Moments of humanity glimmer on the show’s fetid surface like stars in a dirty street puddle.
The season is obsessed with the after-effects of people choosing violence as a default.
The series simply makes us sit with the awful uncertainty of it all.
The series is darkly funny, deeply sweet, and bracingly honest.
The series is bracingly chaotic, but it’s another unfortunate example of streaming bloat.
The show’s comedy is at its best when it gets a little dark and more than a little pointed.
The mix of superhero story and legal drama remains a winning formula.
This anodyne series works awfully hard to drain itself of context and specificity.
The series suffers from lackluster fight scenes and thin characterization.
What the show’s storytelling lacks in sophistication it makes up for with sincerity.
The new season packs a bite, but it still feels as if it’s prowling on familiar ground.
The sharply written series delivers a near-perfect balance of bitter and sweet.
A crime thriller and a sci-fi mystery that harbors ambitions of being a political drama.
The show’s second season provides familiar pleasures and devious new twists.
The vast majority of this list is composed of fresh properties or limited series.
The series fails to shake off the cynicism of its commercial function and blinkered politics.
The series puts a clever twist on the thriller genre but its political commentary feels jumbled.
The series offers an unvarnished look at a contentious industry and the lives tethered to it.
In its second season, the series still lacks the specificity to distinguish its sci-fi drama.
The narrative tightens in the show’s second season with a precision that rewards close attention.
The series is too staid to capture the idiosyncratic, fiercely political spirit of its source material.