My Television Turing Test
Time to watch television shows is a rare and precious commodity. Unlike “movie night”, adopting a series is a commitment, so I’ve become a bit ruthless… watch first episode. If that isn’t complete drek, watch two more. By third episode, I’m either going to watch the rest of the season or not. I just can’t justify “it really picks up in season 4!”. Finally, at the end of the season, decide whether or not to stick with it. This list is hardly comprehensive and has a lot of chronological holes/leaps in it but here goes:
Passed the Episode 1 Test:
- The End of the F***ing World
- The Umbrella Academy
- Origin
- Everything Sucks
Failed the Episode 1 Test:
- Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams
- Z Nation
- The Shannara Chronicles
Passed the Episode 3 Test:
- Lodge 49
Failed the the Episode 3 Test:
- Tokyo Ghoul
- Expedition Unknown
- Marco Polo
- Powers
- Inhumans
- Gifted
- Black Bullet
- Under the Dome
- Sleepy Hollow
- Terra Nova
- Killjoys
- Black Clover
- Sword Art Online
- Westworld
Passed the Season 1 Test:
- Disenchantment
- The Good Place
- A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Atlanta
- Broad City
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Building Off the Grid
- How the Universe Works
- Archer*
- Drunk History
- Venture Bros*
- Steven Universe
- Rick and Morty*
- The Walking Dead
- Doctor Who
- Stranger Things
- A Series of Unfortunate Events
- The Expanse
- Mr. Robot*
- American Gods*
- Game of Thrones
- Orange is the New Black
- Knights of Sidonia
- Attack on Titan
- The Get Down
- Mushi-Shi
Failed the Season 1 Test:
- Vikings
- Black Mirror
- Twin Peaks (2018)
- The Man in the High Castle
- Penny Dreadful
- Grimm
- Defiance
- Deadwood
- Da Vinci’s Demons
- Copper
- Black Sails
- Sons of Anarchy
- Hell on Wheels
- Ripper Street
- The Magicians
- Legion
- True Detective
- The Orville
Recently Quit Watching:
- The entire MCU
- The entire DCU
- The Simpsons
- Black-ish
- Modern Family
- South Park
- American Horror Story
- Bob’s Burgers
* If it ever starts up again.
