I
think this year was the year of TV for me. Yes, that includes things
that came on Netflix and Amazon. Actually that is all I mean because
I don't watch regular TV unless there is a high speed chase or Cam calls me to laugh at people on The Antiques Roadshow. Otherwise
everything is streamed. I know that there are a lot of shows debuting
constantly so for me to want to sit and watch a series there are a
few rules. I am not jumping in when there are already two or more
seasons aired. I am not watching if it has more than twelve episodes
in a season. And finally if the sound is so bad that I can't make it
past the first minutes of the first episode. Yeah. That happened
twice this year. So here is my list of five shows that I consider the
Best Series Of 2018.
"It
is hard to even talk about this show without ruining a lot of it but
this show is the new friendship test. I don't see how you could watch
this and not crack up laughing. If this is not funny to you chances
are you're a not fun person. I wish a show like this existed when I
was growing up because they cover so much shit that shows did not
when I was little."
I was
super hesitant to watch this second season which made no sense
considering I loved the first one. I didn't want to watch this show
because the art style bugs me but once I got over myself and listened
to what was being said and what was happening I laughed my ass off
for hours. This is one of the best written comedies I've ever seen
with incredible voice acting. Hell, even the songs they come up with
are catchy. Yeah, the humor is crude and all that shit but it is
real. Except for the talking pillow that had a baby. That is totally
not real...
"That
was the craziest thing about this series. I was wrong constantly.
Like...all the way wrong. The people I thought were bad were good and
the ones I thought were good turned out to be evil as fuck."
I
loved this show. As someone that watches mostly shows that make me
laugh or with things that explode when I watch a series that takes
its time to unravel an mystery I get super skittish. This show had
just the right amount of episodes, characters, and twists to keep me
interested the entire time. It is shows like these that keep me from
watching these twenty-something a season shows that come on network
television. If you have the right people writing and directing your
shows you do not need to fluff things with too many episodes and take
a three to four month break to continue. I'm looking at you, Flash.
"This
season felt like they took everything I hated about the previous and
tried not to touch it. There is not a single ninja. I think Elektra
was mentioned once."
This
was the best season of this series. After a good first season, a
shitty second season, and The Defenders which was like being kicked
in the knee while taking a shit, they made an awesome ass
Daredevil...then canceled it. I'm not gonna get into all the
production company/streaming service nonsense that caused this to
end. I will say that I am so happy that this show went out with a
bang unlike Luke Cage and Iron First which went out like a fart on a
leather mattress: loud and stanky. This ended in such a way that if
another season did not happen I'd be super fine. I'm still mad that
wasted almost an entire episode on Karen Page's backstory.
Ozark
Season 2 (10/10)
"This
entire season kept me on my toes which I was happy about. I am
excited to see maybe two more seasons of this because this can not
last, meaning this family, at the pace they are going."
The
first season of this show came out of nowhere and took over my
conversations for a while. I was trying my best to get people to
watch this show that by description sounds like a lot of shows. A
good guy gets caught up in some illegal shit with bad folks and has
to protect his family. Oh, there is so much more to this show than
that an the second season kept the crazy ball rolling! This season
had my cringing in the best possible ways trying to figure out where
things were going. I could not guess who would live, die, or end up
suddenly having the biggest balls ever. This was well acted, shot,
and the tone of it stayed consistent. There were no "The fuck this
come from?" episodes that some shows do sometimes in the form of a
flashback that sucks or explain nothing, a special guest director, or
having the first few episodes done by the creator and the rest just a
jumbled mess.
Goliath
Season 2 (10/10)
"One
thing I like most about this show other than the acting, directing,
writing, and music is that I am wrong a lot. I have discovered over
the last few years that I enjoy being tricked by clever writing. Each
time I pointed an accusatory finger at someone I was wrong."
I must
have watched 80% of this show with a worried face. This season aged
my ass. I did not know what was going to happen when an episode
started and when one ended how it would pick up. I didn't know who to
believe or trust. Even an episode that took place in Mexico that
seemed to be out of nowhere with a bunch of weirdos turned into some
very intense moments in television. This is another show like Ozark
that makes me happy that shows like this exist and are being made.
Watch the first and second seasons of this show if you ever find
yourself saying "There's nothing to watch." You're welcome in
advance.
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