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Re:Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Neve... by tptacek on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @12:19AM (#47057453)
Patriot is amazing, more people should watch it, everyone I know who has was enthralled by it.

Counterpart was great but structure made it hard for to watch knowing it'd been cancelled.

Scavengers Reign was great; I couldn't get into Common Side Effects.

Evil is exactly the Catholic X-Files, which is an amazing concept, but by the end of the 2nd season it is all the way off the rails and hurtling into a canyon.

Given your list, you might dig Lodge 49, which is somewhere in the intersection of HACF, Evil, The Big Lebowski.

Re:Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Neve... by skerit on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @03:54AM (#47058824)
Oh, so does "Counterpart" not have an ending?
Re:Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Neve... by jclulow on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @08:38AM (#47060798)
It does actually wrap up well enough I reckon. It's not really a cliffhanger or whatever.
Re:Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Neve... by Sylamore on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:15PM (#47068270)
It does, though it was obviously setting up a future season things wrap up well enough. I wouldn't be mad to watch it again.
Re:Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Neve... by caycecan on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @12:25AM (#47057499)
Adding it as well
Re:Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Neve... by caycecan on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @12:27AM (#47057511)
Evil got cancelled with a 6 episode finish, which is unheard of when making TV. It wanders around, and has highlights in each season. The x-files got real sloppy near the end too.

Also in the running for great title sequences as well

Re:Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Neve... by robot_jesus on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @05:07AM (#47059349)
Patriot is my single favorite show of all time. I absolutely adore it and every preposterous, absurd line.

So many quotable moments. Vantasner Danger Meridian. Structural Dynamics of Flow. The attaché badge.

So many phenomenal scenes. I’m not surprised it didn’t get more traction with the general public but it was unafraid to take some serious and weird risks. But they pay off in spades for me!

Re:Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Neve... by redhale on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @06:10AM (#47059790)
Are you me? Patriot is amazing and I will never stop recommending it no matter how many dumbfounded looks I get.

I have a framed "Structural Dynamics of Flow" poster on my wall in my home office, visible on Teams calls. Only 1 person has ever recognized the reference.

Re:Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Neve... by woodrowbarlow on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @08:43AM (#47060843)
gosh, the scene where he stumbles into the lecture hall, almost late, and then delivers a flawless retro-encapulator-esque pitch... that had me giddy.
Re:Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Neve... by mietek on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @09:03AM (#47061010)
The preposterously long rock-paper-scissors scene had me laughing tears.
Re:Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Neve... by tptacek on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @09:37AM (#47061384)
Then, of course, you've seen L.G. Claret's website!
Re:Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Neve... by sph on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @10:45AM (#47062220)
If you like Patriot, you might enjoy Mr Inbetween. It's one of my favourite shows ever. Different story, same level of dark comedy, with a heaping dose of Aussie humour.

If you want something more American, the show for you is Barry.

Re:Halt and Catch Fire: TV's Best Drama You've Probably Neve... by evanelias on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @11:13AM (#47062595)
> So many quotable moments. Vantasner Danger Meridian. Structural Dynamics of Flow. The attaché badge.

My friends and I have found that Patriot phrases make excellent team names in pub trivia, even if no other teams get the references. (Also "double great", "disgraced veterinarians", "pin-flam-fastened pan traps", more I'm forgetting... clearly I need to rewatch the show yet again!)

> I’m not surprised it didn’t get more traction with the general public

I suspect the show would have had a larger audience if it had a better title. That seems to be an instant negative whenever I try recommending it to someone. Hopefully Steven Conrad's new hbo show will raise his profile enough to let more people rediscover Patriot. It's an absolute gem.