# Please recommend a television series on Netflix. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172 "2015-07-03T22:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/1 "2015-07-03T22:37:20Z")
I want to watch a good TV series on Netflix. I am looking for something that meets these criteria. 1. It’s already a complete series. I don’t want to wait another year for the next season, only to find out that isn’t going to be the last season either. 2. I’m looking for something either sci fi or mystery. 3. I’m looking for a series that ends well. As an example, I think Star Trek DS9 ended well. The X-files didn’t end well. Please recommend away. Thank you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/2 "2015-07-03T22:48:43Z")
Sci Fi: Firefly Original Star Trek Farscape Mystery: Longmire Columbo Luther Sherlock Life Lie To Me Flashpoint Magnum PI Miami Vice ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/3 "2015-07-03T23:22:11Z")
> [@Robert163](#): > > Mystery: > Longmire Longmire has been picked up for a fourth season to air on Netflix ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/4 "2015-07-03T23:25:49Z")
> [@ryan](#): > > Longmire has been picked up for a fourth season to air on Netflix Yes, it has I suppose Sherlock and Luther both have a potential another season as well ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/5 "2015-07-04T00:05:09Z")
If you like mystery _and_ history, _Foyle’s War_ is pretty good. Just checked; last episode was Jan. of this year [according to Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foyle%27s_War). ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/6 "2015-07-04T00:27:51Z")
Fringe ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/7 "2015-07-04T00:27:58Z")
Not sure it’s considered a mystery, but I quite liked _Leverage_. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/8 "2015-07-04T00:36:26Z")
Broadchurch Netflix has Season 1 and there are more, but the season stands on its own as the beginning and end of a single case. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/9 "2015-07-04T00:41:23Z")
[Terriers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1493239/) is an interesting series in the mystery realm. It’s complete, although there has been talk about another season. I wouldn’t say it ends great, it seems to have a hasty wrap-up because of it’s impending cancellation, but It stars Donal Logue, and some guy named Michael Raymond-James in the part that should have gone to Kevin Corrigan. But it is just 13 episodes, not too much investment if you don’t like the ending. ETA: Sorry, I only see this on Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/10 "2015-07-04T02:06:47Z")
I would add Midsomer Murders and possible Inspector Morse to the list of mysteries. These are both British series and well worth the time to watch. Both are 90 minutes per episode, also. I much prefer the British cop shows to American ones, but I am not sure why. Bob ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/11 "2015-07-04T03:45:26Z")
We’re currently loving “Ripper Street.” I don’t know how it ends. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/12 "2015-07-04T13:13:38Z")
_Luther_ isn’t exactly complete. There’s a prequel short series/movie coming in the fall. But watch it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/13 "2015-07-04T13:20:18Z")
[Psych](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491738/?ref_=nv_sr_1). Guy pretends to be a psychic, solving crimes for the Santa Barbara PD. Great show, mystery/comedy, and the chemistry in the cast is fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/14 "2015-07-04T14:23:02Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Psych](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491738/?ref_=nv_sr_1). Guy pretends to be a psychic, solving crimes for the Santa Barbara PD. Great show, mystery/comedy, and the chemistry in the cast is fantastic. Eerily similar to The Mentalist, [or so I hear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qf8M57we1I). ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/15 "2015-07-04T14:26:28Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Eerily similar to The Mentalist, [or so I hear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qf8M57we1I). There ability to self parody was pretty good 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/16 "2015-07-04T14:28:22Z")
I enjoyed Jericho. It’s about a small town in Kansas after a nuclear war. With Skeet Ulrich. > **[Jericho (TV Series 2006–2008) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805663/)** > > Jericho: Created by Stephen Chbosky, Josh Schaer, Jonathan E. Steinberg. With Skeet Ulrich, Lennie James, Ashley Scott, Kenneth Mitchell. A small town in Kansas is literally left in the dark after seeing a mushroom cloud over nearby Denver, Colorado.... ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/17 "2015-07-04T15:20:25Z")
You should watch Daredevil. It is extremely well done. It tells a season long story but does leave some plot threads because it is an on going series (which has been renewed so no worries about being left hanging). This will be divisive but I would recommend Lost. The ending was disappointing for some (many?) but at the time I found it satisfying and the journey you take there is worthwhile. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/18 "2015-07-04T15:28:06Z")
**Death in Paradise** is an old-fashioned murder mystery of the British cozy variety. The detective finds the clues then puts all the suspects in a room to explain who the murderer is.\* The show is ongoing, but there is no story arc, so there’s nothing that carries over. Season three was just put up. **The Miss Fisher Mysteries** are the same. There was a story arc in the first season, but they’ve gone back to individual episodes. The entire series of **Misfits** is available for free on Hulu if you don’t mind watching it on your computer. While it is only very good toward the end, the first two seasons are excellent. \*They wink at this trope in the third season. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/19 "2015-07-04T18:40:29Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **The Miss Fisher Mysteries** are the same. There was a story arc in the first season, but they’ve gone back to individual episodes. IIRC, there’s a mini-arc concerning Jack and Deputy Commissioner Sanderson toward the end of the second season. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172/20 "2015-07-04T19:17:50Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > [Terriers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1493239/) is an interesting series in the mystery realm. It’s complete, although there has been talk about another season. I wouldn’t say it ends great, it seems to have a hasty wrap-up because of it’s impending cancellation, but It stars Donal Logue, and some guy named Michael Raymond-James in the part that should have gone to Kevin Corrigan. But it is just 13 episodes, not too much investment if you don’t like the ending. > > ETA: Sorry, I only see this on Amazon. This is the one I thought of first. Excellent show, and damnable to have been killed off after one season. It’s worth the time as long as you don’t get too caught up in it and thus join the ranks of people (like me) who bitch at the idiots who cancelled it! To whet your appetite, check out [Terriers TV series Episode 1 Pilot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTGc26vfkLA) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-television-series-on-netflix/724172.md?page=2)