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Many are sure that TV shows can only be entertaining, but this is not so. Some of them look not only for relaxation, but also for good. Such series make you think about a variety of things and can even inspire you to something important, serious.
Consider the best series that people who love intellectual entertainment have appreciated.
10 Legion | 2017
Schizophrenic David Haller tried to fight his mental illness from an early age, he often went to specialized hospitals.
Each personality of the patient controlled one or another side of his strength. The splitting of personality was very weakening of David, and he was looking for a way to cope with his problem in every possible way, but over time he completely lost hope of being cured. Heller’s life becomes completely different when he meets the girl of his dreams.
This series is different in that all the characters look real, not cardboard: in their reviews, many viewers note that they are very well written.
9. One night | 2016
Nazir Khan is a Pakistani studying in New York. One day, he decides to find some entertainment for the night, using his father’s taxi for this.
Naz meets a beautiful girl, has sex with her, seasoned with drugs and alcohol, and in the morning she turns up dead.
The guy, who discovered the corpse of his new acquaintance at his side, is confused and does not know at all how to justify himself. Naz is accused of committing the murder, but he has no doubt that he is innocent.
8. Leftovers | 2014
One day, many people living in the most ordinary American town mysteriously disappear, and their remaining relatives have to build their lives anew.
The central character of this series is Kevin Garvey, who works at the local police station. People who have suddenly lost their loved ones go there first of all.
Garvey decides to investigate this strange case, but members of his own family also have a lot of problems. Tom, Kevin’s son, becomes embroiled in a dangerous plot, and his wife seeks help from various sects.
7. Fargo | 2014
Lorne Malvo is a drifter with a very dark past. He ends up in the state of Minnesota, in the small provincial town of Bemidji. The craving for violence and the ineradicable malice of this man change the lives of many people.
Malvo has a particularly strong influence on Lester Nygard, an insecure insurance agent who realizes that he has been living wrong all this time.
Lorne helps Lester rethink his priorities and make life less boring, but his methods don’t meet the requirements of the law.
6. Black Mirror | 2011
Recently, the latest technologies have begun to influence people very strongly, and this happened even before they came to their senses and doubted the omnipotence of technological progress.
In all palms, on all tables, in all houses there are black mirrors: smartphones, computers, plasma TVs. Modern people worship technology, they practically put it on the altar.
Now a person has access to almost all the data in the world, but he can only perceive a limited number of characters from a post on Twitter.
This series demonstrates a strong concern for modern people.
5. Mindhunter | 2017
The story takes place in the late 70s. To solve ongoing crimes, two FBI agents are interviewing serial killers. Agents strive to understand how criminals think, but it is very difficult.
Everything is complicated by such obstacles as misunderstanding of colleagues and bureaucracy of the system. Holden Ford has seen many criminals, his main specialization is the compilation of their accurate portraits.
Bill Tench is his partner, who creates the latest method of finding criminals. It is very different from the generally accepted standards.
4. Sherlock | 2010
John Watson is a doctor who took part in the Afghan war. He did not die, but remained crippled. Watson wants to find an apartment, but he can’t afford to rent a house on his own, so the doctor looks for a suitable roommate. It turns out to be Sherlock Holmes, a charismatic detective.
Watson and Holmes become not only neighbors, but also friends. Together they solve complex crimes that even the London police cannot handle. A serious, sober-minded doctor perfectly complements the eccentric detective.
3. Mr. Robot | 2015
Elliot Anderson was an ordinary man who worked as an engineer for a New York company. He specialized in computer security.
Elliot really disliked the people he worked for. He was well aware that they were corrupt officials, aimed solely at their own enrichment.
During the day, Anderson went about his usual work, and at night he became a hacker, extracting personal information of various influential people.
Once Elliot met with Mr. Robot, and after that the guy’s life changed dramatically.
2. Hospital Knickerbocker | 2014
John Thackery is a talented doctor who saves a large number of lives every day. However, he has a big problem: drug addiction. It greatly prevents Thackery from achieving success in the professional field.
The series “Knickerbocker Hospital” describes the historical period when there were no computed tomography and laser scalpels. To save as many people as possible, doctors had to significantly push the boundaries of their own perception.
1. True detective | 2014
Rust Cole and Marty Hart are friends and partners investigating the unusual murder of a girl in Louisiana. They never get to the bottom of the truth.
This crime took place in 1995, and almost twenty years later the case is reopened because the corpse of a man who was killed in this way was found.
To better understand the case, the police decide to interrogate Rust and Marty, who have been investigating before.