My top 5 TV series aired the past 5 years
Wednesday, 21. October 2009, 19:21:21
Writing lists is fun! This list I am doing with a twist: I'll arrange them in reverse order, putting the most “exciting” at the bottom.
5. Poirot
Crime is one of the best things I can watch at the TV, and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot is a great classic. We've watch almost everything, but still have a couple of seasons left. Of course, when watching Hercule Poirot, you just have to adore David Suchet's interpretation of the character. To me, it is the only true Hercule Poirot, and he's still going on about it. In the beginning, when it started airing in 1989 and about five years forth, the episodes were about 40 minutes in length, which is okay, but when they started doing only double episodes, it got a more and better depth of the story, and you got a better impression of the characters in each show. The most recent episodes, from 2008, were awesome, and two new episodes are scheduled for airing in December this year. I'm excited as the latest Poirot episodes has proven to be even better than the first ones. Poirot is pure win, and since it's technically still running, it qualifies for this list.
“Superintendent? I have some very good news for you. No no no no no, no, no. It is that someone has attempted to kill me.”
4. Numb3rs
We all use math everyday. That's what Numb3rs' initial tagline said. We are following the brothers Don and Charlie, where the first is the leader of FBI's department in Los Angeles and the latter is a mathematician professor. Although it seems like the most geeky series ever, but in fact it's really entertaining. It's like I want to throw everything away and do mathematics, because mathematics is cool. That's how it's put in this show. The characters are easy to get to know and you get amazed by some of the plots they solve. At some point they said that most of the episodes were inspired from real life occurred events, but I cannot find the source anymore. Be it inspired from real life or not, it's addictive and you feel inspired to look more into the mathematics.
“Math is the real world, okay? It’s everywhere.”
3. Criminal Minds
I'm fascinated by criminal investigation, and Criminal Minds does not disappoint in its psychical evaluation, narrowing down the suspect list. It's entertaining and thrilling, and you feel you are part of the investigations, even though you are just mindlessly watching the show. There's not really much to say about it, except that it's awesome. The characters are easy to get acquainted with, yet they are a bit more versatile than you'd imagine. Dr. Reid is greatly nerdy, but who wouldn't be with that pace of reading?
Garcia: “Okay, you know how on Star Trek when Captain Kirk asked McCoy to do something totally impossible and McCoy says, "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker!"?”
Morgan: “Hey, what are you telling me? Not to expect a miracle?”
Garcia: “No, I'm saying I'm not a doctor.”
2. Battlestar Galactica
I love sci-fi. Battlestar Galactica is an awesome series that takes you right into the action through a pilot, originally aired as a mini-series, that blows your mind away with dozens of questions and no idea of where the journey will go or what direction the series will take. Even better, you don't know who will live and who will die. I love “waiting games”, where there's lots of unknown factors and many theories that will puzzle your mind. Who are they? What do they want? How will they proceed? It's hard to just watch one episode, as you would very much want to toss the next episode right after.
“[...] And Earth will become our new home. So say we all!”
1. Castle
Have I mentioned that I love criminal investigation series? Richard Castle is a mystery novelist that is called in to assist the New York police department when several homicides from his books are being replicated in New York. Castle's character and behaviour is awesomely geeky, cocky and has perfect punchlines. There is not really much to say about this series; Castle rocks hard. It's one of the best series that I have seen the past years, if not all time.
“It can't be random. How do they know what's in the safes? Safes...is that a word? Is it "saves?" That can't be right.”
5. Poirot
Crime is one of the best things I can watch at the TV, and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot is a great classic. We've watch almost everything, but still have a couple of seasons left. Of course, when watching Hercule Poirot, you just have to adore David Suchet's interpretation of the character. To me, it is the only true Hercule Poirot, and he's still going on about it. In the beginning, when it started airing in 1989 and about five years forth, the episodes were about 40 minutes in length, which is okay, but when they started doing only double episodes, it got a more and better depth of the story, and you got a better impression of the characters in each show. The most recent episodes, from 2008, were awesome, and two new episodes are scheduled for airing in December this year. I'm excited as the latest Poirot episodes has proven to be even better than the first ones. Poirot is pure win, and since it's technically still running, it qualifies for this list.
“Superintendent? I have some very good news for you. No no no no no, no, no. It is that someone has attempted to kill me.”
4. Numb3rs
We all use math everyday. That's what Numb3rs' initial tagline said. We are following the brothers Don and Charlie, where the first is the leader of FBI's department in Los Angeles and the latter is a mathematician professor. Although it seems like the most geeky series ever, but in fact it's really entertaining. It's like I want to throw everything away and do mathematics, because mathematics is cool. That's how it's put in this show. The characters are easy to get to know and you get amazed by some of the plots they solve. At some point they said that most of the episodes were inspired from real life occurred events, but I cannot find the source anymore. Be it inspired from real life or not, it's addictive and you feel inspired to look more into the mathematics.
“Math is the real world, okay? It’s everywhere.”
3. Criminal Minds
I'm fascinated by criminal investigation, and Criminal Minds does not disappoint in its psychical evaluation, narrowing down the suspect list. It's entertaining and thrilling, and you feel you are part of the investigations, even though you are just mindlessly watching the show. There's not really much to say about it, except that it's awesome. The characters are easy to get acquainted with, yet they are a bit more versatile than you'd imagine. Dr. Reid is greatly nerdy, but who wouldn't be with that pace of reading?
Garcia: “Okay, you know how on Star Trek when Captain Kirk asked McCoy to do something totally impossible and McCoy says, "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker!"?”
Morgan: “Hey, what are you telling me? Not to expect a miracle?”
Garcia: “No, I'm saying I'm not a doctor.”
2. Battlestar Galactica
I love sci-fi. Battlestar Galactica is an awesome series that takes you right into the action through a pilot, originally aired as a mini-series, that blows your mind away with dozens of questions and no idea of where the journey will go or what direction the series will take. Even better, you don't know who will live and who will die. I love “waiting games”, where there's lots of unknown factors and many theories that will puzzle your mind. Who are they? What do they want? How will they proceed? It's hard to just watch one episode, as you would very much want to toss the next episode right after.
“[...] And Earth will become our new home. So say we all!”
1. Castle
Have I mentioned that I love criminal investigation series? Richard Castle is a mystery novelist that is called in to assist the New York police department when several homicides from his books are being replicated in New York. Castle's character and behaviour is awesomely geeky, cocky and has perfect punchlines. There is not really much to say about this series; Castle rocks hard. It's one of the best series that I have seen the past years, if not all time.
“It can't be random. How do they know what's in the safes? Safes...is that a word? Is it "saves?" That can't be right.”
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