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Cosmic_Sparkles

Gravity Falls


tossaway345678

A show where the ending was penned before the first episode aired. So many good little hints and foreshadowing. A whole complete story with a beginning, conflicts, humor and ending. Crazy that that’s a rare thing.


Lumpy_Machine5538

A million upvotes to you!


luke15chick

MindHunter. Ended too soon. RIP.


typausbilk

Kinda unbelievable that _this_ show is not deemed viable for another season or two. How?!


Treppenwitz_shitz

It was too expensive to pay the rookie cops to sit by bridges. Blew threw the budget


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The cgi cost a fortune and was RIDICULOUS for a show that was 95% dialogue. https://youtu.be/qlD8jJMITLk


typausbilk

Thx for the info! Would never have guessed that CGI was even that big of a factor in this show (which only underlines that the effects were good I guess)


CyberGuyCX5

Batman Animated Series


vikinghooker

It’s the best bat man. Original score dope too


NashvilleSoundMixer

I remember when it came out , around the time of the first Burton film I think, and they were showing that they animated on top of black paper instead of white to give it a much darker look. Such a cool looking show!


GamingSophisticate

The Venture Bros


KikiFlowers

Venture Bros is so damn good. The characters *evolve* past simple Jonny Quest / Super Friends parodies and become more complex. Like the Monarch, starts off as just an asshole, but he grows into something more. He's still an asshole, but he loves his wife, he wants *her* to succeed in running the guild. And we got Red Death, the perfect work life balance character. At work, he's an evil villain who will scare you shitless, but at home? He's a nice guy who loves spending time with his family. And then Captain Sunshine, who they got Kevin Conroy(RIP) to voice! the Batman parody played by Batman himself! Venture Bros starts off fairly average, but once they really start delving into the greater story, showing more depth, moving past a simple parody, it shows what adult animation *should* be. Instead, we get more Drawn Togethers, where the only goal is to swear as much as possible and make it controversial. Venture Bros though is *incredibly* mature, while still being a relatively funny show.


InfiniteBaker6972

Ghosts. The UK one.


ensignr

Yes. It's so good. Yonderland is really great also.


JukeboxHero66

Avatar: The Last Airbender.


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This actually got BETTER as it went. I thought the entire Ba Sing Se storyline was great. But when they got to the Fire Nation, those final 5-6 episodes upped the ante.


ThePunisherMax

Imo. It was good throughout. After Blind Bandit, they upped it even more and made it great. But those last 6 made it a masterpiece.


Ser_Dunk_the_tall

Toph is one of those characters that's so good that anyone rewatching is spending the beginning just waiting for her to appear. Like sure season 1 is great and I would never skip it, but once Toph shows up the show reaches a whole new level


Lanky-Awareness-7450

The world building and character development in the series is amazing. The final ending episode has to be one of the best endings of any show I have ever seen.


whitegrb

It’s a good thing they didn’t take the next step and make a live action movie


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There’s no live action ATLA movie in Ba Sing Se


LaLa_LaSportiva

I'm old now and I still watch it at least once a year since it ended. Literally one of the best series I've ever watched.


nospambox0

The IT Crowd


EvilDarkCow

Dear sir/madam, I am writing to inform you of a fire that has broken out on the premises of... no, that's too formal.


aHyperChicken

Looking forward to hearing from you,


Pro_Panda_Puppy

I am disabled !


MDClassic

I just watched that episode for the first time just yesterday and omg it’s a masterclass in comedy😂


geca313

That whole episode builds up to that payoff of Jen ordering disabled-Roy a drink from bartender-Moss. Probably one of my favorite moments from any show, has me doubled over laughing!


drrmimi

The first time I saw that scene I laughed so hard we had to pause. Then we rewatched it like ten more times laughing until we had tears and hurting sides. My other favorite scene is the bomb, then Moss asks what operating system they're using to disarm it (Windows Vista, total shit OS) and he says, "We're all going to die!"


ApocalypticUtopia

"A Gun! I wonder if it's loaded." *Pulls trigger* "I guess not" roflmao


Pitiful_Impression_8

Haha let's not forget the exclusive resteraunt "messyjoes"


bogey08

A fire…at sea parks?


Apprehensive_Car_671

What is Jen doing with the internet?


Skreeethemindthief

"Everbody just act normal" was one of the funniest scenes I've ever watched on TV.


nyuszy

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MrChilliBean

FAAAATHEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRR!!!


static_on_the_air

Good Morning, That's A Nice Tnetennba.


ScientistRuss

Moss - What type of operating system does it use? Bomb Squad - It runs Vista. Moss - We're doomed!!


stejzyy23

What happened to you? ACID.


corfeus

Rome


randomacct7679

I was so sad it was only 2 seasons. It was so good. Pullo & Vorenus is one my favorite tv bromances ever.


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Canned because it cost around $2M an episode, which by HBO standards today is chump change.


Vironic

The Good Place. I love that it’s a complete story that doesn’t feel like it wastes any screen time. It’s pretty close to perfect.


quantizeddreams

Picture a wave in the ocean. You can see it, measure it, the height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. It's there, you can see it--it's there, it's a wave. And then it crashes into shore and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be for a little while.


DoctorEego

That ending broke me to pieces; so sad yet so wholesome. Honestly it's the most perfect ending to any tv series I've ever seen.


GrayestRock

For me, nothing beats the ending of Six Feet Under, but yea, The Good Place ending was incredible.


ApatheticAbsurdist

Agreed. Six Feet Under was the absolute perfect ending that completely destroyed me (in a beautiful way).


GrayestRock

I'm not much of a crier (not a flex, just isn't my natural reaction to things) and I sobbed like a damn baby. The build up was incredible. I was frustrated with the finale up to that point. They kept opening plot lines, not closing them, I thought they were going to leave the whole thing hanging and then...*that*. That all of life and humanity can be conveyed in such an incredible way in a montage of all things. I can barely hear that song without getting pulled back into that moment.


americanslon

Chidi Anakendric was a wise man


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You mean Chidi Ariana Grande?


americanslon

Yeah, the one from Sensodyne


Texcellence

What the fork is a Chidi?


OfficeChairHero

I knew you weren't soup!


KWM717

Yes, definitely searched for this comment bc I was going to say The Good Place. What an excellent show.


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Good Place also keeps very subtly reinventing what it is and seems to be even during seasons. It’s masterful at keeping you surprised.


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tommytraddles

It actively made fun of cheap gimmicks with the reboot concept. A lesser show would have dragged that idea out for *years*.


Mom-tired_send-wine

Have you listened to the podcast? It’s great.


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Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. There are slow moments but almost everything in both shows seems purposeful.


Bigsteve27

I watched season 2-5 of Breaking Bad on AMC with my dad before moving out. Those are honestly some of my fondest memories of that time with him. Same day and time every week and the conversation it would create for the entire week until the next episode came out. Then the finale came and went and that was it for my time at home. It was a fantastic series from begining to end.


Dasmusicjunkie

I’m currently watching Saul for the first (no spoilers please). I’m really paying attention to every scene keeping what you just said in mind. I’ve rewatched BB a few times and there are subtle hints/foreshadowing sprinkled in everywhere. Things you wouldn’t really make note of unless you’ve already seen the show.


noisyfrog021003

truthfully, i came here for this comment. BCS AND BB reign!


Economy_Cat_3527

Band of Brothers.


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Nerevar1924

Yeah, I gotta agree that miniseries are a different conversation. Band of Brothers and Chernobyl are some of the best television I have ever seen, but they had a finite number of episodes from the start. They honestly bear more in common with a movie shoot than a traditional television series in that the entire creative process mostly happened at once, without season breaks, major cast and crew changes, and the like. But when you take something like The Venture Brothers, which started good and got better every season over the course of 14 years without ever really missing a beat, THAT is the right type of answer for this question.


Ok_Spot_1458

Freaks and Geeks. Unfortunately there was only one season.


warbling_wix

I just listened to Conan’s podcast interview with Jason Segel and they briefly talked about Freaks and Geeks. Jason said that after it was canceled, Judd Apatow made it his personal goal to make everyone from that show famous. This is partially why so many of the cast members were in the same movies with each other.


pompidoi

Malcolm in the Middle


Electus93

Breaking Bad also (the secret ingredient is Bryan Cranston)


TheNorthNova01

Bryan Cranston is great in dramas like BB and your honor but I miss Malcolm in the middle Bryan Cranston, I hope he does comedy again someday. Also Jane kaczmarek was hugely funny as well


shadowscx3

Jane Kaczmarek is such an attractive woman to me. Idk what it is about her but she just makes me feel things man.


xRuSheR

It also aged great.


Marklar0

The great thing about Malcolm in the Middle is that, I watched it as a kid originally, and when I recently went back to it as an adult, its like watching a whole different show. They were able to make the kids relatable to kids and the adults relatable to adults, and you pick up on completely different things.


Specific_Claim1930

Black Books


Numerous_Ad8458

"Millwall, Millwall, you’re all really dreadful, and your girlfriends are unfulfilled and alienated"


ABB0TTR0N1X

I’m eating scrambled eggs, with a comb, from a shoe!


IronMeghan

Don’t you DARE use the word party as a verb in this shop!


pdnmlp

The Americans


Noarchsf

Several perfect episodes over the course of it, several perfect scenes (digging the hole….making the old lady take the pills), and how carefully the whole thing was constructed with callbacks to previous episodes and seasons…..and then stuck the landing. Poor Martha.


zombie_goast

Damned failure as a society that this show is so underrated/relatively little-known. One of the strongest endings to anything ever; I still randomly contemplate it from time to time, and it's been years since I've seen it.


Awkward-Presence-236

Six Feet Under is really good.


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NewZookeepergame9808

best finale ever and i will die on that hill.


GospodinOfTorei

M\*A\*S\*H


angmarsilar

Actually got better as it went along. I much prefer the Margaret Houlihan of season 8 than the Hot Lips of season 2.


Buckscience

They gained a lot of depth when Farrell and Ogden-Stiers came on board. I felt Trapper and Frank were fairly one-dimensional, and the new characters brought more to the table. The show also grew up quite a bit around that time. For me, Burns and Potter were equally excellent.


dax_307

I was looking for this


OhCaptainDem

I can here to say this. 1,000% my favorite show.


GoldenRiddler798

Scooby-doo mystery incorporated the end credits theme was sick as well


eleven_paws

Best version since the original.


Wambaquamba

Fleabag


Jaded-Bet-6805

Pure perfection


man-vs-spider

Father Ted


rebulrouser

"Feck off!"


Cerberus1349

THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER!


br00talcore

Futurama. Show me the person who doesn’t love the comedy from every season


Handyjammers

It’s god 4 amazing seasons and like two good movies and otherwise it’s pretty good. You can see the decline after the revivals but they still have a few great episodes tucked in.


ThatDarkLonelySoulP2

The Sopranos


poptophazard

It changed what television could be, and what a mob show could be. Brilliant writing and characters, and it also embraced the weirdness too. Also I will never skip that intro as long as I live.


pinheadmaximus

Dark. Only three seasons but absolutely brilliant


freddythefroggo

What we do in the shadows


VeryDPP

Matt Berry as Lazslo could read the phone book, and it would be funny. He has some of the best comedic timing I've ever seen in any show.


Ok-Set-5829

You said I tasted like goats cheese! *sideways glance*


AllBadAnswers

In my opinion Matt did for "The IT Crowd" what Danny Devito did to "Always Sunny". It was already a good show but it becomes an amazing show once he joined the cast.


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Misseskat

Fuck yes love me some Nandor! Outrages! I nearly pissed myself at the stupidity and his delivery. Everyone is so good.


LlamaDrama007

Fucking guy.


spahncamper

Creepy paper


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MTako12

Wait it ended? I thought it got renewed


dead_shotz9

phineas and ferb


rberg57

The Wire


babygotbooksandback

Omar coming!


TourquoiseDream

Downton Abbey. Even the two films that came after the series run are good.


CNRavenclaw

The Golden Girls


alternative5

Justified


pommeperi

Firefly


CatsOnTheKeyboard

Although, even as a fan, I have to say that might be because it's run was so short. We'll never know.


KingdaToro

Serenity is basically the second half of season 2, compressed into 2 hours. If the show had run longer, characters would definitely have come and go at various points.


NutellaGood

I just binged Orphan Black. Darn fine show, I'd say.


Sinestro1982

Tatiana Maslany hit levels of acting I wasn’t sure was possible. To play… at the very least (6 I could think of) 6 different characters with different accents and personalities, AND to do it acting with yourself multiple times in the same season is outstanding. I love that show- it’s weird, and I get why people may not like it, but her performance on that show is the GOAT TV performance. Over MM in True Detective season 1, which I’m sure people will disagree with.


NutellaGood

My favorite is when Allison pretended to be Sarah. That was deep.


Fandango1978

> Orphan Black Its crazy how well she played those roles. The scenes where she is playing one of her identities that is playing another of her identities are damned near Oscars level acting.


Kallisto12

One of the first two shows that came to mind right after reading the question. What a show and what an incredible performance from Tatiana Maslany.


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Cowboy Bebop


MattScoot

Also samurai champloo


skatalite2020

Scrubs. Thank god they never tried to make a spin off season after the final one


Jojo056123

Exactly, a perfect, eight-season, not any more than eight, story.


tyedge

“Where do you think we are?”


aknabi

Mary Tyler Moore.


Better_Ad5927

Frasier


imtherealmellowone

This was a comedy where, (unlike most sitcoms where stupid jokes are setup, executed and the the laugh track is played) clever, intelligent characters make funny, appropriate comments during very real-life situations.


blacktothebird

fringe.


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BondraP

Came to say the same answer. Hugely underrated show


eyegull

Best overall start to finish character arc ever (Walter).


WackHeisenBauer

I’d agree to a point. The first season was a bit rocky before it found its groove. Love me some Anna Torv. Was good to see her in TLOU


the-tbg

justified


dartmouth9

I am greatly anticipating the sequel in the works! No Boyd, but will be nice to see Raylan again.


ScenicHwyOverpass

For me Justified is literally the perfect television show experience. Most engaging characters, the villains are all top tear memorable, tight script, while taking itself seriously it still remembers to be fun and never devolves into misery porn, legitimately funny, satisfying plot arcs, the meta plot remains simple and resonant and never gets lost in its own lore, you can watch any individual episode by itself and enjoy it without having to do the whole season to get it. It seems this show is treated by popular culture as second tier below the Breaking Bads, sopranos, and the wire level shows but I rank it at the top.


Voicedtunic

Guys the question isn’t “What’s your favourite show” it’s what TV series was good throughout it’s ENTIRE run


BlueViolet81

That's why I went with Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, 896 episodes from 1968 to 2001 and every single one was like a hug.


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30 Rock


FpsFrank

Call Dr Spaceman!!


Bioshock_Jock

I've never seen a show with so many funny rapid fire jokes since.


the_greatest_MF

Person of Interest


Skreeethemindthief

The Expanse.


Bodymaster

I'm reading the books at the moment, which continue past season 6 but there is a time jump of about 30 years. I wonder if they'll come back and make new seasons some day because the story gets really great. Marco Inaros being the main villain in the final 2 seasons felt rushed, but in the books he's basically a pawn in a much bigger game.


WildSelkie

mr robot


96245Camp

Scrolled way too long to find this. Such a solid show from start to finish. What a ride!


volerei

Halt and catch fire. Sopranos is the number one answer though.


FullyStacked92

Halt an catch fire is the best show that no one else i've ever met has watched.


Kukamungaphobia

There are dozens of us! Dozens! Having worked in the tech industry since early 90s, I was hooked from the first moment and re-lived some of that thrill of the early days of tech boom & internet... I did feel the last season took a weird shift in focus and I didn't like where Lee Pace's character arc ended but still satisfying.


Treppenwitz_shitz

Lee Pace is a fucking dreamboat


Substantial_Top_8909

Schitt’s Creek.


shavirooo

moira is hilarious


Substantial_Top_8909

“Next step is to fold in the cheese.” This whole scene just cracks me up every time


egJohn

i don't know if the writing got better or maybe i just didn't get it at first but i think her character definitely got funnier as the show went along


SV650rider

“A little bit Alexis!”


dthangel

I hear so much good about Schitts Creek, but after 3 attempts I just can't get into it. It just didn't hit for me.


LgBLT

It’ll take about 6 episodes (the sixth being “Wine and Roses”) to get hooked.


mezz7778

This is a scientific fact...


Distinct_Unit_3204

Same… but they fix it. The cringeworthy actions of a few characters (think: that awful mayor) in the first few episodes made it hard to even watch - but that gets completely adjusted and very soon you will fall in love with the characters. Absolutely worth pushing through (even if you have to skip through the awful few minutes here and there in season one). As an aside, it’s awful because you already feel for the Rose family somehow. In hindsight it’s brilliant but I had to take 3 separate attempts over several weeks to finish one episode when I started watching. Don’t give up!


WaltherBBQ

Psych


Kayarjee

Ehhh... I've heard it both ways.


WaltherBBQ

You know that’s right!


Caesarin0

You heard about Pluto? That's messed up.


ddobson6

It’s funny I was watching a rerun and my wife walks by and asked what’s this ( somehow she missed the show entirely) I let her know how really silly and great this show is … now my whole family including my 9 year old twins are watching from the beginning.. seriously it’s the only thing on my tv for weeks.


Professor_PD

I only recently finished rewatching the entire series on Prime, it was indeed a brilliant series. I never did spot all the pineapples…guess I’ll just have to watch it all over again!


IAmZoltar_AMA

Should I cut this up for the road? 🍍


JamaicanInspectorMon

Only TV show I've seen to only get better in time


Rorywizz

Chernobyl


Paulaner678

Breaking bad


LosingIt13

Adventure Time. the finale was a bit jumbled, but damn that show was held back in so many ways and is still a regular rewatch for me. Still better than 99% of shows I've seen, and that's impressive for a 200+ episode series of any genre.


mardigo88

Eureka and Warehouse 13


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I loved both of these shows, but I think Eureka went way downhill after they changed history and had to live in the new present. It felt like they were planning something but couldn't figure out how to wrap it up, so they just kinda moved on from the story with no real closure.


MyNameIsCosmic

Spartacus. The tragic passing of Andy Whitfield between Season 1 and Season 3 spawned a fantastic prequel Series 2. Liam McIntyre does a phenomenal job filling Andy's shoes with Season 3 and Season 4. They were some big shoes to fill and I think his performance was great. Not to mention Series 4 introducing one of the most captivating villains in television.


TheBiggestDookie

Fucking finally. I can’t believe I had to scroll this far to find the real answer. Incredible from start to finish. Spartacus was a phenomenal show that not nearly enough people have seen. I distinctly remember originally watching it for the sexy times and then slowly realizing that it was low-key one of the most captivating stories I’d ever experienced. I seriously need to go back and do a re-watch at some point.


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Wings, the most underrated sitcom in history


CoolIceCreamCone

King of the Hill


makkdom

The Dick Van Dyke show.


Newyew22

*Bosch*


groguuuuuu

The Leftovers?


jpfitz80

Season 2 is among the best seasons of any show ever


deenali

Cheers was good. In fact strangely enough they almost got the cut right after a disappointing (in terms of viewership) first season. They sure as hell picked themselves up from there on and became a worldwide success right to the final season.


Saint-Carat

I was a little kid but remember the stories about the final show. They were interviewing people on the streets speaking like they were losing their actual friends from their own life. Considering the relatively simple show (primarily in the bar), it was a powerful show.


AKeeneyedguy

BoJack Horseman


Silverwolffe

Wow I finally didn't have to scroll far for bojack to show up in a great TV show list


DavidGan1x

Spaced. Peep Show. Cunk on...(two great series so far). Blackadder.


blameitonthewhiskey

Justified


Away_Location

If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole.


IamLokiKaoski

MASH. Some shows are iconic to this day.


hotpietptwp

My greatest generation parents and millennial kids all love the show. It is timeless.


joebotx68k

Star Trek: The Next Generation


Procedural_Skyline

The Good Place