TV series that have had an effect on you…

[Foolsrule]

Just musing about this. Most memorable would have to be The Americans, Orange is the New Black and Handmaid’s Tale. Not just the imagery/storylines/characters but the soundtracks too. Which shows have stayed with you long after they’ve finished?

Lots to watch now !

This Little Life... A drama about a couples son being born prematurely... You see him in an incubator and you also see the mother imagining him as a little boy running around...
An episode in the post recent series of Call The Midwife where a couples baby dies when it's born...
Both episodes reminded me overwhelmingly of losing my ds1 almost 27 years ago I sobbed and sobbed after watching both ... 😔 😔 😔 😢 😢 😢 😢

Buffy - lost count of how often I’ve watched it.

The Walking Dead. Just brilliant. The soundtrack, the setting in Georgia. I love urbex/ exploring abandoned buildings and there’s loads of this. The whole question of what rules would you live by if all the “usual” rules are gone, what kind of society would you create? During the lockdowns, with the empty streets, no cars or buses, people avoiding one another etc, it was all to easy to feel like I’d slipped into a series of TWD and imagine a few zombies shuffling onto the streets!

The Liver Birds, Butterflies, Man About The House, George and Mildred, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, various other 1970s Britcoms.

My DM was miserable in the '70s but for the half hour or so that these shows were on, she was happy. I never watched these shows (preferring to slink off elsewhere and listen to ABBA) but I can still tootle all the theme tunes.

The Leftovers - I've watched all three series through several times now. Truly affecting.

It's a shame Roots was plagiarised.

Not a series but 'Hillsborough', I remember the first time I saw it, Ii8 had the remote control in my hand ready to switch it off if it was too graphic.

Yes to Cracker, in fact I think if you put Jimmy McGovern, Christopher Ecclestone and Ricky Tomlinson together on any production you will get something golden.

Chernobyl will stay with me.

In particular the episode where they have to shoot all the pet dogs 😢

Chernobyl will stay with me
oh yes!
For me it was the 90 seconds on the roof operation , the line "solider you’re done" is so haunting.

For me it was
My name is Earl

Athe core of it was that you had to make amends for your wrong doings but told in a very funny way.

Behind her eyes in another one.

Wentworth - I prefered this to OITNB a lot.

Tales from the Loop - thought this was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

Oh, I just remembered The Haunting of Hill House. That one always sticks with me, partly because of the monologues (some of which came from the book) but also it's portrayal of time and death always get me thinking.

As a child growing up in the late 70's early 80's in a pretty traditional, mother at home doing as she's told household I remember watching "Connie" and "LA LAW" and realising Women could step away from the house and actually lead their own life. It sounds daft but the strong women in those shows showed me there was a life outside the housewife role.

@StarCourt

Came on to say Torchwood Children of Earth but was beaten to it

Same here, that series stayed with me for a long time.

Also Hollyoakes, it was from years ago, one of those late night episodes and there was a young lad that got raped. I was really early teens when I saw that and it still plays in my mind occasionally.

The Wire
Snowfall, I’m not sure I can go back for the third series.

Not a series, but a series of films, Killed by my boyfriend, killed by my father. Heartbreaking. I know there were more but after those two I just couldn’t watch any more.

Life on Mars.

The Sopranos - all human experience is there. Every episode is like a one off drama.

Chocky- watched it as a child , am middle aged and can’t listen to a female voice on headspace 😂

Life on Mars & Ashes to Ashes. The music, the characters, the whole unravelling of the story. Stayed with me for a long time....I still sometimes think about Gene Hunt.

The Missing

The utter despair of James Nesbitt’s character really stayed with me

And The Wire

Every character is so well written just an amazing series (nothing tops it for brilliance)

It's a Sin.

I was especially moved by the part where Ritchie is standing in front of the car headlights doing the ballet moves. My DS had come out to me a few months before and just the week before I watched its a sin, I had filmed DS for his college auditions ( ballet moves).
It caught me completely off guard and I was so moved by it.

The Queen's Gambit

@Martyitsyourkids

Life on Mars & Ashes to Ashes. The music, the characters, the whole unravelling of the story. Stayed with me for a long time....I still sometimes think about Gene Hunt.

Many of us do..

Appropriate Adult: I felt dreadful for Janet Leach. Having to support Fred West but not being able to talk to anyone outside work about it. Going home to a husband who was terribly unwell and having to keep all that bottled up too.

Little Boy Blue: Again, something about real life that I simply didn't realise - the fact that Rhys' parents weren't able to touch their son. They couldn't kiss him goodbye or hold his hand as it would have been interfering with evidence. I can't begin to imagine how awful that must have been.