad: 

Get that 30 minute BS outta here. I did like the show. But cmon now

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Just now, Hardcore troubadour said:

The Wire doesn’t hold up. You realize on the rewatch how stupid it was. 

Never seen it. I have tried twice. I stop like 15/20 minutes in.

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1 minute ago, edjr said:

Never seen it. I have tried twice. I stop like 15/20 minutes in.

The first go round is fine.  By the third I was laughing.  David Simon is so fockin predictable. Same thing goes for The Deuce. 

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10 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

I've only ever seen the Sopranos, so i'll go with 

1) Sopranos

That is why I only ranked GoT...  Of edjr's list, that is all that I have seen...

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3 minutes ago, posty said:

That is why I only ranked GoT...  Of edjr's list, that is all that I have seen...

Someone who knows stuff. 

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The Wire
The Sopranos
Oz
Chernobyl
Band of Brothers
The Night Of
Game of Thrones
Six Feet Under
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Deadwood
True Detective
Boardwalk Empire
The White Lotus

 

#1 Sopranos.

#2 Band of Brothers

#3 Deadwood..agree Al Swearengen was a great character and one of the best final lines ever

#4 GOT

#5 Chernobyl and true Detective (tie I guess)

#6 Six Feet Under.  Still one of the best series finale episodes ever

#7 Curb

The rest, kind of all bunched together.    I'd add Silicon Valley and Veep to this list

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48 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

The Wire doesn’t hold up. You realize on the rewatch how stupid it was. 

mostly how I feel about Oz but I enjoyed it the first time so it still makes the list 

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4 minutes ago, WhiteWonder said:

mostly how I feel about Oz but I enjoyed it the first time so it still makes the list 

You’re right, Oz had a much higher entertainment level. 

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1. The Wire this used to be my favorite show ever, but when I tried to rewatch it, it fell flat. But for the sake of argument I'll leave it at 1.

2. GoT

3. Six Feet Under best finale ever besides MASH

4. Sopranos

5. Veep

I thought Chernobyl and Band of Brothers were way overrated. Deadwood was ok but Swearengen was a fantastic character. 

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2 minutes ago, Fnord said:

1. The Wire this used to be my favorite show ever, but when I tried to rewatch it, it fell flat. But for the sake of argument I'll leave it at 1.

2. GoT

3. Six Feet Under best finale ever besides MASH

4. Sopranos

5. Veep

I thought Chernobyl and Band of Brothers were way overrated. Deadwood was ok but Swearengen was a fantastic character. 

Veep should be included for this scene by itself  HA HA HA

 

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58 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

You’re right, Oz had a much higher entertainment level. 

i have seen Oz 4 times all the way through.

probably be quicker to just make a short of  beecher shhiting on Schillinger’s chest

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1 hour ago, WhiteWonder said:

then get Curb off the list 

I never saw it, didn’t know it was 30

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1 minute ago, edjr said:

i have seen Oz 4 times all the way through.

probably be quicker to just make a short of  beecher shhiting on Schillinger’s chest

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1 hour ago, WhiteWonder said:

mostly how I feel about Oz but I enjoyed it the first time so it still makes the list 

Yeah I recommended OZ and the Wire to my kids and one loved The Wire and neither got into OZ so I started to rewatch it am I didn’t make it very far. 
That said I rarely rewatch a show.  Ever even rewatched Breaking Bad or The Sopranos 

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Yeah I recommended OZ and the Wire to my kids and one loved The Wire and neither got into OZ so I started to rewatch it am I didn’t make it very far. 
That said I rarely rewatch a show.  Ever even rewatched Breaking Bad or The Sopranos 

i've rewatched a bunch of shows but usually with someone who has never seen it. Recently,   "Youre the Worst" and "Alice in Borderland" .   That said, I did start watching The League again last night after the game :lol:

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the 1st season of True Detective is phenomenal and the rest is dog 💩

live Band of Brothers & Chernobyl but they’re a miniseries 

I haven’t seen Boardwalk or GOT


1-Sopranos

2-Curb

3-Deadwood

4-The Larry Sanders Show

5-Rome

 

tip of the hat to Real Sex

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7 minutes ago, Mr Fantasy said:

the 1st season of True Detective is phenomenal and the rest is dog 💩

 

Oh snap.  I didn't even know there was anything past the first season of True Detective.

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18 hours ago, MikeMatt said:

Yeah I recommended OZ and the Wire to my kids and one loved The Wire and neither got into OZ so I started to rewatch it am I didn’t make it very far. 
That said I rarely rewatch a show.  Ever even rewatched Breaking Bad or The Sopranos 

I made it through about three episodes of Oz before tapping out. Didn't like it. Tried watching Breaking Bad all the way through a second time and only made it through season 2. For whatever reason it wasn't as good the second time. I'd recommend watching Sopranos again, it's been over 25 years since it premiered and you've probably forgotten enough to make it worthwhile again.

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17 hours ago, 5-Points said:

1. Deadwood

2. Sopranos

3. Band of Brothers 

4. GoT

5. Oz

My man!

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Never finished Boardwalk Empire. It was sorta interesting, but ... the pc-ness - ugh. I'm not even political, but jeesh.  Ya know which character is gonna die next?  Just wait until someone disparages - an Asian, Jew, injun, black, beats up a woman, or hurts an animal.  They'll be dead by the end of the next episode.

It became laughably predictable.  

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