re: The Official Mystery/Thriller/Procedural TV Series Thread

Nah, this is solid. Well done. I can’t recall how many times I’ve recommended different shows listed on pg. 1, so this will be a handy thread to link for others requesting titles. I’ll make another post at some point giving my rating of the shows listed on pg. 1.

Others I can think of off the top of my head:

Fauda (Israel - Netflix): 3
Bordertown (Finland - Netflix): 3.5
Unforgotten (UK - Amazon): 3.5
Dogs of Berlin ( Germany - Netflix): 3
Counterpart (US - starz): 4.5
Red Riding Trilogy - miniseries (UK - Hulu): 4



ETA: one suggestion I’d make is maybe put the language of the series in parentheses beside the name? (Eng.), (Fra) (Ger) (Ita) etc. It will make browsing for shows easier I think. While I give people shite for complaining about readinnsubtitles and listening to dubbed versions, I get that sometimes you just don’t want to read subtitles. Or maybe just a simple “F” for foreign.

Add the American series The Bridge I would give a 4, have not seen the earlier Swedish version but would believe it is quite different other than a body found on a bridge connecting 2 countries. Tin Star, some may take it or leave it, but I would give it a strong 3.5, really liked Roth and his wife's characters. Wallander, not sure if you are going Swedish or BBC version. Swedish subtitled I would give a 4, BBC 3.5. I liked Fortitude, would give 3.5. Ozark last season drags my rating to 3.5. Luther 4. The Fall 5. Bodyguard 4.5. True Detective I would give a 4 and that is with a lot of latitude for the last few eps of S1, very average S2, and strong S3. I'll circle back when I have more time to think about other series.

Relax. I’ll split the list from the first post into a few posts and backfill some of the other “Reserve” posts with reviews or ratings. It’s better to have too much real estate on the front end than not enough.

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ETA: one suggestion I’d make is maybe put the language of the series in parentheses beside the name? (Eng.), (Fra) (Ger) (Ita) etc. It will make browsing for shows easier I think. While I give people shite for complaining about readinnsubtitles and listening to dubbed versions, I get that sometimes you just don’t want to read subtitles. Or maybe just a simple “F” for foreign.

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I’ll break it up into an English language list and a non-English language list. I don’t know if I’ll go so far as to include the language - unless you know it, you’re going to be reading subtitles anyway.

Already finding a need for that extra real estate...

Added your ratings. I assumed by Wallander you meant the British one.

Yep. Looks good. Yeah there are a few that have English and foreign languages spoken, but I wouldn’t worry about that.

And I’ll go ahead and add a 5 for the British Wallander as it’s basicaly my gold standard.

Fortitude 3.0
Sherlock 4.5
Elementary 3.5

Alright, here are my ratings for the rest of the shows I have seen, and haven’t rated yet:

Bloodline - 3
Bodyguard - 4.5
Bridge, The (American) - 4
Broadchurch - 3.5
Collateral - 4
DCI Banks - 3
Elementary - 3
Fall, The - 4
Fortitude - 3.5
Happy Valley - 4
Line of Duty - 3.5
Loch Ness - 3.5
Luther - 4.5
Man in the High Castle - 3
Marcella - 4
Missing, The - 4
One of Us - 3
Ozark - 4
Paranoid - 3
River - 4
Sherlock - 4.5
Shetland - 3.5
Sinner, The - 4
Tin Star - 3.5
True Detective - 4.0


Black Spot - 3
Bordertown - 3.5
Break, The - 3.5
Case (Réttur) - 4.5
Dark - 4.5
Deadwind - 4.5
Frozen Dead, The - 3.5
Hinterland - 4
Lava Field (Hraunið) - 4
Mantis, The (La Mante) - 3.5
Perfume (Parfum) - 4
Trapped (Ófærð) - 4.5
Tunnel, The - 5
Wallander (Swedish) - 3

Haha. Yep, By far my favorite genre. yeah deadwind was great, and the main actress was fantastic!