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"Velma is not the worst show I've ever seen, but it's a consistently and confidently terrible show that exemplifies everything wrong with adult animation."
"Rick and Morty simply put is better than Family Guy clones not because the characters are more endearing or it's better animated or that it avoids gross-out. Rick and Morty is a better show simply because it puts more effort into it than Family Guy or South Park's clones."
"I'd rather have a freaking terrible show that I can laugh at than one that's just okay and doesn't garner a response out of me."
"The main character performance and the dual personality thing is so good that it really propels my thoughts on this show."
"I actually like a lot of the characters... but I think they were done a disservice at the hands of the pacing issue."
"The only thing in the show that I would actually call bad is the comedy."
"Not every show can be 'Breaking Bad' or 'Young Sheldon'."
"Love is also just very powerful in this show, but really, you guys, all these men just need therapy."
"This was one of the best scenes I've seen in this season both of them in tears for oddly similar reasons this one that hit me hard man."
"If you don't like Game of Thrones I'm just gonna assume you're not smart enough to understand it."
"Dan Lewis is by far the best Chibnall-era companion. It's not even close."
"The centaurs are a return to form for such an iconic yet consistently mishandled Doctor Who monster."
"The Jaime story may be the strongest of the season."
"This is the best series around... it took the MCU to another level."
"Just do one good season of something and then stop; we don't need five seasons of everything."
"Amphibia is amazing. It's one of the best Disney shows I've ever seen."
"If you don't kill characters, then it feels like a phony TV show."
"It's not a cop show, it's a show about systems and power and money."
"Xavier's journey reflects a postmodern interest in self-reflection and the nature of the show itself."
"Succession is maybe the best show I've ever seen, it's the writing directing and acting."
"It’s too bad that Game of Thrones didn’t stick the landing like Endgame did."
"The Gilded Age sets itself apart by accurately representing prominent black families."
"I know this is a big statement, but I think this mid-season finale is a better finale than the actual series finale. It's just so Pretty Little Liars."
"A cousin of the gleefully lurid Creepshow movie." - Shudder's Creepshow Series
"This season f***ing hits it out of the park and proved me wrong."
"What separates Teen Titans Go! from shows like Johnny Test...is Teen Titans Go! is incredibly arrogant about how far they've gotten."
"The reason most people watched Game of Thrones at first is because it was a mature, intelligent take on the fantasy genre."
"Dragon fights, arrows, swords. It's cool for a little while, but it's become the crux of the show when the character development isn't working."
"The best shows got the shortest [ __ ] Seasons, like the shows that you wish would keep going for nine ten Seasons stop at five and I'm like [ __ ] bro."
"Season one of Daredevil is pretty close to perfection."
"The plotting: immaculate. The pacing: absolutely breakneck."
"Ava is not a show that rewards the arrogance of its characters."
"The drama in 'The Inner Light' is quite literally perfect."
"Final season's work stands out in a way that few people give it credit for."
"This show is entertaining, well done, the writing solid, it's good."
"One Division did such a good job understanding who they always kept Wanda's character journey as a priority and that's why I think on that end they stuck the landing."
"It's a great show on its own, rife with memorable interactions, lovable characters, and believable connections."
"I know why people like this show, it's packed full of cliches but with the twists of being 183."
"Context is King and if you think you need to watch the first three seasons of the show to have it make sense you're right."
"The worst thing you can say about a show is I wish there were more of it."
"And I think this show did a better job than either Mad Men or Breaking Bad at creating a character who's on surface level, a bad guy, but that we still sympathize with."
"I loved Euron Greyjoy this season. He's the only person who seems to be taking the show less seriously than the writers."
"She's doing a great job, like Dennis said earlier, using what we kinda know about Dany over in Meereen."
"This was probably the best season yet. Holy crap, that ending was incredible."
"It feels like the most cinematic any of the Star Wars shows have been."
"This moment is basically mandatory to be placed in the top three of any best moments list or at least the top five."
"Santana is one of the few saving graces of the later seasons."
"I'm glad get him the [ __ ] out of there that's the only reason that show had any notoriety was because of him in the first place."
"Bottom line, it was so cartoony, so over the top, so ridiculous, it was perfect TV."
"Ultimately I'm disappointed with this series."
"It treats its audience with such incredible intelligence."
"There is no ending of this show that makes me feel good about having watched this show."
"I don't think there was a steep decline in modern family I think it was just plateau and poor character choices."
"Do you not care? Do you really care? At what level does a show have a free pass to not take something seriously?"
"Attack on Titan season 3 is what Game of Thrones should have been. Absolutely amazing storytelling."
"The Walking Dead, breaking new ground, going where Season 2 has never gone before."
"But seriously, holy shit, do they sacrifice a lot of logic for the sake of dramatic effect."
"Crackers don't matter is an incredible demonstration of Farscape's command of tone."
"The Mandalorian is the best thing they've produced and it's because of John Favreau and Hail Gina Carano."
"Avatar The Last Airbender is seen as being as close to perfection as possible for a show of its kind."
"The show is obnoxious, unfunny, and just painful to watch."
"Endings are hard to do... Squid Game stays on the rails until the very end."
"Accurate representation should reflect, so when you're looking back on these shows, you can be like, 'Oh wow, that was a real moment in time.'"
"The expansies finale killed it for me. They're taking the best book and the lesser follow-up and slapping them together into a bland mess while skipping the best parts for woke. It's dead to me."
"This show is brilliant because it's not plot-driven, it's character-driven."
"Winona Ryder's role really leveled up this season."
"Star Trek was always a reflection of the era of politics in which it was being written."
"By the end of the finale, Game of Thrones had become a typical, cliched fantasy story about good against evil when it had started as the opposite."
"It really just feels like a TV show relying on the same gags and punchlines."
"The only part of the show better than the gritty confrontations was Vincent D'Onofrio's iconic performance as the villain Kingpin."
"Every choice they make in this show is perfect."
"I think they've found the perfect balance of social commentary and pure comedy."
"The Good Place is one of the best most heartfelt, well written and original sitcoms I've ever seen."
"Honestly, it might be the best Simpson season ever in terms of balancing the humor and heart of its stories."
"This show never ceases to amaze; the writing is just top tier and the acting is phenomenal."
"Jerry's story could have been explored a bit more but otherwise I really loved it."
"There's such honesty in the second season, I think Phoebe really takes the honesty up a notch."
"The show is trying to tell you, yes you, that you're much smarter than network television thinks you are."
"It's worth it to kill off the night king in this battle and still to me that moment of Arya killing the night king, like I said it's a red wedding moment."
"A good show gets you interested in the cast, a great show gives you invested in them."
"Nobody wants to watch a Wonder Woman Series without Wonder Woman on it."
"I wanted my kids to see me put in hard work. If you work hard at anything, even if you suck, you will get great."
"It's more important for this show to impact its characters rather than its audience."
"I think it's one of the best pilots on television."
"If you can tell stories like this...then I think that this is really good TV."
"I don't say Better Call Saul is the best show to exaggerate. If anyone ever asks me my favorite show, I say Better Call Saul."
"Despite everything we've said, there is still hope for the show."
"Sex Education is a show that mostly appreciates treating the audience with intelligence and respect."
"She took Eleven's character in season 3 and transformed her."
"There's one search that stands alongside these huge topics that curiously doesn't get quite as nice of a reception and that is A Day with SpongeBob."
"Season 1 probably works best by itself... I feel like you can legitimately look at season 1 and be like that is a good piece of art."
"They got it out of the way early... the whole show is perfect."
"All you had to do is watch the little subtle things they were doing with her character."
"You've got to admit in that final season, there's this shot..."
"The scene with Nymeria was praised for Maisie Williams' performance."
"Classic Simpsons understood that when it gave you moments like Bart failing his test, it needs to tell you to take them seriously."
"It's amazing just how endearing of a cast this is, I'd say this even ranks above most Disney shows."
"Banshee is a [] masterpiece. I cannot stress enough how [] badass this show is."
"At its best, Westworld is ambitious, thought-provoking, and visually beautiful."
"I find myself having quite a lot to say about this show."
"In an age when a lot of television seems to be racing to the bottom, let's give it up for a show that celebrates being intelligent." - Adam Savage
"I can't believe this is an actual show. Is this really what I'm missing out on? I watch Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, and the History Channel, and that's all I get and I never seen nothing like that."
"Raw was garbage, it mocked you, and it made you look like a fucking goddamn idiot."
"The Walking Dead has done an amazing job so far."
"The Last of Us is shockingly close with incredible voice acting, graphics, combat, pacing, story, characters, etc., etc., at infinitum."
"This season was a bit slow in places but, as always, the finale was epic."
"Jane and Raphael are married and I know every season ends in a wedding in one way or another but this is the one that most connected with me since they finally let all the characters breathe relish their victories and drink in the experience."
"I mean Jane the Virgin really does stick The Landing beyond that even with my occasional narrative misgivings the characters were consistently spectacular the cast was consistently spectacular and that first season is really something special."
"Somewhere along the way they decided that Dany was going to lose it and burn King's Landing."
"Why anyone who isn't mentally impaired watches linear television, I just don't understand."
"Sonic SatAM was the best Sonic cartoon. It was its own thing, surprisingly dark."
"Succession is really about bad parenting...become victims of their own Arrested Development and undying family conflicts."
"Why on earth would you do that? The first miniseries was already perfect."
"The 2020 Stand is like one of those mid-2000s shows that were trying to capitalize on the success of Lost."
"The show gets better and better every single week."
"Midnight Mass is without a doubt his best show."
"Rosita was an amazing character, what a journey."
"If you're going to have a character in your show represent such a sickening individualistic ideology like libertarianism, then you need to scrutinize that character."
"Honestly, I would give it an eight or a nine. Oh man, I'd give it a five or a six. I'm gonna see with the five, really? Okay, the show is slowly starting to win me back slowly but there's a lot of problems."
"Great another thing that could transform. I'm done with this show."
"Game of Thrones is the worst ending I've ever seen of any show and I'm standing on it."
"It's honestly disgusting to think that there aren't that many TV networks or TV shows that support black people and black people literally are the most entertaining demographic of people on almost every show."
"Post Ben, Wendy has really turned into the most interesting character to watch."
"Red Dwarf is the only sci-fi that hasn't gone woke."
"This isn't just a show about the apocalypse, this is truly a show about the last of us."
"The boys probably edges out this as far as really good TV."
"My favorite part about the show is how they're all Libertarians but really that just means they read Ayn Rand."
"There's something that really strikes me with shows that are inherently human-centric."
"It's the perfect bow right on top of a really great run of television."
"This is legitimately some of the best action I've seen on television."
"As a result, they stand in stark contrast to the show's earlier seasons that focused on epic journeys, character development, and long throughlines."
"The Wire is a unique show, one that breaks all known rules of television, richly rewards your attention, and makes you think while it does so."
"No matter how you feel about Jill, she's good reality television."
"I just don't think the rest of the show was as good as season 1, I think it trailed down in quality."
"I'm making this video because I love this show so much and felt the characters deserved a lot better."
"This is how I would have written the final season of Game of Thrones."
"The show has been drawing parallels to Donald Trump and Homelander all season long."
"This is genuinely one of the better performances in any television show I've seen this year."
"I never thought I'd say this, but I actually almost feel bad for 'Fox and Friends.'"
"99.9% of every fan understands it's Dave and Dan's fault."
"Stephan fixing everything with a joke invalidates Pink Diamond's suffering."
"For a show that some consider mean-spirited, they sure do excel at tugging at the heartstrings when they want to."
"For the first time in this series, it actually felt like the showrunners managed to create a real situational comedy instead of bending the characters to fit the situations."
"By ending it now it's gonna go out as one of the most consistently brilliant TV shows ever made."
"My favorite show all-time is breaking bad i think is easily the it's month what vince gilligan did out there he's just one of the more creative minds that have been."
"The criminally underrated and cancelled too soon 'Firefly' by Joss Whedon, blending sci-fi and westerns, genius."
"How are you going to have Nia Jax and Carmella representing your women's divisions as respected champions, when you got shit like Nia Jax and Carmella on WWE television?"
"Folks, this is a blessing to all of us watching this horrendous show on Friday night."
"One of the most squirm inducing moments from Oliver and Morty is the eyeholes segment."
"This is without a doubt the best season premiere since season three."
"BoJack Horseman is one of the most important television series of all time, period."
"The heroes felt real. Everyone in this show has a level of depth to them, even the worst of them."
"Honestly avatar The Last Airbender as always one of the first things that comes to mind almost Flawless in its execution."
"This catapults it into the annals of television sort of legendary series."
"But Samantha is the comedic relief of the show with legendary one-liners."
"Okay I'll allow it Echo was the show's means to an end she was Harley Quinn without the show having Harley Quinn but ultimately she was nothing more than a precursor to the Harley Quinn character."
"It's definitely like one of the best-acted scenes in the entire series for sure."
"Wow I am astounded by the amount of people who claim this season was actually good."
"How to Make It in America: criminally underrated on HBO."
"The animation is actually one of my favorite parts of the show."
"Rick and Morty did a goddamn good job and it's a goddamn good show..."
"What I love about the show is that I do think this sets as head and shoulders above so many other shows."
"I've started rewatching Handmaid's Tale and it is very very good television excellence."
"A show that does this amazingly well is The Good Place."
"Remember how I praised the janitor mops twice for not explaining itself for pushing the reality of the show beyond the point of breaking into a whole different reality and didn't even try to keep it grounded? We need more of that."
"Aside from what I've said here, Dark is the pinnacle of what TV should be."
"This is one of Netflix's best. This is a story that's usually like the side plot in a lot of major networks but Netflix has taken it and given it its own voice."
"The boys is incredibly dark but not depressing. It's funny but also full of drama that makes you care about these characters."
"Some people have served some piping hot takes saying it's better than Breaking Bad."
"The Red Wedding is definitely the best scene in the show and I've talked about it a lot."
"No, I mean for me, even though it went off the rails, the first couple of seasons of Arrow to me are still the best stuff they've done on CW."
"Odd Taxi is an absolute master class in writing."
"Family Guy is a little hit and miss, but Seth MacFarlane is absolutely fearless."
"You know you're doing something wrong when present-day Top Gear looks like top-tier television."
"Arcane is a goddamn masterpiece. Animation wise, this is one of the most gorgeous and impactful blends of 2D and 3D I have ever seen."
"This adaptation, despite ostensibly being for kids and Game of Thrones fans, coddles its audience."
"Family Guy can still be really dumb and offensive while also having real genuine sweet moments."
"Watchmen is one of the best shows on television right now, period, one of the best over the last decade, I'm not even kidding."
"I respected the show for taking such a huge risk for killing off the main character."
"The show really comes to life in the Season's second half."
"Change is a very well crafted, fun, hype treatment of Korra. It's the first time I can actually experience what was intended of books 1 & 2 but was simply missing."
"Most shows don't get it right, Mr. Robot had a perfect ending."
"Breaking Bad definitely had a perfect ending."
"Succession's unreal. One of the best shows I've seen ever."
"I absolutely loved it and to me this is the season 6 premiere."
"Literally just turned into a soap opera with zombies, like the zombies were barely there."
"Season 5 starts with a meta joke about it actually being season 5."
"So much to love about this show, so much to look back on."
"The show just wrapped an excellent second season that was in my opinion even better than the first."
"There aren't enough words to explain the imaginative brilliance of Rick and Morty."
"In retrospect it was the renewed focus on plain simple Garrick in season 2 that helped turn Deep Space Nine into the masterpiece it would ultimately become."
"This show kills careers. It f***ing sucks the life right here."
"Liv and Maddie, I don't know with this show, it was just genuinely that bad for me."
"That's the fun in watching it, and at the end of the day, it's a [ __ ] TV show."
"In my opinion, this is one of the best series on television right now."
"This show is so good despite its humble appearance."
"Season four was all-time great stuff in many ways."
"Dope! It's another good example of how creative this show could be."
"As much as I might not have liked the final season or whatever, Game of Thrones is still one of the greatest TV shows ever made."
"I'm looking forward to even getting to spend more time in that world and accelerating that story that you know began in 1982."