Not every show can get a Game Of Thrones worth of TV rating and mass appeal, but Nobody said, every good show can't get the amount of applause it deserves.
Some of these shows are well thought out, exceptionally written, and portrayed by remarkable set of actors on screen.
While some do get a fair amount of appeal amongst its pairs, the others are doing way less than they should or be rated.
These are some of the TV shows that deserve way more ratings and mass appeal than they are getting.
10. OZARK
Ozark kicked off with a comic energy, especially for the fact that the story was built around Jason Bateman's character, Marty Byrd. Marty, a financial planner got roped into the crosshairs of a cartel leader whose money was laundered through the firm he co owns with his friend and losing the money eventually. Marty had to flee and relocate his family to evade the drug lord's wrath after his friend's death. Things got further complicated as Marty's hideout, Ozark proved to be anything but secretive as he got into further trouble with town locals.
9. HARLOTS
Harlots can come off a bit unsettling, based on the level of misogyny but it's all worth the plot and character progression.
It explores the boom of prostitution in the British 17th century where Bawds (brothel owners) influenced laws through their services. Mothers auction their daughters virginity and a man can publicly own a mistress aside his wife.
The story follows Margaret Wells, a bawd and a victim of sexual abuse as a child by another bawd, pimps out her harlots and daughters to influential men while avoiding series of attacks and schemes by her former bawd, Mary Quigley, current rival and influential society woman. Her fight with Quigley unsettles her family, life and business.
The thickening of the plot happens at a moderate pace and picks the audience's interest as the episodes go.
The precision in costuming, make up and scenery to give an incredible portrayal of the era is remarkable.
8. SCORPION
Scorpion is a complete show off of scientific and technological knowledge by the creators. It centers around a team of embattled geniuses with high level IQ. Walter O'brien, with 197 IQ and overwhelming pride, put together the team to serve as contractors to use their skills for problem solving. Happy Quinn is a mechanical prodigy and a fiesty asian girl, who deal with all mechanical and physics related issues. Sylvester Dudd is a human calculator, a hygiene freak with a high amount of anxiety. Toby Curtis is a behaviorist and shrink responsible for decoding human behaviors and abnormalities. Paige Dinees is a non genius who help them with their human interractive skills, as the higher the IQ, the lower the emotional quotient while they help her connect and understand her son who is also a genius. And lastly, Cabe Gallo, a homeland agent who got them a consulting gig with the government to solve highly classified cases.
You will need maximum concentration as you will see alot of scenes sinking with topics on computer algorithms, metaphysics, thermodynamics and behavioral science. But it's so worth it.
7. KILLING EVE
Killing Eve the life of a boring smart MI5 officer in the British intelligence, who's been yearning for an escape from her desk job into the field. She eventually got let into the field when she analysed and cracked the identity of a female assasin on the agency's radar for some time. The twist came to play when their paths crossed and a sexual tension and obsession sprung up.
Killing Eve is an unconventional thriller that promises elements of suprise and excitement as it progresses.
6. CONDOR
Condor touches into the life of a young and smart CIA analyst who created a software to help track terror activities as he got brought into the loop for an operation to take out a suspected terrorist, only to later find out that his innovation was exploited for personal gains, staged terror attacks and conspiracies. His entire colleagues were eliminated and pinned on him.
In a bid to stay alive and clear his name, he also tries to bring down the powers behind it all, only to realize how deep and high in the CIA it goes.
Even after finding the truth, he's forced to keep it under wraps to protect national security.
Condor is gut wrenching and exciting.
5. THE GIFTED
5. The gifted is one of Marvel's expansion into TV and it goes without saying that they're onto something with this one. It showcase the human-mutants tension and strained relationship lingering from X-men as some of the characters made reference to them. A lawyer in charge of prosecuting all mutants stumbled on the terrifying news that his two kids are mutants and they destroyed a school wing, from a bully situation. He finds himself letting go everything he stood for, to fight the government and sentinel services alongside his kids, wife and other mutants.
4. SIREN
The city of Bristol cove has a rich history and myths about mermaids and the founding fathers. A marine biologist, Ben who has dedicated his life to aquatic creatures and exploring the sea meets a lost mermaid whom he got so attached to and deals with uncomfortable family secrets the arrival of this mermaid brings to Bristol cove, protecting her from a government covert operation to capture them, rescue her sister and battle the influx of other mermaids and their blood thirst.
3. DYNASTY (the CW)
Dynasty is about a wealthy empire run by the carrington family. The early episodes shows the CEO of the company engaging and getting married to his mistress and employee, Cristal and eventually skipping his business oriented daughter to name his new wife the COO of the global energy empire. The action sparked a chain reaction of stretched battle between the daughter and her stepmother, alongside a murder scandal trailing the family, and an aggrieved family seeking revenge on the Carringtons. The second season for Dynasty ended some months back.
So… you can catch on
2. PUNISHER
The Punisher is a Marvel comics classic that got a refitting on Netflix, following the life a marine officer, Frank Castle who was instrumental to an illegal and unsanctioned CIA operation in the middle east, that turned out to be a cover up for drug trafficking. His family got slained in order to cover up loose ends, only to create a bigger beast out of Castle who turned a vigilante. An ambitious homeland agent, Madani made it a personal duty to uncover the details of the operation and unlawful executions with Castle's team while on tour.
The conspiracy scribbled through agencies and organisations, involving her boss, a CIA chief, a high rank military officer and Frank Castle's best friend, a military contractor.
Frank takes on all these powerful individuals with limited amount of resources and a few friends extending their assistance.
The Punisher really comes with a burst of excitement.
1. MIDNIGHT TEXAS
With a 61% rating on rotten tomatoes and 7.5 on IMDB, this is one of those supernatural and demonic inclined films, with less blasphemy and profanity.
Manfred, a psychic is on the run from a long time foe he and his grandmother swindled.
Manfred's grandmother's ghost suggested he moved to the Midnight. A town off the radar and a haven for witches, vampires, assassins, demons and angels. Manfred being a ghost whisperer with connection between the living and dead has no problem settling down in midnight. But Manfred almost immediately gets hit by the looming chaos and magnetic energy Midnight has on all evil creatures. He has to partner with other Midnight misfits to scourge the evil as they turn to him.
"If you were looking for a new 'True Blood' — only without the sex, swearing, extreme gore and socially relevant subtext — NBC has you covered."Hollywood Reporter
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