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D-Fens

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I always hear about Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Black Mirror, Stranger Things, The Wire, etc. What are some shows that no one has ever heard of that you think are underrated and under appreciated?

One of my favorite shows, was this show called Blackstone that aired on aptn between 2011 and 2015. If you are familar with shows like North of 60, and Mocassin Flats, It deals with pretty much the same subject matter, but is far more gritty, and has much better writing and acting. It's basically about this fictional first nations reserve and the people that live on it. It is told from the perspective of many different characters and it deals with subject matter that many indigienous people living on Indian reservations face, like drug addiction, alcoholism, domestic violence, sexual abuse, murder, politics, and corruption by the Indian Chiefs on the reserve. Part of the reason why I like it so much was because of how raw and real it is. it's dark, it's gritty and many of the characters have very tragic stories. The characters are fascinating and you really begin to feel for them. characters who you previously hated, become likeable and sympathetic, I discuss this show with my friends and TV buffs alike and it seems nobody has ever heard of it. Is it because it's a Canadian show?

What are some shows that you love that apparently don't get the recognition they deserve?
 

Insidious Von

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The most under-rated show: Banshee.

The show about the Amish Mafia ran for only 4 seasons but its had a ripple effect. It spawned several shows including Blindspot and Warrior, however none of the current show has any of its verve. Excellent action thriller series.

Clay vs Nola Longshadow fight... and I thought Odette Annable was just a gold digger wannabe. WTF was I thinking!

 

hamermill

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In a place far, far away
Banshee had a lot of hotties on it that weren’t shy about a getting a good pounding.
 

Insidious Von

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Danish actor Ulrich Thomsen as Amish Don Kai Proctor is an extremely mean sob! The show has the most spectacular ending of any show.

 

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I really liked Baskets, such a dry dark comedy about life, loss, love and dis functional families that everyone can relate to.Lou Anderson playing the mom and Zach Galifianakis playing twin brothers is spot on.
 

Insidious Von

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Baskets is a show I've been meaning to watch. Don't know anything about Blackstone, had to look it up.

It looks like the show came out too early and missed out on the streaming appetite for Canadian shows in the States. Letterkenny and Cardinal have carved out an audience in America.

Detective Delorme can interrogate me anytime! Cardinal is shot in North Bay, Toronto is omnipresent.

 

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Banshee had a lot of hotties on it that weren’t shy about a getting a good pounding.
I loved banshee and that Amish girl with nice assets!
 

SexB

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I watched the entire run of The Americans over a couple of months. It's set during the 1980's and it's about a couple deep cover KGB agents living in the suburbs posing as a married couple.

Speaking of assets, goddamn! Keri Russell has a nice can, which you'll get to see fairly frequently.

Legion, based on the character from the X-Men comics, is a bit of a mindfuck but a very well-done, compelling mindfuck. I've also recently gotten into What We Do In The Shadows and Doom Patrol.
 

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Baskets is a show I've been meaning to watch. Don't know anything about Blackstone, had to look it up.

It looks like the show came out too early and missed out on the streaming appetite for Canadian shows in the States. Letterkenny and Cardinal have carved out an audience in America.

Detective Delorme can interrogate me anytime! Cardinal is shot in North Bay, Toronto is omnipresent.

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Another oldie that certainly qualifies as niche was the ITVB mini-series Lost in Austen. Not Austin TX, and no violence. The heroine somehow walks into her bathroom and comes out into Pride and Prejudice repeatedly but unpredictably. Thing is, she's read all the books and knows all the people and plots, but none of the folks she encounters have a clue; they just think she's more than a little odd.
Torrents are your friend.
 

Insidious Von

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The Girlfriend Experience, which is relevant to this forum
Couldn't get into TGFE, it was too slow and the characters weren't interesting. Watched two episodes and I was done.

Hulu doesn't stream into Canada but they do stream Canadian shows for the US market. So far Letterkenny and Cardinal have become hits, both set in Northern Ontario. This is the first time I've heard Billy Campbell actual voice, he effects a whiskey hue to a semi whisper on the show, it works.

I want more Detective Delorme!

 

jackal2006

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A couple of shows that I've loved:
- Jack Ryan
- seven seconds
- gomorrah (Italian show if you haven't seen the film of the same name check it out. )
- Cocaine Coast (based on the coke trade in Galicia in the 1980s)
- Cobra Kai. (fun little show based on the karate kid universe)
 

Insidious Von

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- gomorrah (Italian show if you haven't seen the film of the same name check it out. )
jackal2006, I've seen the Matteo Garrone film but not the series. Is Netflix streaming it? North American audiences don't understand Matteo Garrone, his films are not for those wanting to park their brains at the theater. His latest Dogman was damaged at the box office by Peter Howell's scathing review at TIFF. Knowing how difficult his films are, I applied to do the sub-titles for Canadian distribution. They went with someone else - he didn't understand the Laziali dialect and confused the audience.

Worth checking out though but it's not easy.

 
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