For those of you who were exclusive to EN, I used to do these "rankings" and "lists" all the time over on FI. Bringing them back...

Topic
Your Favorite 3 TV Shows, All-Time

- Any criteria you want
- Can be completed or still airing

Kevin's List
1. Six Feet Under
2. LOST
3. Dexter

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LOST is a hard one for me to rank. I actually wrote "any criteria" because I knew if I said "best ever" than LOST & Dexter both would have had a hard time making the list.

Six Feet Under, to me, is the most complete show from start to finsih I've ever seen. It's hard for me to find an episode I don't like. Couple of character arcs might be not as great but it's just a great character story about life and death. For anyone that's never seen it or heard of it I would free-tv-project it (not on netflix)

LOST seasons 1-4 was my obsession. The first time I've ever had one for TV, really. It makes the list out of respect for those great years that I had on FI as well (<3). Without that experience, it probably drops off.

If How I Met Your Mother ends with a satisfactory ending - I believe it will slide up. There's a lot of shows that I could think to put ahead of Dexter. Criminal Minds. Veronica Mars. Californication. Entourage. But even a couple of Dexter's "poor" seasons - no other show is like it (that I've seen) and I just love Michael C. Hall.

The Crusher of Crushers @ 2/7/2012 21:00

Kayeffsea @ 2/7/2012 19:19 If How I Met Your Mother ends with a satisfactory ending - I believe it will slide up. There's a lot of shows that I could think to put ahead of Dexter. Criminal Minds. Veronica Mars. Californication. Entourage. But even a couple of Dexter's "poor" seasons - no other show is like it (that I've seen) and I just love Michael C. Hall. What would you consider a satisfactory ending? The obvious Barney+Robin pair pisses the shit out of me because I loved Nora and The Stripper whose name i forgot and Kal Penn was even pretty good. If they don't end up together I'll be good with whoever Ted ends up with (as long as it is not Robin of course).

That's actually a really good question. I think the best way to answer it is this. I loved Victoria. I think she is just the absolute best person Ted has been with. I loved Stella for her storyline and what she meant to Ted and (therefore) the show. I loved Robin because it was established early on that she would never be Ted's "one" and that allowed for some great storytelling (season 2, every other time he got into a relationship with her). Zoey is kind of an "eh" - don't think she added much.

For me, the person he ends up with has to just give that little extra something. Something that makes me look at the other relationships he's had and go "Nope, I want him to be with X. That makes the most sense."

Or, you know, just marry Victoria and somehow make that happen.