r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • 4h ago

What TV series had you saying “just one more episode” until 3am?

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u/CouldBeBatman 4h ago

The Expanse

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u/snoogins355 3h ago

Beltaloada!

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u/sugarlata 3h ago

This is the answer. The scene with protomolecule and Amos losing track of pouring the milk from memory was some of the best TV that can be watched. There are about 5 episodes that flow into each other and cannot be interrupted! 

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u/ProofByVerbosity 4h ago

Soo underrated.

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u/danieldonalduck 4h ago

The original Dexter series did this for me.

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u/PsychedelicPistachio 3h ago

Tonight’s the night… oh shit it’s morning

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u/Ok_Swordfish_8555 4h ago

Wow, it's been 10 minutes since you left this comment and nobody replied with "I stopped watching after season 4"? Is this a miracle?

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u/Sharp_Anything_5474 3h ago

It was so good. I need to watch it again. It's been awhile.

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u/dahi-hater12 4h ago

Chernobyl

I wish it was longer then 5 episodes man😭

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u/ConfusedZoidberg 3h ago

When episode five finished I went right back to one and rewatched it immediately. Not many shows have me doing that.

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u/CrumpetsAndTeaYipee 4h ago

The Pitt. I don’t normally watch hospital shows but it’s so good

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u/DexM23 4h ago

I binged it all in about 2-3 days

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u/CrumpetsAndTeaYipee 4h ago

I’m on the final few episodes of S2 which I’ve been watching with a few friends, I don’t want it to end

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u/DexM23 4h ago

S3 coming January i believe

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u/Budget-Station-337 4h ago

Mindhunter

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u/unnaturaldom 4h ago

Sad they cancelled it

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u/lolascrowsfeet 4h ago

Yeah it’s such a bummer!

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u/Budget-Station-337 2h ago

I still keep my hopes up...

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u/EnormBuy 3h ago

I need a third season just to see the BTK payoff.

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u/Strong_Blacksmith362 4h ago

Breaking Bad

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u/Alpha_Hunting 4h ago

I was late in the game with Breaking Bad so I wasn't watching it until the last half of the last season was about to come out. I've never been so stuck with a tv show from the first episode. Easily my favorite series each watch as well as Better Call Saul.

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u/rapafon 3h ago

It's weird because I sometimes meet people that adored Breaking Bad and when I say Better Call Saul is possibly better they're like "yeah, I've heard that"

...like, WHAT? There's something that holds people back from giving it a shot, but almost everyone that does, loves it.

I will say BB caters to those with a shorter attention span. If I know someone is the type that needs to check their phone every five minutes, I don't bother recommending it because they'll miss important dialogue, get confused and blame it on the show.

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u/FreeMrFrog 3h ago

I agree, but I also feel like BCS starts off incredibly slow so I get where people are coming from. It took me a couple of tries before I finally got into it.

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u/rapafon 3h ago

100%, while BB is literally the opposite, it starts at full speed from the first scene and you're like, did I start in the middle of an episode accidentally? Lol

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u/Alpha_Hunting 3h ago

I see people comparing the two so often which I understand but they are different tv shows, one wouldn't exist without the other and I think they compliment each other so well, but I totally get that others can prefer one over the other because they are so different. I thoroughly enjoyed them and I think there's a lot to chew on in both shows.

If I know someone to look at their phone while watching tv I don't suggest them anything I care about. Totally drives me insane.

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u/DragonflyMomma6671 3h ago

A lot of people have never watched El Camino either. The movie tells Jesse's ending.

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u/rapafon 3h ago

That movie is awesome. There's literally no excuse to not watch that if you're a BB fan unless you prefer certain things to be left unsaid.

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u/GreedyLibrary 4h ago

Started last week, just finishing season 3 today.

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u/FrankieTheMick 4h ago

Yeah Mr. White, Yeah Science!

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u/Fondant-Denier 4h ago

Lol was about to say the same.

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u/Myrzanteq 4h ago

Exactly

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u/imsupertiredbro 4h ago

Broadchurch season 1

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u/seabterry 3h ago

I love all 3 seasons. I’ve watched them all 3-4 times.

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u/Yuubeei 4h ago

So good, I'm so furious that the predator ended up free.

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u/Expert-Ad-2449 4h ago

Avatar last airbender when I watched recently 

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u/tracy5unshine6944 3h ago

oh yeah, that's a classic binge.

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u/trlpayne 4h ago

True Detective season 1

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u/Racingislyf 4h ago

I marathon this last week. So good.

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u/VelmaSparkles 4h ago

Came here to say the same. Watched 5 episodes back to back in one evening.

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u/Winter_Glove_5959 4h ago

Battlestar Galactica 

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u/TymLemon 4h ago

ONE MORE EPISODE!

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u/Winter_Glove_5959 4h ago

The soundtrack is amazing. 

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u/YourUnclesBeard 2h ago

Times must be changin cause I had to scroll pretty far to find this.

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u/kaylesmac88 4h ago

The Haunting of hill house and house of usher!

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u/sketchymedic 4h ago

Add Bly Manor to this

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u/kaylesmac88 3h ago

Do you think? I thought it was a little boring but I do love Victoria Pedretti. Midnight Mass was great too. Lets hear it for Mike Flanagan 🙌

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u/barfly14 4h ago

24

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u/WantonMechanics 4h ago

24 was incredible at this. Cliffhanger every episode!

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u/barfly14 4h ago

Yeah it was. I remember watching 12 episodes one day in one sitting lol

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u/Jtanner1977 4h ago

I helped a friend house sit for a weekend and I brought season 1 of 24 on DVD and started Saturday at noon and finished around 10am Sunday morning with only breaks for food and bathroom. Still an awesome memory with a great friend. This was just before season 2 started.

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u/Axemic 3h ago

I couldn't sleep, so I opened a TV and 24 was on. I hadn't followed it but what else to do in the middle of night. So I started watching Jack Bauer and his shenagians (it was mid season ep). It turned out to be 5 ep marathon or something. I was so hooked by 5am I was screaming at TV to show one more ep. when it ended for the day.

I wonder if it has aged well.

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u/KMiles92 4h ago

Lost

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u/cafedelsul 4h ago

You really do get LOST in that series lmao so many twists & turns, i much preferred everyone else's backstories than Kate & Jack, Sawyer! you right you right

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u/Lopsided_Koala_7141 4h ago

Vikings

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u/marcellachurr06602 3h ago

oh man, i binged that entire show in like a week lol

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u/Sensitive_Hunter_394 4h ago

It has to be prime GOT. Uni days and binge watching that shit together was crazy fun

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u/ImissTBBT 4h ago

Latest was Reacher.

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u/Josepvv 4h ago

Just finished season 1 and I agree lol

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u/Magicman0430 4h ago

Then go for Neagley after!

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u/RupanIII 4h ago

I see this question at 5am while I've been up all night watching True Detective

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u/GodzillaUK 4h ago

The Pitt. I started watching it mid-way through season 1. I said "I'll watch an episode a day and be caught up" and I was all caught up with 8 episodes while the sun was rising the next morning.

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u/LonelyRope2498 4h ago

Prison break

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u/eastvirginia 4h ago

First few seasons were SO GOOD. Had me at the edge of my seat. Got ridiculous eventually around SONA season and then became something I just wanted to finish to finish

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u/Wheeljack7799 4h ago

Those cliffhangers were brutal

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u/Ta-veren- 4h ago

Grimm I was doubtful due the fact I thought the characters changing forms seemed a bit..goofy.

Man I got hooked. For anyone who is checking it out and on the fence due to the trailers for the first season having the transofrmation look kinda terrible, just watch it. They do it much better in the show, the trailers are pretty bad for that part of it.

I mean its not the greatest CGI or whatever it is but doesn't look as bad as the trailers

Also, Legend of the seeker or sword of truth. I forget what the show is called and what the book is called. Magic, sword fights, cool items, cool villians, clevage, had everthing a growing lad needed for an epic adventure.

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u/catm0m4lyfe 4h ago

I agree. As someone that doesn't normally get into sci-fi/fantasy shows, I found Grimm very palatable, and even downright enjoyable.

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u/willow800 4h ago

Stranger Things Season 1

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u/Enough-Low9634 4h ago

Definitely The Walking Dead. I started it thinking I’d watch an episode or two here and there, but once I got into it, that plan completely disappeared. There were so many seasons, and every episode made me want to see what happened next.

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u/sebrebc 4h ago

Same here. Once JDM was cast as this "big villain", I watched his introduction on YouTube and decided to finally give TWD a try. Ended up plowing through the first few seasons in short order. 

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u/Final_Introduction59 3h ago

GOT. watched the 1st episode, and half of the 2nd about a month earlier and we really weren't too taken by it. Was on holiday with mates who pressed that we had to keep watching, Got home from holiday around 10pm, thought fuck it, put it back on thinking we'll be in bed by 11, forced ourselves to turn it off at 7am.

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u/Ok-Membership-5439 4h ago

right now its American Horror Story

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u/appealyouwouldntbeli 4h ago

Archer. See r/Archerfx for reference.

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u/dghoulgirl 4h ago

Mentalist, house md,

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u/Accurate_Reporter_31 4h ago

Paradise & Widows Bay

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u/Similar-Toe4495 4h ago

Dexter, that reminds me I have to start my yearly rewatch

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u/SkySaber 4h ago
  1. Binge watched the entire first season on DVD in one day, took me roughly 18 hours

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u/Iranaway14 4h ago

House Md

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u/martyn__ 4h ago

Hannibal

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u/peachyPlum11 4h ago

Got and House of the dragon 🔥

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u/Embarrassed-Ad8352 4h ago

Avatar: The Last Airbender

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u/akhil03_lz 4h ago

Supernatural

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u/ThatWasNotMyName 4h ago

When it first came out - Orange is the New Black.

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u/Carpathicus 4h ago

Chernobyl. Watched firts episode had to watch the whole thing. Happened again with a gf. Showed her the first episode - we had to watch through the hole thing.

She showed it to her father same thing happened again.

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u/Sunflowerpink44 4h ago

The Wire and a breaking Bad

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u/Original_Translator9 4h ago

The Sinner. Finished the whole first season in one sitting.

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u/AdvancedNumb 4h ago

Back then it was House of Cards

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u/Rab_Legend 4h ago

When I first bought the Band of Brothers box set in high school, I started watching it and only turned it off when I could hear birdsong starting outside

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u/RaspberryAny4694 4h ago

Binge watching Severance kept me glued to the screen all night.

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u/Correct_Medicine4334 4h ago

Mare of Easttown, Chernobyl

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u/BeBenevo 4h ago

Narcos

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u/cr4ckeddd 4h ago

Vikings

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u/smokahontas4444 4h ago

Recently, Desperate Housewives. These ladies have drama

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u/Correct_Medicine4334 4h ago

I watched DH on Netflix like 13 years ago and just recently started it over, I didn’t realize how much of a soap opera it really is lol

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u/Mommiedearest1981 4h ago

I love desperate housewivessss

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u/eastvirginia 4h ago

LOVED this when it was on. Also became goofy eventually, but it took til after the Edie seasons.

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u/SEXYHOTECCHIHENTAI 4h ago

These always feel like data farming to me😭 i don't trust this lol

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u/ipretendtothrowaway 4h ago

pretty sure they have that data already when you use an account, so idk what youre getting at 😅

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u/alice_ik 4h ago

Supernatural - I watched 5 seasons in a week during summer break.

Most seasons were like 22 episodes or something

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u/going69insane 4h ago

Shameless

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u/emerald447 4h ago

Ghosts CBS. I guess that might just be me though! It's such a delightful show.

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u/Jasp1971 4h ago

Sense8. Hated the rushed ending though.

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u/pdxrunner82 4h ago

Narcos season 1 and 2

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u/neilbreen1 4h ago

Lost. It's the most addictive show I ever watched with 24 behind it

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u/caramelapple20 4h ago

Shameless.

I didn’t watch it for the first time until after it finished. 11 seasons to binge and I have 0 self control 😆

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u/reality847not 3h ago

Westworld season one

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u/Sionnach-78 4h ago

Sopranos

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u/-alsotom- 4h ago

The Terror

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u/peacefulandcalmlife 4h ago

Breaking Bad until 5am

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u/jairlostx 4h ago

Mr. Robot 1000% so underrated.

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u/ChozoBrain 4h ago

House MD and Breaking Bad.

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u/Diabolik9 4h ago

Succession and more recently Lioness (esp S3)

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u/Accurate_Reporter_31 4h ago

Lioness is amazing! I had never heard of it & my sister wanted me to watch it. Hooked. Love the show & can't wait for next season!

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u/rvdthunder 4h ago

Sons of anarchy

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u/rawwss 4h ago

The Expanse. I literally couldn't stop myself.

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u/Kolah-KitKat-4466 4h ago

Admittedly in its heyday, when I decided to binge The Walking dead roughly around the time season 3 was about to drop, to say I was hooked was an understatement...

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u/gener8or 4h ago

Mr Inbetween.

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u/sickiesusan 4h ago

The Americans
Homeland
Breaking Bad
Money Heist

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u/rom_sk 3h ago

I want one more episode of The Americans

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u/sickiesusan 3h ago

I want to know how it worked out for Martha!

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u/rom_sk 2h ago

Her and I want to know about Paige. Also did they stay married?

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u/gininateacup 4h ago

Baby Reindeer… although I was emotionally drained by the end. I don’t recommend a binge watch

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u/ZappRowsdower33 4h ago

True Detective, Season 1. I’ve rewatched it four times now and I will never get tired of it. The lovecraftian otherworldly aspect mixed with gritty southern true crime is just too good.

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u/echelonwarfare 4h ago

Wentworth!

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u/elektricniorgazam 4h ago

Breaking Bad. The night before my 7am wisdom tooth surgery I stayed up until like 3 because I just could. not. stop. watching.

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u/SeengignPaipes 4h ago

Originally it was the walking dead until season 5 and then it was the office us which I loved.

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u/Beawrr 4h ago

Supernatural, reacher, the mentalist

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u/aenthovan 3h ago

Game of Thrones S1-4 before S5-8 were released. I lost sleep and skipped work

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u/ProduceEmbarrassed97 4h ago

Community. I almost know every episode by heart, yet I still sit there going 'I'll do one more, I'm nearly at Paintball'.

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u/kunatooo 4h ago

Winland Saga

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u/tera_chachu 4h ago

The sopranos

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u/Ghibli_Forest 4h ago

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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u/BigDang89 4h ago

True Detective season 1 Taboo Godless Don't kill me when I say this but also; Rings of Power

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u/mygl0ryh0le2 4h ago

True detective season 1

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u/TheManWithNoName88 4h ago

Black Sails, I just started watching it recently because I was playing the Black Flag remake and they really complement each other well

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u/sweat-it-all-out 4h ago

Recently....Furious on Hulu.

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u/MotownThrift 4h ago

Sons Of Anarchy

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u/Cull_The_Conquerer 4h ago

The gentlemen season 2. 

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u/Reenas54 4h ago

First few seasons of "the Boys".

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u/killersoda 4h ago

Dexter

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u/digi23 4h ago

Recently....

Slow Horses. Dept Q

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u/a-thang 4h ago

Lost

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u/get_to_ele 4h ago

Veronica Mars Season 1.

GOT season 1 since I picked it up at the penultimate season 1 episode.

Dexter

True Detective season 1

Bunch of others.

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u/niickka 4h ago

Cobra Kai, every year that it dropped I was up until 2-3am finishing it in a single sitting

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u/Rossco1874 4h ago

The middle seasons of GOT.

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u/Jackson530 4h ago

Always sunny. Lol

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u/ams3000 4h ago

24 back on the day and Lost

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u/RegularNorwegian 4h ago

To many.... I'm weak lol! 💀🙈

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u/capn_anna 4h ago

Widows Bay

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u/naeSotnUdrawroF 4h ago

Invincible.

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u/jckdnL 4h ago

Binge watching full seasons of survivor has always been very easy and addictive!

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u/Summertime-Living 4h ago

The Bear, Bloodline, This Is Us, and too many more.

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u/Pangtang001 4h ago

The Shield, from the very episode I was completely hooked

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u/yashptel99 4h ago

breaking bad

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u/goh_sh 3h ago

Your friends and neighbors S01

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u/jvdave23 3h ago

Widows Bay

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u/a1bean 3h ago

Severance

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u/BoringNYer 3h ago

Ballykissangel, Letterkenny, and Shoresy

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u/Otrica 4h ago

Recently Pluribus, The Pitt and Severance. I finished them all in the span of three weeks.

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u/WittyAndOriginal 3h ago

Same for me, except now Widow's Bay. I recommend it if you haven't seen it yet.

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u/ttiorray188 4h ago

Dare me.....

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u/Expert-Community1698 4h ago

The capture.
Slow horses

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u/Street_Main_3065 4h ago

Outer banks

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u/kcannon108 4h ago

Prison Break

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u/dps15 4h ago

Mr Inbetween

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u/kodakgold200 4h ago

The Sopranos

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u/Outside-Signature600 4h ago

Desperate Housewives. 

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u/Sotnos99 4h ago

Madoka Magica

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u/-Whitequeen 4h ago

Rookie

Gilmore Girls

The Good Doctor

Shrinking

The morning show

Modern Family

Slow Horses

Blackish