Best Series/Season of TV.

[soupytwist]

What do you consider the best series/seasons of TV ever?

Here are probably my Top 5 (without repeating the same show) :

The Wire - Season 4 (The Kids).
Break Bad - Season 4 (Walter vs Gus)
Blackadder Goes Forth.
The Shield - Season 5 (The Forrest Whitaker one and the Lemon Grenade)
Doctor Who - Series 5 or 31 (The first with Matt Smith).

Other good un's : Buffy (3), Futurama (2), The Americans (2), Justified (2), The Simpsons (6), Battlestar Galactica (2), DS9 (5), Spaced (1), Dexter (2).

[MirrorMask]

Dexter seasons 1, 2 and 4
Breaking Bad as a whole, especially from season 2 onwards
Westworld's so far only season is brilliant
Mr Robot season 1 (haven't seen the second)
Fargo season 1 (same as above)

[ariich]

Cool idea! I've forced myself to only pick one season from these.

Battlestar Galactica - season 3 (everything, really, but 3 is probably my favourite)
Doctor Who - season 5 (or 31 including the classic series)
The Expanse - season 1 (only so far in the UK)
Sherlock - season 2
Jessica Jones - season 1 (only so far)
Daredevil - season 1
Mr Robot - season 1
Broadchurch - season 1
Game of Thrones - season 4
Firefly - season 1 (only)

[BlackInk]

Game of Thrones - Season 4
House of Cards - Season 2
Sherlock - Season 2
True Detective - Season 1 (probably the most perfect season of TV I've ever seen)
Hannibal - Season 2
Breaking Bad - Season 5

There's a lot more shows I love, but these are the single seasons that stand out.

[soupytwist]

Game of Thrones - season 4

Best Season so far I agree, the only reason I left it out is because I still think the best is yet to come!

[Cyclopssss]

Battlestar Galactica - whole damn thing.
Black Sails - seasons 3 and 4.
Blackadder - season 2.
Westworld - season I
Game of Thrones Seasons 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Arrow - seasons 1, 2 and 5.
Gotham - season 3.
Farscape - The whole 4 seasons (it's a nostalgic thing)
Legends of Tomorrow - season 2.
True Detective - season 1.
The Exorcist - season 1 (yep, too bad if they don't do a follow up)
Dark Matter - season 2.
Legion - season 1. (honourable mention for astounding imagery and sound).

[KevShmev]

Going with just one per show:

The Sopranos - Season 2 (1 and 5 almost as awesome)
Breaking Bad - Seasons 4 (the rest incredible as well)
Dexter - Season 2 (1 a hair behind)
Six Feet Under - Season 1 (or 2 or 3...cannot decide)
Seinfeld - Season 5

[Chino]

Prison Break - Season 1. Might be the best first season of any show ever.

[hefdaddy42]

True Detective - Season 1 (probably the most perfect season of TV I've ever seen)

This, completely.

[gmillerdrake]

True Detective - Season 1 (probably the most perfect season of TV I've ever seen)

This, completely.

Gotta agree big time with this one as well. In fact, it's about time to re-watch that one.

[MirrorMask]

True Detective - Season 1 (probably the most perfect season of TV I've ever seen)

This, completely.

Gotta agree big time with this one as well. In fact, it's about time to re-watch that one.

I envy you guys, I've seen it and while it was certainly good, it felts just that to me - a good show, not much more. I never understood the whole OMG STOP THE PRESS BEST SHOW EVER sensation that everyone seem to feel about it.

[soupytwist]

True Detective - Season 1 (probably the most perfect season of TV I've ever seen)

This, completely.

Gotta agree big time with this one as well. In fact, it's about time to re-watch that one.

I envy you guys, I've seen it and while it was certainly good, it felts just that to me - a good show, not much more. I never understood the whole OMG STOP THE PRESS BEST SHOW EVER sensation that everyone seem to feel about it.

I'm with you on that, felt the underwhelming ending let it down.  Ironically the ending of season 2 saved it.

[Elite]

Breaking Bad - Seasons 4 & 5
Twin Peaks (All of it)
LOST - Seasons 3, 4 & 5
House of Cards aa well I guess (haven't watched past the first two seasons)
I also like Better Call Saul a lot

And since I never watch TV these are basically the only series I have seen

[axeman90210]

The Wire- Season 4 (Definitely #1 for me, the rest are in no particular order)
The Sopranos- Season 1
Dexter- Season 4
Arrested Development- Season 2
Breaking Bad- Season 4

Honorable mentions: Firefly (1), Freaks and Geeks (1), Sons of Anarchy (2), Community (2 or 3), Parks and Rec (2, 3, or 4)

[hefdaddy42]

BTW, the funniest single season of a show, for me, was Silicon Valley season 1, which also featured the funniest single episode of TV I've ever seen (the season finale, "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency").

[MirrorMask]

BTW, the funniest single season of a show, for me, was Silicon Valley season 1, which also featured the funniest single episode of TV I've ever seen (the season finale, "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency").

You saved me the need to edit my post for this addiction. Silicon Valley's season 1 is absolutely GLORIOUS and I could never get tired of it.

[hefdaddy42]

I rewatch that season finale several times a year 

[mike099]

Justified - Season 2  - Margo Martindale was fantastic and won an Emmy

The Americans - Season 2 -  Again Margo Martindale won an Emmy a couple of seasons for a guest actress in a series

Six Feet Under - Season 1

[MirrorMask]

I rewatch that season finale several times a year 

"Do you know how much it would take you to jerk off every man in the room? I do" 

[axeman90210]

BTW, the funniest single season of a show, for me, was Silicon Valley season 1, which also featured the funniest single episode of TV I've ever seen (the season finale, "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency").

Such a fantastic half hour of TV. Also, Erlich slapping the shit out of the kid a couple episodes prior is one of the funniest individual scenes I've seen in a while.

Justified - Season 2  - Margo Martindale was fantastic and won an Emmy

The Americans - Season 2 -  Again Margo Martindale won an Emmy a couple of seasons for a guest actress in a series

Six Feet Under - Season 1

Good call on Justified season 2.

[jingle.boy]

Seinfeld - Season 5

See, I would've gone with 4 - Kramer in LA, Wallet, Watch, Bubble Boy, Opera, Virgin, Contest, Nose-pick, Implants, Junior Mint, The Pilot - with Season 5 being a close second.

[Chino]

BTW, the funniest single season of a show, for me, was Silicon Valley season 1, which also featured the funniest single episode of TV I've ever seen (the season finale, "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency").

You saved me the need to edit my post for this addiction. Silicon Valley's season 1 is absolutely GLORIOUS and I could never get tired of it.

I bought my father a large print of this for his office for father's day.

[SystematicThought]

Can't decide between Six Feet Under Season 1 or 2. Leaning towards 1 because the first few episodes are just so well written and set the tone for the series

[KevShmev]

True Detective - Season 1 (probably the most perfect season of TV I've ever seen)

This, completely.

Gotta agree big time with this one as well. In fact, it's about time to re-watch that one.

I envy you guys, I've seen it and while it was certainly good, it felts just that to me - a good show, not much more. I never understood the whole OMG STOP THE PRESS BEST SHOW EVER sensation that everyone seem to feel about it.

I'm with ya. I rewatched it a few months back and still thought it was really good, but amazing or all-time great?  Nah. 

Seinfeld - Season 5

See, I would've gone with 4 - Kramer in LA, Wallet, Watch, Bubble Boy, Opera, Virgin, Contest, Nose-pick, Implants, Junior Mint, The Pilot - with Season 5 being a close second.

It's a close call between 4 and 5, but 4 does have a few meh episodes (The Ticket, The Pilot), while 5 is stellar from episode to episode.  I think many of the show's best episodes are from those two seasons.

[Rattlehead]

Six Feet Under - Season 1 (glad to see the love here for this show)
Dexter - Season 4
The Sopranos - Season 2
Breaking Bad - Season 1 (every season was great though, just thought the final season was a tad weaker than the rest)
Bates Motel - Season 4

[Accelerando]

24 - Season 5

[hefdaddy42]

BTW, the funniest single season of a show, for me, was Silicon Valley season 1, which also featured the funniest single episode of TV I've ever seen (the season finale, "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency").

You saved me the need to edit my post for this addiction. Silicon Valley's season 1 is absolutely GLORIOUS and I could never get tired of it.

I bought my father a large print of this for his office for father's day.

[TioJorge]

True Detective - Season 1 (probably the most perfect season of TV I've ever seen)

This, completely.

Gotta agree big time with this one as well. In fact, it's about time to re-watch that one.

Jumping in on this mini pyramid to say yes. Hell yes.

Also Hannibal. The series, I think it's all amazing.

A more recent one that will no doubt go down as one of my favorites is Legion. I have not been so absolutely mesmerized, confused and taken aback as I have been with this show in a good long while. Really amazing stuff, ten fold given that it's comic-verse related.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I'm so bad at tracking which season is which.

Game Of Thrones
Fargo
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
True Detective S01
The Wire
LOST
Silicone Valley
Vikings

[hefdaddy42]

A more recent one that will no doubt go down as one of my favorites is Legion. I have not been so absolutely mesmerized, confused and taken aback as I have been with this show in a good long while. Really amazing stuff, ten fold given that it's comic-verse related.

Yeah, it was extremely impressive.  IMO, better than any of the x-related films (granted, I haven't yet seen Logan).

[TioJorge]

Ditto to all of that. I really want to see it and hope it's as good as almost everyone has said it is. But yeah absolutely better than all the films besides that one.

[CrimsonSunrise]

Game of Thrones - season 3  ( "Rains of Castamere" is probably the best television episode I've ever watched)
Battlestar Galactica - Final season
Star Trek TNG - Season 3 & 4
M*A*S*H - Season 1 & 2
Star Trek OS - Season 2
The Sopranos - Seasons 4 & 5

[FlyingBIZKIT]

The Leftovers - Season 2

[BlackInk]

The Leftovers - Season 2

Yeah, that was really something.