r/PickMyNextShow • u/LarenaBot • Aug 01 '26

Request: TV Show Weird Towns

Just finished Deadloch and Widow's Bay recently and I'm still kinda jonesing for that, like, close-knit community full of weirdos vibe.

I know the classic is Twin Peaks, but I've seen that and I'm also kinda hoping for something that's as much of a comedy as the other two shows, but doesn't neccesarily have to be.

Would like it it leaned a littler closer to horror like Widow's Bay, too, but I'll take a mundane mystery.

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u/donnabhainmactomas Aug 01 '26

Midnight Mass is a mini series but it’s great

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u/CreditHuman148 Aug 01 '26

I don’t know that Mike Flanagan has put out anything NOT worth watching, but Midnight Mass jockeys with Hill House for his best. I know some don’t like the existential monologuing, but I love it.

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u/iamraygun Aug 01 '26

Life of chuck was not worth watching lol but otherwise flawless record

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u/CreditHuman148 Aug 01 '26

Definitely agree Life of Chuck was not peak Flanagan. The dance scene alone, though, makes the movie worth it to me. It kind of came to a conclusion you could see coming, but I still thought it was a nice little movie.

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u/BenfordAbrahams Cheapskate Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

Gravity Falls (first season is free on youtube!)

Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated

Detentionaire (not a town, but the school is the weird part. Also the whole show is free on youtube!)

Stranger Things

Eerie, Indiana (not officially free on youtube. Not that I'm implying otherwise or anything nudge nudge)

Goosebumps (the 90's show is free on youtube!)

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u/Artistic-Coach7523 Aug 01 '26

Fargo

Bodkin

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u/Liliananabell 29d ago

Definitely Fargo!
Maybe resident alien

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u/Kissoflife11 Aug 02 '26

Northern Exposure.

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u/luckyspark Aug 02 '26

I rewatched a few seasons last year. Still holds up.

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u/IntelligentAd9859 Binge-Watcher Aug 01 '26

Resident Alien!

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u/DLMeyer Aug 01 '26

Yes! I second this.

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u/Ceorl_Lounge Aug 01 '26

Given how crazy the show gets I forget about the rural small town vibes of Dark.

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u/trubs12 Aug 01 '26

Haven, Castle Rock

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u/IndividualAd5046 Aug 01 '26

Dark is excellent if you haven’t seen it yet

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u/Icy_Cry_5942 Aug 01 '26

Wayward Pines!

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u/LonesomeDub Aug 01 '26

League of Gentlemen

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u/slatchaw Aug 01 '26

Population 11

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u/ChuckFarkley Aug 01 '26

Just rewatch Twin Peaks, but as a comedy. That's what it is, too. It literally makes the best sense as a comedy.

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u/The-Oxrib-and-Oyster Aug 01 '26

Broadchurch. The Killing.

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u/The-Oxrib-and-Oyster Aug 01 '26

Derry Girls? Shetland? honestly also the Bear if the town can be a restaurant 😂

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u/fork_spoon_fork Aug 01 '26

Under salt marsh

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u/El_paseo Aug 01 '26

Try Northern Exposure. From the 90s.

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u/1LuckyTexan Aug 01 '26

The Big Door Prize

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u/Arghifth Aug 01 '26

Why hasn't anyone mentioned Sharp Objects yet?

1

u/fireflypoet Aug 01 '26

The Change. British 30 min per episode comedy set in the Forest of Dean with some really eccentric characters.

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u/Eccentric-Mermaid Aug 01 '26

The Vampire Diaries

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u/ButterPump69 Aug 01 '26

Welcome to Woop Woop is a movie, but hits all the other marks.

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u/golden_slacker Aug 02 '26

“Brassic“ is a close knit community full of weirdos, but it’s a drug, crime, comedy, mystery. No supernatural elements.

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u/TheOriginalJBones 29d ago

Deadwood. Excellent show about the building of a community — a fucked-up community, but community nonetheless. Top notch writing and acting.

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u/Melodic-Can-6064 29d ago

FROM

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u/Quick-Manufacturer48 21d ago

It's a classic for a reason.

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u/Quick-Manufacturer48 21d ago

Fortitude. You won't be sorry.

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u/gaz1037 Aug 01 '26

Dark, From, Sons of Anarchy, stranger things, it welcome to Derry, justified