Also, his top five picks for shows to avoid.
BEST: 10.
The empathy that it generates is profound.
Eric Liebowitz/Netflix; Patrick Harbon/FX; David Giesbrecht/USA Network; Chris Large/FX
Rectify is better than drama its a spiritual ministry.
BEST: 9.
If lovingCrazy Ex-Girlfriendis wrong, I dont want to be right.
Daniel McFadden/ Sundance
BEST: 8.
BEST: 7.
Hannibal (NBC)
All hail Bryan Fullers sumptuously grotesque Hannibal the redemption of reboot cannibalism and Shocker!
Eddy Chen/The CW
BEST: 6.
Fargo (FX)
What Melissa Maerz says in the next gallery?
I just liked it a teensy bit less.
Tyler Golden/IFC
BEST: 5.
Peggy Olsen (Elisabeth Moss) strutting toward the future with a hangover hidden by shades and attitude.
His Mona Lisa smile haunts.
Brooke Palmer/NBC
It leaves a legacy of extraordinary episodic art-making and sets the standard for all wannabe great dramas.
BEST: 4.
With sharp takes on immigrant families, media representation, and (of course!)
Chris Large/FX
Personal, universal, finely fashioned,Master of Nonewas simply masterful.
BEST: 3.
From anyone else, this is horror.
Michael Yarish/AMC
She was our antiMr.
Robot a redeemer to Elliots destroyer.
BEST: 2.
KC Bailey/Netflix
Season 3 of this ironic Cold War drama produced DEFCON Level-1 tension by tracking the risky business of glasnost.
Which was more riveting: Elizabeth rationalizing her moral character while talking a woman into poisoning herself?
Philip, posing as a cigarette lobbyist, seducing a troubled teen fuming with self-loathing?
Eric Liebowitz/Netflix
Or Philip shedding another brilliant disguise to shatter fake wife Martha (Alison Wright)?
The cast crushed every game-changing beat.
So what if Emmy largely ignored them.
Patrick Harbon/FX
To Siberia with her!
BEST: 1.
Enthralling and resonant,Mr.
David Giesbrecht/USA Network
Robotreminded us that revolution begins under the hoodie.
WORST: 5.
Heroes Reborn (NBC)
Once, the comic-book pastiche ofHeroeswas, for all its failings, actually unique.
Sophie Giraud/NBC
But with the airwaves now glutted with too many super-powered folk,Heroes Rebornwas 2015s most unnecessary revival.
Worse were the cliches, incoherent plotting, and near-larcenous appropriation.
Fade away,Heroes.
Bruce MacCauley / FOX
WORST: 4.
WORST: 3.
When, oh, when will the antihero wallow end?
Amazon Studios
May its failure inspire better.
WORST: 1.
ABC whackedWicked Citybecause viewers correctly rejected it for being headbangingly brainless or an insult to Billy Idol.
Colleen Hayes/NBC
Whatever the reason, good job, America.
Eric McCandless/ABC
