Couldn't agree more. I initially thought Season 5 was less than stellar, but having seen the whole series a few times now, I've come around and really enjoyed it the last time through. While seemingly unrealistic, the newsroom perspective was great. I actually struggled more with the Season 3 storyline in the end.
Yeah, people also hate on Season 2. Which upon multiple rewatches actually get better and is super important for the overall story. The show in general gets better with multiple watches. It's easy to get caught up with all the different story lines and characters, that upon a second watch you are familiar enough to catch all the Easter eggs and connections, all the pieces matter!
There are definitely some stinkers in the mix, but it was generally really good throughout. The Lower Decks episode is one of my favorite episodes of tv.
Love firefly. Even Serenity was good, though it understandably had to try and appeal to people who may not have watched the show. I had a ripped copy of the entire season. I even printed out DVD cases and stuff for it haha. Just found them and made another copy of those same DVDs while setting up my Plex server.
Edit: Freaks and Geeks was really enjoyable since you see a bunch of big names before they got really popular. Much like Wet Hot American Summer.
That’s a high bar. I am not sure any show has been fantastic all the way through. Maybe if it had only 1 or 2 seasons but any series that had 5 or more seasons is going to have some sub par episodes/seasons.