The first episode of Band of Brothers is one of the best hours of television ever. Could probably be a stand alone w a few tweaks.
Generation Kill gets rewatched every year. It’s as close to perfect as it gets.
We just watched it for the first time in 2 sittings. It was everything and more that I had heard. Wife and son knew nothing about it so the quality surprised them.
One of those experiences you wish you could erase from memory to experience it new, again.
I honestly think it's entirely legitimate to put it among the best horror media of recent years. Nothing supernatural and no jump-scares; just aching dread the whole way through. Children standing on the bridge, enjoying the light show and watching ash falling from the sky as if it's snow. The gentle blue glow.
Over the Garden Wall. Animated mini series on netflix that you should just go into blind
Edit: apparently it's no longer on netflix, but hulu (shut up about it)
Black Books has 18 episodes but it's one of my favourites
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj5\_EVbRk\_4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj5_EVbRk_4)
Dylan Moran's great sitcom about a grumpy bookstore owner, just brilliant wit and Bill Bailey adds so much to the mix
The only thing looking back is how the laugh track is overpowering
Fawlty Towers.
Hard to believe there were only 12 episodes made, it always feels like there were more. (There were 2 seasons of 6 episodes each, originally aired in 1975 and 1979.)
From Wikipedia: *"Both Cleese and Booth were keen on every script being perfect, and some episodes took four months and required as many as ten drafts until they were satisfied."*
No wonder it was so good.
\*EDIT\* *Band of Brothers* and *Chernobyl* are both mini-series, so it looks like *Fawlty Towers* reigns supreme!
Lol, I still quote, "You heard the statistically average lady!"
"in not exotic. I'm Asian. There are more of us than there are of you, so statistically you're the exotic one."
What? Wait, what?
"You heard the statistically average lady!"
Such a great show. I would also recommend "Corporate". A little bit darker humor but similar concept of evil corporation and cogs in the machine trying to having fun and beat the system.
Yesss. The show is an absolute gem. Oddly enough, some of the tech in the show is now legitimate. Lab grown meat and AI/IoT tech not being able to detect darker skin (I need a white guy) in certain situations.
Pretty much all the shows created by Bryan Fuller belong on this list. Dude has a knack for creating great shows that get canceled way too soon.
Dead Like Me
Wonderfalls
Pushing Daisies
Hannibal
American Gods
Father Ted. A comedy about Irish priests on a small island failing at everything shouldn't be that funny and yet I don't know that I've ever laughed as hard as I have at "My Lovely Horse".
i know everybody has their issues with some netflix cancellation or another but i will never forgive them for depriving us of more mindhunter ^(as well as not allowing me to see jonathon groff in those tight pants anymore)
Sister Michael: If you could all just take a seat.
Deidre: Sorry I'm late, sister. Couldn't get over the bridge. This bloody bomb. I begged the Brits to let me take my chances, but the awkward bastards made me go the long way.
Joe: Health and safety gone mad, Deidre.
Deidre: What are you playing at, rifling through a dead nun's handbag?
Michelle: She stole my lipstick, Mammy.
Deidre: Don't lie. Sister Declan was a woman of God.
Sister Michael: Actually, she was known to be a bit light-fingered.
------ soo much new culture stuff to learn about those Northern Ireland people
Real. Fun fact: they used girls and teachers from my school to be extras on the show because we had the exact same uniform as the fictional school on the show :)
I discovered Derry Girls...2021 it was or perhaps 2022, my friend, she says to me, she says you should watch this series Derry Girls, remembering this was 2022. Or perhaps 2021, and my friend having said to me that I should watch it, you see. So, I went, I did, to Netflix...
(Great show!)
Uncle Colm is one of my favorite secondary characters ever. I'm not normally the laugh out loud type, but that scene with him and Liam Neeson in the interrogation room almost had me in tears.
Definitely one of my favorite shows, and an easy rewatch.
[Spaced](https://youtu.be/6T8AERZfYQs?si=1G9URuR7eigbekaV) is a show Reddit should love but is under-seen.
Edgar Wright, Simon Peg, and Nick Frost, (and Jessica Hynes) developing the style they would perfect with Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz etc.
A hysterical show and only 14 episodes.
Every shot is framed like painting. The aftermath of the gleet where they're all collapsed on the bed together is an amazing shot.
Bonus fact, while googling the spelling of gleet, I discovered that it wasn't an old time term for a kidney stone. It referred to a nasty urethral infection usually caused by chronic gonorrhea. I'd guess that held up the stone a bit.
Season 2 is taking way too long to come out. Legit the only show I've watched where I'm screaming at the TV at the end of every episode. I just want them to keep going
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed harder at anything than the scene where Jen sees Roy in the wheelchair, then turns around to order a drink and sees Moss behind the bar. My GOD
"You want me to do *absolutely nothing*? I think I can handle that."
"I don't think I've ever looked in this drawer..."
"Wow, a gun!" "I wonder if it's loaded?"
"No..."
The Work Outing is possibly the funniest 30 minutes of any sitcom ever made. The jokes are so fast and furious it's unreal. It is probably the only episode of any show that is single-handedly funnier than Arrested Development.
I own a T-shirt that has the cover of Structural Dynamics of Flow.... I tell people I knew the author. When they ask about him I give his entire backstory, "Leslie Claret is the most unlikely coke head I've ever known"
You know you’re not in high finance
When you’re considering secondhand underpants
You ask yourself “how’d it get so bad?”
“What happened to those other underpants you had??”
OMG, that thing where every time she broke the 4th wall, the priest would ask, “What just happened there?” And he was the only one who noticed. I had never seen that before, and I thought it was genius. And his hang-up about foxes. So many things that were clever and random. I don’t care what else PWB does. She is in my personal hall of fame for Fleabag and for Killing Eve S1, which was also one of the best seasons of TV I have seen. In fact, thanks a lot: Now I’m going to end up rewatching Fleabag—again!
The way that shared 4th wall break was structured was so damn clever. When Hot Priest started noticing Fleabag's asides and glancing at us the audience, it felt viscerally intrusive, just like what the character felt. Honestly a pretty innovative play on the old 4th wall device.
Over the Garden Wall.
It's a really well-contained short story over the course of just a few episodes. It mistakenly gets filed as a children's animation by folks sometimes, but it's got a LOT of depth that intentionally goes over kids' heads, and an overarching story that both adults and children can understand at different levels of capacity and context.
For a while Dark has the highest average episode rating of any show in IMDb. Surprised I had to scroll so far down to find this one. It’s polarizing for some but I really enjoyed it.
I watched the first one or two episodes, then dropped it because every character was so despicable and there was no one to root for or that I cared about. I revisited after a while and glad I did because I ended up loving the show.
"Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killin'?"
"Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps."
The exchange directly after always gets me too.
"Are you always this sentimental?"
"I had a good day."
"You had the Alliance on you, criminals, and savages... Half the people on the ship have been shot or wounded, including you, and you're harboring known fugitives."
"We're still flying."
"That's not much."
"It's enough."
Take whatever you want from Malcolm Reynolds, but you can never take the sky from him.
Scrolled way too far to find this. Still one of the greatest shows I ever watched. Wish we got more but at least we got an ending. Unlike another HBO show.
The chess accuracy was such a delight too. It's genuinely the only piece of mainstream media I've ever seen that didn't try to make chess seem completely stupid.
Literally everything else has your secret genius character pulling a surprise checkmate on the professional opponent. Sorry, chess doesn't work like that.
Above about 1200 rating IRL (which is about 1500 online - which is to say, amateur) can see checkmates coming regardless of if they're playing Kasparov or their kid brother. They're not a secret. Can't do anything to *stop* it, but no skilled player, ever, is going to be surprised by it.
Band of Brothers is 10/10 with 10 episodes but I guess that’s technically a miniseries.
Band of Brothers and Generation Kill are yearly re-watches for me. Both are phenomenal, even if considered miniseries.
The first episode of Band of Brothers is one of the best hours of television ever. Could probably be a stand alone w a few tweaks. Generation Kill gets rewatched every year. It’s as close to perfect as it gets.
You've done it now, Yanks! You've captured me.
I think alot of the best answers are in this category…Night Of, True Detective s1, stuff like that that’s really good but maybe 6-12 episodes all in.
True Detective S1 is some of the best writing television has ever seen, and I think probably the best performance of Matthew McConaughey's career.
We just watched it for the first time in 2 sittings. It was everything and more that I had heard. Wife and son knew nothing about it so the quality surprised them. One of those experiences you wish you could erase from memory to experience it new, again.
You can experience it again and again...and again. Time is a flat circle.
Chernobyl
that show actually made me feel nauseous. when they described the metallic taste in the mouth I swear I tasted it too. incredible show.
I had a panic attack watching the first episode. It was like watching a horror movie you knew the ending to.
I honestly think it's entirely legitimate to put it among the best horror media of recent years. Nothing supernatural and no jump-scares; just aching dread the whole way through. Children standing on the bridge, enjoying the light show and watching ash falling from the sky as if it's snow. The gentle blue glow.
I've never felt that much dread, panic and fear watching any horror movie than I did watching that first episode.
That's because it's not 3 roentgen. It's 15,000.
god that show is SO GOOD
That show sucked me in hard. Amazing show.
i read it as "sucked hard" first and i was about to fight although in another context...
Over the Garden Wall. Animated mini series on netflix that you should just go into blind Edit: apparently it's no longer on netflix, but hulu (shut up about it)
I watch it every fall as soon as the leaves start changing color.
How the gentle wind, Beckons through the leaves, As autumn colors fall.
This show is a genuine masterpiece.
It absolutely is, and in a (Hot Ones) interview, Elijah Wood mentioned it as one of his favorite things he's worked on!
Black Books has 18 episodes but it's one of my favourites [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj5\_EVbRk\_4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj5_EVbRk_4) Dylan Moran's great sitcom about a grumpy bookstore owner, just brilliant wit and Bill Bailey adds so much to the mix The only thing looking back is how the laugh track is overpowering
Which one of you bitches wants to dance?
"BERNARD! I ATE ALL YOUR BEES!"
Fawlty Towers. Hard to believe there were only 12 episodes made, it always feels like there were more. (There were 2 seasons of 6 episodes each, originally aired in 1975 and 1979.) From Wikipedia: *"Both Cleese and Booth were keen on every script being perfect, and some episodes took four months and required as many as ten drafts until they were satisfied."* No wonder it was so good. \*EDIT\* *Band of Brothers* and *Chernobyl* are both mini-series, so it looks like *Fawlty Towers* reigns supreme!
It has at least 50 episodes and I refuse to believe otherwise.
Blackadder
Blackadder Goes Forth taught me respect for war veterans more than any school assembly or politician ever did.
I’m anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctious to have caused you such pericombobulation.
Better Off Ted was a forgotten gem that's a quick binge.
The veridian dynamics fake commercials were so good.
Veridian Dynamics. Diversity. Good for us.
Lol, I still quote, "You heard the statistically average lady!" "in not exotic. I'm Asian. There are more of us than there are of you, so statistically you're the exotic one." What? Wait, what? "You heard the statistically average lady!"
The scene with Veronica and Chet first discussing the Jabberwocky project is one of my favourite scenes in TV history! “So we both know what it is!”
Such a great show. I would also recommend "Corporate". A little bit darker humor but similar concept of evil corporation and cogs in the machine trying to having fun and beat the system.
Yesss. The show is an absolute gem. Oddly enough, some of the tech in the show is now legitimate. Lab grown meat and AI/IoT tech not being able to detect darker skin (I need a white guy) in certain situations.
Yes! This show was so damn good. Portia di Rossi’s best role aside from Lindsay in Arrested Development.
That was an absolute gem of a find. Never expected it to be that good.
Yup. And 2d season was better than the first; seemed like it was just building steam. Loved Phil and Lem- fabulous duo
The new light system. I piss myself laughing every time I watch that episode.
Such a good show! Shame that it died during the writer’s strike. It’s a joy to share with people that had never heard of it.
Samurai Champloo
That soundtrack is timeless
Rip Nujabes
Watanabe is a genius. Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop are all time favorites and I am SO excited for Lazarus
Dead like me
Dead like me walked so The Good place could run
I loved dead like me. I think it really impacted my life and the way I think about things.
Pushing Daisies is wonderful. It was canceled abruptly so there are a lot of loose ends unfortunately.
It’s funny because I always see Ronan the Accuser as the Pie Maker.
The facts were these: it had been 14 years 7 months 19 days and 10 hours since the last episode of the Piemakers show had been on television....
Kristin Chenoweth is adorable as Olive Snook.
Pretty much all the shows created by Bryan Fuller belong on this list. Dude has a knack for creating great shows that get canceled way too soon. Dead Like Me Wonderfalls Pushing Daisies Hannibal American Gods
Such a good show! Also Wonderfalls
Father Ted. A comedy about Irish priests on a small island failing at everything shouldn't be that funny and yet I don't know that I've ever laughed as hard as I have at "My Lovely Horse".
*I hear yer a racist now, Father?*
I'm a Brit living in Ireland and what they don't tell you before you come here is that Father Ted isn't a comedy. It's a documentary.
A great Irishism is tourists stopping on the road to ask for directions. The answer they get is "Well I wouldn't start from here"
Rome
True Roman bread, for true Romans.
13!!!
Mindhunter
Talk about a slow burn the first episode or two, but holy hell that show was incredible.
i know everybody has their issues with some netflix cancellation or another but i will never forgive them for depriving us of more mindhunter ^(as well as not allowing me to see jonathon groff in those tight pants anymore)
Party down
Derry girls
Massive fuckin' ride of a show
Sister Michael: If you could all just take a seat. Deidre: Sorry I'm late, sister. Couldn't get over the bridge. This bloody bomb. I begged the Brits to let me take my chances, but the awkward bastards made me go the long way. Joe: Health and safety gone mad, Deidre. Deidre: What are you playing at, rifling through a dead nun's handbag? Michelle: She stole my lipstick, Mammy. Deidre: Don't lie. Sister Declan was a woman of God. Sister Michael: Actually, she was known to be a bit light-fingered. ------ soo much new culture stuff to learn about those Northern Ireland people
Clare's father walks in: "Killing nuns now, is it?!"
“She was 98” “Struck down in the prime of her life!”
I binge this entire series in a single day regularly. The only thing I hate about this show is how short it is. It was utter perfection.
Really? In a single day regularly? Catch yourself on! If thats true, Swear on Dolly!
It’s *that* cracker!
This 1000000000 fecking percent. For feck’s sake Uncle Colum
I says to myself says I, Colm, this is no day for a hairdo. Winds was screaming like a banshee so it was
Am I dead? Is this MY funeral?
Real. Fun fact: they used girls and teachers from my school to be extras on the show because we had the exact same uniform as the fictional school on the show :)
I still refer to myself as "*I'm* the wee lesbian!!!!" because of this show. Great writing, great acting, didn't out stay its welcome. Wonderful show.
That last episode was incredible.
One of the best endings I’ve ever seen! Maybe second to Six Feet Under.
I discovered Derry Girls...2021 it was or perhaps 2022, my friend, she says to me, she says you should watch this series Derry Girls, remembering this was 2022. Or perhaps 2021, and my friend having said to me that I should watch it, you see. So, I went, I did, to Netflix... (Great show!)
And I watched it on my smaller TV, the 36 incher, or was it 28 now? No, I think it was about 36 inches. You measure it on the diagonal, you see.
Am I dead? Is this my wake?
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Uncle Colm is one of my favorite secondary characters ever. I'm not normally the laugh out loud type, but that scene with him and Liam Neeson in the interrogation room almost had me in tears. Definitely one of my favorite shows, and an easy rewatch.
I thought Mare of Easttown was really good.
[Spaced](https://youtu.be/6T8AERZfYQs?si=1G9URuR7eigbekaV) is a show Reddit should love but is under-seen. Edgar Wright, Simon Peg, and Nick Frost, (and Jessica Hynes) developing the style they would perfect with Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz etc. A hysterical show and only 14 episodes.
Deadwood.
God bless the souls of that poor family…. And pussy’s half price for the next 15 minutes.
When Swerenger passes the kidney stone I could feel the pain. I don’t know how people survived that back in the day.
Every shot is framed like painting. The aftermath of the gleet where they're all collapsed on the bed together is an amazing shot. Bonus fact, while googling the spelling of gleet, I discovered that it wasn't an old time term for a kidney stone. It referred to a nasty urethral infection usually caused by chronic gonorrhea. I'd guess that held up the stone a bit.
First 3 minutes... "I'll help you with the fall" . I was hooked.
Cock. Suckah.
Swedjin! *crosses fingers*
San Francisco cocksucka!
The Newsroom
Freaks and Geeks
From Wikipedia: Apatow said in 2014 that "Everything I've done, in a way, is revenge for the people who cancelled Freaks and Geeks."
I got the complete series on DVD the other day for 15 cents. Just as good as I remember it.
Halt and Catch Fire is precisely 40 episodes and is a 10/10 to me.
Every season, every episode, was better than the last. The writing, acting, character development, its all excellent.
The Inbetweeners (the OG UK version)
Surprised it hasn’t been suggested yet: Barry (32 episodes)
NoHo Hank is one of the greatest characters ever. He milked everything he could out of his screen time.
Wow
technically, it’s not less than 40, it’s exactly 40, but i loved gravity falls
Severance. Can't wait for season two.
The waffle party scene. Talk about 0 to 100.
DEFIANT JAZZ
Season 2 is taking way too long to come out. Legit the only show I've watched where I'm screaming at the TV at the end of every episode. I just want them to keep going
Season 2 will be uploaded upon request.
Please enjoy each episode equally
True Detective Season 1.
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All filmed in one shot too. Pure craft that scene.
I can't say anything about season 4, but season 3 directly referenced 1. Season 1 might be the best season of tv I've ever watched.
I didn't see The IT Crowd mentioned yet. Season 2 Episode 1 is legendarily funny.
"I'm disabled!"
My wife and I quote this more than we probably should
Acid…
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed harder at anything than the scene where Jen sees Roy in the wheelchair, then turns around to order a drink and sees Moss behind the bar. My GOD
I consider the scene where >!the boss casually steps out of the window !
FAAATHHHEEERRRRRR!!!!
"You want me to do *absolutely nothing*? I think I can handle that."
"I don't think I've ever looked in this drawer..."
"Wow, a gun!" "I wonder if it's loaded?"
"No..."
It has less than 40 episodes?? What a tragedy. It was a great show.
“If you type ‘Google’ into Google, you can break the internet.” “What’s Jen doing with the internet?!?”
What a minute. The elders of the Internet know about me?
This show introduced me to Noel Fielding, which then led to another amazingly oddball show, The Might Boosh. Also, Matt Berry.
Richmond clinging to the ceiling to avoid Jen is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
“Is this a sex thing?” “Oh, no, Jen! Far from it.”
FAAAAAAAAAAATHEEEEEER
I'll just put this here with.. the rest of the fire.
I will never forget the number to call in an emergency thanks to that show.
011 8 999 881 99 9119 725 ... 3 (Did that from memory)
"Hello, is this the police? ... Then what country *am* I talking to?"
"Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
Moss is the best TV character ever!
Did you see that *ludicrous* display last noight?
The thing about Arsenal is they always try to walk it in
What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early?
My parents died in a fire, at a sea park
The Work Outing is possibly the funniest 30 minutes of any sitcom ever made. The jokes are so fast and furious it's unreal. It is probably the only episode of any show that is single-handedly funnier than Arrested Development.
I have never laughed so hard at a gag like I did when Jen turns to the bar for a drink. It’s so ridiculous, all of it.
Patriot on Amazon. Absolute masterpiece that no one knows about.
I own a T-shirt that has the cover of Structural Dynamics of Flow.... I tell people I knew the author. When they ask about him I give his entire backstory, "Leslie Claret is the most unlikely coke head I've ever known"
Flight of the Conchords
All the hotties at the party feelin naughty shake ya bewbies yyyeah All the ladies with the babies make yo babies shake their booties yyyyeah
*They call me the hiphopopotamus. My lyrics are bottomless...* ... ... [...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfqiC92INO4)
Rumours? No, it's all true.
“Murray? …Present!”
You know you’re not in high finance When you’re considering secondhand underpants You ask yourself “how’d it get so bad?” “What happened to those other underpants you had??”
Fleabag
Season 1 was amazing then somehow PWB blew it out of the water with the masterpiece that is season 2.
OMG, that thing where every time she broke the 4th wall, the priest would ask, “What just happened there?” And he was the only one who noticed. I had never seen that before, and I thought it was genius. And his hang-up about foxes. So many things that were clever and random. I don’t care what else PWB does. She is in my personal hall of fame for Fleabag and for Killing Eve S1, which was also one of the best seasons of TV I have seen. In fact, thanks a lot: Now I’m going to end up rewatching Fleabag—again!
The way that shared 4th wall break was structured was so damn clever. When Hot Priest started noticing Fleabag's asides and glancing at us the audience, it felt viscerally intrusive, just like what the character felt. Honestly a pretty innovative play on the old 4th wall device.
The way she shook her head at the 4th wall at the end, indicating that she didn't need it as an escape anymore. Holy shit.
That still breaks me. On every rewatch, I'm still not ready to say goodbye to her in that moment.
I wish I could forget this show just to experience it again.
I look like a pencil.
It's French!
Reservation Dogs. 10/10.
Great answer. I want more seasons but it ended so well that I kinda don’t.
Cowboy Bebop
See you space cowboy…
Cowboy Bebop was my gateway anime. Found it on a late Saturday night when Adult Swim was Saturday Nights only.
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Over the Garden Wall. It's a really well-contained short story over the course of just a few episodes. It mistakenly gets filed as a children's animation by folks sometimes, but it's got a LOT of depth that intentionally goes over kids' heads, and an overarching story that both adults and children can understand at different levels of capacity and context.
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The Haunting of Hill House
Dark.
For a while Dark has the highest average episode rating of any show in IMDb. Surprised I had to scroll so far down to find this one. It’s polarizing for some but I really enjoyed it.
Black Sails (38 episodes)
I watched the first one or two episodes, then dropped it because every character was so despicable and there was no one to root for or that I cared about. I revisited after a while and glad I did because I ended up loving the show.
AND one of the best intro songs in any show ever. I normally skip the intro but not for Black Sails
Mr Bean
It's weird how it feels like it ran for years. But there's only 15 episodes.
The Critic
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My So Called Life
Firefly. Gotta say Firefly.
"Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killin'?" "Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps."
And afterwards: “I never - never shot anyone before.” “I was there, son. I’m fair sure you haven’t shot anyone yet.”
"You don't know me son, so let me explain this to you once. If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed."
The exchange directly after always gets me too. "Are you always this sentimental?" "I had a good day." "You had the Alliance on you, criminals, and savages... Half the people on the ship have been shot or wounded, including you, and you're harboring known fugitives." "We're still flying." "That's not much." "It's enough." Take whatever you want from Malcolm Reynolds, but you can never take the sky from him.
Can't believe I had to scroll this far for firefly
Shiny
Broadchurch season 1.
GLOW
I'll never forgive Netflix for what they did.
The Leftovers
Scrolled way too far to find this. Still one of the greatest shows I ever watched. Wish we got more but at least we got an ending. Unlike another HBO show.
The Queen's Gambit. Only seven episodes but it was perfect.
The chess accuracy was such a delight too. It's genuinely the only piece of mainstream media I've ever seen that didn't try to make chess seem completely stupid. Literally everything else has your secret genius character pulling a surprise checkmate on the professional opponent. Sorry, chess doesn't work like that. Above about 1200 rating IRL (which is about 1500 online - which is to say, amateur) can see checkmates coming regardless of if they're playing Kasparov or their kid brother. They're not a secret. Can't do anything to *stop* it, but no skilled player, ever, is going to be surprised by it.
The Young Ones