re: What should I binge watch next?

I was somebody who first watched the Sopranos long after its original run and after I'd seen other shows like The Wire and Deadwood. I think the reason Sopranos isn't up there with my favorites for me is that the characters were all just such utter shitbags with absolutely no redeemable qualities. I mean, frick, they weren't even any good at being evil. Tony Soprano got to be boss and stayed on top and alive for as long as he did by sheer luck.

I can forgive shitty people as long as you can respect them. Tony wasn't even competant. He wasn't clever. There was nothing to respect or admire about him. Shows like The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, Deadwood, are filled with characters that leave you conflicted at least some of the time. Marlo was the devil incarnate, but gotdamn he was great at the game! Al Swearengen was a filthy abusive pimp who ordered the death of an innocent little child, but gotdamn was he clever and charismatic!

Sopranos is just a bunch of despicable megacounts. I got the impression the show wanted me to root for Tony. I honestly couldn't. I thought it was a really good show, but I never developed any attachment to any characters because of how much I despised them all and found literally nothing about them I could respect.