Any good vigilante/crimefighting show? (lemmy.ml)

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Hi. I've been watching Reacher a lot lately, but I'm looking for more vigilante shows or crime-fighting shows. It'd be great if it was about fighting nazis or taking down the alt-right, but regular crime-fighting is alright too. Something like The Boys. Here are some of the shows I watch.

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[-] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Good Crime Fighting Shows:

Task
Dept. Q
Southland

[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 hours ago

I used to watch one with Adam West and Burt Ward playing the vigilantes, but the grit and realism of that show got to me after a while.

[-] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 hours ago

OK, not a show and you may not have time but I gotta gush on this web series I picked up here on Lemmy. I'm not even through it but it has serious The Boys vibes. It's a written web serial called Worm.

I know I know, you asked for shows, but it's just...so good...and in the superhero genre! Dark and gritty in the same vain as Watchmen and The Boys...I don't know. Figured I just put this out there.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Person of Interest?

[-] daannii@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

All of the JoJo bizxare adventures from season 2 to present are crime fighting.

The dubs are excellent. They are also a little campy. (Okay actually pretty campy)

It's anime but hear me out. It's very entertaining even if you aren't a big anime fan. Cause I'm not.

They are fun and ridiculous.

The true detective series is probably closer to what you are looking for.

Ive liked all seasons. Each season is its own story.

[-] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 48 minutes ago

And there's a lot of pop culture music references. A shame that the English version of the names have to be changed because of trademarks? I'm not sure on which legal jargon that prevents them using the names.

Still, I haven't thought of it that they're basically crime fighting but it makes sense.

[-] alibloke@feddit.uk 2 points 5 hours ago

Gen V is very much anti-alt right

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 1 points 5 hours ago

The Watchmen series was pretty good

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