Perfectly written TV dramas

[gabspss Joined: Sep 10th, 2018 Topics: 146 Posts: 2156 View Predictions]

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I am now catching up with House of Cards which has been a lot of fun, but I just can not excuse some of the writing decisions. The highest rated episode of the show on IMDb (Chapter 14) altho the episode itself is good written, its aftermath in the next episodes are very poorly handled and written.

BRIEF SPOILERS FROM HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON II

How do the police officers get so confident Zoe killed herself?! They had the camera footage showing her runing towards a mysterious man and then she suddenly “jumps” in front of a train. It was obvious the mysterious man pushed her to the train!!!

END OF THE BRIEF SPOILERS FROM HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON II

Anyways, getting back to the main point of this thread, let’s recommend dramatic shows with PERFECT or close to perfection writing.

Here are my choices: The Americans, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Homeland, The Good Wife, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.

PS.: The Americans, The Good Wife, Breaking Bad and BCS are good written beggining to end IMO.

It's about the chaotic editing in Moulin Rouge!

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[Pranshu Joined: Apr 1st, 2019 Topics: 7 Posts: 1330 View Predictions]

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The Leftovers, Six Feet Under & The Good Fight would be my recommendations.

FYC: "This Is Us", "The Good Fight", "Severance" & "Hacks" in all categories.

Juliette Lewis ("Yellowjackets "), Mandy Moore ("This Is Us"), Kavyan Novak ("What We Do In The Shadows "), Edie Falco ("Impeachment: American Crime Story"), Drew Tarver & Heléne Yorke ("The Other Two")

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[methaddiction Joined: Aug 1st, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 4594 View Predictions]

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The Sopranos, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Leftovers, Succession.

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[Victor Joined: Jun 18th, 2020 Topics: 14 Posts: 6712 View Predictions]

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Girl, obviously The Sopranos.

And so far, Succession.

FYC:

"Succession" and "Severance" in all Drama categories;
"Ted Lasso" and "The Great" in all Comedy categories;
"Station Eleven" and "The White Lotus" in all Limited categories + Ethan Hawke for "Moon Knight".

Kaley Cuoco ("The Flight Attendant"), Janelle James ("Abbott Elementary"), Mandy Moore ("This is Us"), Colin Firth ("The Staircase"), Christine Baranski ("The Good Fight"), Katja Herbers ("Evil").

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[Chloe Sevigny stan <3 Joined: Jul 13th, 2019 Topics: 4 Posts: 1316 View Predictions]

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Mad Men, Homeland, Six Feet Under, Downton Abbey, The Sopranos, The Americans and The Good Wife are all great.

Emmy FYC:

Chloë Sevigny in “The Girl From Plainville” and “Russian Doll”

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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 220 Posts: 33699 View Predictions]

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The Americans, Breaking Bad, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Good Fight, The Good Wife, Hannibal, Happy Valley, I Hate Suzie, The Leftovers, Mad Men, The Sopranos and Succession!

FYC:

"The Good Fight", "The Other Two" and "Station Eleven" in all categories, Sarah Lancashire ("Julia"), William Jackson Harper ("Love Life") and Luke Kirby ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel")

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[forwardswill Joined: Apr 9th, 2013 Topics: 13 Posts: 3100 View Predictions]

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Happy Valley is the only piece of television I’ve ever seen that I would describe as *perfectly* written.

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[Tyler Joined: Jan 9th, 2018 Topics: 9 Posts: 1390 View Predictions]

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a dramedy is still a drama

 

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[William Gillquist Joined: Jan 1st, 2020 Topics: 14 Posts: 857 View Predictions]

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Breaking Bad, BoJack Horseman, Mad Men, The Sopranos, and Succession.

FYC Oscars: Licorice Pizza (Best Picture, Best Director, Original Screenplay), The Mitchells vs The Machines (Best Picture, Animated Feature, Original Screenplay), Wes Anderson (Best Director), Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of MacBeth), Andrew Garfield and Robin de Jesus (Tick, Tick...BOOM!), Jayne Houdyshell (The Humans), Stephen Karam (Adapted Screenplay), Attica and Summer of Soul (Best Documentary)

FYC Razzies: Dear Evan Hansen (in all eligible categories)

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[supermalt Joined: Sep 30th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 102 View Predictions]

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Mr Robot and Dark.

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[walkinuniverse Joined: May 5th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 345 View Predictions]

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In terms of writing,

1. Mad Men
2. Hannibal
3. Succession
4. Better Call Saul
5. Breaking Bad
6. Fargo
7. The Americans
8. Narcos

The last two are not entirely perfect but the first 4 seasons are very well-written

9. Game of Thrones
10. Lost

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[Benjamonster86 Joined: Apr 27th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 155 View Predictions]

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Mad Men is miles ahead of any other drama when it comes to writing for me. But honorable mentions would go to Friday Night Lights (except S2), The Sopranos, The Americans and swaths of The West Wing.

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[puck05 Joined: Sep 21st, 2019 Topics: 13 Posts: 1539 View Predictions]

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Benjamonster86 wrote:

Mad Men is miles ahead of any other drama when it comes to writing for me

Not sure I would say miles ahead when a female character has been unaware she was pregnant for nine months… That is one of the most silliest plotlines I’ve ever seen.

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[Sir Shaw Joined: Aug 1st, 2019 Topics: 5 Posts: 999 View Predictions]

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The first five that came to mind

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[DylanMcPhee Joined: Mar 13th, 2020 Topics: 8 Posts: 269 View Predictions]

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Big Little Lies, Feud, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, Homecoming.

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