Breaking Bad (2008)

Watch your companion's face at the end of the season four finale, "Face Off," and then again when the season's last shot lands. That final image answers a question they did not realize they should have been asking. Breaking Bad is built on small choices that compound, so a newcomer spends the whole run recalibrating how far they trust its lead. The pleasure of watching again is catching every lie as it is told. The opening season is the slowest stretch; promise them it gathers speed, because it does.