Recommend good HBO series?

I second (or is it third or fourth by now) the Deadwood recommendation, for the dialog alone. I also loved The Wire, Six Feet Under, and Carnival (weird but good). I don't quite get Curb Your Enthusiasm, but I didn't like Seinfeld either. If I think of any more I'll drop back in.

For a taste of the Deadwood dialog, check out "best lines" on the episode guide on the website.

A couple of HBO series (or is that HPO???) that I only caught up with relatively recently that I have really liked are The Sopranos, and The Wire.

dlowan wrote:

A couple of HBO series (or is that HPO???) that I only caught up with relatively recently that I have really liked are The Sopranos, and The Wire.

After the Sopranos, there are no more good TV series. I say, just start watching them again from season one. And beware Carmella's mother in law if you should ever be tempted to marry.

Do you have a favourite character, episode, theme????? Only...don't spoil the final season for me!

dlowan wrote:

Do you have a favourite character, episode, theme????? Only...don't spoil the final season for me!

I'm not sure if "favourite" is the right word, but Tony's mother is the one my sister and I talk about the most. She (my sister, not Tony's mother) got addicted when I lent her my DVD box of the first six seasons. Coincidence or not, my sister is currently seeking a job in New Joisey.

dlowan wrote:

A couple of HBO series (or is that HPO???) that I only caught up with relatively recently that I have really liked are The Sopranos, and The Wire.

After the Sopranos, there are no more good TV series. I say, just start watching them again from season one. And beware Carmella's mother in law if you should ever be tempted to marry.

Thomas wrote:

dlowan wrote:

A couple of HBO series (or is that HPO???) that I only caught up with relatively recently that I have really liked are The Sopranos, and The Wire.

After the Sopranos, there are no more good TV series. I say, just start watching them again from season one. And beware Carmella's mother in law if you should ever be tempted to marry.

Thomas, I came into watching the Sopranos rather late, after a few seasons.
My best friend, who I've known for 30 years, and also from New Jersey, kept telling me to watch.
So, I had a couch potato weekend once and watched them back to back.

I hadn't laughed so hard in a long time, especially when I saw Tony's mother Livia.....my first reaction was.......Mom? Especially the "I don't know what you're tawkin' about.



anyway....What about Nip/Tuck? Is that HBO? Not sure if it is, but very good, dark humor.

What can you do?

I don't quite get Curb Your Enthusiasm, but I didn't like Seinfeld either.

dlowan wrote:

What can you do?

Nothing. I'm not going into this f'cking nursing home.

mmm....seinfeld wears thin quickly.

so does curb.

ok already with the kvetching.

FreeDuck wrote:

I don't quite get Curb Your Enthusiasm, but I didn't like Seinfeld either.

You didn't like Seinfield? I didn't like it either until someone told me to watch the soup nazi episode. That one cracked me up so I did watch more and ended up liking it after all.

Chai wrote:

Thomas wrote:

dlowan wrote:

anyway....What about Nip/Tuck? Is that HBO? Not sure if it is, but very good, dark humor.

Watched it a couple of times, I think....found it too...er...plastic...like Desperate Housewives....the quirkiness and darkness is there, but that is all there is.

Really? Nip/Tuck is one of my favorite series. I love how just when you think it's so sensational and over-the-top the characters really surprise you with their complexity and depth.

Watched a few of the HBO series. Like Sex and the City. Was lukewarm about the Garry Shandling Show (was that HBO?). Do not like Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Thought the Sopranos was perhaps the best series ever aired. Complex, funny, terrifying, human, inhuman.

My favorites on the Sopranos? Loved the big tough guy and the ducks. Loved the interaction between Melfi and Tony. Tony's mother--what a piece of work. But mostly I liked watching Tony. An unpredictable and strangely appealing characater in a horrible sort of way.

Loved the end. (Don't yell at me. I did.)