Recommendations for Watching While Waiting for Season 3

[Ross]

Grace is fantastic in Outcast. I am not a huge Robert Kirkman fan - I find his source comics labored and over the top - but the adaptations of his stories are vastly superior, surprisingly so with Outcast where I expect he exerts more control.

Just watched episode four and came here to recommend it. Grace is great in it- and makes me even more excited to see Sarah again!

[Ped]

Just caught up on S1 of The Fall (UK) with Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. Set in Belfast with a twist to the usual murder mysteries in that the viewer knows the killers identity from the off. It gets under your skin as really creepy viewing without being overly graphic. S2 begins tonight. Recommended

[LostInTheMovies]

Just saw The Witch, and it gave me very Twin Peaks vibes at times, although it's obviously a very different milieu. Some great moments of dread, and a strong sense of something evil out in those woods...

[Si78]

Stranger Things on Netflix is incredible and has some Peaks similarities in tone and in story (although this is far more blatantly scifi than peaks). It's like Stephen King, Stephen Speilberg, and Twin Peaks had a beautiful and strange little baby.

[TheArm]

I second that vote for Stranger Things! If you'd even wondered what TP might have been like if Steven Spielberg had actually directed the season 2 premiere, it would probably look a lot like this. It's a ton of fun!

[N. Needleman]

ST is a blast.

[Panapaok]

Yeah, I'm hearing great things about Stranger Things and The Night Of. I should catch up with those two asap.

[Agent Sam Stanley]

I started Marcella last week and I'm enjoying it so far. Need to check The Night Of as well.

Heard great things about ST but it's not really my cup of tea. Maybe in the future.

[Si78]

Throwing a vote in for The Night Of. It's a slow burner for sure but completely engrossing.

[Panapaok]

Stranger Things is amazing. One of the best shows in a while. Just wonderful storywise and aesthetically. The casting is spot on, especially the kids were fantastic. The score is also really great.

I have to say, though, that I don't really see the Twin Peaks comparison, that many people made, at all. Besides the superficial similarity that both shows take place in a small town and strange supernatural events happen, there isn't anything remotely Lynchian or soapy about it. It's pretty clear that it's mostly influenced by and refers to Carpenter, early Spielberg and Cronenberg.

[Ped]

Just got into Mr. Robot in the last few weeks. I really like it. TV has took it up a level in the last few years. Especially in the US. Hit after hit coming from the other side of the Atlantic at the moment.

[baxter]

Am really loving this thread. Many of the recommendations are things I have on DVD but haven't had time to watch yet (e.g. the Fall), or are things I can get on hulu. I started watching Fargo thanks to this thread, and it is the best shot, best acted and best written series I've seen for years.

I'm currently watching the second series of Wayward Pines. Wasn't sure to start with, since it obviously has to be vastly different to the first one after the mystery is gone. It has hooked me in after 5 episodes though.

Otherwise, I'm watching the least Twin Peaks-like show imaginable- ER. I loved it back in the day but dropped out at some point and thought I'd revisit it. I've been racing through it despite the fact that every episode is basically the same. My theory is that, apart from the excellent action movie tone, it has the perfect balance of standalone elements and continuing story. I find it hard to keep up with many series at the same time nowadays, since the stories are so dense (and I'm old and knackered). Even Dr Who now has layer upon layer of mythology.

When TP is back on, I'll watch every episode at least three times!

[Si78]

The second season of Wayward Pines got surprisingly good toward the end. I'm glad I stuck with it.

[baxter]

Excellent- thanks! That means I'll definitely keep watching.

[awjm]

I guess it's been mentioned a thousand times already but just in case it hasn't...

True Detective would surely be a favourite of many TP fans.

I'd also recommend Dark City.