Anonymous wrote:I will go with recent favorites.
Fictionalized, Non-Fiction Drama: Narcos (Netflix).
A highly compelling series about the 1980-90s American drug wars in Latin America, primarily against the Colombian drug cartels, and Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. The series is filmed in Colombia, and uses an incredible (and very attractive) cast of Latin American and Spanish actors (Wagner Moura, Pedro Pascal, Juan Pablo Raba) - speaking Spanish to portray the Colombians, thus the subtitles for parts of each episode. You won't be able to turn away.
Fiction Drama: Homeland (minus the terrible Season 2) (Showtime).
Okay so Claire Danes's Carrie Mathison can be a little overwrought, but have Mandy Patinkin, Rupert Friend, and F. Murray Abraham ever been put to better use? I will never forget their characters of Saul Berenson, Peter Quinn, and Dar Adal. This is a series that while fun in Season 1, and horrible in Season 2 (when it bled viewers) really came into its own in Season 3 and got better and better after that. And while I do not work in Intelligence, I think there is a lot of truth and insight to the geopolitical machinations the series conjures and portrays so well.
Lighthearted family fare sitcom: How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
The way that Generation X and the Millennials hope their lasting friendships, marriages (Lily and Marshall), and enduring bonds will always be. A sitcom with so much heart and endearing observations about friendships.
Offbeat show no one watched: House of Lies (Showtime).
Again a show which is, at its core, essentially about a tight group of (unlikely) friends, Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell, Ben Schwartz and Josh Lawson portray four management consultants and partners in the most unlikely consulting outfit you have ever encountered. Clients from hell, a workplace that violates every rule of employment law, and lots and lots of sex and vulgarity. I also lived in L.A. for a long time, and this series is one big, wet, sloppy caricature of a kiss to the City of Angels -- playing up all its worst stereotypes. I love L.A. (and absolutely love seeing it on film)!
Classic LOL, silly sitcom (particularly the first few seasons): The Office (NBC).
I can still watch some episodes of The Office and have them bring a smile to my face all these years later. The most absurd work environment ever. Michael Scott, need I say more.
Not an enduring favorite choice, but more a recent guilty pleasure, the American Telenovela: Billions (Showtime).
Totally overacted, over-the-top, exaggerated, and ridiculous soap opera about American hedge fund titans (Bobby "Axe" Axelrod) and their legal adversaries (U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades). Pass the popcorn.
Some exposition on why a poster's series is a favorite would be appreciated.
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