Some short notes on recent seasons of shows that I’ve watched:

  • Outer Range Season 2: Still nicely strange, though not as good as Season 1
  • Night Sky: A slow build with a sci-fi mystery. Sissy Spacek and JK Simmons are great. Clearly a second season was planned, but it ends okay for a one season show
  • Dark Matter: A decent multiverse show. Really picks up in the last couple of episodes
  • Sugar: A fun crossover of detective and sci-fi
  • Mr and Mrs Smith: An entertaining show, modelled after the movie, though the last episode was disappointing
  • Shogun: A great historical drama with compelling characters and fine attention to detail
  • Unchained Season 2: Really makes the Tour de France understandable and exciting. Such an epic event
  • The Acolyte: Just fine, though uneven. I didn’t like the ending

Adding The Peripheral to the list with Outer Range and Night Sky makes me reluctant to watch sci-fi shows on Amazon Prime. I enjoyed each of these well made and smart shows, only to have them all cancelled.