Unusual TV Shows to Watch

I'd have to describe it as a cross between X-Men and Trainspotting. It's hilarious and surreal and dark and crass and bloody and sexy and sweet and not always logical. It's a great show, but hard to recommend. A lot of cursing, crude remarks, sex, violence and supernatural stuff. It takes a bit to get used to the tone, but somehow it works.

Quirky and cute. Highly stylized. Season 2 was not as great, but the two main characters have good chemistry and sometimes it's just fun to see what stories and characters they come up with. Recommended for fans of Amelie.

You'll hear that god awful theme music and hear some of the cheesy lines and think, "I'm never going to make it through this." But slowly, the story and odd characters start to pull you in. That awful music becomes mesmerizing. And you must find out how it all ends! But don't become so desperate to spend more time in this world that you watch "Fire Walk With Me". The show is spectacularly bizarre, but "Fire" will dampen that. Trust me.

Dark and sexy and somewhat horrifying. They don't seem to have limits on how far they'll go. Enjoy the ride. (Not for the squeamish or prude)

It's Lost. You know what you're getting into. And it's awesome.

Only one season, but fantastic. Quirky and cute. You'll pine for the two characters to get together and enjoy all the inanimate objects giving Jaye quizzical orders. All the characters are great.

Surprisingly different from the movies. Visually stunning. They manage to make Hannibal mysterious and almost normal (but in an eerie way). And they give Will a lot of emotional depth and interest. He slowly unhinges, tortured by his encounters and insight. This show makes the movies seem almost generic or cartoonish in contrast. Creative, but dark and gruesome.

I'm referring to the original French version made only a few years before the American one.

Warning: this show was canceled before it was able to wrap up all its mysteries, though the writers did their best to make it feel as complete as a possible once they found out (but you can read what they had planned online). This is part period piece, part fantasy, part mystery, part drama. It's a dark, intriguing ensemble piece filled with enigmas, love and sorrow, freaks, outcasts, demons, sex, and great style. It's hard to compare it to anything, but it's one that will stick with you. Just dive in.

It's like a Danish version of Bad Teacher with more sex and more heart. It's highly enjoyable, but perhaps for a limited audience. If you can deal with subtitles and like crude, inappropriate humor mixed with a bit of sweetness, this is a show for you. Surprisingly, not a lot of emphasis on the students.

Aussie comedy about a young woman who discovers everyone she's ever had sex with is dropping dead. First season is wonderfully bizarre and kooky and hilarious. Second season is just weird and crude. But the first season was worth it for the humor.

Obviously, this show deals with issues related to being or interacting with trans individuals, which is groundbreaking in and of itself. But it also has religion, drugs, and a lot of odd sex. I wouldn't watch this with your parents.

The main character is an oddball by nature, but nearly two decades on death row ups the weird and unpredictable quotient. The show has some dark episodes for sure, but also has plenty of sweet and happy moments too. It gets weirdest when following our protagonist, Daniel, who has trouble distinguishing reality and fantasy, which only gets harder when drugs get involved. Also delves in religion in an unusually upfront, but genuine manner.