The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Wire, Mad Men

[Mickey]

I changed my mind, this thread should not be open to outside opinion.

[The Argonaut]

Thank god no one is mentioning Breaking Bad

[BurtReynolds]

Fuck Mad Men. Is there a thread for that?

Oh go back to your dumb cooking show!

[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.

[Malloy]

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

rank em, ash

[Malloy]

Thank god no one is mentioning Breaking Bad

breaking bad strikes me as a lesser version of sopranos and mad men, but squarely within that taxonomy

[Malloy]

i write that as someone that liked the show a lot. it just doesn't get to be on the all-time list

[Malloy]

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

i know i'm supposed to have seen it, and after rewatching breaking bad at the conclusion of saul, i'm doing it

[The Argonaut]

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

rank em, ash

Mad Men
The Sopranos
The Wire
Deadwood

[Malloy]

so long as all parties agree that these are the four best contemporary television dramas, i begrudge no poster their particular ranking.

[doug rr]

we only watched season 1 and part of 2 of the wire...we really liked it but never went back..maybe one day

[Malloy]

but i am keen to hear what shouldd be in the subject line. my guess is after next week some might say saul. there was a time in the middle of the second season of barry that I thought it was possible it would be here, too.

[The Argonaut]

I'm trying to think of a nice way to say this, but I can't think of one. This thread is fascist!

[Malloy]

we only watched season 1 and part of 2 of the wire...we really liked it but never went back..maybe one day

what are your top four douglas?

[Malloy]

I'm trying to think of a nice way to say this, but I can't think of one. This thread is fascist!

sorry comrade, but now i must remove mad men from subject line and you will be summarily shot until dead

[The Argonaut]

but i am keen to hear what shouldd be in the subject line. my guess is after next week some might say saul. there was a time in the middle of the second season of barry that I thought it was possible it would be here, too.

Better Call Saul is held back by its dependence on Breaking Bad. There are too many "tee hee remember this guy" moments in the first couple seasons, and I'm not sure the sixth season makes sense if you aren't super familiar with Breaking Bad.

[The Argonaut]

I'm trying to think of a nice way to say this, but I can't think of one. This thread is fascist!

sorry comrade, but now i must remove mad men from subject line and you will be summarily shot until dead

I would be proud to die for Joan Holloway (of Mad Men)

[doug rr]

we only watched season 1 and part of 2 of the wire...we really liked it but never went back..maybe one day

what are your top four douglas?

not sure i can answer that..i watched 3 of the four here and loved them but they are shows that i can't re-watch like i can sitcoms..after the sopranos, deadwood and mad men were finished i never really thought about them again..i still watch the 6 million dollar man sometimes though

[The Argonaut]

Justified, baby

[Malloy]

we only watched season 1 and part of 2 of the wire...we really liked it but never went back..maybe one day

what are your top four douglas?

not sure i can answer that..i watched 3 of the four here and loved them but they are shows that i can't re-watch like i can sitcoms..after the sopranos, deadwood and mad men were finished i never really thought about them again..i still watch the 6 million dollar man sometimes though

it takes all kinds to make a world, cowboy