For me my series "carreer" started when one of my team mates gave me the first 12 episodes of Lost, from then on i was hooked on lost. Season one was great, after years of mindless series (at least on the tv) finaly something new came . Season two was a little disappointg, but still more entertaining then that other crap on the TV. Season 3 was the best so far, liked it sooo much and now we have to wait a half year for the next seasons :/ .
Then along the way came Prison Break, saw the first episode on the TV, after that i called my friend who has boradband connection and asked him to download all the available episodes. My dad , who usually doesn't watch TV series got so addicted, that every week on tuesday when he came home from work he asked: "have u downloaded the new episode ?"
So it also became a kind of family activity . I think the acting was great, can't see what was wrong with it. The characters are lovable, i especially liked the characters of John Abruzzi (btw there are rumors he is going to show up in Lost d: ) and Alexander Mahone .38 days remaining till the next episode
Then finaly i got a faster net connection , so i could download series myself. Somehow i stumbled upon Jericho, which was quite good at the beginning , then some not so good episodes came, but finaly the last few episodes vere amazing , can't wait for the next season.
Then came Heroes , got me addicted after the first episode also. Hiro ftw!
I also started to watch Rome, but stopped after a few episodes .
They all are simply amazing series , they all do their job perfectly , which is to entertain !