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Favorite TV Shows 2017

  1. The Expanse — I haven’t loved a show this much since Deep Space Nine. I mean, take a look at my list. Clearly it’s scifi-centric. But this show does it like nobody else.
  2. Legion — I haven’t loved a show this much since The Exp … oh. Right. I already used this line. The show’s a good fun mind-fuck. Very twisted and dark.
  3. Rick & Morty — Probably the funniest, vulgarest cartoon ever made for TV. Very witty and original. Lots of Nietzsche and Kant.
  4. WestWorld — Another great show that makes you explore the nature of consciousness and sentience. I love how we have to confront the nature of having a pre-determined path but still aware of it.
  5. Stranger Things — Ripped right out of the decade from my childhood. It’s a combination of Spielberg, Abrams and 80’s scifi.
  6. Doctor Who — Doesn’t need explaning. Still … I miss River.
  7. Bosch — IMO, the best show put out by Amazon Prime.
  8. Samantha Bee — She makes me laugh about the fucked up nature of my country.
  9. The Good Place — Started out bad, got good. It’s the best 30 minute comedy since Parks and Rec.
  10. Sherlock — This one might be finished now, not sure. We get episodes every three years, so maybe it’s still on. The quality fell a bit, but it’s still fun and witty.
Off the list and/or honorable mentions:
  • Netflix Marvel — Daredevil S.1 and Jessica Jones were superb. Daredevil S.2 was good. Luke Cage was unwatchable past episode 7. I didn’t even bother with Iron Fist.
  • Taboo — started it. Sort of like it. Haven’t finished it.
  • The Fall — Season 1 was amazing. Started season 2 and couldn’t get past the third episode.
  • American Horror Story — Seasons 1, 2 and 5 were great to amazing. Season 3 was good-ish. Season 4 and 6 were fucking awful.
  • Feud: Bette & Joan — really fun. Kept me enticed the whole way through it. It’s a “one and done” thing, but really worth the effort.
  • Preacher — interesting in a mind-fuck sort of way. Maybe they’ll make another season and I’ll like it. Maybe they won’t. Who knows. We don’t have that season yet.
  • X-Files — very “meh”. Good episodes and bad. Not sure if there’ll ever be another season.
  • Archer — sadly, this once hilariously ribald show has fallen down and off my list.
  • El Ministerio del Tiempo [Ministry of Time]— probably the best show to come out of Spain. It’s like a mystical version of Doctor Who.
Considering watching:
  • The Crown
  • Black Mirror
  • Fargo
  • Handmaiden's Tale
  • Emerald City
  • The Man on the High Castle
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