A good drama to watch with teenage son?

gingin_2

Marshflower wrote: »

On a slightly different subject - I see you have seen Breaking Bad - I haven't seen it yet and I don't know when it will be coming to non-Sky channels. I've heard it's amazing - is it worth buying the first series or waiting?

I liked Fringe until the last two series and then couldn't watch it, I really fell out of love with it quickly.

Breaking Bad is not 100% my thing. My husband thinks it's great, everyone we talk to thinks it's great and it was the same with The Wire and I was the only one who didn't quite gel with it. I prefer more suspense, supernatural, conspiracy type things, whereas Breaking Bad is more of a long-running story with a crazy journey ( science teacher, diagnosed with terminal cancer and manages to create the perfect meth to sell).

I thought The Boss with Kelsey Grammer looked good but saw it wasn't recommissioned for another series so that has put me off watching. Has anyone seen that?

disabled_NCIS_fan

Bones, Hustle, Jonathan Creek maybe? May not be your thing but the old ITV Sherlock Holmes series is a big hit in our house if he is a Sherlock Holmes fan in general. Thinking comedy wise maybe Fraiser?

lindseylocket

Friday night lights

or some comedy


The middle


Big bang


Game of thrones is great , but not for a 13 year old watching with mum!

Gillyx

Castle, Person of Interest, Burn Notice, Blue Bloods, Suits all suitable I'd say and I love them all :j

Jenna_Appleseed

scooby088 wrote: »

I really enjoyed our friends in the north a bbc series from ages ago.

Great series but part the plot's about the 60s/70s !!!!!! industry, - there's a rough sex scene, & iirc some uncensored swearing. There's some dark/heavy parts about police corruption/violence, political oppression, attempts/failure to change the world via (armed) radicalism/activism, domestic violence, and parents destroying their children's chance of a future. If he's into politics/social history & old school BBC political drama ( it's very from a anti-Tory, pro-Labour but not New Labour angle, but actually pretty even handed re the police & failures of the left + great snippets of 60s to then present day 90s music) then it'l be perfect for when he's a bit older - dvd's rated 15 - think the videos were 18.

Watched it when I was 15/16 and parts of it still hurt.

thunderbird

My 13 year old likes Waterloo Road, although I don't really enjoy it - it seems like Grange Hill for young teens.:D

Broadchurch is good, I guess you could catch up with it online?
Elementary is the only current US drama that I watch (although I'm not sure if it is still on?), nowhere near as good as Sherlock IMO.


- just thought of a couple more; Heroes and X Files

Jenna_Appleseed

ampersand wrote: »

'Edge of Darkness' is still superb.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Of-Darkness-Complete-Series/dp/B00004CYR0

Another brilliant programme (original series) but is a bit mystical & disturbing, & can mess with your head if you watch it in the wrong frame of mind. - Spoilers below

one of the main characters gets violently murdered near the beginning then appears a a possible ghost or hallucination, + consipracies, nuclear paranoia, people dying from radiation poisoning and the theory that the earth is deliberative cleansing itself of humans. Oh & there's an icky moment where the living main character finds his daughters sex toy...:eek:

Treevo

House of Cards. It's amazing.

anniemf2508

Revenge
Dexter
CSI
Chuck
Bones
The Walking Dead

choccyface2006

My 13 year old daughter is addicted to 'Hustle' I think boys would enjoy it as much!

Sarah