I think for the most part you pretty much guessed it to be honest. To me, it seems the more varied and diverse television gets, the more predictable and boring the emmys get with their choices.

I guess you had the books to compare it to, which might've been a benefit (that's rarely ever the case lol), but iirc I found Station Eleven to be overcrammed and inconsistent (but still good).

I can't remember specifics (I'm sure I posted a review on it here somewhere), but by the end the series just didn't leave the impact I thought it would when I was watching earlier episodes, and that's because the series went so many places and did things I thought were just lacklustre amongst other well done parts.

Is that Chloe Bailey? Yea... amma be looking forward to this one.

I still use TV Time. Mainly for its comment section. If you want discussion unfortunately I don't think think there's any tracking app better right now. But goddamn TV Time has been shitting their bed these past couple years.

I have a theory that a few years ago some big company bought them out, which is probably why after the 4.15 update we lost some cool features and the user interface changed completely. Such a fuckin' shame though, the app feels neglected.

Station Eleven... did not live up to its potential. But I'm still pleasantly surprised to still see it be mentioned on here. It was a good watch.

I don't think the genre is in decline. In fact I think there are more of these teen-dramas than there ever were at any given point in time.

Heartbreak High, Sex Education, Prisma, Elite, Euphoria, High School, Never Have I Ever etc. These are the Dawson Creeks and One Tree Hills of our time... just in shorter form and more stylistic... because that's just how television is nowadays.

I swear y'all just be wanting it to be 2005 again. lol.

> I can't wait to watch these scenes

yea if you're planning to watch the series just know it's 6 fucking season long (plus 1 epilogue season). and there are a lot of stories that rage from great to absolutely fucking terrible. lol.

I have a lot more favourite romance stories too. Trigonometry is another great one. It's about a polygamous couple.

I have quite a few throughout my years of watching TV shows, but my overall favourite would have to be Naomi and Emily from Skins, season 3 - 7.

They're undeniably one of the greatest relationship stories coming out of Skins. Even if you were to separate all the Naomily-related scenes from everything else in the series, it'd still make a fantastic romance movie/miniseries, one that's well-developed, taking us through flowery heart-warming days to gloomy and heart-breaking ones. It starts out as a cheesy and maybe even cliché 'gay girl have crush on straight girl' plot, but I think what made this one work from the get-go is that the series established that these 2 already had some 'awkward history' before the point where they see them first. Obviously the inevitable happens, but the subtle intricacy I think most viewers might not have noticed with Naomi and Emily is how both girls used each other as bridges to 'get away' from their complicated home lives. With Emily being seen as nothing more than her sister's shadow by her family who doesn't accept her for who she is, and Naomi whose mother comes and goes as she pleases and seemingly doesn't care about what Naomi wants, both girls were able to find themselves with each other.

Both Naomi and Emily's character development were done within the bounds of their relationship, and it is quite impressive when you see how much they changed throughout the series. A great relationship doesn't come without relationship drama though, so by the end of their story they'd gone through tender, heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, sweet, emotional and even sadder moments. Everything was executed perfectly; from their lustrous and tender lake scene, to the dark and gloomy tone of Emily's monologue on the edge of that rooftop, to Naomi's touching confession of love at the end of their school days, to the very poignant hospital scene where one girl is devastated about possibly having to see the love of her life for the final time, while the other feels the same about breaking her heart again.

> Bocchi the Rock is incredible TV and is my #1 show of any medium this year. And I'm not even usually into anime comedies. It's just that good

damn. guess i gotta hurry and check this one out now. lol.

What other new anime from 2022 did you think were great?

Anime for me in 2022 was, meh tbh. I didn't like Summertime Rendering much and Chainsaw Man hasn't gotten to the good parts of the manga yet. I was suppose to see Bocchi The Rock! before making this list, but ended up getting an ear infection so couldn't.

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on the other version of this list pinned on my profile.

> Do you often give the pilot a go before fully committed to the whole season?

I give everything at least 4 episodes before I decided whether it's working for me or not. Unless it's reeeeeeeaaaaally bad... then I quit after the 2nd or 3rd. But that rarely happens. That has only happened like 4 times in the past 3 years.

> Any shows that you have given up midpoint?

A shit ton.

> Extraordinary Attorney

I was suppose to watch this show too but unfortunately didn't have time for it. There are some great shows coming out of korea nowadays (3 are on this list too lol), but they require commitment with those lengthy episode counts and runtime.

I recommend "D.P." on netflix too if you haven't seen it. That's another outstanding one.

i just read the synopsis and glance at the preview a bit sometimes just to check visual/production quality. if it looks like something that could be potentially great, i check it out.

Which ones did you see? 🤔 amma take a wild guess and say The Bear and Severance?

> is Severance the highest ranked English speaking show?

Yes. Even though Pachinko got a bit of english too.

> I'm guessing most of these are straight drama? Language and genre might both be useful things to put in parenthesis for anyone else unfamiliar.

Yea. And yea I should probably do that next time.

What did Frank Ocean say that one time? "I got two versions. I got twooo versions…"

Version 1 of my Top 25 TV Shows of 2022 is here!

Specific praises I must give certain shows:

• Best concept — #1: Ida Takes Charge #2: Severance
• Best storytelling — #1: Pachinko #2: My Brilliant Friend
• Best performance — #1: Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) #2: Mattia Carrano (Prisma)
• Best creativity — #1: Mood #2: Clark
• Best visuals/cinematography — #1: Euphoria - season 2 #2: The English
• Best production Design — #1: The English #2: Severance
• Best dialogue — #1: Ida Takes Charge #2: My Brilliant Friend
• Best main character — #1: Ida (Ida Takes Charge) #2: Elena (My Brilliant Friend)
• Best supporting character — #1: Daphne Sullivan (The White Lotus) #2: Lee Cheong-san (All Of Us Are Dead)
• Best ensemble of characters — #1: Prisma #2: All Of Us Are Dead
• Best relationships — #1: Ida & Axel (Ida Takes Charge) #2: Daphne Sullivan & Cameron (The White Lotus - season 2)
• Best OST — #1: Mood #2: The White Lotus - season 2
• Best opening title sequence — #1: Pachinko #2: Severance-
• Best episode - — #1: "The We We Are" (Severance) #2: "Blu" (Prisma)
• Best scene — #1: "Maybe you should get a trainer" (The White Lotus - season 2) #2: New Year's sequence (Euphoria)

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I didn't like what 2022 television had to offer for the most part. One too many disappointments for me as well. I mean I watched a lot more shows than I did in 2021, yet struggled to find 25 new shows for this list. But I do think my top 13 here are genuinely great.But anyways, thanks a lot for reading, even if you just scrolled through this lol. Same time, same place, next year? ❤️

> a show that centers the feelings, perspective and problems of guys and seems to speak to an audience of guys, for the most part.

and this is something that like... matters? who cares if it's a "guy show" or "girly show"?

what do you mean by "guy show"??

i enjoyed True Blood straight up to season 6. I thought seasons 4 and 6 were the best seasons when i watched it years ago.

wait carrie coon didn't win an emmy for the leftovers?? what was her emmy win for??

dude...

booty > whoever the hell that is.

lol.

well this is... a strange comparison. lol.

think i liked Uncut Gems better tho... The Bear didn't have thick Julia Fox.

the fact that this series is the talk of the town now is pretty wack. like, when tf did we start to care about Scooby-Doo and its characters? i swear there have been a Scooby-Doo project on almost every year for the past like... 3 decades, and not one got this much attention.