Some of you will hate parts of this list. Probably many of you. It'll make you mad. It will drive you to the comment section with a fist full of "Hey dumbass, whatabouts?" and "How could you have not watcheds?"

Do I care?

I do not.

I'm not a professional TV critic. I can't get Sam Esmail or Rian Johnson or Tony Gilroy on the blower to get their thoughts on shows they created or just admired. I am just a 'umble watcher of TV shows like yourself, who delights in being ensorcelled by great storytelling wherever I find it, but with a fairly limited amount of time to read/view/listen/appreciate during any given week (You see, I've got this blog. And a couple of podcasts. And a life.)

I also know my own taste palette. For example, cilantro tastes like soap to me. You might love it, and god bless you if you do, but to me, it's a big bite of Ivory. In the same spirit, let me confess that (unlike our own John Amato) I don't much like horror. There are exceptions, but you'll never see me in line waiting for a Saw sequel. I also have very little patience for wealth porn -- especially wealth porn featuring rich assholes doing rich asshole things, which is why you won't find shows like White Lotus or Succession on my list: you might love them, and god bless you if you do, but to me, they taste like big bites of Ivory soap.

You also won't find the billion-dollar Dragon show or the billion-dollar Ring show here. They both seemed like mighty heavy lifting, and I didn't care enough about them to make the effort.

Similarly, having worked a number of awful, soul-crushing office jobs in my life, I made no room in my schedule for Severance.

But enough about what isn't on my list. Let's move on to Stuff I Think You Would Really, Really Enjoy.

Tokyo Vice (HBO Max). A crime thriller set in, well, it's in the title. The protagonist tries to unwind a conspiracy that is deeply intertwined with a culture he doesn't understand.