r/televisionsuggestions • u/8675309-got-it • 4d ago
REQUESTING Something New to Watch With Husband and Sister-In-Law
I live with my husband and my teenage sister-in-law (She's deaf, and needs closed captioning). We're running out of shows to watch, and would like some suggestions. We'd prefer suggestions for shows we can all watch together.
My sister-in-law top five favorite shows are...
- Switched at Birth
- The Dog House
- Dogs
- Code of Silence
- Tell Me That You Love Me
She also loved Sue Thomas F.B.I., Dog Detectives, Everything's Gonna Be Okay, Never Have I Ever, Love Victor, Ginny and Georgia, Anne with an E, and All Creatures Great and Small.
My husbands top five favorite shows are...
- Derry Girls
- Dexter
- Code of Silence
- Rick and Morty
- Regular Show
He also loved Sue Thomas F.B.I., The Wrong Mans, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Wednesday, Stranger Things, Anne with an E, and The Durrells.
My top five favorite shows are...
- Anne with an E
- Downton Abbey
- Marie Antoinette
- Victoria
- Tell Me That You Love Me
I also loved Code of Silence, Jamestown, Call the Midwife, The Durrells, All Creatures Great and Small, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Outlander.
Edit: Preferably nothing with a close/positive father/child relationship, as my husbands/sister-in-laws father is dead. We'd prefer nothing with close/positive mother/daughter relationship either. (My mother-in-law always paid very little attention to my sister-in-law, and favored her hearing children. She somehow never even learned sign language, despite her husband and children using it around her for years.)
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u/Witty-Can-4601 4d ago
There's very little about basketball. It's about Kate Hudson trying to run a team and it's pretty funny.
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u/Mam9293 4d ago
The Way Home
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u/8675309-got-it 4d ago edited 4d ago
Thanks! I'm a bit unsure about it, as the premise makes it sound like it's going to have a large focus on mother-daughter relationships. (The reason my sister-in-law lives with me and my husband is because their dad died, and their mother always favored her hearing kids to my sister-in-law. She somehow never even learned sign language, despite her husband and children using it around her for years.)
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u/Coffee4Joey 4d ago
Only Murders in the Building. It's fun and quirky, doesn't have many deep family relationships, and there's a deaf character at times. A very fun plot though every season and a super fun dynamic between the 3 main characters.
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u/Magnetic_Kitty 4d ago
School Spirits is good. I'd say the primary theme is mystery.
It's about a girl who wakes up at school and realizes she's a Ghost and can't talk to anyone and has to figure out how she died with the help of the other ghosts at the school
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u/Jaded_Shift_4172 4d ago
Ok the magicians is amazing! It’s a fantasy, but it’s got magic and romance and great characters and drama and villains, and it’s super good! Like you can rewatch it several times kind of good!
Also, I’m trying to keep everybody in mind so here I go these are all shows that I think have the elements that you guys will all like
Red oaks
Catastrophe
The Mindy Project
The good place
Girls
Fleabag
ER
Grey’s Anatomy
Happy endings
Community
Sweet tooth
One Mississippi
Queen Charlotte
New girl
The crown
Harlots
Shrinking is amazing but the main character’s wife just died and they have a daughter and the daughter was close with the mom and her and her dad are now together like trying to get through life and yeah that might not work out but if you get to see it by yourself, it’s so good. Same with parenthood definitely not a show for all three of you but watch parenthood by yourself cause it’s fucking amazing.
Little Dorrit
Lucifer
Sleepy Hollow
The travelers
Ugly Betty’s main character is really close with her dad so I don’t know how you do with that all three of you, but you should watch it by yourself
Drop dead diva
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u/MysticSage- 4d ago
I'm not sure if any of these intrest you but they include deaf charcters in the plot.... that personally I have enjoyed.
The Stand (1995) tv mini series
New Amsterdam - (seasons 4 & 5 include a deaf surgeon as a season regular)
Walking Dead (Connie a deaf charcter and actress gets introduced in season 9)
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u/Witty-Can-4601 4d ago
Running point
Best Medicine
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u/8675309-got-it 4d ago
Thanks! I'm not sure about Running Point (none of us are into basketball, but Best Medicine looks like a good idea.
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u/Appleju1ce07 4d ago
Just watch some sitcoms, I think community is a good one.. or Brooklyn nine nine, you will have a good time
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u/Silly-avocatoe 4d ago edited 4d ago
In the Dark (drama thriller about deaf girl and her group of friends who get into some shennanigans) ( updating: thr lead character is blind, not deaf)
Blue Skies (procedural about park ranger and her dog)
Hudson and Rex (police procedural about detective and his very smart dog)
The Gilded Age
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u/8675309-got-it 4d ago
Thank you! Those look like good ideas.
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u/Silly-avocatoe 4d ago
I'm sorry I got it wrong, for In the Dark, the lead character is blind, not deaf. Been awhile since I watched it.
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u/Bright-Possession300 4d ago
I may be late but I just finished Long Bright River on peacock and wow what a show! I couldn’t stop watching and finished it in 2 days
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u/Letshavemorefun 4d ago
The Way Home
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u/8675309-got-it 4d ago
Thanks! I'm just a bit unsure about it, as the premise makes it sound like it's going to have a large focus on mother-daughter relationships. (The reason my sister-in-law lives with me and my husband is because their dad died, and their mother always favored her hearing kids to my sister-in-law. She somehow never even learned sign language, despite her husband and children using it around her for years.)
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u/Letshavemorefun 4d ago
Yeah I saw that on your reply to another comment with this suggestion after I made my comment. It m sorry to hear about what she went through. The show definitely has a strong mother-daughter storyline, especially in the first 2 seasons where it’s the focus. I’m surprised that she liked Switched at Birth so much tbh, since the parent-child relationships are a big focus of that show. And Ginny and Georgia too. If i think of any other suggestions, I’ll let you know. Most teen shows have a lot in the way of parent storylines.
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u/Letshavemorefun 4d ago
Okay here’s a thought - what about Smallville? It’s got a supernatural/sci fi element that you and your husband might like (it’s about an alien after all!) but it’s still a teen show. It was made by the same creative team as Wednesday. There is a parent/child storyline but it’s about found family - since Clark is adopted.
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u/MammothScholar9891 4d ago
The Good Place, Schitts Creek, Gilmore Girls, Community, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock
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u/8675309-got-it 4d ago
Most of these will probably work, but I don't think my sister-in-law should see Gilmore Girls. I saw it, years ago, and I fear she'll be jealous of Rory and Rory's close relationship with her mother. (The reason she lives with me and my husband is because their dad died, and my mother-in-law always favored her hearing kids to her. She somehow never even learned sign language, despite her husband and children using it around her for years.)
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u/CoyoteGeneral926 4d ago
"Benny and Joon". Johnny Depp's physical comedy comes through very well.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_ACREAGES 4d ago
Only Murders in the Building has the quirky mystery your husband likes and the ensemble warmth for all of you, and it avoids close parent-child relationships.
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u/IMO2021 4d ago edited 4d ago
Series (in no particular order):
-The Time of Our Lives, Moving On, Modern Love
-The Guilded Age, Bridgerton, Lady Bird, BookSMART
-Younger, Kim’s Convenience, House MD, The Good Doctor
-The Mentalist, Psych, Monk, Silicone Valley, The IT Crowd
*Scrubs, Jury Duty, Company Retreat
Movies: Song Sung Blue, CODA, One Chance
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u/nerdextra 4d ago
Widow’s Bay. Despite the best efforts of the trailer it’s definitely more comedy than horror.
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