7 | Man Seeking Woman
Network: FXX | Season: 2
One of my favorite Comedies came back better than ever this year as it became serialized & the major conflict was actually really interesting.
What Man Seeking Woman does is explore the hardships of single dating but amplifies it to ridiculous & surreal levels.
This season Josh & Mike battle it out for Rosa's attention but it doesn't end well for either of them, a couple of failed ideas here and there though. If you like shows like Wilfred and such, you should be watching this. If you like Jay Baruchel or Eric Andre; you should definitely be watching this.
6 | Ash vs Evil Dead
Network: Starz | Season: 2
King Ash took a dip this year while still being quite good/even great. This season Ash & the gang head back to his hometown (Army of Darkness won) to stop evil once and for all.
While I enjoyed them revisiting things from the films & it was still funny as ever, I can't seem to get over some writing decisions; the season felt padded with things just to buy time for the inevitable, and for the first time the show had some pacing problems at the beginning of the season.
We also don't really see anything for our other main players Pablo & Kelly. Their lives tying into S1 is one of the things that made it near excellent at least for me.
However, the show came back full circle with the final 2 episodes of the season, just when Ash thinks a chapter of his deadite slaying days is over, another one opens up.
And it was more gory & gross than ever which is always a good thing in my book.
25 | Luther
Network: BBC One | Season 4
Okay you got me, this aired late December of 2015 but I saw it this year and the difference isn't that much.
The anticipated return of Luther was actually really good. We find Luther basically on vacation from the police force but of course, something brings him back.l into town. At the same time, there's a new serial killer on the loose.
While I don't think the writing was on par with S1 or S2 it was still really strong, and the performances are still Grade A. My only real issue somewhat is there was only 2 ****ing episodes lol it wasn't nearly enough. There's not much to say without spoilers but if you haven't seen the series and want to see Idris Elba s best work since The Wire/like psychological thrillers this is a must watch.
24 | Marvel's Luke Cage
Network: Netflix | Season 1
This would've been a lot higher if the last 4 episodes didn't exist.
Luke Cage was a change for Marvel web series, in both setting and dialogue as we get to know Luke Cage aka Power Man aka Jessica Jones man. Based in Harlem, the show was oozing with culture & recalling of 70s Blaxploitation cliches that haven't been seen in a long time. The standouts for me during the seasons were the villains. I mean Luke is great and all but was anybody stealing scenes more than Cottonmouth or Shades? Everything was on the right path, except for some questionable side plots & a few semi-terrible flashbacks once the show got rid of someone crucial and introduced another character it was same ol Marvel.
Marvel's issue with web series aside from the fact they should max out @ 10 episodes is their need to shoehorn things in that didn't need to be there. Did we really need this Diamondback person? Did his character even make sense? No. That randomness threw me off and part of why it's a bit low.
Something else that hurts the shows is the need for everything to be connected. Universe building can really hinder something. We don't need it.
23 | Preacher
Network: AMC | Season: 1
This highly anticipated comic book adaptation didn't quite live up to the hype 100%. It was enjoyable & fun however. Preacher's problem was it just kind of went 'LOLRANDUM' for far too long (yes, it was a prequel season and they had to basically make it up as they went along, but still).
That said, it still had a lot of new ground that hasn't been covered yet that I thoroughly enjoyed.
The personality-lacking protagonist Jesse Custer is one of the more distracting elements of the show. You have all these wacky personalities and then… Custer is like unseasoned chicken.
Another negative is that writers didn't flesh out this surreal world that good at all during it's debut season. They played copy & paste, too many things made zero sense then they pretend it never happened.
Even though our protagonist was as bland as loose leaf paper for most of the season, Preacher did just enough in its back half to warrant placement, even though it's not high.
I'm sticking around for S2 because now they will be adapting from the source material closely and the finale gave us viewers what they should have from like Episode 4.