Muddy-TV!

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List some of your favorite TV shows with brief descriptions for Muddy (and everyone else)

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I'll start with the big ones...

The Sopranos - 6 seasons of a family guy living in New Jersey, who is also a made guy in the mafia. Twist here is that he starts suffering anxiety attacks and decides to see a psychologist.

There's been all sorts of accolades for the writing, direction and acting. I didn't see it that way. I enjoyed the story of a man with a wife and two kids...who lives in an ultra violent world at times.

[Muddy]

Sopranos.. Loved it..

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Breaking Bad

Muddy may have watched this. For others it's the story of a high school chemistry teacher who finds out he has cancer and the medical bills outweigh his income...he also discovers that he can make the best meth in the country, which opens a whole new world to him...


I've often tried to describe this show to people that haven't seen it. Excellent writing and acting coupled with unbearable tension in later seasons.. is about all I can come up with

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Ray Donovan

Another family guy who works as a 'fixer' for the rich and famous. His job is undefined (see totally illegal...) at times, but Ray is always the coolest cat on the block.

Him, his three brothers, his wife and his Dad all come from South Boston...which adds a little down home fun as they all currently live in LA


*this one reminds me of The Sopranos...and all of the actors, situations are excellent IMO

[Muddy]

Orange is the new Black

This is a liberal, lesbian, anti Christian, pro anything but white male night time soap opera. It's full of shit but there are some good back stories and it keeps you coming back for more.. Plenty of stereo types represented in this jaint ..

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Hannibal (as suggested by PCS)

This one is a moody, atmospheric thriller. A little on the intellectual side. One minute psychiatrists are postulating theories, next minute the cops find a person sliced into 6 sections and encased in glass. The show is really about Hannibal and a forensic investigator/profiler named Will Graham. Both brilliant and crazy in their own ways...heavy on the crazy

First season - weird, second season - totally WTF and wonderful. I enjoy good cinematography and this one is made for watching when...umm....relaxed.

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The Bridge

Interesting story about detectives in Texas and a detective from Mexico, working together after a grisly discovery on the border bridge. First season was great, the current one is not bad...


kind of a lazy tex-mex feel to the show along with damned good acting by the leads

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Hell on Wheels

Story of a man who fought for the south in the Civil War, then finagled his way into a job with the railroad.


Good performances and a real gritty old west feel permeate every scene and episode. One of the better westerns I've watched, including movies...

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True Blood

Quirky, funny and at times gruesome and violent....the story of a southern girl who meets a man named Vampire Bill

Vampires have come out of the closet and the series name is a drink synthesized from human blood, so vampires don't have to kill people and can live in harmony with humans.......

There is no way to describe this series...vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters....all set in Bon Temps, Louisiana

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Vikings


a show about Vikings, duh!



I like this one, improves every season

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Shameless - (US version)


An out of work alcoholic father who scams everyone for money, booze and drugs....and his six children who all live together and pull various types of shit to get by.

At times humorous and then deadly serious....great show about people who don't have much and screw the system any way they can.

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Marrying the Game



VH1 show about the trials and tribulations of some black chick maybe or maybe not marrying "The Game" of G-Unit fame. My guess is Muddy is already tivo-ing this one

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Justified

Modern day marshal who works near the redneck town he grew up in. Good performances and funny, then hardcore situations throughout.





*DGX has a poster of the lead actor over his bed

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The Leftovers *current new favorite of mine


3 years before the series takes place, 2 percent of the world's population vanishes without explanation. The people are never heard from again and no reason is given for the mass disappearance.

New cults form...one is a group of people who don't speak and constantly smoke. (save your breath)


First couple of episodes are slow, meandering....but then the disturbing stuff starts .. and I'm not talking sci-fi, I mean how the people react to phenomenon in different ways.