Family Guy
Oh, what shameless sense of humor they have! And I love it from the bottom of my dirty mind! Though I’m a great hater of poop-humor, even I can forgive those moments because I absolutely love the black and inappropriate humor this series is filled with. Not to mention the astonishing character gallery.
Friends
Friends is a classic, and not without a good reason. The series works in all ways: relatable and funny characters, and simple but working stories. Simple can easily become boring, but in the case of Friends it definitely isn’t. In my opinion, the greatest sparkle in this series is Phoebe. She can be all: crazy, lovable, freaky and silly all at the same time, and I find her to be the most relatable character of Friends. Every free spirit can find a small phoebe in them.
The Simpsons
Simpsons, the stereotypical US family, which has entertained audience with witty and sometimes even very dark humor since the series started. Though I don’t like too much the first two seasons (I think they were overly careful with the humor back then), this is one of the greatest cartoons I think exists. And it seems to get better season by season.
Criminal Minds
The 2nd best serial killer series imo is Criminal Minds. The stories they have are exciting, though not always too scary. This is definitely a series for people who want to watch something intelligent. Criminal Minds have some great wisdom hidden in there, and it’s always a pleasure to find it. They may lack a little bit in the depth of some of the main characters, though few are definitely interesting ones. But the main interests in this series are the stories that are never dull.
Modern Family
This is a series that I believe is impossible for anyone not to relate to. All the characters are so different, but in some way embody the most common stereotypes of modern families. They were definitely not afraid of using stereotypes in ironic way – I’m sure some people find it insulting, but those who don’t have such a stick in their asses can find great amusement from the talented way they use stereotypes without being too predictable.Modern Family just continues making you laugh, although some episodes are funnier than others. The relationships with the family members are strong with their own conflicts, and the conflicts between family members indeed is the thing that makes this series just so easy to relate to. When we watch this with my wife, we often laugh and comment “That’s just like you/me!”
True Blood
This imho is a very underestimated tv-series. I remember the first two episodes I saw weren’t that interesting, but I still continued watching it. And whoooom! When we overcome some of the boring drama between Sookie and Bill, the series becomes extremely interesting.The main issue of this series is the fact that the main character Sookie is extremely boring, while 90% of the other character gallery is very interesting with huge variety. Probably the screenwriters have noticed this, as the longer the series continues, the less we see Sookie and start concentrating on the more interesting characters.
The greatest part of this series is that during seasons it just becomes better and better. Like we know, it’s extremely unusual with tv-series. What at first used to seem like a Romeo and Juliet –story between a vampire and a human, becomes a series with lots of unpredictable suspense and even horror. The character variety increases and it soon stops being a pure vampire series.
However, a person who dislikes fantasy or/and is shy about seeing any kind of sexuality in tv will probably never understand the brutal beauty of True Blood.
Wire in the Blood
Where to start? This series is Genius!! Definitely not a typical tv-series. This is a serial killer series for all lovers of psychology and psychiatry. These about 1,5hours long episodes don’t have a single moment of boredom. Actually, if you take your eyes and ears off the tv for a minute, you’ll most probably drop out from the extremely intensive and suspense story. Wire in the Blood has the kind of psychological depth I’ve never seen in any other series, and therefore it also asks more from the audience than most series.
Game of Thrones
I remember the day my wife told me that I must watch Game of Thrones. I was suspicious, but did it basically because I had to see what she was so excited about. After the first 30 minutes, I was totally hooked and couldn’t wait for the next episode.I haven’t read the books, and probably won’t. So I’ll talk about the series only.
What attracts me the most in Game of Thrones, is the variety of well-made characters and great casting. Almost all of them have their virtues and vices, and often the vice becomes greater than the virtue, which makes the characters extremely interesting. Their lives are led by their vices, though they have the idea of being in control of themselves.
Not only the characters are excellently deep in this series, but also there seems to be a perfect amount and tempo with the conflicts, and little by little most of them reveal their true selves, which mostly aren’t too graceful. But still most of them are easy to relate to as even their vices have an understandable background story.
This series doesn’t have even a minute of dullness, as the audience is dragged deeper and deeper in the story all the way. And during the breaks between the episodes you can notice some withdrawal symptoms as you can’t stop thinking what will happen next.
