Star Trek: Deep Space Nine makes for great binging. I know for a fact it’s available on Amazon Prime and CBS All Access. Not sure about Netflix.
I personally love the animated show Kim Possible. Went through it in a couple months on Disney Plus. (It’s four seasons plus a movie and a crossover episode of Lilo & Stitch).
I liked The Strain (surviving a pandemic…of vampires) and The Expanse is pretty popular.
Silent Witness on Amazon Prime. 21 seasons and every episode so far is a two parter (52 minutes each - from BBC). Think something like Forensic Files meets Cold Case.
Bleak like British Isles - weather, scenery, situations. Everyone dies. If you’re not looking for happy, this is it. Bad outcomes even when the case/murder/etc… is solved. Like car wrecks - hard to look away. Good mysteries as to the victims/perpetrators.
The lead was a gal who had an overriding story arc about the death of her father (constable) during the unpleasantries. When that was resolved, a new actress and slight change of direction was added. Somewhere around episode 9 or ten. Last few seasons have had a bit more (dark) humor. Lots more postmortem gore and procedures. Some scenery changes to other parts of Europe and to Africa.
Good writing, snappy dialog, more gritty in the cutting room. Nude dead bodies if that offends you - forewarned. Still dark tales about mayhem, assault, human trafficking, immigrants, disease, other current topics.
Maybe too dark for your pleasure.
I think you will enjoy:
Locke And Key
Emergence
Lost In Space
His Dark Materials
Pennyworth
The Dark Crystal Age Of Resistance
The InBetween
iZombie
Dead To Me
Last Kingdom on Netflix is one of our favorites and you could binge it just in time for Season 4. I loved the books so I’m biased but it really has great acting , especially by the actor playing King Alfred and many of the Viking characters are fascinating.
Doc Martin on Acorn or Britbox is pleasant and funny
Fleabag is the best thing I’ve watched in forever
Happy Valley is the best Brit cop show - very dark , the way I like it
1st season of Altered Carbon is good, not sure I like season 2
Mindhunter
If you are considering Umbrella Academy- give it a try. I liked it and I really don’t like those kinds of shows (any kind of super power hero show) generally.
The headline of the AV Club review of Reprisal was
. Plus, it has yours truly in a recurring background role as a Banished Brawler.
Another vote for Catastrophe. Loved it.
Thanks, everybody! I didn’t get notified that there were replies, so I just saw these.
Shetland is pretty good.
I’ve read most of the series (I think I skipped the sixth one), and loved them. When they said they were making a show, I was a little worried. But we’re close to the end of the second season, and it’s freaking amazing. The attention to gravity and kinetic energy shows up in lovely grace notes like a songbird on a station that flaps its wings less often than a bird in earth gravity would. Beautiful, brilliantly-acted show.
Ditto- I really liked Shetland, especially after about 3 episodes in. Also, that reminds me on Starz is Dublin Murders which is also very good. I just finished that series of books and they are the best I’ve ever read in that kind of genre.
Black Sails
Rick and Morty
The 100
The Expanse
I’m not going to C&P from Wikipedia. However, I’m going to suggest that you look up what the PBS series Mystery was showing in the 1980s & early 90s. They did British mystery & detective shows before everyone could just rent stuff on video, and there was no longer a market for such a show.
IIRC, The first Prime Suspect series was shown on Mystery, and so were subsequent ones, albeit, the last, or possibly last two, may have been shown as stand-alone series.
Which, BTW, I am seconding ALL the* Prime Suspect *series. They are each about six episodes, and, again, IIRC, there are five series, at 1 hour per episode.
I believe the Agatha Christie series were part of Mystery back in the 80s as well. Almost everything was very, very good.
Look at the list of what was shown on Mystery, then check them out on IMDb, and see what appeals to you.
I don’t know how old you are. I’m assuming you are in the US, so it very likely you have seen long before the Covid-19 shut-down, the show Law & Order (the original series). But if you are young, or not in the US, and for some reason have missed this show, watch it. It’s my favorite US drama ever.
If you are in the US, and have not seen the UK version of Law & Order, it’s worth watching the UK version. If you are a fan of the US version, and have watched the episodes more than once, you will recognize them in the UK versions, but in many cases the endings have changed, and in a few, the object lesson has changed, because in that specific case, UK values are very different. It’s an interesting process. And it keep you on the edge, once you realize that nothing is predictable, just because basic plots were borrowed.
Again, I don’t know where you are, or your age, but if you have not seen David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, it’s a must-watch for anyone who likes suspense with just a little bit of supernatural overtone. It premiered with a 2-hr. TV-movie, so make sure you watch this first. Don’t start with what is called “episode one.” That is the first 1-hr episode in its regular time slot, and assumes you have seen the 2-hr movie. I watched this just about 18 months ago (and I saw it in its original run). It really holds up.
Also, unless you hate black & white with a passion, as some people irrationally do, in between your series, you might catch up on Alfred Hitchcock movies you have not seen, as well as some of the other classic suspense films you may not have seen. Two excellent ones are Witness for the Prosecution (1957), and Murder on the Orient Express (1974)-- NOT the 2017 version NOT, NOT NOT!
Have fun!
Anyone else like Sneaky Pete? There are three seasons on Amazon Prime, but it was canceled after season three.
FromWikipedia: Sneaky Pete follows “Marius, a con man who gets out of prison only to find himself hunted by the vicious gangster he once robbed. With nowhere else to turn, Marius takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his cellmate, Pete, and then “reunites” with Pete’s estranged family — who have no reason to suspect he’s not their long-lost loved one.”
Adult Swim finally decided that COVID-19 was enough reason to stop being assholes; all 4 seasons of Metalocalypse are now free to stream on their website!
For those unaware, this is an animated show about the greatest death metal band of all time, Dethklok. Dethklok is the 6th or 7th largest economy in the world and they influence nearly all facets of society: commerce, politics, wars, etc. The fact that the members are kinda stupid, ignorant, violent, over-sexed and sometimes drug-and-alcohol fueled is tempered by their razor-shar manager, who ensures that his guys/mealtickets stay on top of their game. Oh, there’s a complex conspiracy involving the US government to take them out, even tho there is also a conspiracy involving some of the same US government people to keep Dethklok around… so that some kind of apocalypse can happen. Plus, there’s kick-ass metal songs in every episode.
Best. Show. EVER!
This totally fucking rocks!
I’ve hardly seen any Law and Orders, not generally my cup of tea, but I would be interested in the detail of these episodes. Do you remember any, or have a link where someone discusses the plot differences?
I’ll recommend Vikings, on Amazon Prime, to anyone who enjoys The Last Kingdom.
7000 thumbs up.
And doomstar requiem, a klokopera, the series finale is by far the best 44 minutes you’ll ever see on a tv (assuming loves the series to begin with)
I loved it, very well written and the acting was superb.
Chernobyl
Any of the Michael Schur shows
30 Rock