Post #144576
2026-01-20 05:37 UTC
Replies (11)
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@solrize@lemmy.ml 2026-01-20 06:33
I used to watch one with Adam West and Burt Ward playing the vigilantes, but the grit and realism of that show got to me after a while.
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@z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 2026-01-20 06:56
OK, not a show and you may not have time but I gotta gush on this web series I picked up here on Lemmy. I'm not even through it but it has serious The Boys vibes. It's a written web serial called [Worm](https://parahumans.wordpress.com/). I know I know, you asked for shows, but it's just...so good...and in the superhero genre! Dark and gritty in the same vain as Watchmen and The Boys...I don't know. Figured I just put this out there.
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@slazer2au@lemmy.world 2026-01-20 07:35
Person of Interest?
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@daannii@lemmy.world 2026-01-20 06:10
All of the JoJo bizxare adventures from season 2 to present are crime fighting. The dubs are excellent. They are also a little campy. (Okay actually pretty campy) It's anime but hear me out. It's very entertaining even if you aren't a big anime fan. Cause I'm not. They are fun and ridiculous. The true detective series is probably closer to what you are looking for. Ive liked all seasons. Each season is its own story.
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@alibloke@feddit.uk 2026-01-20 07:04
Gen V is very much anti-alt right
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@IWW4@lemmy.zip 2026-01-20 11:20
Good Crime Fighting Shows: - Task - Dept. Q - Southland
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@prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-20 19:24
The Prime show Hunters has Al Pacino and is about hunting down Nazis... It's alright.
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@thatradomguy@lemmy.world 2026-01-21 00:50
Daredevil
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@redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 2026-01-21 01:50
You might like Burn Notice, depending on your tolerance for network television tropes of the mid-aughts. It's a "monster of the week" format, rather than the serialized approach of Reacher, but it typically includes a scene or two referencing the season arc in any given episode, so you still feel like the narrative is advancing, even if the majority of the episode was a side quest. The gist is that a US government spy gets "burned" and turned loose in Miami. He, and the few contacts he has who will still speak with him (which include his mother, an ex-gf with a bombastic personality, and Bruce Campbell at the height of his smarmy powers), attempt to figure out who burned him, while also getting wrapped up in "favors" for various folks about town that inevitably wind up more complicated than was initially let on. Antagonists run the gamut from international terrorists to con artists who target the geriatric (it is, after all, set in Florida). It's not high art, but it's got a winning cast, decent action (for network television), and, on occasion, I think some pretty clever solutions for problems which leverage the "spycraft" gimmick. Worth a shot.
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@BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 2026-01-20 07:20
The Watchmen series was pretty good
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@earthling@piefed.social 2026-01-20 15:39
Vigilante shows.. maybe the Death Wish movies