A little help, O Wise and Knowledgeable Flist...

[gnine]

So here I am in jolly old England, settling in, classes just starting up (something I do plan to write about soon, I swear...) and in between the socializing, studying and exploring, I find myself watching quite a bit of TV. This is happening in part because I always watch more when I live alone (something to do when relaxing before bed or while eating dinner, etc) and partly because while I'm studying, I often use TV as a reward for getting work done (write another page on this essay, and you can watch another episode, etc). Good motivation for a horrible procrastinator like myself ^_-.

Anyways, my request: I'm looking for series to watch. (Just got through all of Criminal Minds, need something new...) It can be new or old (and by old, I mean whenever. Keep in mind one of my most recent fandoms was Man from UNCLE, and if that's not old skool, don't know what is...^_-) Any genre, whatever. If it's one of your favorites or just something you think'd be fun to watch. Just gimme a brief description, maybe why I might like it...(bonus points for anything with hurt/comfort, teaminess or siblings being cute)

Thanks flist, I'm counting on you! ^_^

ETA: As a reference to those who are reccing things, a list of what I have seen:



...I almost hesitate in posting this due to the sheer size...oops. And these are just the western fandoms, the list would be twice as long, at least, if I included anime/J-dramas...:-p

All of these are shows I've seen at least one full season of (some I haven't seen past that, like Heroes, due to lack of interest, but I've seen enough to get the feel of it)

Bold is for shows that I fanned on, by watching repeatedly/reading fic/reccing it, etc.

* means fandoms I've actually produced stuff for, be it art, fic, vids, whatnot...

30 Rock, Alien Nation, Arrested Development, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Babylon 5, Batman Beyond, Battlestar Galactica, Being Human, Big Bang Theory, Burn Notice, Carnivale, Castle, Colditz, Criminal Minds, Dinosaurs, Doctor Who, Due South, Eureka, Farscape, Firefly, Forever Knight, Gargoyles, Gilmore Girls, Heroes, Highlander*, Hustle, Invisible Man,Jeeves and Wooster, Justice League Unlimited, Legend (1995), Leverage, Life, Life on Mars, Lois and Clark, Lost, Malcom in the Middle, Man from UNCLE*, Merlin, NCIS*, NCIS: LA, Night Court, Numb3rs, Once a Thief, Prison Break, Professionals, Psych, Pushing Daisies, Quantum Leap, Queer as Folk (UK only), Real Ghostbusters*, Red Dwarf , Sapphire and Steel, Scrubs, Seaquest, Sentinel*, Seven Days, Sliders, Smallville*, Star Trek (all except for Enterprise), Stargate Atlantis*, Stargate SG-1*, Starsky and Hutch, Static Shock, Supernatural, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles , The Shield, Torchwood, Traders, True Blood, Twin Peaks, United States of Tara, Wiseguy, WitchBlade, Xena, X-Files*, X-men (Animated Series and Evolution)

...And chances are I've missed something...:-p

As someone already mentioned in the comments about keeping an eye on this post for ideas of there own, if there's any shows in this list you're interested in, feel free to ask for a description, rec, review, etc...

Comments

[efrafan-refugee.livejournal.com]

The first season of Fringe was pretty cool. Although the second (which is airing now) is not as spectacular. There's some father/son stuff in it... which I am a bit loathe to suggest you watch for fear the slash that might occur. It's like the X-Files but I like the feel of it a lot more. If nothing else John Noble is amazing as Dr. Bishop.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I've been wondering how Fringe was. And don't worry, I don't slash father/son things. I avoid the incest, for the most part...

[efrafan-refugee.livejournal.com]

It's that last little sentence fragment that scares me.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

...have you SEEN Supernatural? It's hard not to slash 'em at least a little. I mean the show jokes about it all the time. Hell, they've even brought up the incest fanfic directly on the show, so...y'know, in honesty, I had to tack on that last part...

[efrafan-refugee.livejournal.com]

I have not seen supernatural.

Someone mentioned Flashforward. It's a decent enough show but I can tell you right now I don't think it's going to last. I'll be impressed if it makes through the first season.

[efrafan-refugee.livejournal.com]

Also, I'm a little sad that this is by the far most comments I've seen on an LJ post and its about TV. It just makes me sad =(

[gnine.livejournal.com]

LOL...though I hate to say it, this is one of the lessor posts, comment-wise. My art and vid posts get way more, and compared to me, the major players in fandom get tons. (Like 20 pages worth)