DH and I need something to watch and nothing is grabbing us - please give me some suggestions.

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As the title says really! We’ve had a run of good box sets and can’t find the next thing to watch.

Watched and loved Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul, The Bear, Sucession, Slow Horses - basically all the ‘peak tv’ obvious suggestions one or both of us have watched. Sitcoms are good, The Office, Parks & Rec etc are all favourites. Hate anything involving dragons, women in bustles etc.

We’ve got Netflix, prime, Disney+ and Apple TV plus the free services like iPlayer and whatever the channel 4 one is called these days so we aren’t short of services to chose from, we just can’t find something that’s grabbing us and making us want to sit down night after night to binge it.

The morning show
Untamed
alice in borderland
Yellowstone
Stranger things - get ready for season 5!
Money heist
You
nobody wants this

I'm currently watching The Assassin and will watch the second series of The Gone on BBC2 tonight.

I liked Mixtape on iplayer and for something different Operation Dark Phone: Murder by text is an excellent 4 parter on channel 4 about the police breaking the encrochat encrypted phone network used by criminals.

You said you’ve seen a lot of popular stuff, but I would definitely recommend Reacher on Prime if you haven’t watched it yet.

I'm watching the first series of The Gone now, saw series 2 was on and realised I haven't watched series 1

just finished the Veil on Ch4 really good

Handmaids Tale. All seasons on channel 4.

Prime Suspect (especially the first one) - you will see where a lot of detective dramas started

Waking The Dead - again, see where a lot of cold case dramas started.

This. Only 6 short episodes and really easy to watch.

Bosch

The Bear on Disney + is great but brace yourself to be really really hungry and spend weeks afterward cooking elaborate dishes to satisfy your new cravings.

Department Q as pp have said

Karen Pirie is good - on series 2 atm.

Ludwig is comedy and crime - on iplayer.
I enjoyed a Good Girls Guide To Murder. Its based on teen fiction but I liked it.

The Sopranos, Snowfall, Ozark, Bad Sisters. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Mandy, Murderbot, Such Brave Girls. .

maybe some British programmes such as
Happy Valley
W1A
Detectorists
Line of Duty
Thick of It
Also Race across the World

I enjoyed Outrageous about the Mitford sisters, their relationship with Hitler.

Definitely Dept Q - I’d start there personally. Just finished Disclaimer on Apple - not my usual but quite compelling.lots of good suggestions upthread too. Loved Shrinking - if you want non gritty then start there.

Boardwalk Empire.
Unforgotten - the first 4 series are on Netflix so no annoying adverts spoiling the flow.
Lockwood And Co -sadly not commissioned for a second series, but the first one was excellent.
Extraordinary - young woman fails to develop the superpower at 18 that everyone else has.
I second Sneaky Pete.

Sopranos, brilliant show.

We've had a bit of an Aussie Noir binge and really liked Black Snow(esp season 1) and Survivors. Personally didn't like This City is Ours, too run of the mill gangster shite.

Yellowstone. I was gutted when we got to the end of it.

Have you done Ozark?

You haven’t mentioned if you’ve done the other peak tv series: Narcos, Ozarks, The Wire, Mad Men, The Bureau (French spy drama that’s won every award going, total genius) Severance
A brilliant Italian series that doesn’t get nearly enough exposure - My Brilliant Friend - adaptation of the Elena Ferrante novels.
Also - The Man in the High Castle, The Queen’s Gambit, Manhunter, The Handmaid’s Tale, although think it jumped the shark later on.

Comedy
Fisk
Jury Duty
Colin from Accounts
Many years old but great - Peep Show, W1A

Some good dramas about at the moment, currently watching Karen Pirie series 2 and Suspicion on ITV. Also working my way through Grace and Ridley.

Does that get better? I was gripped the first episode and then it seemed to peter out so I gave up.

The Blacklist, on 4 has lots of series

Yes watch Dept Q it's great, mobland is watchable and sounds like your vibe but not as good as dept Q

Last of Us have you watched that?