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Old 3 December 2017, 12:50 AM   #61
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Agree that Narcos is a great show. I also recommend Godless as it's beautifully filmed. I'm just through a couple of episodes, but I'm hooked already.
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Old 3 December 2017, 01:07 AM   #62
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Just watched the first three episodes of Designated Survivor. Very impressed so far.
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Old 3 December 2017, 03:59 AM   #63
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Sherlock is great. I just started watching Penny Dreadful and I'm enjoying it so far.


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Old 3 December 2017, 06:06 AM   #64
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Black Mirror. New 6 episodes/season coming soon. These shows can be disturbing as they deal with technology's future impact on society, but extremely well done with top notch actors.
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Old 3 December 2017, 06:13 AM   #65
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Old 3 December 2017, 06:46 AM   #66
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I've been watching Frontier, the story of the Hudson Bay Company and the fur trade. Season two was just released.
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Old 3 December 2017, 06:53 AM   #67
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Old 3 December 2017, 07:45 AM   #68
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If you like gangster movies and can stomach subtitles, then I highly, highly recommend two tv series. And even if you don't, I still recommend them

1) Gomorrah the TV series, not the movie- it's been compared to an Italian version of The Wire, Breaking Bad, Sopranos, etc. Season 1 is flat out amazing. I don't binge watch usually but I just had to binge watch this. All the characters in season 1 have compelling storylines and it's a fresh take on the gangster genre, at least from an American point of view. The Savastano clan are not the charming Goodfellas, the lovable Sopranos, or the romantic Corelones. They get their business done. By any means necessary. The shocking thing is that some of the story lines are actually pulled from real life stories. Season 1 is amazing, season 2 is slower but oh boy the end of it is a cracker.

2) Suburra the TV series- there is a movie by the same name, but was not a fan of the movie's plot- looked good, soundtrack was good but nothing jaw dropping. The TV series? Much, much better. It's a slow start as the series sets up the story, but once the main characters- 3 men- 2 gangsters from rival gangs and the son of a police officer start working together, then it pulls you in. I'd say the strength of the series rests with the relationship between the three and the plot twists and acting are very, very good.
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Old 3 December 2017, 02:00 PM   #69
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Black Mirror. New 6 episodes/season coming soon. These shows can be disturbing as they deal with technology's future impact on society, but extremely well done with top notch actors.
I second this, black mirror really opens Pandora's box when it comes to plausible technology.

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Old 3 December 2017, 02:16 PM   #70
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Sons of Anarchy
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Old 3 December 2017, 04:02 PM   #71
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Black Mirror. New 6 episodes/season coming soon. These shows can be disturbing as they deal with technology's future impact on society, but extremely well done with top notch actors.
Good deal, I was hoping for some more of these.
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Old 3 December 2017, 04:04 PM   #72
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I forgot all about Mad Men. I’ve actually binged watched this series twice.
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Old 3 December 2017, 04:09 PM   #73
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Any of the shows I would recommend have already been mentioned above but two good documentaries I watched recently were

Icarus
In the shadow of the moon.

I thought both were very good and worth a look. If you're into the Olympics and want to ever watch it again without questioning the integrity of the whole thing I probably wouldn't watch Icarus.
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Old 4 December 2017, 01:49 PM   #74
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I know, I love it.
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Watching Hatfield’s and McCoy’s now. I’ve already watched it twice before.
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Old 4 December 2017, 02:23 PM   #76
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Hello,

Would also like to second(or third) Blacklist and Stranger Things. Sherlock is quite good too. I've also recently started Longmire and enjoy it so far.
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Old 4 December 2017, 06:18 PM   #77
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Good recommendations above. I am currently watching 4th season of Vikings and 3rd season of Line of Duty.
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Old 5 December 2017, 02:41 AM   #78
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I've been watching Frontier, the story of the Hudson Bay Company and the fur trade. Season two was just released.
Sounds interesting!
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Old 5 December 2017, 02:44 AM   #79
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Old 5 December 2017, 03:27 AM   #80
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Good recommendations above. I am currently watching 4th season of Vikings and 3rd season of Line of Duty.

Line of Duty is awesome, gets better and better and series 4 is probably the best, I envy you!

Enjoying the new series of Peaky Blinders, Adrien Brody is really channelling Brando's Godfather as he chews up the scenery. Tom Hardy in series 2 and 3 was awesome.
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I've been watching Frontier, the story of the Hudson Bay Company and the fur trade. Season two was just released.
I watched the first season, I wasn't too impressed.

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I forgot all about Mad Men. I’ve actually binged watched this series twice.
I agree, Mad Men was a good series
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Had a binge of Dark at the weekend. Thought it was very good.
I found it best to watch with subtitles and the original German sound as the dubbing was rubbish!
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Old 5 December 2017, 08:32 PM   #83
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Watched Sinner recently, some odd scenes but really gripping.
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Old 6 December 2017, 12:40 AM   #84
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I also a huge fan of Shameless. Season 8 just started on Showtime but I believe the first 7 seasons are available on Netflix. I still enjoy this show after 8 seasons.
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Old 6 December 2017, 05:35 AM   #85
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Another vote for Black Mirror, it is amazing and so glad to hear more episodes on the way.

Historia de un clan is one of my all-time favourites. It is based on a true story re an Argentinian family in the 1980's who kidnapped people to survive. It is beautifully acted and shot and really evokes the time very well, as well as portraying the startlingly evil father (he is an absolute ba****d) brilliantly. And there is plenty of eye candy for both sexes too :)
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Old 6 December 2017, 06:59 AM   #86
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Haven't started watching yet, but it just came out December 1.

Dark

I believe it's a Euro import, thriller type plotline.
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Amazon - Catastrophe

The main guy has a nice Coke GMT - That has to be good for at least a show or two
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Dexter, The Good Wide, House of Cards.
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Old 6 December 2017, 05:38 PM   #89
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I just started “Line of Duty” last night. Got through episode two and finally went to sleep. Awesome! Highly recommend it to any coopers on here.

I had to turn on the English subtitles to understand what they were saying.
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I did the same with The Wire!!!
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