When the weather is high

Every summer Brad and I choose a "summer project." Our projects (I love calling these projects, which makes something very fun sound very strenuous and admirable) are TV shows that we've heard are great but that we never saw in "real time" and which we can rent on DVD and watch in every waking hour all summer long. Our current year's undertaking is Alias, as I can't stop mentioning all the time because I love it. Past projects have included LOST, Veronica Mars, Battlestar Galactica, Friday Night Lights, and Mad Men. It's a kind of silly thing, but I have come to love this little summertime tradition of ours. It's nice to have the leisure time to get wrapped in the world of a really good series, and it's fun to theorize and speculate with Brad about the characters' fates as we hide out in our basement on the way too hot summer days.

In fact, I'm already starting to think about the series we should take on next time. Any recommendations for a great series to watch on DVD? I've thought about The Wire, and Six Feet Under. I tend to go for the hour-long dramas, but you might be able to sell me on a sitcom.