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1. Paradise

   HuluStill airing

   • S110Season One: 10 out of 10
   • S29Season Two: 9 out of 10

   A thriller that keeps flipping its own premise and earning the flip. The twists do real work.

   Overall so far · 2 seasons

   9.5/10

2. Breaking Bad

   AMC

   • S19Season One: 9 out of 10
   • S29Season Two: 9 out of 10
   • S310Season Three: 10 out of 10
   • S410Season Four: 10 out of 10
   • S59Season Five: 9 out of 10

   Still the gold standard for transformation arcs. Five seasons, hardly a wasted episode.

   Overall · 5 seasons

   9.4/10

3. Dark

   Netflix

   • S19Season One: 9 out of 10
   • S29Season Two: 9 out of 10
   • S310Season Three: 10 out of 10

   A time-travel knot that actually respects its own rules. German precision applied to paradox.

   Overall · 3 seasons

   9.3/10

4. 1883

   Paramount

   • S19Season One: 9 out of 10

   A western that hurts the whole way west. Beautifully, deliberately miserable.

   Overall · 1 season

   9/10

5. Fleabag

   Amazon

   • S19Season One: 9 out of 10
   • S29Season Two: 9 out of 10

   Two seasons that know exactly when to stop. The fourth wall never recovered.

   Overall · 2 seasons

   9/10

6. Pluribus

   Apple TVStill airing

   • S19Season One: 9 out of 10

   Vince Gilligan swaps meth for mandatory happiness. The loneliest show ever made about everyone getting along.

   Overall so far · 1 season

   9/10

7. Shogun

   HuluStill airing

   • S19Season One: 9 out of 10

   Patient, political, and gorgeous. Every conversation is a sword fight.

   Overall so far · 1 season

   9/10

8. Ted Lasso

   Apple TV

   • S110Season One: 10 out of 10
   • S29Season Two: 9 out of 10
   • S38Season Three: 8 out of 10

   Comfort television about leadership. Believe sign stays up in the office.

   Overall · 3 seasons

   9/10

9. The Offer

   Paramount

   • S19Season One: 9 out of 10

   Making The Godfather was apparently its own mob story. Catnip if you love how the sausage gets made.

   Overall · 1 season

   9/10

10. Widows Bay

    Apple TVStill airing

    • S19Season One: 9 out of 10

    A first season that earned its seat at this table. Full verdict once season two shows its hand.

    Overall so far · 1 season

    9/10

11. Mindhunter

    Netflix

    • S110Season One: 10 out of 10
    • S27Season Two: 7 out of 10

    Procedure as character study — monsters interviewed in beige rooms. Season three remains the one that got away.

    Overall · 2 seasons

    8.5/10

12. Severance

    Apple TVStill airing

    • S19Season One: 9 out of 10
    • S28Season Two: 8 out of 10

    The best production design on television. Every frame looks like a design system with a security clearance.

    Overall so far · 2 seasons

    8.5/10

13. The Pitt

    HBOStill airing

    • S19Season One: 9 out of 10
    • S28Season Two: 8 out of 10

    One shift, one hour at a time, and it never lets up. The best argument that constraints make drama.

    Overall so far · 2 seasons

    8.5/10

14. Stranger Things

    Netflix

    • S18Season One: 8 out of 10
    • S29Season Two: 9 out of 10
    • S38Season Three: 8 out of 10
    • S49Season Four: 9 out of 10
    • S58Season Five: 8 out of 10

    Spielberg-and-synths comfort horror that kept its promise to the end. The rare long run without a bad season.

    Overall · 5 seasons

    8.4/10

15. The Newsroom

    HBO

    • S110Season One: 10 out of 10
    • S28Season Two: 8 out of 10
    • S37Season Three: 7 out of 10

    Sorkin at full sermon. The walk-and-talks carry it further than the lectures deserve.

    Overall · 3 seasons

    8.3/10

16. Silo

    Apple TVStill airing

    • S18Season One: 8 out of 10
    • S28Season Two: 8 out of 10

    A buried society run on rules nobody questions. Slow-burn world-building with engineering at its heart.

    Overall so far · 2 seasons

    8/10

17. The Bear

    HuluStill airing

    • S18Season One: 8 out of 10
    • S29Season Two: 9 out of 10
    • S38Season Three: 8 out of 10
    • S47Season Four: 7 out of 10

    Chaotic kitchens, brilliant pacing. The most accurate show ever made about shipping under pressure.

    Overall so far · 4 seasons

    8/10

18. True Detective

    HBOStill airing

    • S110Season One: 10 out of 10
    • S27Season Two: 7 out of 10
    • S37Season Three: 7 out of 10
    • S48Season Four: 8 out of 10

    Season one is a flat circle the rest are still orbiting. Night Country came closest to escape velocity.

    Overall so far · 4 seasons

    8/10

19. Game of Thrones

    HBO

    • S18Season One: 8 out of 10
    • S28Season Two: 8 out of 10
    • S37Season Three: 7 out of 10
    • S47Season Four: 7 out of 10
    • S59Season Five: 9 out of 10
    • S610Season Six: 10 out of 10
    • S710Season Seven: 10 out of 10
    • S84Season Eight: 4 out of 10

    Spectacle television at full engine through seasons six and seven. Then season eight happened.

    Overall · 8 seasons

    7.9/10

20. The Walking Dead

    AMCDidn't finish

    • S19Season One: 9 out of 10
    • S29Season Two: 9 out of 10
    • S38Season Three: 8 out of 10
    • S47Season Four: 7 out of 10
    • S56Season Five: 6 out of 10

    Started essential, stayed too long — the early seasons remain appointment horror.

    Overall · 5 seasons watched

    7.8/10

21. The Wire

    HBO

    • S19Season One: 9 out of 10
    • S28Season Two: 8 out of 10
    • S37Season Three: 7 out of 10
    • S47Season Four: 7 out of 10

    Every institution gets its season, and every one fails the same way. Deserves the reputation.

    Overall · 4 seasons

    7.8/10

22. 1923

    Paramount

    • S19Season One: 9 out of 10
    • S25Season Two: 5 out of 10

    Mirren and Ford carry a brutal winter. The landing buckles under everything the season piled on.

    Overall · 2 seasons

    7/10

23. The Sopranos

    HBO

    • S19Season One: 9 out of 10
    • S28Season Two: 8 out of 10
    • S37Season Three: 7 out of 10
    • S47Season Four: 7 out of 10
    • S56Season Five: 6 out of 10
    • S65Season Six: 5 out of 10

    The blueprint for everything else on this list, even where the back half tested my patience.

    Overall · 6 seasons

    7/10