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Xahn Mar 30, 2026 +47

Angel. Spike joins the main cast and in general I felt the writing was strongest that season.

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DBones90 Mar 30, 2026 +5

It’s wild that it took the writers that long to have both characters on the same show in the main cast.

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speashasha Mar 30, 2026 +7

I mean, the way Spike had to be shoehorned into the final season and given that he was busy on Buffy, it's not that surprising. (PS: I loved season 5, but it didn't really make sense for Spike to stick around at all.)

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stephentrendy Mar 30, 2026 +4

Switching from the "turgid supernatural soap opera" to much smaller arcs and standalones and then managing to pick up the strings of those episodes into a large arc with a big finale, yeah - that last season was a banger compared to the rest.

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freedraw Mar 31, 2026 +3

This is my answer too. Those last six episodes are just firing on all cylinders. Should not have been cancelled, but what a way for a show to go out.

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beetboxbento Mar 30, 2026 +2

I keep wanting watch that, but I can't get past The episode with Cordelia and Connor

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sayanythinglove Mar 30, 2026 +21

Halt and Catch Fire season 4 is a staggering work of genius that gives you one hell of a fulfilling end for those characters and their journey.

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k6tcher Mar 30, 2026 +14

Enterprise

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ithink02 Mar 30, 2026 +46

Mr. Robot

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CaptainFlint4 Mar 30, 2026 +6

Scrolled too far to find this, has the best TV plot twist of all time imo

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dat_hypocrite Mar 30, 2026 +2

Everything after “I can’t protect him anymore” i was like wtfffffffffff

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mq2thez Mar 30, 2026 +1

Finished December 22nd, 2019 and right as people were really talking about it, everything got screwy.

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Complex_Echidna3964 Mar 30, 2026 +57

Andor. Of course there was only two seasons, but the second season was instant an TV classic.

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brandonct Mar 30, 2026 +17

I suspect the first season will be generally considered the best in the long run, but we'll see. second season had higher highs but also lower lows. the pacing on that first season was so on point without having to deal with all the time skips and sudden character changes. like one minute wilmon is going all-in with saws crew, huffing that rhydo, and then next episode he's back with the gang on yavin or wherever? probably just depends on where your priorities are as a viewer, I guess.

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Designer_B Mar 30, 2026 +12

Gotta say season one easily clears it for me.

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ReeceMU Mar 30, 2026 +1

Absolutely clears it

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Muroid Mar 30, 2026 +2

It’s more consistent overall, but the last 5 episodes of season 2 are easily the strongest run of episodes of the show and stand up as one of the greatest five episode runs of any show I’ve ever seen. Season 2 starts weaker than season 1, but keeps improving and that back half really pulls it over the top.

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Complex_Echidna3964 Mar 30, 2026 -1

I quit the first season cause I found it slow. Then with all the hype surrounding S2, I saw S2 E1 on a sneak peak, I went back to the beginning to give it a second chance. The whole thing was great, but the second season really knocked it out the park.

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shosamae Mar 30, 2026 +3

I think the first season is more consistent, but the second season is as higher highs. It’s really an acquaintance for which one I prefer.

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Massive_Weiner Mar 30, 2026 +3

S1 is more consistent, while S2 has the highest peaks of the show. The prison arc in S1 was the best portion, imo.

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Alastor3 Mar 30, 2026 +1

That Senate Speech <3

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Federal_Stay824 Mar 30, 2026 +1

Masterpiece

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Few_Pride_5836 Mar 30, 2026 +10

Justified Person of Interest

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DanTheMan901 Mar 30, 2026 +7

I think season 3 was the best for POI (the stretch of episodes from the Endgame trilogy to 4C is incredible television), but 5 is a close second and I can see the argument.

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bigmur49 Mar 30, 2026 +47

Better Call Saul

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CaptainFlint4 Mar 30, 2026 +15

The last season did so well to recontextualize the plot of BB, and ended in such a satisfying, thematic form

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dpjg Mar 30, 2026 -14

Worst season. The scene where lalo kills all gus' guys and kidnaps him? Cartoon shit. Show was never as good as it was with Chuck.

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Sawovsky Mar 30, 2026 +3

Yeah, Lalo’s death is comically bad and such a disappointing end to an otherwise great character.

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Koellanor Mar 30, 2026

Show peaked with Chicanery. God damn those first seasons were good.

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yaniv297 Mar 30, 2026

I agree that the chuck story is the peak of BCS by far. It was still good after that but felt like BCS light rather than the amazing drama it was with chuck. Worst season is the 4th one though.

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Upbeat_Tension_8077 Mar 30, 2026 +33

Succession

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Scared_Wrangler3419 Mar 30, 2026 +4

Wow. I genuinely couldn't agree less. But I'm fascinated by this perspective. Any chance you could clue me in on why you liked it more than the rest? I loved seasons 1-2, and I enjoyed 3-4 but it didn't strike the same chord for my personal taste. Would love to know more.

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Palpablevt Mar 30, 2026 +6

I agree in that the writing in 1-2 felt sharper and funnier, but I thought the drama was highest in season 4. A great culmination of so much that had been set up, and I think the acting was also phenomenal. Season 3 is the one I'd be surprised if someone called their favorite

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Upbeat_Tension_8077 Mar 30, 2026 +1

This is pretty much a good way to describe it. I wouldn't disagree that key dialogue and scenes that are consistent with earlier events were on point across the previous three seasons, but the feeling of desperation and tension between the Roy siblings and other Waystar Royco execs/employees ( along with Mattson and family members/friends) in the absence of Logan throughout the season really put it over the top for me

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CountVertigo Mar 30, 2026 +3

Personally, every episode felt like a major event, a gourmet TV burger. The earlier seasons occasionally have an episode that feels like it's treading water, but season 4 was all killer no filler. That being said, I'm not crazy about the *end of the finale*. It all ultimately hinged on >!a largely unexplained spur-of-the-moment character decision, which undid the arc and undermined the most powerful moments of the rest of the episode.!< It left me with a sour aftertaste, although I guess I should have expected that.

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Scared_Wrangler3419 Mar 30, 2026 +2

Thank you so much for the response, I'll take this all in while on my next rewatch.

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gramfer Mar 30, 2026 +2

Do you mean Shiv's decision? Because it wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. >!1. Kendall put his legs on their father's table. Seeing him triumphant was too much for Shiv. "Our family can loose, but I just can't see you winning".!< >!2. Kendall immediately put Shiv aside promising to make Stewie a new chairman of the board. He didn't offer the position to his sister, he didn't even discuss it with her and Roman, he had just made a decision himself. Kendall and Roman put her aside after Logan had died, Kendall did it again even before the vote. She would never have a chance to influence anything.!< >!3. Kendall bullied Roman and broke his stiches, Shiv saw it and was worried. I think it wasn't the first time Kendall bullied Roman. Again, so much for cooperation between siblings.!< >!4. Kendall didn't even present his strategy for the company. He was way too self-confindent and demanded to vote "for Dad." Shiv was being uncomfortable with it at the moment.!< >!5. During the "anointment" Shiv didn't know Tom was Mattson's choice for the CEO. She just knew it wasn't her. Tom is obviously a better option for her, than Kendall. She might think she could influence her husband (probably, no, considering his changed attitude in the car), she is pregnant with his kid, so at least she has a leverage. In the worst case she is going to be near power (someone would say she is finally married to her Daddy), in the best case she could be the power-behind-the-curtain. None of it is an option with Kendall as the CEO.!<

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h_zuha Mar 31, 2026 +1

Great points and analysis!

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Open_Seeker Mar 30, 2026 +2

Big time agree.. I've rewatched the show twice, season 1 is the clear weakest, you can see they didn't know exactly what the show was yet, but obviously weakest is relative, the show was great from the start which is why it exploded. I often wish they did a fifth season, but I can't deny they hit their landing in a very satisfying way.

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averageduder Mar 30, 2026 +3

I didn’t care for it. Little too close to American life in 2025. I found 1 and 2 great, 3 great at parts and a chore at others, and basically all of 4 fell flat

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Shell_fly Mar 30, 2026

Season 4 is one of the best seasons of tv I’ve ever seen, period.

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Dear-Yellow-5479 Mar 30, 2026 +34

The Americans. S6 wasn’t necessarily better than any of the others, but it was at least as good and the finale was incredible.

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NFL_MVP_Kevin_White Mar 30, 2026 +3

I’ve seen it suggested to skip the middle half of the final season. There’s definitely a bit of a slow burn final case that runs through it before the big finale arc kicks in

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Jabarles Mar 31, 2026 +2

Any suggestion that any part of The Americans should be skipped is a bad suggestion lol

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xOLDBHOYx Mar 30, 2026 +24

The Leftovers?

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baking_bad Mar 30, 2026 +18

Maybe. I think I'd put S2 as the best, then S3, and finally, S1 in that order. But S3 was f****** amazing and I especially love the finale.

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Same_Entry_2261 Mar 30, 2026 +3

Season one was the best, I hated season three

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xOLDBHOYx Mar 30, 2026 +4

Most would have it the other way around. S1 felt like a chore.

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rain-dog2 Mar 30, 2026 +3

I agree. I rarely revisit season 1, but I love rewatching 3.

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Same_Entry_2261 Mar 30, 2026 +2

S1 was the easiest one to get through for me

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H2Oloo-Sunset Mar 30, 2026 +1

There are Leftovers Season three people and Leftovers Season One people. To me, Season One was easily the best and Season Three the worst (not bad, just not as good as Season's one and two.

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Same_Entry_2261 Mar 30, 2026 +1

Season one is the only season I’ll actually sit down to rewatch. Two and three just becomes more and more unhinged Lindelof.

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Petrichor02 Mar 30, 2026 +1

I’m a 2 > 3 > 1 person. Didn’t realize that was an unusual position!

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bailaoban Mar 30, 2026 -1

Agree, the show got progressively incoherent with each season.

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Same_Entry_2261 Mar 30, 2026 +1

S1 just flows better, has a tighter storyline.

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GrizzlyP33 Mar 30, 2026 +47

Breaking Bad is the obvious answer. I found that Schitt's Creek got better every season for me for the most part.

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littlebrwnrobot Mar 30, 2026 +4

Schitt's Creek diiiid start to suffer from the lovie-dovie cloyingly sweet aspect that a lot of shows like it do. One more season would have been a mistake, but ending it when the characters had grown and evolved to the point that they were happy and content means that cloying sweetness was never over the top, in my opinion. So I wouldn't agree that the last season was the best, but that it was at least near par for the rest of the series, and I'm glad they ended it when they did.

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GrizzlyP33 Mar 30, 2026

I think with characters you love that much, when the show stays the same quality and you get to know them better it always just gets better. I also thought they kept Alexis' growth going right to the end by not giving her the typical happy ending.

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gears50 Mar 30, 2026 +11

Is Breaking Bad an obvious answer? Haven’t really heard anyone rating the final season as the best. I always thought the finale was pretty messy. Really hated the machine gun in trunk set up, loony tunes ass ending.

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GrizzlyP33 Mar 30, 2026 +2

It is the most common answer generally. For instance it's the highest ranked on IMDB and generally Ozymandias is the highest ranked episode of the series.

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OkayAtBowling Mar 30, 2026 +2

I would agree that Season 5 has the highest highs, but I don't necessarily think it's the strongest season overall.

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GrizzlyP33 Mar 30, 2026

Yeah I wasn't suggesting it's an objective truth, I was just saying why I thought it was an obvious answer - not any other prestige show like that where last season is highest rated (maybe Succession?), so it's what comes to mind.

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Reddit-dit-dit-di-do Mar 30, 2026 +1

Hard disagree on Schitt’s Creek. The whole last season, I kept turning to my girlfriend and saying “If they end up rich again, I’m gonna be so annoyed” lol. It also felt like the show lost its roots and was attempting to be an entirely different show than what it was in season 1. It just wasn’t my thing I guess. I did really enjoy David’s storyline through the shows entirety tho.

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GrizzlyP33 Mar 30, 2026 +1

Goes to show you how subjective entertainment is :) Also they don't end up rich again, just financially well off. Don't this Rose Motels is putting them back in the half billion brackets.

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innomado Mar 30, 2026 +1

Breaking Bad is the only show in which (for me) every episode was better than the last. Like, usually every series has a filler episode or a throwaway, but not BB. I always told people, if you weren't thrilled by S1E1, keep going - it's always just better and better.

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GrizzlyP33 Mar 30, 2026 +2

It just feels like such a fluid blow burn momentum builder with the rare accomplishment of executing even better than the great setup.

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All_Lightning879 Mar 30, 2026 +11

The Shield

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Mysterious_Field1517 Mar 30, 2026 +2

Solid season. I don't think it beats S5 with crazy Forest Whitaker in front of the camera and Frank Darabont behind it.

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Mikeissometimesright Mar 30, 2026 +3

Hands down

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Smart-Response9881 Mar 30, 2026 +20

ATLA

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Foijer Mar 30, 2026 +4

Avatar the last airbender. Cheers

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aircooledJenkins Mar 30, 2026 +6

There is no shortage of pixels on the internet. You're allowed to spell things out completely.

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Smart-Response9881 Mar 30, 2026 +1

TLDR

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aircooledJenkins Mar 30, 2026 +4

Missed a semicolon in there.

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Smart-Response9881 Mar 30, 2026 +7

;)

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chownee Mar 30, 2026 +27

Firefly. :D

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CurtisLeow Mar 30, 2026 +5

Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand. I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me.

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Muavius Mar 30, 2026 +4

I wish I could downvote you out of principles.... where's the "f*** you, it still hurts" vote?

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Mo-Cance Mar 30, 2026 +1

Here's hoping that the animated series can recapture the magic.

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Cairan_Parkinson Mar 30, 2026 +4

Snowfall

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JustChilling_ Mar 30, 2026 +5

I would say Sopranos as well, although that show was pretty consistent from start to finish.

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PeachSubstantial918 Mar 30, 2026 +2

Yeah, I was gonna say the same thing. It's the best season in that it's as brilliant as all the other seasons.

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p-_ber Mar 30, 2026 +1

If we’re talking 6A and 6B combined, then I think Season 4 or 5 was a tad bit better, but 6B alone is probably the best stretch of episodes in the whole series.

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CaptainFlint4 Mar 30, 2026 +14

Breaking Bad, especially the last three episodes

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dwpea66 Mar 30, 2026 +10

Better Call Saul too

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hhhisthegame Mar 30, 2026 +2

I feel like both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul had their best season as Season 3. The last seasons were good, especially the last episodes, but I don't think either was the best season as a whole. (Though I think for BB there's also a case for season 2 or 4)

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WySLatestWit Mar 30, 2026 +2

I love BCS but I do think season six drags a lot in the middle.

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monty_kurns Mar 30, 2026 +3

I’d say the last five episodes. “Granite State” and “Felina” are fantastic, but “Rabid Dog”, “To’hajiilee”, and “Ozymandias” are such an incredible three episode run where the tension builds up in a way I’ve never really experienced with a show and comes to a head in the third. Then the time jump happens and the final two episodes have a little breathing room to be their own thing.

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Hia10 Mar 30, 2026 +1

That week gap between To’hajilee and Ozymandias was the perfect build up if you watched the show in real-time before binging. The hype, the wait, the speculation all added to the overall experience. And after the explosive Ozymandias, we take a breather with Granite State, just an amazing change of pacing. Absolute cinema.

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WySLatestWit Mar 30, 2026

Ozymandias is the single best episode of American television ever made. I will die on that hill.

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CaptainFlint4 Mar 30, 2026 +1

IMDB agrees with you, until the review bombing lately

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alh84001_hr Mar 30, 2026 +2

The View from Halfway Down has entered the chat :)

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WySLatestWit Mar 30, 2026 +1

haha. everybody gets to have their opinion. That's a good one too. I just know that no other hour of television has ever had me anywhere near as emotionally invested and absolutely riveted as I felt when watching Ozymandias on it's original broadcast. That was absolutely incredible television, like remember exactly where I was when watching it kinds of incredible. The only thing I can compare that adrenaline rush to when it comes to just watching television was the Red Sox comeback against the yankees in game 4 of the 2004 series.

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bambooeatingshark Mar 30, 2026 +7

Mr. Robot, Better Call Saul, and Attack on Titan.

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Smoketrail Mar 30, 2026 +3

Blackadder.

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meesahdayoh Mar 30, 2026 +3

Black Sails

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Honourandapenis Mar 30, 2026 +5

The Shield effectively pays off 7 years of storytelling in its final season. I've never see a television series do that as well as it does.

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ShaunTrek Mar 30, 2026 +2

Schitt's Creek

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Shell_fly Mar 30, 2026 +1

Season 4 of Succession was far and away the best season of the show. I’d go so far as to say it’s one of the best seasons of HBO programming period. Everyone was firing on all calibers, from the actors to the writers to the directing.

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caliberon1 Mar 30, 2026 +2

Twin peaks return

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shalmi913 Mar 30, 2026 +2

She Ra (so surprisingly good) Person of interest

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Ok-Economics-4788 Mar 30, 2026 +2

Might be an unpopular opinion, but the Sopranos

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WySLatestWit Mar 30, 2026 +3

Most won't agree with me on this, but I genuinely think season 7 is the best overall season of The West Wing.

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W0666007 Mar 30, 2026 +5

You're right, actually. I don't agree with that.

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PuzzlePiece90 Mar 30, 2026 +3

To me it felt like season 6 and 7 became half West Wing half spinoff.

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WySLatestWit Mar 30, 2026 +2

Yeah. About half way through season 6 it becomes "The West Wing: Campaign." And I kind of love it.

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fdf86 Mar 30, 2026 +2

The Orville. Every season was better than the last

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Aaaaaaandyy Mar 30, 2026 +2

The leftovers

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theghostsofvegas Mar 30, 2026 +2

The Shield.

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MatthewHecht Mar 30, 2026 +1

Super Friends Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman

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Omnitographer Mar 30, 2026 +1

This is a hot take, but West World season 4 really came around to the potential of the series and had a banger of a final episode.

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Twigling Mar 31, 2026 +1

Blackadder (Goes Forth)

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WintersDoomsday Mar 30, 2026 -1

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

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DietPepsiEvenBetter Mar 30, 2026

Blacklist because they finally killed off >!Lizzie!<

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Mhgellan Mar 30, 2026 -1

Parks & Rec. RIP Lil Sebastian.

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ExhaustedandTiredOut Mar 30, 2026

Stargate Universe Stargate Atlantiss last season was its 2nd best Stargate SG1, I mean season 10 can be argued as the best.

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AgentElman Mar 30, 2026 -11

HIMYM. The final season was almost perfect. The final episode was perfect. My sympathy for social media shippers who's favorite ship didn't end up together.

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IstIsmPhobe Mar 30, 2026 +4

Even if we didn’t end up with the Robin mess, the entire season being set the weekend of a marriage that didn’t last, with Marshall stuck in a car with Sheri Shepherd for most of it was still mostly bad TV. “How Your Mother Met Me” being the lone standout carried on the very capable back of Cristin Milioti.

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tanhauser_gates_ Mar 30, 2026 -8

Game of Thrones Season 8 outpaced anything prior.

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