Good TV Series

Here is a list of TV series that I consider worth watching.

• Babylon 5 1993 – SciFi with a good story and special effects that were outstanding by 1993 standards and still quite decent by 2024 standards.
• The West Wing 1999 – one of the best political drama shows. This is NOT like Yes Minister (which was good but is very dated), it’s a serious show.
• Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda 2000 – SciFi series about the fall of the “Commonwealth” and attempts to rebuild it. Interesting plot lines about parasites trying to break away from their genetic programming and AIs being somewhat human.
• Veronica Mars 2004 – detective noir show based around a teenage (in the first seasons) detective.
• The Big Bang Theory 2007 – OK comedy series with almost all the main characters being Autistic.
• Dollhouse 2009 – SciFi about renting out people’s bodies with constructed personalities and skillsets downloaded. When logical analysis of possible scientific developments leads to horror. But it’s presented as action/drama.
• Person of Interest 2011 – started as an action show but became more SciFi with two competing AI systems.
• The OA 2016 – strange SciFi/Fantasy series, first season was great but the second season was boring IMHO. This isn’t the type of show that people like a bit, probably most people will love it or hate it.
• Dark Matter 2015 (NOT the 2024 series). About people who wake from cryogenic sleep in a star ship with no memory of their names or background and find themselves in a war.
• The Good Place 2016, comedy series about people going to heaven with a lot of discussion of philosophy. Could be used to teach children about philosophy.
• Travellers 2016 – time travel by reprogramming the brains of people in the past who were about to die.
• Maniac 2018 – black comedy SciFi series about trials of drugs for mental health issues. Very weird in a good way.
• Russian Doll Season 1 2019 – strange time-travel comedy. Season 2 wasn’t nearly as good so maybe skip it.
• Upload 2020 – amusing SciFi show about uploading consciousness to computers and the horrors of capitalism.
• The Lazarus Project 2022 – interesting new take on time travel, avoid spoilers.
• Severance 2022 – SciFi show about a technology to separate work memories from outside memories. Similar ideas have been explored in other shows but this one has a particularly interesting take.
• Baby Reindeer 2024 – black comedy/drama about a comedian who is stalked and sexually abused. Starring Richard Gadd and based on his real experiences. It gives an insight into such things that is rarely offered.
• Black Doves 2024 – one of the best Spy thrillers I’ve seen.
• The Perfect Couple 2024 – a very well done detective thriller.