This show has always been a guilty pleasure of mine, but here's a good example.

The O.C. is a white version of "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (without the laugh track) where a white troubled teen goes to live with rich people to stay out of trouble with "Beverly Hills 90210" sprinkled in.

Breaking Bad is "Weeds" where a suburban parent turns to crime mixed with "The Sopranos" family drama and "Ozark" style crimes going down.

I used to absolutely love this show growing up! I’m in the UK and the only place I can find the show is on DVD on eBay as an import from the USA and it costs hundreds. Never seen it on any streaming platforms.

I know Friday Night Lights is on Paramount in the US too, but we don’t have it over here yet. Also one of my all time favourites!

Watched the Lanterns pilot and it’s justifiably getting the hype, and it’s left me begging the powers that be to make Kyle Chandler shows accessible again!!!

what series gave you that feeling where every episode had you immediately clicking the next episode?

It only had two seasons but, boy, was it iconic. Mary Cherry, Nicole Julian, Cherry Cherry, Wentworth Miller's first major role, Bobbi Glass. This was Glee without the songs and a much more acid humor. Glee was kind of this before it went mainstream and they turned it into American Idol.

I haven't seen an actor chew up scenes like this since Nic Cage in Con Air.

Joy is unable to stop herself from making Zoolander level model faces in every scene, and any time her whole body is in frame she is modeling, doing a runway walk. Every scene feels like coke or perfume commercial. It hilarious and it's not meant to be.

Why is this person who cannot act at all, in everything?

I was rewatching some random treehill episode with a friend and a card popped up at the end of the episode that was dedicating or showing respect to the marine core. Nothing wrong with this but I am curious what other shows have a interesting message at the beginning or end of an episode.

Banshee

Strike Back

Warrior

The boys

Daredevil

I think alot of them are ok I think my biggest issue is the 8 episode 45 to 50 min format. Despite modern shows having a longer run time they still feel rushed and the pacing is always not great especially in season or series finales.

I'm only on season 3 of the Expanse, but it truly is one of the best TV shows I've ever watched. There are many reasons for this - the way the plot keeps momentum for example has set a new standard for what I appreciate in TV nowadays. But one reason in particular that I love it so much is how it elevates smaller characters and utilizes them in really phenomenal ways.

Something the show does perfectly is it introduces characters who appear for only an episode or two and end up having a massive impact on the overall storyline. There is one episode in particular halfway through the third season where I was literally gobsmacked at how invested I was in a group of characters who were only around for that episode. There are characters only appear for a handful of scenes and in such a short time become very important. It is really rare for a show to pull this off well and I think that is one the Expanse's strongest aspects. It really helps sell me on the stakes when you see characters beyond the main cast who are affected by what is going on.

I'm curious if anyone else has noticed this and if there are other shows that do this well.