Recently went back and re watched Dead Like Me on Netflix. My 16 year old daughter also loved it.
Have a go. Recommended.

Their Rotten Tomatoes score is 70 % with an audience score of 92 %, that's quite good I think (although I don't claim Rotten Tomatoes is the only meaningful measure of quality). The series takes 2-3 episodes until you can keep track of all the main characters (there are 10~12 of them, so that makes things harder on the audience initially), but I can tell you that I enjoy the series on multiple levels: Just the atmosphere and the conflicts (such as HIV and fake medication in Africa, being transgender, dealing with the loss of loved ones, alcoholism, violence, lavish Indian weddings, the role of women in South Korea) are worth it by themselves IMHO. Some tiny pieces which decorate the plot are just amazing, e. g. when one of the male characters experiences the period of another (female) character. It's still too early to tell whether the overarching story that delves into the background will make sense or not. The first season just focuses on the characters coming to grips with each others presences.

Another vote for Sense8. It's been renewed for a 2nd season, so we'll find out more next year.

I'm really looking forward to this series. Halloween cannot come soon enough.

I am excited to see what Show Me A Hero will turn out to be. I've got the first two episodes to watch.

I've also been enjoying Mr Robot and Halt and Catch Fire.

The Brink is pretty good so far. The Strain is actually getting better; the first season, in fact the first couple episodes, it was pretty boilerplate but it has started to grow a bit.

I really think it would have been a better show if they had left Bryan Fuller in charge.

Possibly the single most un trendy, un nerdy. Un fashionable show in Netflix. BUT... just love Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries. Australian show set in 1920s Melbourne. Straightforward murder of the week but the characters are so brilliantly written and played by a cast that is just spot on. So not brain food but glorious TV.

First episode was ****ing awesome! Definitely good to have Ash back. Had some great laughs and some genuine creepy moments. Seems like they may be ignoring Army of Darkness, though, as Ash didn't mention the events from that movie when he was talking about his past.

Just finished the 3rd season of Hannibal. Great series, great acting, and IMHO a great ending.

My wife described it to a friend the other night : Artistic Serial Killing.

'The Man In The High Castle' on Amazon Prime. Based on a Philip K Dick book, set in 1960s America if Germany/Japan won WW2. 2 episodes so far, the rest of the series is released later this month. Good stuff so far.

I've been hearing a lot about this. I haven't read the book, but I'm really interested to check out the series.

The book was a Hugo winner, and judged revolutionary at the time. IMO, it has not aged very well, but the premise is certainly interesting enough for a series.

Breaking Bad is addictive! its awesome, and if you have the DVD's watch the extras and bonus features

I read High Castle just this year. Pretty interesting and a light enough read. Worth jumping into.

Yeeeeeah, I'm gonna go ahead and pick it up.

Meanwhile also on Amazon Prime have just binged through the whole first series of Mr Robot.

Welcome back to my screen Mr Christian Slater. Welcome back.

I've watched the whole series 9 times so far. Of course I cosplay as Walter White/Heisenberg.

So, Is Huell still waiting for Hank & Gomez to let him out of the safe house?

I thought about mentioning this show, I just finished the first season last week. It's incredibly refreshing to see a show get technology right. They all use real operating systems. When he "hacks" he uses real commands. When someone rooted an Android phone they did it for real, including the Samsung start-up noise.

Near the end it got a little hokey, with Elliot saying things like "IRL" or "script-kiddie" out loud, but overall I'm a fan. Loving the music.

Also, to spoil the entire first season:

Zombie thread, bit this week I have mostly been watching Stranger Things on Netflix. Oh its good. If you like 80's stuff, Stephen King, Super 8.... watch it. Big thumbs up.

I have been watching it a bit, but it is not my bag of tea. Will finish it, I think.

Mr. Robot is good, but it is getting really annoying with the loud background sounds. Also "init 1" is the first command Elliot teaches Darlene? OK so it is clever in the context of the episode, but it doesn't make sense that this command is given that importance.

Mr. Robot didn't catch me in season 1 and season 2 appears to be too smart for its own good so far. It's like Esmail is doing his best to make it difficult to watch.

I really enjoyed Stranger Things - it wasn't groundbreaking or amazing but just very, very entertaining. It knew what it was and stayed well in its lane and delivered a solid, satisfying story.

The Night Of is pretty good so far, although unlike ST it can't quite figure out what it wants to be. Haven't seen last night's episode but with two left, it could really go either way. Still one of the greatest first episodes I've seen though, although (unlike The Honourable Woman) the rest of the story hasn't quite lived up to it IMO.

My friend peaked my interest by describing the show as a cross between The Goonies and The X-Files. I just binge watched all 8 episodes and I have to say he was correct.

Do you think that story should continue with season 2? I would like to see each season have it's own self contained story with different characters. (As long as they still take place in the 80's.)

I have an inkling ST will keep at least some of its cast. I know how proud they were to discover some of them, I'm not sure they will want to let them go just yet.

The two girls, Eleven and the older sister with the huge doe eyes both reminded me of people I struggled to place all the way through. I eventually came to the conclusion that Eleven reminded me of Alex Mack and the other one reminded me of Jayma Mays.

I enjoyed Stranger Things. The kids especially - all four have distinct personalities. And who among us didn't know a few mouth breathers in school.

Verizon is offering free HBO this month. I'm taking the opportunity to finish up VEEP (funny but depressing commentary on state of politics) and FINALLY watch Game of Thrones. Up to season 2 so far. Feels like it's moving faster than the books, but I'm far enough removed from reading that I can't see all the changes.

These people would avert so much troubles if they had better communication system than crows. "oh hay littlefinger said that dagger was tryions... but ya know, he ended up betraying us, so maybe he was lying???"

Heard Stranger Things Season 3 was good, so rewatched season 1 and am now starting season 2. Pretty good so far.

Two words... Pi. Card.

counterargument: cbs all access

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Meanwhile on Amazon Prime...

The Boys
Refreshingly different superheroes series.
I do like a nice bit of Karl Urban, even if his British accent is about as convincing as Dick Van Dykes.

"Cor blimey Mr superhero yer a bit tasty and no mistake. Cor blimey"

Mind you Simon Pegg's American one isn't far behind.

Apart from that. Very watchable.

st s2<s1 s3>s2

If you have UK TV then grab hold of Gentleman Jack.

Suran Jones is awesome as the world first Lesbian (yes I know)...

The whole show is a delight and proper kick up the Jane Austin

I'm about halfway into series one. I was hooked early on but I fear the storyline is going to become all too predictable.

Karl Urban's accent is pretty awful. It took me a while to figure out what exactly he was trying to do with it. Simon Pegg's American accent is passable although somewhat deliberate sounding.

The Expanse has been renewed for Season 5.

S4 has wrapped filming, but won't air until December, so I expect it's still in post production. I'm guessing Bezos saw an early build, and signed off on the renewal.

I freaggin' love The Expanse, and I was exuberant when it was “resurrected” after being cancelled.

I just watched David and Olivia? Naked In Scotland. Different but watchable.

Stranger Things Season 2: I liked it, but felt the 11 was missing too long from the main story. Also, my theory about Bob was completely wrong.

other good shows:
Gentleman Jack: yes. The 4th wall chats were excellent.
Good Omens: much better than I'd hoped, very few nitpicks, Crowley and Aziraphale were excellent.

Black Mirror. Just watched season 5. Black Mirror has always been about people and their relationship with technology, but this season felt like it was even more about the people and less about the tech. I still haven't watched Bandersnatch.

I find I have to pick and choose episodes when it comes to Black Mirror. Some episodes are really great. Others pretty lame. Haven’t watched the new series yet.

We just finished up Dead to Me. It was a whole lot better than I expected it to be.

Dead to Me or Dead Like Me?