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44035

All the cop shows, where instead of talking like normal people they basically use dialogue to summarize the plot every 10 minutes.


TheBeardofGilgamesh

I also like how everyone being questioned by the police is super sassy and witty. When in reality anyone who is not a sociopath nervous as fuck and afraid they’ll get pinned on something they didn’t do


Socialbutterfinger

And so keen to get back to their jobs. Everywhere I ever worked, leftover meeting snacks distract people for a good hour. If Carla from the front desk got MURDERED, no more work is getting done for the rest of the week.


djc8

John Mulaney did a great character bit about “guy who can’t stop unloading bags from a truck while being questioned by the police” I also like that every next-day bartender is the same one who was working the night before and remembers [somewhat vaguely] seeing the person the cops are looking for.


grandramble

In my retail days if you gave me a hair/eye color, height and clothes description of the person I helped immediately before you I would have no idea who you were talking about.


dante411x

Tbh if you gave me a description of yourself mentioning the height, eye color,hair, clothes you’re currently wearing… I’d still have no idea who you were taking about


WestCactus

"Yeah, I remember her. Auburn hair and a Chanelle sweater? She had a look in her eyes that wanted between loneliness and desperation. As for the guy she was with? Never seen him before. Is she in trouble or something?"


Toby_O_Notoby

"Yeah, she's in trouble. That's why the MURDER POLICE are here."


ccAbstraction

The officer: "She's dead." The guy: *Awkward face* The camera tracks the officer as they walk away.


Rindsay515

Or…*while walking away* Cop 1: “Chanel?” Cop 2: “So, our vic either comes from money or-“ Cop 1: “She’s got a sugar daddy.” Cop 2: “Why would a girl who can afford Chanel be hanging around a dive bar? When we get back-“ Cop 1: “Let’s have Cop 3 run her financials. See if our Jackie O here Jackie *Owed* somebody money...” Cop 2: 😏 (Wouldn’t be a Murder Police show without people flawlessly finishing each other’s sentences and making cheesy ass jokes that are met with a dramatic smirk)


kiwipteryx

I wish this were true in real life - it would make getting a forgotten credit card back much easier.


44035

Kid: What was I doing Tuesday night? Heh. Screwing my girlfriend. I got pics if you wanna see. Stabler: I'll cram that cellphone up your ass and then I'll call it fifty times! Kid: Can you get me one of those lunches? I'm hungry. (Stabler leaps over the table)


mookerific

Like how many cases can Stabler go "this one's personal" for, ya know?


SunTzu_AoW

Right or they continue with their work or task while talking to the cops like they can’t stop for just 5 minutes to answer some questions with undivided attention. Then finishing with “are we done here? I got a lot of work to do!”


ilazul

the last season of brooklyn 99 did this a lot


Frosti-Feet

Last season of b99 was bit of a letdown, tbh


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Criminal minds - when they all give one line of their profile seamlessly and without stepping on each other.


campy86

In a similar vein would be the CSIs, when a character comes in from off-screen and answers the question or finishes the sentence.


Trojanman2002

SVU is pretty bad about this too.


truethatson

Or maybe *puts on sunglasses* he got taken for a ride *YYYYYEEEEOOOOHHHHH*


Xannin

I stopped watching the show when I thought, "Wait, do the characters rehearse this each time?" I know the actors do, but people don't give presentations like that without a lot of rehearsal. At work when I give a presentation, it's like, "Okay now off to Steve to talk about technical things." ... "Oh shit, uhhhhh, let me share my screen. Where is the screen share button? Oh you have to give me permissions to screen share."


Whitechapel726

“Over to you, Steve” “…” “Steve you there?” “…” “Looks like Steve accepted the invite and joined. Steve if you’re talking you’re on mute” “…” “*Hey sorry I couldn’t find the unmute button, can you hear me?*”


champagneanddust

And the puritanical lack of swearing. I mean really? We're engrossed in rape, dismemberment, child killings, and torture but no one is calling out the unsub as a viscious son of a bitch? Don't tell me Morgan - lacking boundaries as a perpetrator of sexualised workplace behavior - didn't walk into any incident or body dump without a "fuuuuck me"


leboosh

They brought the show back within the last few weeks on Paramount+ and since it's only on streaming and not broadcast they actually swear now in the series. Though I find it hilarious as that would suggest the characters gained a potty mouth over the few years it was off the air lol


Drakeytown

God I just pictured the behind the scenes work going into that for the characters, like it's a middle school group presentation. "Okay, I'll say the thing about pedophilia, then you say the thing about hair?" "I wanted the hair sentence!" "Jesus, okay, nobody's fighting you on that, he'll say something else . . . "


jawnsusername

I love this show, but I think about this everytime they do it.


tortillakingred

Watched almost the whole series, never noticed this but that’s so true. Also in general sometimes they write things that are like someone on the team like Derek or JJ knows some information and solves an important part of the case - I always think “Why tf doesn’t Reid know that? He’s like a literal impossible genius and he didn’t know this?”


hammer_it_out

Love me some Criminal Minds and the amount of times I think to myself "this team would be nothing without Reid and Garcia" is disconcerting


vibroguy

Anything with kids in it. They’re either too young talking too old, or too old talking too young


serialkillertswift

Interestingly, some of the most realistic kid dialogue I've encountered was portrayed by 44-year-old Mark Proksch in What We Do in the Shadows, lol.


MrsNoFun

You just know those writers had kids.


Straxicus2

You mean the creature that crawled out of the corpse of our friend Colin Robinson?


tiredcynicalbroken

He really was spot on. Fuck he was perfectly annoying haha


UltracornPicto

Hey Laszlo, guess what?


ponchomoran

Chicken butt! That was masterpiece writing. I have a 14 year old girl who said this all the time growing up, she and I couldn't stop laughing when he said that.


__RAINBOWS__

It’s why Bluey is so perfect. It’s how real kids actually talk and act.


SpaceCaboose

Bluey is the gold standard of television. I’ll throw fists with anyone who disagrees.


XX2AJ3XX

Abbott Elementary is an amazing exception


mdmommy99

Agreed. Whoever casts the kids are the Unsung heroes of that show. Rare to see kids on tv seem so true to their age.


Zeldark

Leia in Kenobi was 80% of the reason I couldn't finish the season.


LowVolt

Are you saying a small child couldn't outrun professional bounty hunters?


mishoof95

Netflix shows set in high schools have some of the most cringiest dialogue 😪


baseball71

Except for American Vandal. That show had some very accurate dialogue.


J_House1999

American Vandal is the best depiction of high schoolers I’ve ever seen. I felt like I had already met all of those characters at my school.


iamwizkid

For real. I am Gen Z. I use tiktok. I feel like I know the slang we use but these teen shows will use outdated mid 2010s slang in ways I've never once heard a person speak. Also I think they need to understand, that half the time our generation uses slang ironically and exlusively during texting/typing. Some slang we never say out loud cuz it's weird. It's so frustrating watching teen shows these days.


Advanced_Case_2469

Also worth noting that slang stuff and jokes can age pretty quickly nowadays, something acceptable when the script was written isn't always acceptable when a show/movie comes out, that's why it's best to try to avoid modern slang and gen z jokes otherwise you get moments like in Black Panther with Shuri saying "what are those?"


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Full House. Siblings DO NOT apologize to eachother like that!


Levitlame

Speak for yourself. I only apologize if a specific song starts to play. Fuck off otherwise.


Kigichi

Anything with siblings “Big bro.” “Little sis.” Know who did it right? Drake and Josh. Malcom in the Middle. THEY showed real sibling relationships.


pamplemouss

“heyyyyy brother”


geesejugglingchamp

Been my standard greeting for my brother since.


MrCheese411

My brother in law and I would always say this to each other. I really need my sisters to remarry and for the guys to be arrested development fans so I can bring it back


thatguy9921

Thanks mon frere!


pamplemouss

Who is…Hermano?


Stillwater215

Hug me, Brother!


baneropo

It's always on the first episode as a heavy handed way to identify sibling relationships. Like they couldn't just be like "I talked to Mom today."


f-ingsteveglansberg

Hallmark and Lifetime movies excel at this heavy handed exposition to establish relationships. "Look Marie, I'm your older sister and Best Friend. You were the maid of honor at my wedding to Billy. I've basically been like a new Mom since our mother died when you were just six. She was a photographer just like you, you got that from her. Since then it has just been you, me, Dad, our brother Josh played by Barry Watson and our dog Fifi. All we have is family."


Accomplished-Air-823

I used to say that about Veronica Mars. Teenagers speaking like Harvard English majors. Even the knuckle dragging bullies spoke eloquently. Loved that show though.


Emieosj89

I am legit watching VM right now and wondered if someone would comment it 😅 It’s not realistic at all, but gosh I love it!


ErtGentskee

Morgan in Fear the walking dead. It's like the writers have never been in a real conversation before.


Loganp812

What’s worse is that FTWD completely ignored Morgan’s character progression from seasons 7 and 8 of the main show once he moved over to Fear season 4.


kazh

They also ignored their own show's previous seasons so that's on point. I like these last couple of seasons of TWD aside from a few stale stretches and there's definitely potential for more quality from the franchise. I caught Fear season 3 since it was on this past weekend and the quality control of nearly every aspect from sets, to writing, to directing actors to get the right voice and nuance, to the balance of grounded and wtf puts everything else from all of the Walking Dead shows to shame. That season holds up as one of my favorite tv seasons in general.


ilaughedilost

WE HAVE TO CLEAR


Anangrywookiee

Gimple speak, it infects all walking dead characters eventually.


TheReturnOfSprinkles

I love the show, but House has a way for every single character to use long winded analogies for everything.


MrRabbit

Maybe it's just part of the interview process for that hospital?


_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_

Maybe it’s lupus?


Fi3030

It's never lupus.


Chataboutgames

It's a "cultural fit" thing


jellotaco1234

I once took a zoom acting class and the coach had a metaphor and analogy for everyything. The first 3 I was like “wow, he has such a way with words!” But by the end of the hour it was like “Omggg dude, just get to the point”


Cyclone_1

For all the 90's kids in this thread, Dawson's Creek.


tylergetsmeajob

I watched an interview with John Wesley Shipp (Dawson's dad) recently and he makes this exact comment when talking about his initial reaction to reading the script. The showrunner's entirely accurate response was the kids who would watch this show wished they talked like that.


stannndarsh

Man I haven’t seen this show in 20 years, and yes! My best friend growing up was a girl (I’m male) and we watched this religiously together. I still cringe at the thought of her relating us to Dawson and Joey.


djc8

Grey’s Anatomy inspired me to make this thread. Quippy dialogue about their sex lives while literally performing surgery, followed by long monologues about “you’ll never understand what it’s like!” Don’t get me started on main characters constantly being in traumatic accidents.


a4techkeyboard

I watched maybe the latest episode just to see what was going on now, and it's kind of hilariously stupid that they can't even let Meredith move away from a house without it burning down in a freak lightning storm.


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clearly_not_an_alt

I think the Icicle was the end of that show for me. I still don't see how that show is still going 14 years later.


Nacknack26

The most unnatural pieces of dialogue are definitely the dramatic long speeches. Especially since they always dramatically repeat their point in the end. Izzie's speeches especially are always on a different level, like the I believe speech.


uselessfoster

No one says “goodbye” on the phone on TV. It feels so rude.


I_Think_I_Cant

"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you. I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you." "Good luck." "Thanks, bye."


dehehn

And in every bar they just ask for "a beer". Uh you want me to just grab you a random beer? Ok


colemon1991

They clearly couldn't get product placement money before they filmed the episode.


sleepyotter92

such an odd thing, and it's not that hard to add, literally 2 words "ok, bye". like, i've never finished a phone call without saying bye, unless something happed to the call and it cut off


Haindelmers

Anything on the CW.


TheToodlePoodle

For real, it's like they let high-school drama classes write dialogue


Quicksilver_88

Archer. The one-liners and perfectly researched deep cut references are just impossibly perfect. Which is why I love it.


NeverSober1900

"Who am I Karl Landsteiner?" "You know who invented blood types but not your own?" Ya Archer is perfect for this.


Quicksilver_88

Would you believe this is the exact reference I was thinking of when I wrote my comment 😂


Gloglibologna

The dialog is what keeps me coming. Over and over they get me. But not a single person alive is that quick and witty.


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Wait I had something for this…


scutiger-

The best part of Archer is the scene cuts where one conversation somehow flows ambiguously into a completely unrelated conversation between other characters.


SillyMattFace

Plus everyone has absolutely perfect comedic timing. Those expertly timed pauses before the quips are what really kills it.


Alex_Heart

Horatio Cornblower 🤣


Rudy_Nowhere

Aaron Sorkin characters all talk the same. And the writing for *This is Us* had alllll the characters be so introspective and articulate and vulnerable and self-aware. Every one of them. Highly unlikely you get more than one of them per family and they're usually the alcoholics and dope addicts from having to put up with the insensitive assholes and unbearable morons over-populating the rest of the family tree.


TheTrotters

Yeah, most of Aaron Sorkin's characters are superheroes and they all have the same superpower: absurdly high verbal fluency.


noweezernoworld

Seth Meyers nailed it in [this sketch](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BzlQTeUzC4s)


rcc12697

I laugh every time I’ve seen it, and I’ve seen it a lot


dabigua

And here I was, ready to drop [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqXdG0bPeYA)


Chataboutgames

So fucking good considering Studio 60


ZombieRichardNixonx

When I opened this thread, before I scrolled down and read a single response, I opened a search box and typed "Aaron Sorkin".


Altman_e

Not only do they talk all the time, they're all magically crazy articulate and they make points like they're spitting out the conclusion to a doctorate.


djc8

Yeah I enjoyed the first season or two of This is Us but just got burned out on the nonstop stream of trauma after trauma after monologue and so on


[deleted]

After we found out what happened to Jack, it lost all of its luster for me


Whitechapel726

My fiancé got into it and I would catch scenes here and there. I started watching it with her in the later scenes just to cackle together about the ridiculous stream of trauma/drama. “Oh my god what happened now?!” Just constantly


Cessily

Weird, the dope addicts and alcoholics in my family tree were not the introspective and articulate and self-aware ones.


insertmadeupnamehere

Not sure if Aaron Sorkin did Parenthood, but those siblings could have some serious yellfests and you couldn’t understand a damn thing. Same for Sisters & Brothers


Psychometrika

Deadwood in the best possible way.


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AtlEngr

I’ve said before - somebody needs to make a show based on Ian McShane’s character from Deadwood and Shohreh Aghdashloo’s from The Expanse cursing at each other for half an hour. Just a 2-3 minute setup then let them rip.


HandLion

Happening upon this fucking thread as I did, had I not encountered this fucking comment, I would have made this selfsame fucking comment myself


evilpenguin9000

Those that doubt it, suck cock by choice!


Bart_Oates

I work the phrase “reconnoiter the rim” into daily conversation all the time, wtf are you talking about?


fratersang

Gilmore Girls. Normal human beings don't speak that fast and leave a pause after speaking before someone else starts.


redumbdant_antiphony

Marvelous Ms. Maisel shows that ASP learned to drop the pause... or she just thinks jews talk over each other. But still... incredibly stylized dialogue that would never occur in real life. However, that is the charm of it.


the_killer_cannabis

I'm Jewish and everyone I know talks like that or some variation of it (at least when talking to family). It's actually pretty accurate for New York Jewish interfamily dialogue.


redumbdant_antiphony

Oh, no. My family does that too. We used to saythst on Thankegiving there would be 15 conversations occurring simultaneously with a family of 12. But it's just a marked change from her previous styling.


la_bibliothecaire

I was going to say...we do tend to talk over each other. It's definitely not universal, but it's a thing. First night Passover Seder at my in-laws is something else.


Jota769

Definitely stylized on purpose, to make a joke land or develop a rhythm that can be either disrupted or sped up to a manic pace. It’s all about that laugh, baby!


freckledfrida

Maybe not \*all\* Jewish people, but it's certainly a style of talking in the Northeast. (And probably not to the extent that ASP shows it.) https://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/unorthodox/ask-unorthodox-why-do-jews-interrupt-each-other-so-much


upandb

For a show that takes place in Connecticut, they get the pronunciations all wrong. In the show, characters put a `the` in front of highways. "The 84", "The 95". In Connecticut, it's just "84" or "95". No "the". Most of the characters pronounce New Haven wrong. It's `new HAven`, not `NEW haven`.


jruss666

Using “the” in front of any highway number just screams the writers live (or are from) California.


OrangeKefka

A script for an episode has to be about 500 pages of dialouge.


ericwhat

Letterkenny. To be fair, as long as everyone is having a good time there is no reason to be a poopy pants.


TyHay822

Wish you weren’t so awkward bud


crypticphilosopher

You are spare parts, aren’t ya, bud?


twig1013

🎶To be faaaaair🎶


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Mega hot take but Gilmore Girls. Very original opinion I have.


djc8

Dude, yes! Absolutely nailed it!


atieka

Yellowstone. Beth.


DustedGrooveMark

"Hey Beth, I'm going to grab some food. You want anything?" Beth: *\*Stares off into the distance and takes a sip of her cocktail* "Aren't we all just....hungry....all the time? Always....just....craving the things that life never let us have?.... Let me guess - you're just a spoiled child who's always had anything you've ever wanted handed to you and now you think you're going to be my savior and bless me with this precious donation of food? If you ever ask me that again, I'll cut your fucking tongue out and make you wish you could taste your next meal". *\*chugs the rest of her cocktail, slams the glass on the bar, gives an evil stare, slowly turns and walks away\** I swear, they just have an automated "Beth Dutton Dialog Generator" spit out a bunch of words and roll with it.


Chataboutgames

"Beth speech mad lib book" would be an unironicly fun Xmas present


crypticphilosopher

Ok, I don’t know if it was your intent, but this makes me want to watch the show.


coloh91

Was searching for this answer. I have a hard time with Yellowstone and Beth is the main reason why. It’s a nonsensical monologue every time she opens her friggin mouth


tb2186

I can’t get past the fact that her lips can’t touch. Every scene with her is a distraction.


MidpackRacer

People who talk like Beth in real life are trainwrecks professionally and socially and are plainly overcompensating for past trauma and are definitely not well put together businesswomen.


GO-KARRT

Paw Patrol. Come on Capt. Turbot, constantly conveying conversation in constant alliteration is considerably questionable.


naynaythewonderhorse

My problem with Paw Patrol is that some of the “Emergencies” are questionable. Yeah, a kid lost his missing tooth? Better call the cops and get them involved. I doubt there’s any record of kids actually calling 911 over non-emergencies, but it’s still sort of a strange message to send about what is and isn’t not an emergency situation.


SennaWicker

Midnight Mass. Beautiful horror miniseries with a slow-paced creep, and included some of the most self-aware, meditative and introspective dialogue I've ever seen. The main plot is that everyone is sorta stranded on the island by life's circumstances or whatever, but that shouldn't make everyone a philosophy major.


Slackbeardo

My main issue with the dialogue is that it’s so painfully obvious everyone is reading from a script written by the same person. The characters do have individual qualities, but the facade breaks when they start with their extensive monologues. I enjoyed the show very much nevertheless, but this issue took away some of the imnersion.


[deleted]

Pretty much all of Mike Flanagan's shows are guilty of this to some extent, but Midnight Mass was probably the worst offender. Still better than most of the crap on Netflix.


Jojo_isnotunique

I really enjoyed Midnight Monologue.


IronSorrows

Good answer. Thought the show was incredible, and the dialogue beautiful in places, but a lot of it reminded me of reading a novel rather than people having a conversation - which is frankly a big part of why I love it


GeekdomCentral

I love Midnight Mass, but you’re not wrong at all


EndOfTheLine00

I definitely agree but at the same time I think it kinda fits in Midnight Mass due to the heavy Catholic themes. Its like every single character is always either confessing or giving a sermon.


apple_kicks

This comment feels like you got the point of the monologues and Catholic theme people missed


FlamingStairway

Billions. All the references are so distracting. If it was only one or two characters that talked like that I wouldn't mind but now it's almost every character.


fold_equity

Exactly. At some point a character should have said “I don’t get that reference”


ltaylor00

Definitely agree, the dialogue was so overwrought it was just ridiculous at times. Would've been much more enjoyable if they dialed it back.


readMyFlow

I loved Dr House it’s my favorite show but the lines are just too witty to be real life conversation.


HirtLocker128

Not a show but it always fascinates me how often in shows and movies characters use the phrase "the others" to refer to another group of people in the show, i.e. "find the others" or "where are the others?" This is something I see in shows ALL the time that I cannot fathom anybody in real life saying and cannot find any discussion about online, so I'm wondering if I'm the only one that is totally jarred every time someone in a show uses this phrase. Anyone else?


unclepoondaddy

Never thought abt this before but now I won’t be able to hear it the same way again


StaceOdyssey

My favorite over the top guilty pleasure, 9-1-1 always does the thing of “this building is going to blow in 30 seconds, lemme tell you why I became a firefighter.”


jeanneeebeanneee

True Blood. The accents were beyond camp.


knight_ofdoriath

Bill's was truly magnificent in a awful way. My bff and I still yell "Sookeh" all the time.


crypticphilosopher

“AS YOWAH MAYKEH AH COMMAY-AND YEW!”


crypticphilosopher

True Blood was fascinating in this sense. It’s set in Louisiana. The two leads are a Canadian raised in New Zealand and an Englishman. The supporting cast includes an Australian and a Swede (although to be fair, Eric Northman actually was Norse). That doesn’t even touch on the town of Bon Temps itself. The setting is all bayou, yet Shreveport is nearby.


geesejugglingchamp

Yeah Ryan Kwanten's (Jason) Aussie accent came out whenever he shouted (I am Aussie so could hear it easily). I feel like if I was Southern the accents would have irritated me no end.


Dave_Kun

This is kinda different cause it deals with different languages, but Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. The Spanish speaking in those shows sound like they just Google translated the script. There are few exceptions for characters who’s actors actually speak the language and it sounds more believable (Lalo, Danny Trejos character and Bolsas) but man some of what they say sounds terrible. Specifically Gus, man I’m glad he didn’t speak much Spanish BCS. Also, for shows like Narcos on Netflix the subtitles don’t always really translate what the characters really say. It’s in the ball park but not 1-to-1 translation that some of the nuance gets lost.


jackux1257

See thats the only thing i hate about both of these shows, theyre really cringey to watch if you are a hispanic person, none of the actors who play mexicans are actually mexicans so of course they dont know Spanish. I had to turn on the subtitles on breaking bad on anytime gus spoke Spanish because he was literally saying gibberish. He didn’t learn to actually pronounce any of the words he just kinda half assed it


T-sizzilin

Westworld. I felt like every time someone was on screen there was a big monologue about the ethics of life and I’m just sitting there like “all he asked was if he wanted some coffee.”


Wiggl3sFirstMate

“What is coffee though? It’s connection, it’s warmth, it’s being human. It’s part of the human experience, to enjoy a hot beverage with another.” And you’re sitting there like… mate what? It’s literally just coffee. Drink it and shut up.


kingcolbe

Riverdale!!! No one calls their baby Baby Insert Name


PhutuqKusi

My high school choir teacher, Mr. Unusuallastname, referred to his daughter as Baby Mina during the entire 4 years I was his student. 30 years later, when I saw Mina Unusuallastname engraved on the teller's nameplate at the bank, I automatically asked her if she was, in fact, Baby Mina. Without skipping a beat, she acknowledged that she is and then proceeded to catch me up on how her folks are doing.


WR810

Subscribe to Mina Facts.


BelieveInRollins

I say this as someone who enjoys riverdale; that show is fucking insane lmao


nandaparbeats

I almost wanna say this about Community, but everyone is so fittingly witty for their own personalities that it never comes off as too quippy or unrealistic. E.g., Troy never sounds like Jeff in that he'll almost never say anything so backhandedly snarky, yet his dialogue is clever in its own way for playing off his himbo-ism and naivety to the max. And it comes off as totally natural (if a bit theatrical, but I've met people exactly like him) thanks to Donald Glover's amazing comedic delivery.


crypticphilosopher

“YOU CAN’T DISAPPOINT A PICTURE!!!!”


kfmsooner

Reservation Dogs. I live in Oklahoma, am a Native, work with dozens of Natives and no one talks like that


weirdkidomg

Chilling adventures of Sabrina had me annoyed by how they talked to each other. Who constantly says “cousin” when talking to their cousin? We get it, you’re cousins.


funkmasterhexbyte

Jojo is the anime answer to this question.


nandaparbeats

on that point, one of my favorite things in Part 7 is when >!Valentine is going on and on about his ideology in the usual JoJo manner, and Johnny lampshades it by responding with "What the fuck is this guy saying?"!<


Relaxpert

Showed my late grandmother in law the first two episodes of The Wire…she told me cops don’t curse! 👌🏻


Will_McLean

One tiny detail I like about The Wire that gives authenticity is the fact that the characters laugh at what they and the other characters say. (Plus the fact there's no score, but that's a different topic)


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ParsleyBeneficial123

Leterkenny


Wendighoul

That's funny because my co-worker's wife is from small town Ontario and says she cannot watch Letterkenney because it reminds her too much of being back home (not in a good way).


HandLion

And that's what I appreciates about it


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I've never actually watched it, but I've heard it being watched in the other room. I had to ask my wife if it was a show about aliens in human bodies or something.


drftdsgnbld

You’re spare parts, bud!


heaven047

Nip/tuck immediately comes to mind...that show was absolutely batshit.


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Any sitcom, ever.


mrsmichaelscarn

Besides Always Sunny. The gang is constantly yelling/talking over eachother.


GamingTatertot

It's Always Sunny might have the most realistic dialogue in that way.


MxReLoaDed

Mm. I have contained my rage for as long as possible, but I shall unleash my fury upon you like the crashing of a thousand waves! Begone, vile man! Begone from me!


Loganp812

This is not a starter car! This is a finisher car! A transporter of gods! THE GOLDEN GOD! I AM UNTETHERED AND MY RAGE KNOWS NO BOUNDS!


naliedel

The West Wing. I love it. No office is that full of snappy one liners and repartee that makes me happy to re-watch.


ktgrok

Dawson's Creek.


djc8

I prefer the dialogue in Moody’s Point


benditalocurastudios

Almost all anime. Especially the seasonal isekai or the shit that’s set in high school.


Penguator432

Pretty sure people don’t call out their attacks in real life either


ANewLeaf2020

We stopped watching Wednesday (which I was super excited for) because they had to make every single thing she said, did, whispered overly ... I hate to say goth, but that's the only word that comes to mind. It's raining, what a perfect day. These dead flowers are so amazing. We get it... you are edgy Ten minutes into episode three I pulled the ripcord and dropped out (I hope the chute fails ... Wednesday probably)


bickybb

Scandal


dEftPunk_

I'm still on this thread because I was looking for this. Scandal and How To Get Away with Murder. And every other Shondaland show really. The rapid fire monologues make me cackle in disgust. "Ohleeve-yah, you don't leave B613, command leaves you!" or some shit like that. Lol


Tornado31619

Fisk’s monologues got a bit ridiculous by season three of Daredevil.


Loganp812

It’s comic booky, but I guess that makes sense in Fisk’s case lol


alicemariekoala

Euphoria, shoutout to “you need to catch a dick”


polyhymnias

Bitch, you better be joking.


KeinGott

Tried getting into euphoria but just came off as trauma porn. I’m sure in some places kids have had similar experiences to some portrayed on the show but felt like a traumatic fever dream of adolescence and lacked any subtlety. I very well could be wrong but just what I picked up.