EgonSpengler
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One of my favorite moments was Daisy and Jemma getting stoned/drunk in a space casino. I could watch a whole show of just those two gallivanting around the MCU galaxy. Maybe with a slightly higher budget.
This morning I saw yet another clickbait article about whether Agents of SHIELD characters could return to the MCU. I didn't read it, but this iteration of that 'article' was notable because it featured Natalia Cordova-Buckley instead of Clark Gregg or Chloe Bennet. I wouldn't mind seeing them again, but I'm not optimistic, especially now with Marvel claiming that it wants to slow its roll (a move I support, but still, it probably means lots of potential spinoffs and sequels are never going to happen now).
Recommendations from among the shows here that I've seen: Mr. Robot and Castle.I have so many other shows to watch*, but I have no motivation to start them. I'm going to start poking at Reacher, I guess, and maybe resub to Netflix next month. Or just start another show on Disney+; I think they have 24, and I never stuck with that show either once the rights started playing hot potato in Canada (and I think for a couple years it wasn't streaming anywhere here, period).
Other possible choices on Disney+: What We Do in the Shadows (hated the movie, so no high hopes), The X-Files (gave up midway through season one the first go-around, so no high hopes again), Castle, Stitchers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (gave up during... season two? so again, no high hopes here), Kizazi Moto, Extraordinary, Abbott Elementary, Criminal Minds, Bob's Burgers (I have no memory of how far I got in this show when watching in the US, but I do remember enjoying it).
Alternatively, on Amazon Prime: Gen V, Good Omens S2, The Great, The Peripheral, The Handmaid's Tale (gave up after the first season), The Terminal List, Sherlock (gave up during season one), 12 Monkeys, Fleabag, Andromeda, The Wheel of Time, The Tick, Utopia, Covert Affairs, Pandora, The Wilds, Monk, The Mindy Project (rewatch), Two and a Half Men (honestly... I expect this one to be a quick abandon), Married with Children, American Gods, Psych, The Deep, Earth: Final Conflict, Alex Rider, Fear the Walking Dead (gave up after the first season), Undone, Upload, The Capture, Tales from the Loop, Carnival Row, Whose Line is it Anyway?, Mr. Robot, Hanna, Being Human, The Family Man, ER, Hell's Kitchen, and Mona the Vampire (total nostalgia watch).
Okay, nevermind on restarting Netflix.
* Foundation S2, For All Mankind S4, Monarch S1, Changeling S1, and whatever's left of Normal People that I started watching with a couple friends months ago.
You could probably binge Mr. Robot. It might even benefit from it. I watched it as it originally aired, one ep per week; I lost my grip on it somwhere along the way and never finished it. I've been meaning to go back and give it a rewatch ever since it hit streaming. Castle is more of a hang than a watch, and probably isn't worth binge-watching. For me, it's a show that's best when my brain is in power-saver mode and I don't have the energy to do or watch something that requires any energy; it's light-hearted, half episodic murder-mystery and half rom-com, the cast is charming* and its "murder of the week" plots don't demand (or, probably, reward) close attention.
Others here I liked: The X-Files, Buffy, Criminal Minds, Sherlock, Covert Affairs, Upload, Tales From the Loop, Carnival Row, and E.R.
X-Files, Sherlock and Buffy you've tried and didn't like, and while I do like to go back and revisit things that I didn't connect with the first time, it's not like you're lacking for things to watch. Criminal Minds, Covert Affairs and E.R. were enjoyable week-to-week shows in the days before streaming. I probably wouldn't binge any of those. Upload is a streaming show, but it's a throwback and could've been on broadcast tv a few years earlier. Ever see The Good Place, with Kristen Bell & Ted Danson? Upload reminded me of The Good Place. Tales From the Loop isn't quite what it appears to be, and that threw a lot of people off. It's not about the sci-fi tech, it's an anthology of character stories. A lot of people who watched it were mad at it - and a lot of people who probably would have liked it probably never watched it - because it doesn't do what it says on the tin. I happened to fit into the overlap in the Venn diagram of the show it appears to be and the show that it actually is, and it took me a couple of episodes to change gears and catch what it was throwing. Carnival Row, otoh, is totally what it looks like. It has some really remarkable world-building, and could be easily binged. I never fully connected with the characters or the plot, though, so it was a show I admired more than loved, and I still haven't watched season 2.
E.R. is notable for its place in television history, but I guess I don't know how well it'd hold up today. Early seasons must have the old 4:3 tv aspect ratio, for one thing, which I find jarring now, when I revisit old favorites. I don't expect there's anything "problematic" in it, so that's probably not a concern. But it was so ground-breaking, it's influenced hospital & ensemble shows ever since. A lot of it may seem conventional now, maybe even cliche. Its got an insane cast, so it might be fun to see the list of stars and guest-stars over the years. It's most famous for launching George Clooney's and Julianna Margulies' careers, but it also featured William H. Macy, Maria Bello, and Ming-Na Wen, from Agents of SHIELD. Among others. I was a big Maura Tierney fan for a while, mostly because of E.R. Some guest stars I remember include Kirsten Dunst, Lucy Liu, Ving Rhames, Mariska Hargitay, and Julie Bowen. And if you like it, there are over 300 episodes, so you could watch a couple episodes a week for years. The show was on for so long, I think I watched it for years, then stopped watching it for years, then noticed that it was still on and went back to watching it for what seems like several more years.
* I admit, Nathan Fillion may be my spirit animal. I've never not liked him. If you don't like him, there's probably no point watching Castle.
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I bet 10 different people could come up with 10 different "top 10" lists, all perfectly valid. Not enough hours in the day (and, unless you're rich, not enough money to subscribe to all of the services).
