The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men

[Malloy]

Don't we already have this thread?

i made this thread to occlude the west wing & its ersatz prestige bullshit and to demarcate the shows in the subject line as fundamentally different

[Malloy]

I should watch Deadwood

you must

[Jorge]

I must

[Malloy]

1. Deadwood
2. Sopranos
3. The Wire



4. Mad Men

i used to think mad men was a cut below these others. rewatched and really, it’s excellent. it’s writerly the way sopranos is.

the wire is the best, though deadwood easily my favorite.

[Mickey]

1. Deadwood
2. Sopranos
3. The Wire



4. Mad Men

i used to think mad men was a cut below these others. rewatched and really, it’s excellent. it’s a writerly the way sopranos is.

the wire is the best, though deadwood easily my favorite.

I have the inverse formulation: Deadwood is the best, The Wire is easily my favorite.

[Malloy]

1. Deadwood
2. Sopranos
3. The Wire



4. Mad Men

i used to think mad men was a cut below these others. rewatched and really, it’s excellent. it’s a writerly the way sopranos is.

the wire is the best, though deadwood easily my favorite.

I have the inverse formulation: Deadwood is the best, The Wire is easily my favorite.

because of my love of deadwood, this makes me happy

[The Argonaut]

Deadwood is great, but it's a solid fourth place on this list. Fourth place is good, though

[Jorge]

1. Sopranos
2. The Wire

That's it, those are the ones I've seen

[BurtReynolds]

Mad Men is numba 1. brilliant from start to finish.

[epilogue]

Mad Men is such an amazing show.

[JuanHamm]

I never actually finished Mad Men. It was beautiful, well written and well put together but I didn't really connect with the characters in the same way I did with the other shows.

I probably owe it another shot.

[epilogue]

Mad Men is far and away the best show I've ever seen. But I have not seen the Sopranos, I've only seen one episode of The Wire, and I've only seen four episodes of Deadwood.

[JuanHamm]

You should really watch Deadwood. I love those characters so much.

[epilogue]

You should really watch Deadwood. I love those characters so much.

It really didn't stick with me. I'm not sure why. One of these days I'll give it another go. I know too many that love it but to give it a fair shake.

[BurtReynolds]

I remember loving Deadwood, but I tried rewatching it and the first few episodes aren't great. It gets better, but I wouldn't put it on the top.

[JuanHamm]

I remember loving Deadwood, but I tried rewatching it and the first few episodes aren't great. It gets better, but I wouldn't put it on the top.

The pilot is a little off, but I think the show is strong from there. I love all the Wild Bill stuff.

[Mickey]

Mad Men is far and away the best show I've ever seen. But I have not seen the Sopranos, I've only seen one episode of The Wire, and I've only seen four episodes of Deadwood.

Absolutely howling at this point.

[Mickey]

The Americans would be my top, and really only, vote for a fifth head on this televisual Mt. Rushmore.

[Anders]

Breaking Bad

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.