Synopsis: Catherine is a public prosecutor who thought she'd quashed the sadistic Group XS. Then her friends and family start disappearing and the spectre of her past. Yesterday at 10:00 p.m. How Orlando Jones Constructed His Showstopping American Gods Monologue “To deliver that or to try and create that conversation around a. Who Is Twisty the Clown? Get To Know the Creepiest Villain of American Horror Story: Freak Show. John Carroll Lynch's Twisty the Clown has become the chief talking point of "American Horror Story. American Horror Story In 2013 someone crashed the Murcielago and it took four years and $167,000 to get back on the road. Between the repairs, maintenance, insurance and fuel, the grand. The Best TV Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now. Photo: HBOThis list was updated April 8, 2. Amazon Prime’s current offerings. If Transparent, Amazon Prime’s trailblazing- in- all- ways dramedy, was your first foray into the online behemoth’s members- only streaming service, congratulations! One show down, about 1,3. To help you navigate Prime’s overabundance of programming, we’ve whittled down all the possibilities, giving you our picks for the best shows from all genres (in alphabetical order). And because shows are often displayed on Prime’s browsing interfaces organized (or really, disorganized) by season, we’ve also suggested which individual season of a show is the best for newbies to dive into first (or for old- time fans to cue up, should you fancy a binge down memory lane). Check it out, and feel free to tell us what we missed in the comments. We’ll update this list as titles are added and removed. DRAMAThe Americans, Season 1. More people need to watch this show, and if describing it bluntly as “Alias meets Homeland” is a way of getting you to do so, that’s fine. What you’ll see once you get past that tagline- y depiction is a multi- multi- layered drama that brilliantly equates marriage and espionage. So old- fashioned, it feels new- fashioned and, to a distinct percentage of its fans, so bad, it’s good. The Good Wife, Season 5. The Good Wife might accurately be called the best of the last of the great primetime network dramas. Excellently acted and confidently written, it’s exactly what you want from a legal drama and includes steamy (for CBS) sex scenes and occasional knowing splashes of social commentary. It’s also managed to get better with age, leaving behind its initial premise (Julianna Margulies as a politician’s stay- at- home wife who returns to her litigation career after her husband gets thrown in the slammer on corruption charges) and flourishing as a twisty- turny series that rarely disappoints. If you want to see The Good Wife at its very best, start with the fifth season. Justified, Season 1. There are lots of great cops- and- robbers dramas around these days, lots of spellbinding detective mysteries, and toe- curling organized- crime capers, and medieval epics and so on. But there’s only one show that dares to reference the great Westerns of yore, and that’s Justified, based on a renegade- lawman character created by the late, great Elmore Leonard. In fact, Leonard himself called the show his favorite of the many movie and TV adaptations that have been made from his work, which is the best endorsement we can give this taut, fantastically acted series. NYPD Blue, Season 3. Wherefore art thou, Dennis Franz? Nobody’s started a petition yet to get Franz back into acting since he unofficially retired almost ten years ago, so maybe you should watch this season (one of four that earned him an Emmy) and then go be that person. With David Caruso’s essentially one- and- done stint on the show behind it, Blue’s third season featured several great episodes and consistently exceptional direction, writing, and character development. Franz’s Detective Andy Sipowicz — a drunkard and a racist with a well- intentioned heart — still stands as one of the most marvelous TV creations of all time. Oz, Season 1. The first one- hour drama HBO ever produced in- house (along with Homicide auteurs Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson) was about the big house, and it was both sadistic fun and totally messed- up (in a good and excruciating way). The cast alone is reason to tune in: Christopher Meloni did his best work ever as gay psycho inmate Chris Keller, and J. K. Simmons is quite possibly going to score an Oscar soon for Whiplash, so watch this and say you knew him back when he was just a Aryan rapist with an occasional soft spot for his drug- addicted adult sons. Some say the show, which lasted six seasons, went off the rails after the fourth, so start at the beginning. Pride and Prejudice. This six- episode British adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel was made in 1. Colin Firth (who plays Mr. Darcy) became the Oscar- winning star he is today. It’s widely considered the best Jane Austen adaptation, but it’s also worth watching to see Firth give a master class on the art of staring longingly. The Sopranos, Season 1 or 6. Every dark, antihero- driven TV drama you love today exists because, like the occasionally benevolent mob boss he was, Tony Soprano allowed them to exist. The Sopranos (which debuted all the way back in 1. TV- series- as- allegorical- novel conceit, telling an epic tale of family, duty, honor, and desire wrapped up in the irresistible canvas of a tawdry Mafia family bada- bing- ing around northern New Jersey. As for which season to watch or rewatch, let’s go with Vulture TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz’s recommendations: Either start with the first season, which contains the show’s best episode (“College”) or, if you’re not planning on watching it through all the way, read some Wikipedia entries and then try its sixth and final season, the most creatively ambitious. The Wire, Season 3 or 4. We’re recommending two seasons here (and a reminder — if something is on this list at all, and it sounds like you might like it, you should watch all of it if you have the time). The third and fourth seasons of The Wire are widely considered its best, but narrow that down to a singular standout season at your own peril. Season three looks at drugs and street crime as they intersect with politics, while the fourth season goes inside Baltimore’s broken- down school system. So, you know, whatever systemic failure floats your boat! ANIMATION & KIDSArcher, Season 1. The most apt description and most ringing endorsement possible for this animated spy spoof comes from series creator Adam Reed, who once described it as “James Bond meets Arrested Development.” Now that you have what’s “obviously the core concept” (to use some signature “phrasing” from the show), time to dive deep into this delightfully raunchy, pop- culture- riddled gem: “Sploosh!”Avatar: The Last Airbender. Disastrous movie attempt aside, Avatar: The Last Airbender had an excellent three- season run on Nickelodeon, effortlessly blending the showmanship of manipulating (or yes, “bending”) elements in a unique world – consisting of Waterbenders, Earthbenders, Firebenders, and Airbenders – while teaching relevant life lessons. Blue’s Clues, Seasons 1–4. Some of you may be young enough to remember watching Nickelodeon’s best- ever educational program as a curious tot; others may be old enough that you first heard about Blue’s Clues while reading Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point. Either way, you know that this is an insanely addictive show, one that disproved the long- held belief that kids couldn’t be trusted to remain attentive through a half- hour program. Blue’s Clues (the title refers to a dog who leaves paw prints around the house for her friendly male owner so he can guess what she wants or is thinking about) was also unlike any other kids’ show in that it was quiet and unfrenetic, which makes it soothing viewing for adults as well. Just one thing: Stick to the earlier seasons, when Blue’s best buddy was played by Steve Burns. Everyone knows Steve was better than Joe! Fraggle Rock Can Jim Henson do no wrong? The adorable anthropomorphic species of Muppets – Fraggles, Doozers, and Gorgs’ – live in a friendly underground commune right by Doc’s workshop, always ready to spew advice or sing a few tunes. The energizing silliness of Gobo, Mokey, Red, Wembley, and Boober that helps to translate serious issues may seem perfect for kids, but really, it’s meant for everyone. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Any Volume. The late, great PBS painter Bob Ross gets all the accolades for being a human quaalude among Gen X- ers who enjoy a little irony with their peaceful TV viewing. But there’s no cozier onscreen sedative than Fred Rogers. Pocoyo, Season 1. Sincere but witty, this internationally produced gem of a kids’ show, intended for preschoolers, features an adorable cartoon boy named Pocoyo who pals around with an elephant named Elly and a duck named Pato. The animation is sparse yet pleasing, the music peppy but never annoying, the lessons learned short and sweet, and the whole thing is narrated (in its English- language version) by British treasure Stephen Fry. A cute hoot. Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection. This collection of the four half- hour short films that kicked off creator Nick Parks’s Wallace & Gromit franchise features two Oscar winners (The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave) and two nominees (A Grand Day Outand A Matter of Loaf and Death). Fun fact: A Grand Day Out, released in 1. Academy Award for Animated Short Film to another Park project, Creature Comforts. DOCUMENTARY & REALITYAmerica’s Next Top Model, Cycle 2. You wanna be on top? Then start with the second season (sorry, Tyra: cycle) of ANTM. It’s the pinnacle of bitchiness, thanks to resident villain Camille, but also boasts some truly gorgeous photography and a few actually nice girls you’d want to be friends with. Cycle two also produced one of the most delightful shitshows in reality history: contestant Shandi’s transatlantic meltdown on the phone with her boyfriend back in the Midwest. The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns. Prime carries a huge chunk of Burns’s oeuvre, including this saga- length 1. Come for the thorough but never- boring history lesson, stay for the now- iconic aesthetic flourishes (slow panning over archival photos, winsome musical scoring) that always give Burns’s documentaries their emotional resonance. Ken Burns: The Dust Bowl. One of Burns’s most startling documentaries, this four- parter covers an American era that most likely wasn’t addressed in your high- school history class. And if it was, certainly not this starkly and movingly. In the clip, fans meet Dot and Bette (Sarah Paulson) and really get a glimpse at their different personalities; lobster boy Jimmy Darling (Evan Peters) gets really mad when someone calls him and his circus friends . Show creator Ryan Murphy recently dished on Twisty to Entertainment Weekly and said the character doesn't like it when the circus freaks show up to town. It's heart- stopping what he does. I'm worried that people are going to have cardiac arrests.. The clown's intro in the first episode is.. Two crew members told me they had nightmares about this clown since we started shooting and they're not even scared of clowns. I think he's pretty extraordinary because, when you see why he's a clown and why he's wearing the mask.. FX with a 9. 0- minute premiere. Do not reproduce without permission.
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