Here is a few shows to get u through these sad Hab days..
Peaky Blinders- great show, little slow the first couple seasons. Gets better and better as it goes.
Black Sails- Great show! This also gets better and better as it goes.. Get through the first season and ur golden. This is a pirate show with a huge budget.. 4 seasons
Expanse- this is a Syfy show.. if ur into that sort of thing. Currently watching season 2 and I'm more impressed then i thought i would be.
Star Trek Discovery- loving this new era of star trek. I even recommend it to people that have not watched anything to do with the Star Trek universe.
Snowfall- Start of the cocaine drug trade in L.A. From the same prooducers of Boys in the hood. Decent
Fear the walking Dead- this, for me , is starting to overtake The Walking dead..
Billions- This about the stock market, selling, trading.. Great actors- love this show
Banshee- This has a bit of everything.. sex, violence, organized crime, identify theft. loved this show! Miss it dearly.. No clothes to speak of (Vikings).
I have quite a few more shows to share for another time. Hope this helps a few of u looking for some entertainment.
We have similar tastes when it comes to this list in particular. I've brought up all of these over several versions of this thread, all except for Fear of the walking Dead -- I just was never able to buy into the concept of a predator that any able-bodied person can out-run.
From the above list, Banshee is absolutely spectacular, the casting is superb, there is everything -- you're bound to love more than one character. It scores on so many levels. I couldn't get enough as it was being aired piece-meal.
I've lost interest in Black Sails in the 4th Season, became tired of pirates sounding like Shakespeare and found it particularly wordy and idle through many episodes from the the last season. Loved the first three seasons, the images are particularly stunning, the island is captivating and the whole idea of those majestic ships sailing and facing the dangers of the sea vs. those represented by enemies, is always a great source of adventure.
Am at Season 2 of Peaky Blinders. I found it somewhat slow but was told it gets better in Seasons 3 and 4 so I'm sticking with it.
Star Trek Discovery was really surprising to me. It reminded me a bit of the old Star Trek, it's a futuristic world that is easy to get into.
Snowfall was interesting, the main character looks like the real deal and the way he's connected to his family, friends and neighborhood vs. his destructive and risky ambitions, how he's treading into a world fraught with high risk that he doesn't quite seem to fully grasp, keeps you on the edge of your seat. What's obvious to the viewer isn't to the protagonist, so you're kind of wondering, why doesn't he realize the consequence of what he's getting into.
Loved Billions, particularly on account of the acting by Giamatti and Damian Lewis -- and how they both destroy the world around them before they proceed to destroy each other and themselves. So much collateral damage, you wonder if they wouldn't have been better off just settling it with an old-fashioned duel.
I saw Season 1 of The Expanse but found it tougher to get into than Star Trek Discovery. The concept isn't as clear-cut as it is in Discovery. Took me quite a bit of time to get into it and even by the end of Season 1, I had a lot of unanswered questions, of the type that are basic to the enjoyment of your average show -- things that the script didn't deliver well enough in my view.
I'll add a couple of shows that I really enjoyed:
Taboo featuring the role that Tom Hardy was born to play -- it's a winner from the opening episode. The main character returns to London in 1812 to rebuild his father's empire only to see the government and a corporate rival try to steal his inheritance and multiply means by which to fool him and destroy him -- and the way he navigates through it all, is just splendid. And then there's the taboo part that is ever-present and but don't want to give it all away.
Other show I really liked is
Travelers, a time-travel action-drama that is quite unique and doesn't involve overly elaborate contraptions and futuristic concepts to get into -- all of them are fairly easily laid out.
I'm not usually a fan of animated shows but
F is for Family is really worth it. It's a sitcom based in the 70s, created namely by Bill Burr and featuring the voice of Bill Burr amongst a very good cast. The artwork is well-rendered, it's also features several graphic situations and captures realistically what a lot of the weird crap that was going in in the 70s. I'd easily watch it again. It was referred to me by SquiddFX, if I remember correctly. Great recommendation.
Of course, there is the more mainstream HBO fare, like
Ray Donovan -- a powerful show that only showed signs of wear and tear and slowing down, in its just completed season. Just great casting and amazing acting.
Hoping you enjoy these.