Happy Friday! It’s been a while since I’ve done a 5 Fandom Friday, but I’m back to it. This weeks’ prompt is Favorite Late to the Game TV Discoveries and I can say with certainty that I’m almost always late to every TV show. This is mostly because we don’t have cable so I just don’t know what’s going on in the land of TV until my newsfeed blows up about it or someone is kind enough to give me the scoop.
Parks & Rec
This has to be my top favorite late to the game TV discovery. We kept hearing great things about it, so we started binge watching it while the last season was airing and caught up just in time to watch the finale. There’s just so much to love about this show. I feel like I constantly hear many Ron-isms in my head and this made me fall madly in lurve with Chris Pratt. Plus, waffles rule!
Sherlock
We binged on Sherlock 2 weeks ago and I’m OBSESSED! I never got what was so great about Benedict Cumberbatch until I watched this show and now he makes me all hot and bothered. I absolutely love this show. The filming itself is gorgeous to me and I think Sherlock and Watson’s relationship is brilliant. While I wasn’t thrilled with The Abominable Bride or the fact that I have to wait a whole year until I watch it again, I’m ready for more. I even changed my ringtone to the theme song. 🙂
The Walking Dead
Somehow we totally missed the boat on this show for the first 3 seasons. The thought of zombies initially wasn’t appealing to me, but then we watched and we couldn’t stop. The character relationships are fantastic and I can’t wait to see what happens when the show returns in a few weeks.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
My best friend watched this all throughout high school, but I wasn’t granted a lot of TV time back then and sadly missed out on watching this. I’m very slowly making my way through it. It’s campy and fun and reminds me of the 90’s. Plus, Buffy is awesome and I wish I had her to look up to when I was as a teen.
Firefly
Even though it was only one season, I was WAY WAY late to the show. I didn’t watch it until a decade later and it’s what got me hooked on embracing space and nerdy goodness. This show was everything I could want from a show and it’s one that I have no problem sitting down and binge watching over and over again.
What shows were you late to?
I was so late to Parks and Rec that it was over before I even found it. Still, I freaking loved it soooooooo much! It belongs on my list, too.
Parks and Rec will always be one of my favorite shows 🙂
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
I’m watching Buffy now for the first time and loving it. I can’t believe I’d never seen it before! Glad I’m not the only late comer to that show!
It’s seriously such a good show – I’m pretty slow on watching it, but eventually I’ll finish the show 🙂
I still have yet to finish Firefly.
Also, when you finish Buffy…READ THE COMICS. They are amazing.
I’ve heard really good things about the Buffy comics. Funny enough I was obsessed with the Buffy video game in college but just never watched the show :p
Parks & Rec has been on a lot of lists this week! It’s on mine too!
It’s really such a fantastic show.
Excellent list! I didn’t start Parks and Rec until it had finished airing live, but I’m totally OK with that, since we can watch entire seasons in one sitting, haha!
And I’m so excited that y’all caught up on Sherlockl! It’s so brilliant.
I actually kind of love starting shows late just so I can binge and watch the entire series 🙂
Buffy the Vampire Slayer will forever be one of my favorites, though I did enjoy the last season a little less. When you’re finished you should also try Angel! It only has 2 or 3 episodes with Buffy in it, but it’s a great show.
Will definitely try Angel after Buffy 🙂