In the best TV shows of 2014, the spectators were frightened by scary tales, raised black sails, told about life in Silicon Valley, searched for Klondike, and real detectives were involved in the investigation of crimes. All this was done fascinatingly, and it was impossible to break away from the screens. In this review, we recall the 20 film productions, about which, according to the editorial staff of the portal, we can safely say that they are the best TV series of 2014. So, here are the series:
20. Black sails
This television project can be considered a kind of prequel to the famous book "Treasure Island". Legendary captain Flint is in perfect health and is going to transform pirate freemen New Providence into a free country, and John Silver successfully moves on two legs.
Flint with his team goes on a hunt for the Spanish galleon carrying gold. And all this action eventually turns into a historical saga, seasoned with all the details of the description of the pirate life of the XVIII century.
19. Silicon Valley
A fascinating satirical series, the main characters of which are purposeful, but have little experience startups. These assertive young people have set themselves the task of becoming leaders in the field of computer technology. They created a unique project "Pied Piper", the essence of which is to improve technological developments on data compression.
In general, in the series in an ironic vein ridiculed a new American dream. So to view it, it is not necessary to be a specialist in computer technology.
18. Musketeers
The famous heroes of Alexandre Dumas from the 17th century again fight the Cardinal's guards on the streets of Paris and stand guard over honor and justice in the adventurous times of Louis XIII.
Of course, the natures of Athos, Partos and Aramis constantly require thrills and love, which the authors of the series provide them in abundance. In addition, in the "Musketeers" laid and unexpected social overtones, which was not so clearly expressed in previous screen versions of the works of Dumas.
17. The Last Ship
Most of the people on our planet died as a result of a terrible epidemic; there is no president in the United States, and governments in Russia; nothing is known about the fate of other states.
At the same time, the atomic destroyer of the Americans, whose crew had not been in contact with the “earth” for four months and is not aware of the tragedy, was plowing the waters of the Antarctic. Submariners open their front against the evil forces that led to a global catastrophe ...
16. Houdini
Mini-series about one of the greatest illusionists who ever lived on our planet. The overall entourage of the narrative very accurately conveys the era in which Harry Houdini lived and surprised people.
From the series, viewers will learn that the story of this famous magician was wonderfully intertwined with the fate of great people of that time - Kaiser Wilhelm, Nicholas II, Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigory Rasputin.
Today very few people succeed in making the elephant disappear before the eyes of the public; Houdini did it.
15. Librarians
The main characters of the series are people who are looking for artifacts with magical properties. They are called librarians. The main task of these brave people is to prevent artifacts from falling into the hands of real or literary villains, such as Moriarty or Prospero.
All artifacts are stored in the Library specially created for them, which simultaneously exists in several parallel worlds and consists of a large number of rooms ...
14. Klondike
The series tells the story of young brave souls who crossed the whole of America to Alaska in order to take part in the famous Gold Rush.
According to the genre "Klondike" can be attributed to the classic western with a rather dynamic plot in the best traditions of the films of the "golden age" of Hollywood. If you see a shotgun in the frame - wait for the shot, if in the saloon the cowboys squint at each other are looking at each other - it means that a fight is coming.
Recommended for viewing fans of Fenimore Cooper and Jack London.
13. Virgin
The main character of the series called Jane was brought up by her grandmother in the best traditions of the "school of noble maidens". The girl has matured, she has a boyfriend working as a detective, but not having sex with Jane because of her moral principles.
Suddenly, the main character finds out that she is pregnant. The reason for this was a terrible medical mistake, and the father of the unborn child is Jane's former lover, a married man, Rafael. As a result, the story turns into a parody of the famous Latin American series ...
12. Space: space and time
This documentary series is a continuation of the famous television project of the famous scientist Karl Sagan "Cosmos". This is an amazing and fascinating spectacle in which the past intersects with the present and rushes into the future.
Space exploration occurs at the micro and macro levels, and special effects are not inferior to the best of modern Hollywood film production.
If you want to know how the universe is organized, the Earth and man - be sure to watch this series.
11. Lovers
"Lovers" is a beautifully filmed drama series, which deals with the commission of an intricate crime and the complex relationship between a married and not very successful writer and his muse - a waitress.
The narration in the series is conducted from the police station with the words of two main characters, the interpretation of the events that take place is very different from each other. As a result, viewers have to compare the facts themselves and search for the truth ...
10. Rick and Morty
The basis of this animated series are the short animated cartoons "The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Marty". As a result, Doc Brown, known to lovers of fiction in the Back to the Future franchise, turned into Doc Smith, who has a bad temper and bad manners.
The 2014 animated series “Rick and Morty” is a kind of interpretation of the previous scenes, in which grandfather Rick and his granddaughter Morty participate. These heroes travel between the worlds, are friends with representatives of alien races and regularly find themselves in various alterations ...
9. Flash
The main character of the series, Barry Allen, as a child, really wanted to become a superhero with inhuman possibilities, which he was going to send to protect people from evil. At the age of 11, the boy realized that in reality all this was not a fiction, and such people exist.
Barry's insight came under tragic circumstances. It turned out that his mother was killed by one of the fantastic heroes. When Allen grew up and became a forensic scientist, he continued to search for people with inhuman abilities and as a result he turned out to be one of them ...
8. Terrible tales
The action of the series takes place in London, the Victorian era. On the streets of this city is very restless, its inhabitants are so busy with everyday hassles that they do not notice the accumulation of dark forces that are about to overwhelm the British capital with a wave of violence.
Count Dracula, Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as many other famous characters, will emerge among the heroes familiar to the audience in the classical literature in the series.
7. Ascension
The series deals with the secret space mission created in 1963 in the United States, on the instructions of which several hundred earthlings of different sexes and ages flew to other galaxies on a ship called Ascension. Their main task was the development of new planets.
After half a century of flight on the ship, a mysterious murder of a girl occurred, which pushed some of the participants in this journey to unravel the real purpose of their space "odyssey" ...
6. Alien
The main character of the series is a military nurse Claire Randall, who lives in the 40s of the last century.
One day, walking around the famous stone circles in Scotland, she mysteriously finds herself in the middle of the 18th century, and her life is in danger. Claire will have to make a lot of effort for survival and figure out how to return to the twentieth century to his spouse.
During her adventures in the past, the girl will become the wife of the courageous Scotsman Jamie Fraser, who has a difficult fate and a good sense of humor ...
5. Nicercocker Hospital
The series talks about the fate of the surgeon John Tucker, who lives in New York at the beginning of the 20th century and works in a hospital called Nicerkoker.
In addition to his professional talent, the doctor is famous for cynicism, arrogance and pride.
John Tucker - the pioneer of new methods of treatment. At that time, any visit to the doctor could be fatal for the patient. About hygiene heard only in the highest circles of society, and the bulk of New Yorkers existed in conditions of complete lack of sanitation.
4. Strain
In the New York airport makes an emergency landing of the plane with the dead. In order to understand the reason for the mass death of a large number of people, scientists, led by epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather, come on board. After research, it turns out that the dead passengers discovered the virus of vampirism, which is rapidly spreading among people.
In New York, begins a real panic. Dr. Goodweather with his fearless colleagues and several specialists specially prepared for such cases stand up to defend his native city and the whole world ...
3. Eternity
The main character of the series is an employee of the New York morgue, Henry Morgan. This is a middle-aged man with an attractive appearance and with a strange accent.
As a result, it turns out that the age of the protagonist has exceeded two hundred years, and his death still does not come. Rather, Morgan is experiencing her from time to time, but finally does not die, for some reason, constantly regaining consciousness in water in the nude. The man has a friend who is aware of the problems of the main character and decides to help him cope with them.
2. Fargo
Lester Nygaard was a simple employee of an insurance company in a provincial American city. He lived with his wife, who considered him a loser and always compared with a more successful brother, whom he had once intended to marry.
Lester's life changed after a chance meeting with the assassin Lornom Malvo. This is a cold-blooded criminal who removes all obstacles on the way to achieving his goal. Nigaard will be a good student of Malvo, and even in some way ahead of him ...
1. This detective
The series takes place in Louisiana in 2012, 17 years after the mysterious murder of a local girl. The police are starting to investigate the causes of death of the new victim, who died in the same circumstances as the previous one.
To find out all the details of the case of the 90s of the last century, the police summoned two detectives who conducted it. As a result, only now manages to get on the trail of a real killer who managed to escape from justice 17 years ago ...
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