Best TV: AKA HBO ruined my life (5 titles)
The best TV series that made us all watch 3 episodes back to back from 12-2 am when you know you have work in the morning... damn you HBO!
The Prisoner
THE PRISONER The greatest TV series ever made. The template for great TV shows. A clear inspiration for Lost
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The Prisoner
(5 discs)
(1967)
Starring: Patrick McGoohan
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THE PRISONER, the influential science-fiction television series, chronicles the adventures of a former government operative--known only as "Number 6" (Patrick McGoohan)--after he is imprisoned in an idyllic settlement filled with cameras following his every move. Number 6 is faced with the ..read more »
72%
from 2,491 members
Wire, The - Season 5
THE WIRE Believe the hype. It sucks you in and envelopes you in a world full of 'grey'. The acting and script is the best you will ever see in a TV show.
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Wire, The - Season 5
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Sonja Sohn, Dominic West, Lance Reddick
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson, Joe Chappelle
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In chronicling a multi-generational family business dealing illegal drugs and the efforts of the Baltimore police to curb their trade, this series draws parallels between these organizations and the men and women on either side of the battle. Drawing similarities between those people who society ..read more »
93%
from 3,155 members
Generation Kill
GENERATION KILL The next big thing. If you are a fan of Band Of Brothers you will love this. From the makers of the Wire.
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Generation Kill
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen
Director: Susanna White
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Generation Kill is an authentic and vividly detailed 7 part HBO mini-series event that presents a uniquely epic and intimate portrait of the first 40 days of the Iraq war from the perspective of the Marines of the First Recon Battalion - a new breed of American soldiers.
82%
from 2,722 members
Lost - Season 4
LOST This show has a love hate relationship with me but that is what makes is brilliant. Stick with it (even through the awful third series) as Season 4 and 5 are the most rewarding you will get... but you have to start at Season 1 for it to make sense (Sorry!)... One giant Pandora's box... Wondering has never been so much fun!
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Lost - Season 4
(6 discs)
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Josh Holloway
Director: Jack Bender, Stephen Williams
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From J.J. Abrams, the director of Cloverfield, comes the long awaited Series 4 of Lost! Join Jack, Sawyer, Kate and the rest of the remaining survivors in an action packed fourth series! Rescue is imminent.... but how or by whom remains a mystery.
86%
from 12,602 members
Oz - Series 1
OZ Where it all started (for me). One of the first HBO series. A great watch
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Oz - Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje
Director: Darnell Martin, Nick Gomez, Jean de Segonzac
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The Oswald Maximum Security Correctional Facility has opened an experimental new ward, Emerald City, reserved for especially dangerous criminals. Inside the walls of this rehabilitation unit, is a world that's even more corrupt and dangerous than the mean streets the inmates left behind. Survival ..read more »
69%
from 4,101 members
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