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comedy, crime, drama, tv
Barry (Pilot)
Written By: Alec Berg & Bill Hader
Synopsis: A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.
comedy, tv
The Big Bang Theory (S2 E4)
Written By: Stephen Engel & Tim Doyle (teleplay)
Synopsis: The guys struggle to cope with Raj's arrogance after he is featured in a People magazine article.
DRAMA, tv, crime
Breaking Bad - Pilot (S1 E1)
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Written By: Vince Gilligan and Sam Catlin & Moira Walley-Beckett
Synopsis: Diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, chemistry teacher Walter White teams up with former student Jesse Pinkman to cook and sell crystal meth.
drama, tv, crime
Breaking Bad - The Fly (S3 E10)
Written By: Vince Gilligan and Sam Catlin & Moira Walley-Beckett
Synopsis: There is a fly loose in the lab. Walt and Jesse must do whatever they can to kill it before it contaminates the meth.
drama, TV
Chernobyl (Episode 1)
Written By: Craig Mazin
Synopsis: In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.
crime, tv
CSI (S4 E15)
Written By: Anthony E. Zuiker & Carol Mendelsohn (teleplay), based on the story by Elizabeth Devine
Synopsis: Two masked men show up at a house and kill the husband and wife execution-style with two bullets at the back of the head.
western, tv
Deadwood (S1 E5)
Written By: David Milch & John Belluso
Synopsis: Swearengen transforms the Gem into a courtroom as Deadwood is forced to make its own laws to try a cowardly murderer. With Calamity Jane off on a bender, Trixie is enlisted by Swearengen to help Alma with the orphaned child and to keep her pliable to his purposes. Fearing Andy's illness might threaten his business, Cy banishes him to the woods, where he is discovered by Jane.
comedy, tv
The Detectorists (S1 E2)
Written By: Mackenzie Crook
Synopsis: The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.
crime, tv
Dexter (Pilot)
Written By: James Manos Jr. (teleplay), based on the novel by Jeff Lindsay
Synopsis: By day, mild-mannered Dexter is a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police. But at night, he is a serial killer who only targets other murderers.
DRAMA, tv
Euphoria (Pilot)
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Written By: Sam Levinson (teleplay), based on the Israeli Series from HOT that was created by Ron Leshem & Daphna Levin
Synopsis: A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.
comedy, tv
Friends S1 E8
Written By: Marta Kauffman & David Crane
Synopsis: Monica and Ross mourn the loss of their grandmother. Chandler is shocked to find that people think he is gay.
Written By: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss (screenplay), based on the book by George Martin
Synopsis: Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
drama, tv
Mad Men (Pilot)
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Written By: Matthew Weiner
Synopsis: A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.
crime, tv
Hannibal S1 E7
Written By: Bryan Fuller (teleplay), based on characters from the book "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris
Synopsis: Lecter's patient Franklin Froideveaux worries that his friend Tobias may be a psychopath, but Franklin's growing obsession with Lecter is what concerns the latter more.
comedy, tv
The Office (Pilot)
Written By: Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant
Synopsis: A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium.
crime, tv
Peaky Blinders (S1 E1)
Written By: Steven Knight
Synopsis: A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England; centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
comedy, tv
Rick and Morty (S1 E5)
Written By: Justin Roiland & Dan Harmon
Synopsis: An animated series that follows the exploits of a super scientist and his not-so-bright grandson.
comedy, tv
Seinfeld (S6 E11)
Written By: Bruce Kirschbaum & Sam Kass
Synopsis: The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
comedy, tv
The Simpsons S8 E2
Written By: John Swartzwelder (screenplay), based on the characters by James L. Brooks & Matt Groening & Sam Simon
Synopsis: After moving to another town for a new job, Homer must decide whether or not to stay when the family have a hard time with the transfer.
drama, tv, crime
The Sopranos (Pilot)
Written By: David Chase
Synopsis: New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.
drama, tv, sci-fi
Stranger Things (Pilot)
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Written By: Matt Duffer & Ross Duffer
Synopsis: When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief and his friends must confront terrifying supernatural forces in order to get him back.
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