The Miniature Wife

Peacock

As ever, there is almost too much content on TV, resulting in decision paralysis about what to actually watch. And oftentimes, these streaming services are not helpful as they just recommend things “for you” based on AI algorithms instead of giving you any indication whether something is actually…good.

Trust critics or don’t, but you have a good chance of finding something worthwhile if literally 100% of them think a series is good, resulting in a coveted 100% Rotten Tomatoes score. There are four higher-profile, currently-airing shows that have that mark, and you may want to hop on board either with the active season, or the show as a whole. We have:

Hacks season 5 (HBO) – The fifth and final season of the HBO comedy is its best-reviewed possibly ever, if you do the math. It is Jean Smart attempting to go for her fifth Emmy win in a row for playing a comedian on the road to a comeback.

The Miniature Wife season 1 (Peacock) – Alright, this one, I don’t think you’ll have heard of. It’s a Peacock series, which might be limiting enough, but it sounds like something that would have been a fake 30 Rock show. But it’s a metaphor about power imbalance as a scientist who turns his wife small, which stars Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen and Elizabeth Banks. Wacky? Sure, but the critics who have seen it, like it.

Invincible season 4 (Amazon) – The show has landed its third 100%-scored season, now in the middle of a Viltrumite war, but if you don’t know what “Viltrumite means, you should probably start back at the beginning of the R-rated animated superhero saga. Last week the show aired its most popular episode of all time, so it’s only getting better.

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord miniseries (Disney Plus) - Another animated series, but this one is the single best-reviewed project in Star Wars history, yes, even more than the original trilogy, which did not have 100%s. And this is across 32 reviews as well, not just a handful, and audience scores are a 94% as well. It’s a return to the famed Phantom Menace villain who survived his bisection and attempts to become a crime lord. A must-watch.

Honorable Mentions:

• The Boys season 5 – A 98%, tying the series’ best for its final stretch of episodes.
• BAIT – A 97%, a meta tale of an actor trying to land the role of James Bond
• Daredevil: Born Again season 2 – A 95%, which just aired the best-scoring episode of any MCU show ever
• Paradise season 2 – A 91%, it just finished up its second season, so it’s a good time to binge the mind-bending apocalypse series.

That should be enough to get you started.

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