House of Cards (2013)

The first series a studio produced for Netflix took Urquhart's asides and moved them to Washington, with Congressman Frank Underwood confiding his revenge plots straight down the barrel of the camera. Those early seasons are at their best when he lets you watch him lie to someone's face and then turns to make sure you noticed. Go in knowing the arc is uneven. Netflix cut ties with Kevin Spacey in November 2017, and the sixth and final season had to carry on without him. The first two seasons are where the device does its sharpest work.