TV Shows I may reference

An asterisk * means I'd recommend checking that show out.

Airwolf- Had a very similar feel to Knight Rider, except instead of a cool car that could do anything, it had a cool helicopter. I got my picture taken with a replica of this helicopter in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. People knew what I was talking about when I said Airwolf around them, even though I'd only stumbled across it after watching the A-Team on Hulu.

Andromeda-It was a B-level spaceship show similar to Star Trek, but delved less into deep thought, and had a cast that was supposed to appeal to non-nerds and geeks. Kevin Sorbo said he could have been Hercules and helped people in Greece or a star ship captain and helped people all over the universe.

A-Team- As serialized and predictable as it was, you have to know this show.

*Battlestar Galactia-(2004-2009 4 seasons) This space drama about humans from Caprica, one of 12 planets humans colonized on 4,000ish years ago, another planet being Earth. They had built robots called Cylons, who rebelled and left, but came back nuking the entire planet and some now take on human form with emotions, regret, defiance, etc. Only 41,000 human remain in a fleet of the space ships that were in orbit and weren't destroyed in the attack. They are guarded by a 40 year old Battlestar, a military ship, which is so old, it was scheduled to be decommissioned for scrap the day of the attack. It's is intense and explores deep questions and mixes it with excitement and action. It may be on par with Mad Men, but more intense. While Season 1 was kind of take it or leave it, towards the end of Season 2, it became something incredible and was worth watching the first season to fully experience. It explored everything from mixed loyalties, how to treat people and prisoners, viewing the same situation from different perspectives, sacrifice, political scandals, military vs government, poor friends you keep with you in leadership positions, etc.

I tried watching this out of order on TV 2004-2009 on occasion, and just couldn't get into it because it is a drama and you need to know what happened in the storyline to appreciate what's going on. The alternative at the time was Stargate SG-1 where the episodes could be watched out of order. So Stargate was a better fit before TV shows started showing up online.

It seemed to borrow some stuff from Space: Above and Beyond and a little from Farscape.

Burn Notice-A fun but cookie cutter spy show. The main character can be made fun of once you see a few episodes. Without it, my week feels like it is missing something.

Caprica-A new show that sets the premise for the successful Battlestar Galactica series. Sometimes ok, but it seems a bit overly critical of Christianity of times.

Cleopatra 2525-Kind of a B-level silly show with a Xena meets Power Rangers feel.

Eureka-It's ok.You have to watch things in order though.

*Farscape- (1999-2003) John Crichton is an astronaut who was experimenting with wormholes and got thrown across the galaxy and winds up on a living ship which had been taken over by a handful of escaped prisoners. Sometimes it gets a bit trippy, like an episode in cartoon format with a WB Roadrunner theme, but it was pretty good ride. A lot of people said it was cancelled prematurely.

*Firefly-Awesome show. I originally thought it was stupid when it aired on TV. I couldn't get over the faked Western accent in space. Later on when I watched the series from the beginning and learned about the Chinese/American influence and watched the pilot. Associated with the movie Serenity.

Hercules: The Legendary Adventures-Kevin Sorbo and Iolaus rock the B rated Greek Mythological world. It was kind of cute and funny when I saw it with Xena and the original Star Trek on SciFi when I got home from grade school.

House-It's so similar show to show. I still watch it though. It is just so serialized. It can make me laugh.

Human Target-Awesome show about a former assassin turned for-hire-bodyguard. I was sad when it got cancelled.

Jack of All Trades-This seems like Bruce Campbell's fun B-rated brain child. It was kind of fun. I enjoyed the theme song. "In 1801, the revolution had begun..." It used cheap jokes to make me laugh and I was cool with it.

Knight Rider-I saw episodes of the original one. It was fun. Oh, Kit. Saw the new one as well. It was kind of something to joke about.

*Lie to Me-Awesome show about an arrogant guy that can tell if people are lying. I was sad when it was cancelled.

*Mad Men- It's a drama about working in the advertising industry in New York in the 60s. Rarely is a New York accent heard. The Italian artist talks a bit flamboyantly for the time period. I speculate why he is doing that.

Episode 2x11 "The Jet Set" is an episode with a girl with wide eyes that just fill you with joy and happiness, enough to seduce Don Draper into not working for several days and I was just thinking, oh man, I have to experience that feeling. She's supposed to be 21, but she talks, makes eye contact, and just takes so much initiative it feels maturely surreal. I know, it is surreal. It's a TV show, but man. I don't know if I could lay by the beach just drinking and being seduced forever though. I'd want to do at least something each year, perhaps each month, that I can look back on and say, "I accomplished something this month" or accomplished something huge each year.

Merlin-Still contemplating this one.

Sliders-A SciFi show with a cool premise: what would the world be like if one thing changed... which caused another thing to change, etc. Awesome to reference.

Space: Above and Beyond-A futuristic world with a decent backstory that actually tries to get in the mind of a Marine soldier, albeit against aliens and rogue robot humans. Not particularly super fast pased all the time, but sometimes interesting.
This episode tracks a solo mission of a test tube soldier and the struggles he faces killing people, questioning authority, etc. 6/10 http://veehd.com/video/2785546_SPACE-ABOVE-BEYOND-S01E13

This episode deals with what it is like for a Marine to have his younger brother enlist under a battle hungry new commander that cares more about glory than the safety of his team. What do you do? Kind of makes you sad watching it. http://www.1channel.ch/tv-10998-Space-Above-and-Beyond/season-1-episode-17

*Stargate Atlantis-Very cool show. They had to retire the cast of Stargate SG-1. This was the transition show. Also pretty good.

*Stargate SG-1-I grew up watching this show on SciFi Friday. I would have liked it if they went into the scientific theory more, but Richard Dean Anderson wanted to keep things high level and entertaining instead of go into scientific theory in the show. Great premise though. Great actors.

Starhunter- For whatever reason, I saw the second season before the first. I loved the theme song of the second season and saved it to my phone. It was a B+ rated show. I liked the structure of the first season more, but I liked the second season a bit more. It was just fun.

The Invisible Man-This was one of my favorite sci-fi action shows growing up. The later episodes were less entertaining because all the protagonists knew they could use heat vision goggles or thermal cameras to see him. I wonder if I'd still like it.

The West Wing-(1999-2006) This series covers the life of a democratic US president and his advisory board as they go through tough situations. While the episodes are hit or miss in my opinion, they d can be watched out of order and the screen writers do have intelligent dialogue.

2-10 "Noel"-talks about PTSD -5/10 -"What I'm going to tell you will sound like 2+2 equals a bushel of apples but... music reminds you of the sirens. I'll recommend a therapist to you that you'll like. This is too easy for me. You will get better." ... a therapist says to

Three Moons Over Milford-The premise is what life would be like knowing each day could be our last. I didn't care for it much.
--The basic flaw with this theory is that people would be disincentivised from preparing themselves for the future events. Why would people go to school or work if today was their last day? There was a tad of reality interwoven into the 3rd? episode.

Jeremiah-The premise is what the world would be like if a massive majority of the adult population was wiped out by a virus. There were some interesting things, several innacuracies, but there was some deeper thought hidden in there. It was alright. Kind of like a Waterworld/Zombie Apocalypse feel without the zombies.

Xena: Warrior Princess-I watched this on the SciFi channel in grade school. When my mom asked what I had been doing, I'd say I was studying my Greek mythology since she hated it when I watched TV. I refused to believe rumors that Xena was a lesbian. there was an episode where she had a son (maybe through a centaur). Sure there was a bath scene with her and the blonde girl, Gabrielle, but hey, that was just to appease the GLBT audience in a way that was not offensive to straight people.