Your Current Netflix Obsession is...

There is so much available on Netflix that I thought it might help to crowd-source for suggestions. I'm currently on a roll with Nip / Tuck and have Weeds up next, on my Queue. What is your current Netflix "obsession?"

Orange is the New Black-It's by the same creator as Weeds.

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I'm half way through the fourth season of The West Wing.

Orange is the New Black was pretty great - I breezed through that in about a week earlier this summer.

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I have one more episode left of Orange is the New Black (more like Orange is the New Crack lol) and I can't believe I have to wait until next year for more.

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Good idea for a thread, Liza's.

A few I always recommend heartily to friends:
SHERLOCK
TERRIERS
FREAKS AND GEEKS
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

And what I'm currently working through:
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
THE X-FILES
THE WEST WING
PORTLANDIA
A BIT OF FRY & LAURIE

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Updated On: 9/5/13 at 09:06 PM

I'm not habitually a marathoner with tv (hence why I have 5 or so I'm working through simultaneously) but with FNL I cannot watch more than one in a sitting, it seems. Because emotions.

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Liza's Headband- I agree. That is why I started Twin Peaks, it's all there. If you start one that is still running, sometimes Netflix doesn't have all the seasons, or people are talking about it and you get spoilers, etc. I too enjoy watching a whole series.

I tried to get into Copper a few weeks ago and I just can't.

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Loving MI-5 and I'm glad there are 10 seasons to watch.

Aw, I'm jealous of you guys getting to experience Friday Night Lights for the first time. That show is, unquestionably, one of the most perfect pieces of television made and probably the best broadcast drama ever produced in the US. I'm still astonished that a big three broadcast network produced such a beautiful, subtle show. Oh, and I don't give a **** about football, in case you think you have to be into sports to enjoy this show.

Hey, FNL fans - do you enjoy Parenthood? I've never watched it because it looks so dramedy-ish and those overly sentimental hybrid shows have never been my cup of tea. But, it was created by Jason Katims, the EP of FNL, so I'm thinking I should give it a shot. He and his team got so much much right with FNL.


Right now I'm finishing up the most recent season of Louie, which continues to surprise and delight. I've also caught up on some excellent documentaries, some of which are not for the faint of heart, including Into the Abyss, The Act of Killing, Man on Wire and How to Survive a Plague -- all highly recommended.

Two critically acclaimed series that I had trouble with and couldn't get past more than 1 or 2 episodes with were House of Cards and Top of the Lake. I was surprised at how much I didn't care for House of Cards -- I mean we've got Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright (an under-appreciated actress, I'd say), David Fincher and $200 million from Netflix! I just couldn't get past Spacey breaking th 4th wall (yes, I know this is a holdover from the original British series) and was disappointed to find Robin Wright's Lady Macbeth-esque character to be so hammy and overcooked. With a bit more subtlety, I think it could have been a very fine show. But, at the end of the day I'm glad Netflix is investing heavily in quality original programming.

Top of the Lake had me really excited. I mean, Jane Campion (one of my favorite directors) and Elizabeth Moss (I'd argue, the second most important character on Mad Men and a fine actress) teaming up for a chilling, cerebral mystery in an unusual NZ setting! Unfortunately, I found Moss' performance messy and unfocused--her attempt at a Kiwi accent was also incredibly strained. And, Campion just seemed lost. I might try to pick this one up again, but why try to force it when there's so much good content being produced?

Updated On: 2/9/14 at 01:43 AM

I LOVE Parenthood. I started watching because FNL it is my favorite tv show and I was not disappointed. The writing is genius and deals with heavy issues without cheapening them. I'm really looking forward to About A Boy also.

"I was surprised at how much I didn't care for House of Cards"

Me too. I can't believe it! I thought the premiere season was incredible.

If anybody watched TCM intently last fall you might've caught The Story of Film: An Odyssey. It's narrated by film theorist Mark Cousins, some people did not take to his Welsh brogue but I dug it, who traces from film history to the present in over 12 1 hour+ episodes. A lot of the films he features were shown on in full TCM for the first time which, many of them foreign but critically regarded as classics. It's a really hypnotic series. I spent a weekend watching half of the series in one-sitting. Some of the outside pretenses when it is not about the films are a bit much but to me it was one of the best things on TV last year.