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Firefly was nice. So was the OA. And the one following up after Dark. Good stuff, killed off too soon.
- Came here to say I just started Firefly!
  
  Lucky, you get to see it for the first time.
  
  Shiny!
  
  One of today's lucky 10,000
- I don't know if it was really good or just how I remember it, but the first season of Heroes was great. It was such a shame they fucked it up so bad in the next season.
  
  I also have good memories of Heroes in the beginning, real shame how it ended up
- Not as old, but cancelling American Gods was a shame
  
  idk, that had already changed the basic nature of how gods work from the book.
  they also tended to go for cheap shots where the author really thought a lot about how to use certain gods.
  for example:
  in the epilogue of the anniversary edition of the book gaimam talks about wanting to incorporate Jesus, but deciding that the scene he wrote for him wasn't good enough to capture what Jesus was to Americans. but he includes the scene in the post script anyway. it's a quiet scene where Jesus comes and offers guidance in one of shadows most desperate hours.
  in the show Jesus gets shot trying to cross the Mexican border. which is the absolute lowest hanging fruit when it comes to Jesus. i have made that joke before. I've heard others make that joke before. "if Jesus actually was alive right now he'd get shot at the border for being brown and communist". they clearly just wanted shock value at the lowest intellectual price.
  i don't hate shows or movies just for adapting a story to a new medium. for example, the new dune movies really aren't actually capturing the point of the books very well so far. that's because the dune books are mostly people thinking about what people think it doesn't adapt into visual mediums well. what villenuve has made is a great movie series regardless. the shining is another great example of that. i had a Stephen King fan try to tell me that Stanley kubrik was a hack for not following the book better. I'd argue that Stanley Kubrik is a better filmmaker that king is an author. the shining is an all time great movie regardless of what it was based on or how much it changed that material. that said, i do hate adaptation that add story elements and change basic rules of reality without putting thought or effort in to making it worthwhile. these two examples are great because kubrik and villenuve are masters of their craft that made these movies with immense amounts of care and effort.
  deviating from the source material isn't inherently a sin, but making a much worse story when you started with a good one that was already written and loved and using its name to draw people in is worse than just making a bad show. a bad show is easily ignored, but a bad adaptation will put people off of the source material you love. or worse, will supplant the source material in the cultural zeitgeist and you'll forever have to specify "i mean the book, not that terrible movie they did". i think tv American gods was... just ok. it completely failed to capture what i liked about the book, but others seem to like it well enough. it has gotten multiple people i know into the book, so i can't hate it entirely.
  similar to the Witcher show. i hated it. it had nothing of the books in it. it was schlocky and the plot BARELY made sense. they just went off and did entirely their own thing after season 1 and it was shit. but everyone who hasn't read the books seems to still like it so maybe I'm just a hater.
  
  Ouch, that hurts. Didn't know it was cancelled.
- The one following after dark? 1799? The one with the ships?
  
  Yeah the ship stuff. Was nice! I could imagine what they’re gonna do in the next two seasons!
- Oooh, I loved the OA! But I'm just a fan of Brit Marling in general, She's got some interesting ideas going with everything she does.
  
  That’s the writer or director?

You can't take the sky from me.
- I'll be in my bunk.
  
  "Define interesting." "Oh god oh god, we're all gonna die?"
- Love that the top 2 comments are different versions of the same.

Better Off Ted

Babylon 5 is great for those looking for a series.
- Preach.
  I think it's time for another rewatch.
- I've been watching that and Deep Space Nine.
  DS9 is the more well known, but I think Babylon 5 was more hard sci-fi
  They're both good
  Farscape was also on TV way back then right after so it was amazing
  
  The Penn and Teller episode was amazing. I can't think of a better use of comedy in science fiction. There may be funnier shows, but this one actually dealt with humor as a part of people's culture.
  
  DS9 was Babylon Five Lite.
- Yes! B5 is awesome!
  What seems to start as a cheesy Star Trek monster of the week ripoff turns into amazing character development and years-long plot developments from an era where that's not what TV was.
- I stopped B5 after the resolution of the shadow wars. which apparently only needed a plucky American to explain that that whole thing was pointless and they all just went away.
  Seems pointless to continue after that.
  Should I continue?
  
  Yes. And do so knowing that the whole thing was supposed to be a five season arc, then they got told "no you get four" so hastily wrapped up the war only to be told "have another season!"
  So they pulled an entire season out of their arse on the fly and in this year it is very. Very relevant
  
  That arc is great. The followup is the earth civil war arc which is pretty great. You won't enjoy the last season, even though I find a lot of it good.
- I read that as "great looking" at first.
  
  Yeah it uhhhh has some rough visuals lol. Works well though, and the uniforms are mostly incredible

Firefly, of course.
On the plus side, what Joss Whedon did to Wash in Serenity made me hate him long before the revelations of what an asshole he is came to light.
- Hey, how do reavers clean their harpoons?
  They run 'em through the Wash... 😢
  
  Haha I hate you
- Top 3 hated deaths for me. Not even sure anything else quite takes the number 1 spot.

Better Off Ted is just so good. Only 2 seasons but tbh I doubt they could have kept the pace past maybe a third season anyway. As much as I want more it's kinda nice it burned brightly and shortly
- My favorite part is when the octochicken comes down from its web.
  
  For me it's when Veronica gives deposition in as little words and meaning as possible while technically not refusing to answer. It was perfect.

Farscape. I never heard much, if anything about it in Denmark, but it's amazing. Good sci-fi great humor.
- surprisingly dark too, especially in the latter seasons. they just keep making the main characters fail and suffer and betray each other and get tortured and have their friends and family die in front of them after failing to escape the body horror mad scientist that wants to steal your organs and trap you in the matrix...
  i actually had to stop watching it towards the end over the continuous concentrated negativity. it's not a very happy show very often. still good, i just can't deal with shows that never turn on the lights. like bojack horseman and mr. robot. two other shows that are just too depressing for me to watch. i resonate too hard the consistent downward spiral with no positive moments, then the feeling sticks with me. all three are really good shows that i had to turn off for my own wellbeing.
- I saw it a lot many years ago, and I agree that its good, don't know how much it holds up today though
  
  thematically it holds up fine. productuon wise it's about what you'd expect from 90s scifi. it even has early cg aliens, with a tv budget. lots of big rubber suits or people with skin paint and wigs.
  
  I left his in another comment before seeing yours but yeah, last time I watched it was quite some time ago and I still really enjoy it. One of the few times the 'rose colored glasses' didn't apply.
- I'm currently through Season 1 and starting Season 2. Last time I saw it was in high school and the show holds up amazingly well. I've enjoyed it as much if not more.

Stargate S-G1 is the shit. If you love sci-fi, that show is god tier.
- Where do I watch it?
  
  Your fav private tracker.
  
  Prime video and Pluto both have all 10 seasons right now. HBO max has 1-3, and mgm+ (didn’t know that was a thing) has 1-4. So Pluto might be the best option since it’s free. But the show is truly epic. The characters are amazing, the storylines are heartwarming at times, bonkers at others, but it’s a very well made show. Plus macguyver is the lead.
- It's good, but I'd hardly call it "god tier sci-fi". It is much more an actioney, comedy, adventure show than it is a serious sci-fi show. It's not the kind of show that really challenges the viewer in any way. The "sci" part of the "sci-fi" is basically fantasy. It has some great characters, lots of fun adventures, a little bit of danger, but you know basically things are going to be wrapped up at the end of the episode.
  It's one of my favourite shows to re-watch, but I put it on when I'm doing other things because I know it's going to be some fun adventures and fun interactions between great characters without any deep thinking or deep emotions. Meanwhile, there are other shows that I don't rewatch often because they're not well suited to being background entertainment.

Let me talk to you about the wire and how it is the perfect series. (Even when it got squirely in season 5)
The deconstruction of the failure of every institution in the city of Baltimore.
How good people can get lost in systems. How they can attempt to fight. How the systems inevitably prevail.
- Awesome series but niche? It's an HBO series that's on pretty much every list of the best series of all time. I'd hardly call that niche.
- Why did Season 5 fall off a bit? Was there a change in writers/producers?
- Oh, it's great. Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror's creator) called it the best show of all time, with honorable mentions to Deadwood and The Shield (which I didn't rate much)

- See you in 25 years
  
  Damn fine show
- I genuinely don’t know what this is but would like to :)
  
  Twin Peaks
- IMO, by far, the best show of all time. I expect its influence to last as long as there are shows.

Fringe
- I didn't realize that ran for 100 episodes. I dropped it after one, but it must have gotten better.
  
  The whole first season is kinda a low rent monster of the week show. Then there's a few seasons that cohere around sci-fi trope A that are worth the watch, then the last season or two revolve around sci-fi trope B and I basically kept watching just to finish it.
- I just remembered I never watched the final episode of that show...
- Came for it and it was not disapointed! Perfect show with a perfect ending.
  Cant say the same about my sweet x-files... they have murdered, dismembered and then piss on its guts. Never forget this once amazing show

Better off Ted deserved more seasons
- I'd like to upvote you twice.
  It's much better than silly Silicon Valley, or the Office.

Thks reminds me to rewatch Daria.
- Daria is great! It's classic 90s and it's so good

WKRP
- Loved it as a kid and just started watching the whole series this week. Tried to get my wife to watch the Turkey Drop last night and she didn't look up from her phone once.
  
  With God as my witness….
- My only memory of this show is the episode where Johnny gets progressively more intoxicated and his reaction time improves. I've modeled my life after that episode.

That's pretty much all I watch and they've all been top notch!
B5
DS9
TNG
Farscape
Magicians
Nirvana in fire
Beyond evil
Trek Disco is getting close to being dry aged enough to finally finish / revisit
- No love for BSG? After TNG DS9, I'd say it's the best SciFi show out there
  
  The original or the remake?
- Love DS9
- Ah that little known niche series...
  Star trek

I finally got around to watching Dark. The show is insane. Im not sure if its niche but I have never heard any of my friends talk about it before.
- Yeah I'd consider it pretty niche. Most people I gushed to about it didn't want to give it a chance because it was dubbed, weirdly enough. Their loss. This reminds me I need to do a rewatch...
  
  Just quickly learn German if you mind the dubbing. It's easy, I did it as a toddler.
  
  Seriously, what's wrong with watching it with original audio and subtitles?

Twin Peaks

Recently binged The Prisoner, which is an absolute delight
- My wife is the daughter of an old British guy, so she was less than impressed when I became obsessed with this show. It's fantastic, and is my top contender for "best opening theme song ever".
  Anyway, be seeing you.
  
  Be seeing you.

Max Headroom.

I just got Kimmy Schmidt from the library. Any kind of Tina Fey show is going to be absolutely hilarious, looking forward to this one!
- If you loved 30 Rock as much as I did (which is a lot), you’ll like Kimmy Schmidt. I like 30 Rock more, but it’s still really funny.
- Season 1 was fantastic. I couldn’t make it through the subsequent seasons though.
- It's got its moments, but the landlady character... her line delivery and the way characters react to them is so odd, like the director truly believes everything she says is hilarious, but... its really not at all

Wilfred...
- Holy shit I totally forgot about this show.

Am still upset that Colony never got another season or two. Or at least a proper ending.
Otherwise? The Expanse.
Columbo, maybe?
- If you like Columbo, Poker Face is a spiritual descendant. It's honestly far better than I expected, and sometimes there's camera work that is intentionally straight from the 70s.
  
  The title sequence is almost Columbo.
  
  And she does the finger wag slow turn "although" in every episode
  
  How many animals they gotta kill though?
- I've not confirmed this, but apparently there is a large time shift in the books at roughly the end of the show, so they sort of left the door open for continuing it when the actors have realistically aged.
  Or maybe I'm just coping.

I got into Jericho. A bunch of my friends got into Carnivale.
- I fucking came here to say Carnivale
  
  Carnivale is best
- We could try the whole "Nuts" thing again for Jericho but it's unlikely to work a second time.
- man ive been wanting to each carnivale for maybe a decade now but havent been able to find a link. maybe ill have another look tonight.

Dirk Gently

Firefly all the way!

Twin Peaks!
- Did you see the reboot? It lost me when it went full Lynch I was there for the homely stuff
  
  I loved it! But def need to rewatch it, I saw it when it came out and it warrants another go.
  I tuned in for the full Lynch, Fire Walk With Me was very good and scary. Depictions of transcendental evil hook me every time. I love cosmic horror, and I love Twin Peaks
  
  Not a reboot. It's a direct continuation. It just has a different feel since there's no studio reigning Lynch in.
  Personally, I liked the extra level of crazy he added.

Spaced. TV series starring Simon Pegg, what's not to like?
- Skip to the end...

Have not seen anyone mention "Dead like me"
It's highly worth it.
- Bryan Fuller is the pinnacle of this question. I would add pushing daisies to that list as well.
  
  Don't sleep on Wonderfalls either
- Killed by a de-orbiting toilet seat.
- Don't watch the movie. Only good part is the daughter asking which hand should hold the steering wheel.

Firefly, TNG, S1 of True Detective
I don't have a problem you have a problem
- S1 of True Detective is perfect. I honestly don't know anything else that fits.
  
  S1 of Westworld maybe. Haven't watched past that. Don't want to ruin it.
- Firefly 🥲

The Lost Room. A forgotten SyFy channel gem.
- Syfy had some decent to good mini series.
  In addition to The Lost Room, I really enjoyed Tin Man (Wizard of Oz reimagining) and remember liking Alice (Alice in Wonderland reimagining)
- Seriously thank you, I remember watching this when it aired and occasionally have wanted to look it up but forgot the name.
  You also reminded me of the uproar when "The Sci-Fi Channel" rebranded to SyFy lol
- Don't forget its spirit spinoff, Warehouse 13.
  
  I thought Warehouse was a spin off of Eureka.
  
  I haven't heard of that one. I'll have to look into it. 😀
- Never heard of this one, it sounds fascinating! Thanks for mentioning.
- ah! I loved it. one of the earliest things I pirated. felt like it could have worked for a full season.
- Looooove this show. Only available in DVD quality that I've found. Still worth the watch.
- Was about to comment this... Didn't know there were other connoisseurs

Our Flag Means Death
- Is it officially over now?

Travelers
Now that I think about it, I really need a 12 Monkeys rewatch
- Travelers gwtting cancelled was actually criminal
  
  The show had a decent ending didn't it?

Currently rewatching Mr. Robot
- I want to re-watch that one soon. IMO it's by far the best hacking TV Show / Movie ever made.
  I just re-watched Hackers because it's the 30th anniversary. There are definitely things I like about it. Matthew Lillard gives an amazing performance. The soundtrack of that movie is amazing. The costumers and set designers had so much fun with it. But good gawd, the hacking was so terrible. Basically every time anybody touches a computer in that show it's awful. And for a movie about hackers... that's a lot. What's amazing is that clearly they had some very knowledgeable person/people involved, because parts of the script definitely reference real things that "non-hackers" wouldn't know about. But, I guess they just ignored these experts when it came to anything involving someone touching a computer.

Six Feet Under (HBO). It's hilarious. It's devastating. You'll loathe and love each character. Probably my favorite finale of a show, ever.
Terriers (no idea where to find it right now, it aired on USA I think?). Quirky private investigator show that should have been given more than a season.
Patriot (Amazon). Spy meets depression, meets hilarity. Worth it just for the rochambeau.
- Patriot is as incredible as it is unknown and I’m happy to find it mentioned here! Some of the most engaging, poignant, absurd, hilarious yet devastating TV I’ve watched.
  
  John, what do you know about non-sexual, same-sex cuddling?

Red Dwarf, I used to watch it with my dad while he was alive.
- It's cold outside...
  
  There's no kind of atmosphere
  I'm all alone, more or less...
- Have you read the books? The first two make the show look like a pile of wet garbage, and I love the show.

Warehouse 13

Reddit and Firefly ca. 2013
- Ah old reddit...it used to be so good...

Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Barney Miller.

Night Court

I’m one of the 135 worldwide Farscape fans. I will love this show to the very end.
- 2 more in my household. My husband is always saying he wishes we could find another show like that, when he isn't saying he wishes we could find another one like Scavenger's Reign.
- Frell yeah

Over The Garden Wall.
- I watch that show yearly when fall comes around.
  
  It's so good. And the soundtrack is great too, except IIRC it's missing the thrilling chase music or something.

firefly
- Even the movie wasn't enough, damn you Fox.

The OG Utipia
- Season 1
  Season 2

Well, since niche in this thread seems to mean anything that came out more than 2-3 years ago and is less popular than GoT or the office, I'll just nominate Chuck, Derry Girls and Banshee. If I were to stretch it even more I'd also say After Life and Ted Lasso(I've already watched this 3 times in the last 2 years.. and I could watch it again without problems but I don't wanna get sick of it)
- Derry girls is great! I'm a uk 90s girl so it's perfect for me

Utopia
I cannot believe no one mentioned Utopia yet (the original UK version not the one cropped by prime, I think to get it right you may need to pirate it)
- I gotcha
  Season 1
  Season 2
  OST
- Yes, holy shit. Show was so well done. Definitely going to rewatch that one now, thank you for the reminder!

Recently?
Lucifer
Grimm
Leverage
Timeless
Lost in Space (2018)
Series that my family rewatch about every 3 years or so:
Stargate SG-1
Farscape

Travelers. It's such a great show

I have never seen House so I was thinking of starting that.
- its funny and engaging, well written "old white guy asshole who knows everything" character. some episodes deal with themes it is waay too immature to handle, but on the whole petty good.
  i did not get past the first ep of season 4, it shat the bed so fucking hard i really don't know how.
  
  They literally have a shark jumping joke in one of the episodes
  
  well written "old white guy asshole who knows everything" character.
  It’s a medical procedural Sherlock Holmes, which isn’t a bad thing at all.
  Edit: I should save I never made it past season 2 when it originally aired before cancelling cable TV back in the day.

Joe Pera Talks With You
- Nice
  
  The whole show is wonderful and worth a watch or five. Only three seasons and the episodes are usually 10-11 minutes, with the occasional 20-minute double episode. It packs some surprising depth and is just a treasure.

Since my #1 show was already guessed (Terriers), I think Awake is worth a mention.
A man is in a car accident that splits his life in two. In one reality his wife dies, in the other his child. What happens next?

H20: Just Add Water
Me and a coworker watch during lunch and argue over character dynamics.
- I read it as H Twenty until I advanced past the colon. Felt a little dumb.
  
  No need to feel dumb. It is actually a zero at the end.
  H20 vs H2O
  The name of the show is 'H2O: Just Add Water'

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