TV Talk Rec Fest: Mysteries or Horror

[yourlibrarian]

Welcome to day 5 of Rec Fest! Today please recommend shows which could be considered mysteries or horror. While these two formats can be quite different there may also be overlaps at times. Mysteries might include procedurals, detective series, or dramas which center on a mystery which runs for the whole series or on a season by season basis. Horror often includes supernatural events but may also overlap with the suspense genre where dread and fear predominate.

Please include in your recs the following information:

Show Title:
Audience Rating: Young Children/All Ages/Teen and Up/Mature Content
Warnings: (Could include gory content, raunchy situations, explicit sex, offensive content, etc.)
Length of Episodes: (30 minutes/1 hour/Other)
Length of Series: (Number of seasons or number of episodes)
Why you recommend it: (What draws you to it? What niche does it fill/mood is it good for?)

You can copy and paste the following code into your comment.

<strong>Show Title:</strong> <strong>Audience Rating:</strong> <strong>Warnings:</strong> <strong>Length of Episodes:</strong> <strong>Length of Series:</strong> <strong>Why you recommend it:</strong>

Feel free to include any other information you’d like, such as what year(s) the show was originally broadcast, standout cast members, or what other shows it may connect to or be like. You can also include outside links to Wikipedia, Fanlore, IMDB, your favorite review etc. which contain more show information.

If someone else has already recced a show you were planning to rec, please include your own rec as well! People have different takes on shows and it can also help people if they see a number of people find a show to be a must-watch.

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Comments

Re: Angel the Series

[rogueslayer452]

Despite the fact that it was a spin-off, it truly is a show I really liked. The later seasons weren't as good as the beginning but they still had some pretty solid and unforgettable moments.

Overall, Angel is a show I better appreciate now that I'm older, and I actually really like the team of Angel Investigations because they were about giving anyone a second chance. It really shined a different kind of light than on BTVS. Both shows had their individual strengths (and weaknesses), but I liked that Angel as a series could stand on its own, connected to the same universe but telling a different story in a different way. BTVS was a coming of age drama, while Angel was a bit darker and rougher around the edges. Both worked well for the story they were telling.

Additionally, I really loved that the show managed to get supporting/secondary characters that were on BTVS and allow them to have growth and development that they wouldn't otherwise have gotten. Cordelia, Faith, Wesley, Darla, Harmony, even Anne Steele who was just a minor character managed to have that kind of continuity and growth.

Re: Angel the Series

[yourlibrarian]

Yes! I never found Angel at all an interesting character until he got his own series.

Re: Angel the Series

[rogueslayer452]

I really liked him on BTVS, but he really thrived on his own show. They gave him a lot of depth and personality that we only saw a glimpse of in BTVS.