inspired by certain discussions i've been having...

[lirazel]

Okay, if y'all could force all of your friends (define "force" however you want: emotional blackmail, actual blackmail, duct tape, guns, whatever) to watch certain shows, what would they be? Here are my top 10.

1. Friday Night Lights, because it is a work of art and will make you a better person. I know I am given to hyperbole, but when I say that it's a work of art, I mean that it is a work of art.
2. The last three seaons of Buffy. I mean, I guess you need to see the first four to really get why the last three are so important, but I really just love the last three and they're the ones I watch over and over lbr.
3. Coffee Prince, because I genuinely think everyone in the whole wide world would like it. It's so lovable.
4. Parks and Rec because of happiness.
5. Press Gang, because no one but redsilverchains has seen it, and I have a lot of feelings I would work out in fic/flail form if there was a fandom for this show. Also: Lynda Day.
6. The Black Donnellys because best pilot ever and also heartbreaking brothers and Jenny Reilly is the best.
7. Designing Women because I'm pretty sure it's what made me a feminist. Also: best characters ever.
8. Miranda, because it is delightful and will make you all happy.
9. Shut Up! Flower Boy Band! because I want all the fic and I don't understand why there isn't a fandom.
10. The Good Wife, to convince you that it's possible for a lawyer show to be good. A lawyer show on one of the main networks, no less.

Play with me!

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[ceciliaj.livejournal.com]

Mine! These recs are written for an abstract general audience :).

1. Six Feet Under (best gay relationship ever on television, serious about faith, inter-generational wonder, perfect blend of psychological and spiritual)
2. The Wire (mandatory viewing for U.S. Americans and the people who have feels or curiosities about us)
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (duh)
4. Dollhouse (yep. for real. the whole thing. particularly, I would recommend this show to anyone who is uncomfortable with their level of investment in popular culture)
5. The Real Girl's Guide to Everything Else (mandatory viewing for anyone who ever enjoyed an episode of Sex and the City, but also for any feminist who can dedicate an hour of their life to watching a web series about cool feminists)
6. Glee (just the first two seasons, but I think that, like with Mean Girls, anyone who went to a large public school at any point in the United States, or knows and loves someone who has, could learn from Glee)
7. X Files (because my yahoo id was princessmulder for a reason)
8. My So-Called Life (some of the best representations of women's relationships with one another I've ever seen, a fundamental inspiration for Joss, who wrote lovingly about it on the DVD set)
9. Awkward Black Girl (the fact that this web series has not been picked up by a network is nothing short of appalling. U.S. media culture, you suck. Issa Rae, you deserve all the awards.)
10. The Guild (if you're reading this, you are on the internet. If you have been on the internet, you can get something out of The Guild. TRY IT.)

[eilowyn.livejournal.com]

THE X-FILES AND MY SO-CALLED LIFE! 90's me would approve!

[ceciliaj.livejournal.com]

<3 90s forever!

[spunspider.livejournal.com]

daria!!