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What have you watched marathon style?
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Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009 remake) because it was the most awesome show ever...Also, if this counts, my former job allowed me to come home for lunch each day and I watched the entire run of La Femme Nikita (mid-1990's version) over the span of a few weeks. Great acting in lieu of a big effects budget, and yes, I prefer my terrorist characters to be suave and European.
Torchwood.Robin Hood.
SpacedDoctor Who (surprise!)
Torchwood
Merlin
That 70's Show
The first 6 seasons of The Simpsons
Bones
Scrubs
Trigun
I'm sure there's more, but these spring to mind first.
Sapranos, Mad Men, Dr Who, Torchwood, Grimm
I sometimes watch episode after episode of American Pickers, or Pawn Stars, or Diners, Drive-ins and Dives when I'm in a hotel room when traveling for work.
Twin Peaks, Freaks and Geeks, Intervention.
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I rented all of the Upstairs/Downstairs series. Fantastic!
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Magnum, P.I., M*A*S*H, Murder, She Wrote.Happy 40th birthday to the 4077th.
Mad Men and Breaking Bad while on maternity leave.
Doctor Who
Hamish Macbeth
The extended versions of LOTRs movies.
My kids are in the middle of a Merlin marathon as I type. They have the current four series and are on school holidays.... I am not a Merlin fan.
Hamish Macbeth
The extended versions of LOTRs movies.
My kids are in the middle of a Merlin marathon as I type. They have the current four series and are on school holidays.... I am not a Merlin fan.
best marathon EVER. Canada's "Slings & Arrows."
24 - until wee hours of the morning. Couldn't stop. Finally, I would watch 15 minutes into the next "day" and stop so that I could finally go to bed without stopping at a "cliffhanger".
Ooooh, Netflix streaming is so great for this:CSI (the original)
Little Britain (totally recommend...so funny!)
Heroes
Star Trek (original series)
Galactica (original series)
Earth 2
Emergency
Red Dwarf
Stargate SG1
Deadliest Catch
Seaquest DSV
Sanctuary
Jericho
Jeremiah
Surface
Lost
MI5
Buck Rogers (Yes, the 70's tv show)
Galactica (New)
Adam 12
Dog the Bounty Hunter (Beth ROCKS!)
Wire in the Blood
Law & Order SVU
The X-Files
Bones
Keeping up Appearances
Lie to Me
Tudors
Eureka
Warehouse 13
Ghost Whisperer
Paranormal State
Dead Zone
Buffy
Angel
Sister Wives
Star Trek Voyager
Raising Hope
Glee
Wicked Attracktion
The Wonder Years
Malcolm in the Middle (too funny, folks)
The Dollhouse
Disappeared
Deadly Women
Extreme Forensics
White Collar
Nikita
The Glades (every season)
Numb3rs
Enterprise
Friday Night Lights
Switched at Birth
Crossing Jordan
Alphas
Hot in Cleveland (Meh)
Currently working on Kyle XY and Charmed...
Six Feet Under, Dexter, Carnivale, Hung, True Blood, Sopranos.I have trouble watching shows when they’re actually on, so I usually wait until the season’s over and have a marathon.
Over the course of several years... the occasional weekend marathon:Six Feet Under
Carnivale
Sex & the City
Twin Peaks
The Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Hour
The Sopranos
Tudors
Law & Order SVU
CSI (I have a bit of a crush on William Peterson)
Freaks & Geeks (WHYYYY did it only last for one season?!)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Dexter
Weeds
Murder, She Wrote
Charmed
Witchblade
Moonlight
The Dresden Files
Undeclared
Mad Men
Rome
True Blood
I did (own) Six Feet Under for several seasons, but it got old. At some point I just wanted Nate's head to explode already and for everyone else to catch a scorching case of herpes. They made that sexfest hospital show look like a Disney movie!I have the Dresden Files on my list, but I've only watched one or two. It didn't grab me right away...
Amelia wrote: "I did (own) Six Feet Under for several seasons, but it got old. At some point I just wanted Nate's head to explode already and for everyone else to catch a scorching case of herpes. They made tha..."I cried like a baby in the last episode of SFU. Jerks.
I never got there. I so loved it for the first three seasons, season four lost me and I never watched five.
Amelia wrote: "I never got there. I so loved it for the first three seasons, season four lost me and I never watched five."When Lili Taylor joined the show as a regular and her story arc became a season focus, my interest was renewed. She's a favorite.
Yes, but then BRENDA ruins everything...pfft.(She did rock Muriel's Wedding though.)
Amelia wrote: "Yes, but then BRENDA ruins everything...pfft.(She did rock Muriel's Wedding though.)"
But, Justin Theroux... :D
Heidi wrote: "When Lili Taylor joined the show as a regular and her story arc became a season focus, my interest was renewed. She's a favorite. "That vein popping out on her forehead is so distracting for me.
Don't remember "Joe"? Maybe I didn't get that far through 4 th season?http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0857620/ Hilariously bad pick on IMDB!
Amelia wrote: "Don't remember "Joe"? Maybe I didn't get that far through 4 th season?http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0857620/ Hilariously bad pick on IMDB!"
He's currently Jennifer Aniston's significant other/baby daddy. He is totally hot.
*makes note to add him to the manquarium list*
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Amelia wrote: "Yes, but then BRENDA ruins everything...pfft.(She did rock Muriel's Wedding though.)"
That bitch Brenda ruins everything. In the '90s she ruined 90210 for me. What a useless character.
Yeah, I know it was a different Brenda.
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Phil, Kelly was the "Mean Girl"! And then Valerie came along...pfft. Go back to Saved by the Bell, Valerie.
She wasn't mean on 90210, just useless. Were there ever any good story arcs with that character, or was she always just mooning over that (way too old to play a high school student) moron in the leather jacket? Of course even he wasn't as old as Gabrielle (30 when the show started).I loved Jim and Cindy. They were great.
All of the Saved by the Bell kids seem to have fizzled. Isn't the Screech kid some kind of loony stand-up ranter that swears and screams at people? Am I thinking of the wrong guy?
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You're thinking of Glenn Beck.
I
can't even stand to listen to Glenn Beck.
Friday Night Lights made my adopted Texas accent come back. :)
The best part about watching marathon style, for me, is that the details from previous seasons are still so fresh that when people ask questions about the current season, I can answer with a well-informed, "No, Jesse bought that house in Season 2" or, "No, Peggy told Pete about the baby in Season 2."
I can never do that. I blame it on the 'eighties.'
I got Firefly from the library and I have been watching it in 3 episode chunks. I wish there was more than the 1 season.
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AV Club asked a question about memorable TV/movie marathons, and I thought I'd ask the question here as well.
I don't often watch anything marathon-style, but I did rewatch the first five seasons of Lost beginning to end with my sister during the big blizzards of 2009/2010. She was in the process of moving out of my house, and I told her she couldn't go until she was caught up. Surprisingly, it worked.