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Tv series that stuck with you

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SecretLifeOfTeachers · 08/02/2025 22:21

I was watching an old episode of gogglebox - they were watching the final episode of Its a Sin and I instantly started tearing up. I remember when I watched it I couldn’t stop crying for hours - the scene where the main character is in hospital and tells his mum, he just looks like a scared boy. I thought it was a fantastic series but il never watch it again.
Is there a scene in a series that just sticks in your head and that emotion comes straight back as soon as you think about it?

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Fouradayistoomuch · 08/02/2025 22:24

The Secret Army
Back in the olden days when an episode was on once a week with no streaming or binge watching.
I remember how brave the resistance workers were and how their lives hung in the balance all the time. The suspense and tension was palpable.

HazeyjaneIII · 08/02/2025 22:28

Twin Peaks... it has stayed with me ever since the first time I saw it.

Iamallowedtodisagreewithyou · 08/02/2025 22:30

Roots

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Due South

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CountFucula · 08/02/2025 22:35

Band of Brothers 💔

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The first series of The Handmaids Tale

FastFood · 08/02/2025 22:39
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TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 08/02/2025 22:40

The Flower Pot Men.

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ANGIEPANGY77 · 08/02/2025 22:41

The Wire

TheCheeseTax · 08/02/2025 22:42

The Affair.

Conniethecatapillar · 08/02/2025 22:43

This is England. Such a brilliant series but could not watch again.

cariadlet · 08/02/2025 22:44

Fouradayistoomuch · 08/02/2025 22:24

The Secret Army
Back in the olden days when an episode was on once a week with no streaming or binge watching.
I remember how brave the resistance workers were and how their lives hung in the balance all the time. The suspense and tension was palpable.

I think I was in my teens when that was on. I loved it.

The scenes that have stuck in my mind must have been from the final series because they were after France had been liberated.

One scene is when a German officer was trying to escape with his French girlfriend. The car was stopped and he said that he had taken her hostage. They loved each other but he lied to protect her.

The other scene was of people rounding up women accused of collaborating with Germans and publicly shaving their heads as punishment. The mob who did it hadn't done anything themselves to resist but were so self-righteous. The resistance group was based in a restaurant that served Germans so was under suspicion, one of the women was in the line to be shaved and was only just saved in time.

I hated Allo, Allo when it started, partly because it was so shit and unfunny but also because it was a pastiche of The Secret Army so I saw that as a crap programme taking the puss out of a brilliant programme.

mamaduckbone · 08/02/2025 22:44

Conniethecatapillar · 08/02/2025 22:43

This is England. Such a brilliant series but could not watch again.

I was just about to say the same.
The rape scene is the most disturbing thing I've ever seen on television.

cariadlet · 08/02/2025 22:45

Taking the piss 🤦‍♀️

Wendolino · 08/02/2025 22:45

A long time ago, but in A Family at War, when Robert died at sea. I was only young but I couldn't stop thinking about it for ages, it was so upsetting.

Hattieandcake · 08/02/2025 22:46

The secret - just so shocking based on real life events, great acting.

spikefaithbuffy · 08/02/2025 22:46

Help

ClaredeBear · 08/02/2025 22:46

Conniethecatapillar · 08/02/2025 22:43

This is England. Such a brilliant series but could not watch again.

Absolutely brilliant. But not sure I could put myself through it again.

Wendolino · 08/02/2025 22:46

cariadlet · 08/02/2025 22:44

I think I was in my teens when that was on. I loved it.

The scenes that have stuck in my mind must have been from the final series because they were after France had been liberated.

One scene is when a German officer was trying to escape with his French girlfriend. The car was stopped and he said that he had taken her hostage. They loved each other but he lied to protect her.

The other scene was of people rounding up women accused of collaborating with Germans and publicly shaving their heads as punishment. The mob who did it hadn't done anything themselves to resist but were so self-righteous. The resistance group was based in a restaurant that served Germans so was under suspicion, one of the women was in the line to be shaved and was only just saved in time.

I hated Allo, Allo when it started, partly because it was so shit and unfunny but also because it was a pastiche of The Secret Army so I saw that as a crap programme taking the puss out of a brilliant programme.

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LIZS · 08/02/2025 22:48

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