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What are your favorite shows and why? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I like seeing a group evolve and form good friendships. I also like sci fi and weirdness. For these reasons, two of my favorite shows are The Expanse and Severance. In both, by the end, I felt like I was “part of the team” in some way.

What are a couple of your favorites? What kind of itch do they scratch?

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[–] AuntieFreeze@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Smiling friends. The humor isn't anything like I've seen before. I tend to love random humor.

Letterkenny. The insults are top notch.

[–] degen@midwest.social 5 points 3 months ago

I can't believe I forgot about Letterkenny. The riffing is just so good, it doesn't get old, and every character is perfect. And the music, especially season one's display is exactly my taste. The whole show is top notch, but season one is something special.

Schitt's Creek, too. Both are Canadian gems. I love how like half of the cast is Eugene Levy's family, and Dan Levy is bae. It's one of the few comedies to bring me to tears, I'm pretty sure more than once.

So many shows have to be tied for number one for me lmao. Every time I look back at this thread the list gets longer.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

The best thing about Smiling Friends is that, despite how dark the humor can get, the show generally has a positive attitude and positive messages about humanity, friendships, and kindness.

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The pilot episode literally has a guy holding a gun to his own head threatening suicide the entire time and it ends with him finding purpose and no longer wanting to kill himself. We all just need something to live for.

For outwardly seeming like its just random shock shlock humor, Smiling Friends really does have depth and heart to it.