Items12The creator’s order
  1. 1Rectify (2013)Rectify (2013) 8.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 22 Apr 2013A released death-row prisoner's return turns small-town encounters into questions about time, belief and what a family can repair. SundanceTV gave the drama four seasons and an intended final chapter, despite its modest reach. Choose it for Aden Young's careful attention to ordinary sensations,…0
  2. 2Manhattan (2014)Manhattan (2014) 7.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired 27 Jul 2014Scientists and their families live inside a secret military project whose importance does not make its internal politics any cleaner. WGN America's two-season drama used Los Alamos to examine ambition, marriage and withheld information. Its original audience remained limited, and cancellation left…0
  3. 3Rubicon (2010)Rubicon (2010) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired 13 Jun 2010An intelligence analyst notices patterns that may implicate the institution employing him. AMC's one-season series makes reading, waiting and office relationships its principal instruments of suspense. Its low-rated cancellation left larger questions open. For a viewer comfortable with that limit,…0
  4. 4Lights Out (2011)Lights Out (2011) 8.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 11 Jan 2011A former heavyweight champion's financial problems make returning to the ring look like a solution his body may not be able to afford. Holt McCallany gives FX's thirteen-episode drama a lived-in working life beyond the boxing plot. The single season reaches its central bout but leaves the cost…0
  5. 5Brotherhood (2006)Brotherhood (2006) 7.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired 9 Jul 2006Two Providence brothers occupy different sides of public power: one works through politics, the other through crime. Showtime's three-season drama is most distinctive when a family obligation becomes an institutional transaction. It never acquired the broader profile of its famous cable…0
  6. 6Huff (2004)Huff (2004) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired 7 Nov 2004A psychiatrist's response to a patient's death unsettles his professional confidence and home life. Hank Azaria, Oliver Platt and Blythe Danner turn Showtime's two-season series into a volatile adult ensemble rather than an orderly treatment-room procedural. Awards recognition did not translate…0
  7. 7Thief (2006)Thief (2006) 7.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired 28 Mar 2006Andre Braugher's robbery-crew leader has a dangerous job to finish while an unexpected family responsibility makes his usual calculations inadequate. FX's six-episode run gives the domestic and professional worlds equal authority. Its main heist supplies a compact shape, although the network did…0
  8. 8The Riches (2007)The Riches (2007) 7.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired 12 Mar 2007A family takes over the identity of prosperous suburban strangers and discovers that belonging requires much more than copying their possessions. The FX drama uses Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver's performances to test the boundary between security and sustained deception. Its two-season…0
  9. 9Underground (2016)Underground (2016) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired 9 Mar 2016People enslaved on a Georgia plantation organise an escape that requires planning, trust and choices under extreme danger. WGN America's two-season series gives collective agency the momentum of a thriller. It attracted attention on its channel, so its cancellation should not be reduced to…0
  10. 10Men of a Certain Age (2009)Men of a Certain Age (2009) 8.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 7 Dec 2009Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula play friends negotiating the distance between their imagined adulthood and the lives they actually have. TNT ended the drama after two seasons despite a Peabody and strong performances, saying the audience had not grown enough. Its patient conversations…0