The 3 Episode Rule: TV Series Worth Your Precious Time
My 3-Episode Rule: If a show doesn't interest me after 3 episodes, i'm done watching it. These are the exception. I made it to the end (except Adventure Time). All of these TV shows are worth your time & attention. You won't find obvious shows on EVERYONE'S best list, except (HOTD). These are a little more obscure, sitting with me long after their conclusion...
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- CreatorLauren OliverStarsOlivia Scott WelchMike FaistJessica SulaNo one knows who invented Panic or when it first began. But in the forgotten rural town of Carp, Texas, the game is the only way out. Every summer the graduating seniors risk their lives competing in a series of challenges that force them to confront their deepest fears for the chance to win life-changing money. Anyone can play. Only one will win. Let the games begin.good girl meets bad boy. their chemistry is FIRE
- StarsLee Jung-jaePark Hae-sooDylan BesseauHundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits with deadly high stakes: a survival game that has a whopping 45.6 billion-won prize at stake.
- CreatorPatrick SomervilleStarsMackenzie DavisHimesh PatelMatilda LawlerA post apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines, telling the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what's been lost.WOW. this dystopian, multiple timeline show is really good. i look forward to rewatching it.
- CreatorDan PerraultTony YacendaStarsTyler AlvarezGriffin GluckJimmy TatroA true-crime satire that explores the aftermath of a costly high school prank that left twenty-seven faculty cars vandalized with phallic images.idk if i've ever laughed harder
- CreatorKelvin YuStarsBen WangYann Yann YeoChin HanJin Wang is an average teenager balancing high school and home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of school, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle with Chinese mythological gods.
- CreatorRyan J. CondalGeorge R.R. MartinStarsMatt SmithEmma D'ArcyOlivia CookeAn internal succession war within House Targaryen at the height of its power, 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen.
- CreatorMax LandisStarsSamuel BarnettElijah WoodHannah MarksHolistic detective Dirk Gently investigates cases involving the supernatural.this show has EVERYTHING. it's unlike anything out there, just as, Douglas Adams was unlike any other writer. ending this show is the 2nd biggest tragedy in the history of canceled shows.
- CreatorBill MartinMike SchiffStarsDonal LogueMegyn PriceKevin CorriganThirty-something Irish Catholic couple Sean and Claudia deal with their three children as well as Sean's judgmental father and carefree brother.
- CreatorAlex HirschStarsJason RitterAlex HirschKristen SchaalTwin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines spend the summer at their great-uncle's tourist trap in the enigmatic Gravity Falls, Oregon.the 2nd greatest animated show ever made.
- CreatorPendleton WardStarsJohn DiMaggioJeremy ShadaTom KennyA 12-year-old boy and his best friend, a wise 28-year-old dog with magical powers, go on a series of surreal adventures in a remote future.Possibly the greatest animated show ever made, depending on how it ends.
- CreatorLauren Schmidt HissrichStarsFreya AllanHenry CavillAnya ChalotraGeralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.due to how it starts w/ unexplained, discombobulated timelines, i almost gave up on this show. i'm glad i didn't.
- StarsAlexander DreymonEliza ButterworthArnas FedaraviciusAs Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred--born a Saxon but raised by Vikings--seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.not really my kind of show. it sort of blew my mind. all the acting is TOP NOTCH but the actor playing Utred is mesmerizing.
- CreatorBryan FullerStarsLee PaceAnna FrielChi McBrideA pastry chef with the power to bring dead people back to life solves murder mysteries with his resurrected childhood sweetheart, a cynical private investigator, and a lovesick waitress.a beautiful, quirky series that ended WAY too soon, which is the biggest tragedy in the history of canceled shows.
- CreatorSteve BlackmanJeremy SlaterStarsAidan GallagherElliot PageTom HopperA family of former child heroes, now grown apart, must reunite to continue to protect the world.Billy Corrigan RULES!
- CreatorMichael JacobsApril KellyStarsRowan BlanchardSabrina CarpenterBen SavageMore than a decade after Boy Meets World (1993), Cory and Topanga Matthews are married and have two children. Their daughter, Riley, faces life lessons through her family, friends, and school--where her father is her history teacher--as her parents did when they were younger.surprisingly good. might be better than Boy Meets World.
- CreatorBen York JonesMichael MohanStarsJahi Di'Allo WinstonPeyton KennedyPatch DarraghIn 1990s Oregon, members of a high school A/V club clash with the drama club.the most authentic tv portrayal of being a teen in the 90's i've ever seen.
- CreatorLee EisenbergGene StupnitskyStarsJames MarsdenAlan BarinholtzSusan BergerIt follows the workings of an American jury trial through the eyes of Ronald Gladden, a juror who is unaware the entire case is fake. Everyone except him is an actor, and everything that happens is carefully planned.The real-life Truman show with a courtroom twist!
- CreatorRobert KirkmanRyan OttleyCory WalkerStarsSteven YeunJ.K. SimmonsSandra OhAn adult animated series based on the Skybound/Image comic about a teenager whose father is the most powerful superhero on the planet.