12 TV Shows That Nailed The First Season
Westworld
"Didn't turn out great but Westworld Season one was incredible."–ShyHopefulNice"I LOVED the first season. It was perfect, and it should've ended there. I remember being really excited for the second season, but also thinking they should have left it well enough alone."–Electric-SheepskinAbout the show: An amusement park for the rich like no other, Westworld is a place where visitors can live out there fantasies, no holds barred, in a Western-themed futuristic park which is accessed by artificial consciousness.
Heroes
"Jesus, that first season was magical."–LothartheDestroyer"Save the cheerleader, then stop watching the series..."–MadDogFenbyAbout the show: People living regular lives around the world begin to realise that they have been given superpowers. Their lives start to intertwine as they attempt to prevent a catastrophic future.
True Detective
"Sometimes I replay the beginning just to hear that song and watch the credits."–romuloskagenAbout the show: Two detectives relive one infamous case that they worked on together years previously. In the past, present, and future, we keep discovering the dark mysteries of the case as we learn what happened.
Stranger Things
"The vibe of the first season is just unmatched. I always love watching them play D&D as kids, it brings back a lot of memories."–Mrspookytales"It makes me feel like I'm a kid again. Horror, D&D, bikes, '80s vibe... It's as close to my childhood on screen as possible lol. Plus the music is absolutely amazing!"–objectively-terribleAbout the show: In a small town in Indiana during the '80s, a group of school children get embroiled in supernatural events and government conspiracies as they fight to defend their town.
Mindhunter
"This is the one I thought of immediately. Bummed that we never got that third season."–MaizeNBlue88About the show: FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench attempt to get into the mind and psyche of serial killers in order to help catch them.
Lost
"So great! What a start to a show. It made us all believe that a TV shows could be great, not just movies."–Galen_415About the show: Survivors of a plane crash are trapped on a mystery island; they must work together to overcome the strange dangers that begin to trouble them.
Breaking Bad
"Sucked you in from the pilot. In my five decades on this planet (yeah, yeah, I know; I'm old lol), I still say that the entire series is the best television series in my lifetime; it's as close to perfection as you can get."–Dexy1017About the show: When a chemistry teacher discovers that he has cancer, he turns to a life of crime in order to provide for his family.
Mr. Robot
"Rest of the show didn't quite live up, but Mr. Robot S1 was ELITE."–TwilightFanFiction"I always forget about that show but season one felt different than anything I'd seen before. Very original and great writing."–seanc6441About the show: Elliot is a cyber-security engineer, but by night he's a hacker. He becomes increasingly panicked when he's hired to hack his own company by an anarchist.
Dexter
"S1 of Dexter was fantastic... People really forget how bad S2 and three were... and S4 is considered one of the best seasons in television, but damn the first season really grabs you."–Senna_65About the show: This is the double life of Dexter Morgan. His day job is being a forensic technician for the police department, and in his free time he hunts and kills individuals he believes have committed evil acts.
Prison Break
"It was like peak TV back then, and you didn't know it was gonna run multiple seasons at the time, so pretty much anything could have gone wrong in their plans."–CaffeinatedLystroAbout the show: When his brother ends up being falsely imprisoned on a death sentence in a prison he helped design, an engineer gets himself in there to help his brother escape.
Eastbound & Down
"Each subsequent season is decent (even the fourth where HBO pulled up a dump truck of money to Danny McBride to do one more go), but nothing compares to the hilarity and storytelling of the first."–GeddesPrimeAbout the show: We follow Kenny Powers, a baseball player who returns to his home town after the ups and downs of his career.
Twin Peaks
"That pilot episode alone is a masterclass in and of itself on how to do it."–Fusilli_Agent_CooperAbout the show: After the quaint town of Twin Peaks suffers the tragic murder of a school girl, FBI agent Dale Cooper visits to carry out an investigation.
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