Binge-r #170: The Best Shows of 2019 - 25 to 1
Sister Act: Sian Clifford (Claire) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) in Fleabag
25 – BLACK SUMMER S1
Ground zero in a zombie apocalypse (Netflix)
24 – MORNING WARS S1
A star-studded media drama about talking power to truth (Apple TV+)
23 – THE BOYS S1
The best superhero story this year: scabrous and knowing (Amazon Prime Video)
22 – SEX EDUCATION S1
A consistently surprising and frank depiction of teenage sexual mores (Netflix)
21 – ON BECOMING A GOD IN CENTRAL FLORIDA S1
A sardonic and sometimes surreal dissection of the American Dream (SBS on Demand)
20 – KILLING EVE S2
A step down, but Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer crackle together (ABC iView)
19 – THE CROWN S3
New cast (superb), new flaws in the Windsor family saga (Netflix)
18 – THE GOOD PLACE S4
Even when scrambling to finish this sitcom still delights (Netflix)
17 – DERRY GIRLS S2
Teenage kicks in early nineties Northern Ireland have never been funnier (Netflix)
[Full S1 review in BINGE-R #121]
16 – COUNTERPART S2
The parallel worlds espionage thriller stays true to its labyrinthine roots (SBS on Demand)
[Full S1 review in BINGE-R #92]
15 – DEAD TO ME S1
Christina Applegate kills in a black comedy about grief (Netflix)
14 – TUCA & BERTIE S1
Wrongly cancelled, this animated series explored female friendship (Netflix)
13 – I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE WITH TIM ROBINSON S1
In the best way this American sketch show was totally bananas (Netflix)
Road to Nowhere: Holt McCallany (Bill Tench) in Mindhunter
12 – DARK S2
The grimly thrilling German time travel epic is compelling (Netflix)
[Full S1 review in BINGE-R #72]
11 – THIS TIME WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE
Steve Coogan’s signature character remains an excruciating comic marvel (ABC iView)
10 – UNDONE S1
Rotoscoped animation and trippy sci-fi intuitively tie together (Amazon Prime Video)
9 – THE OA S2
This mix of heartfelt philosophy and dimension leaping is beautifully bonkers (Netflix)
8 – SHRILL S1
The optimism of change and a smart eye make this comedy telling (SBS on Demand)
7 – WHEN THEY SEE US
A wrenching dramatic study of real life injustice (Netflix)
6 – FLOWERS S1
The magnificent Olivia Colman headlines a truly original British series (Netflix)
5 – PEN15 S1
Women channel girls in this terrific and inventive period comedy (Stan)
4 – MINDHUNTER S2
A serial killer procedural is a coiled investigation of obsession and identity (Netflix)
3 – UNBELIEVABLE
Rape’s disturbing impact is fully felt – and avenged– in this gripping drama (Netflix)
2 – RUSSIAN DOLL S1
Wildly wonderful time loop black comedy with a knockout Natasha Lyonne (Netflix)
1 – FLEABAG S2
An electrifying exact vision that’s some of the finest TV ever made (Amazon Prime Video)
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