In its final season, the series struggles to cook up something fresh, but it’s still hard to resist.
The series proves too hurried and scattered to penetrate much beyond the surface of its universe and characters.
After a promising start, the series struggles to capture the propulsive energy of its beloved source material.
Rumors of streaming’s demise are premature, as nearly half of the shows on this list are streamer properties.
The series is like a Magic Eye picture in reverse: The more you focus your attention on it, the less there is to see.
It’s a testament to the immersive performances of its two leads that the series manages to bring its titular iconic figures to life.
Though the series is still bracingly audacious, season two too often opts for full-throated fan service.
The general pointlessness of its supernatural events leaves Exodus feeling like a retread.
A head trip from the creators of Dark, the series follows far too many characters on a voyage to America.
The series has clearly been tailor-made for Stallone, playing to his particular brand of mealy-mouthed charisma.
The series puts a spiritual spin on the police procedural but struggles to uncover anything profound.
The show’s fifth installment is both more simplistic and less coherent than past seasons.
The series consistently opts for excess over restraint, with disorienting results.
If you fed the jokes from early-2000s sitcoms into an AI generator, it would probably spit out Blockbuster.
Mike White’s series remains TV’s most intriguing and precise murder mystery-cum-social satire.
Guillermo del Toro’s horror anthology exudes an alluring air of mystery, rough around the edges but coursing with energy.
The series suffers from a problem that is symptomatic of the streaming era: It should have been a movie.
The show’s central story resonates most when it shows us its beating heart.
The series uses the trappings of horror to explore the power of storytelling as a means of reckoning with the unfathomable.
A Friend of the Family’s restraint allows it to sidestep some common pitfalls of many a true-crime drama.
Rather than feeling grounded in its everyday struggles, Entergalactic comes across more like a black hole of imagination.