Honest TV Show Reviews, Ranked Without Hype

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Sons of Anarchy: Brotherhood, Betrayal and the Pull of Charming

Sons of Anarchy reviewed: Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal and Ron Perlman make SAMCRO's tangled loyalties compelling. A spoiler-free look at Kurt Sutter's biker drama.

Dexter: The Man Behind the Smile

A spoiler-free review of Dexter’s original eight seasons after a full rewatch: Michael C. Hall, Miami, dark humour and the effort of appearing ordinary.

Fargo: Dark Humour in a Cold World

My Fargo review after watching all five seasons: dark humour, memorable performances and the question on the poster I have on my wall.

MobLand: Tom Hardy Makes the Trouble Worth Watching

Tom Hardy is MobLand's strongest reason to watch. My season-one review weighs its enjoyable gangland tension against uneven writing, accents and character logic.

Game of Thrones: The Family Business of Ruling the World

Game of Thrones remains an extraordinary fantasy drama: superb characters, dangerous politics and enormous scale, despite the rush of its later seasons.

Squid Game: Simple Rules, Impossible Choices

Squid Game makes its deadly contests matter by making the contestants matter first. A review of the original season's tension, performances and cruel bargains.

Top-Ranked TV Shows

The current top twenty from our head-to-head ELO leaderboard.

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Rank	Show	ELO
1	The Sopranos	1934
2	Game of Thrones	1922
3	The Shield	1900
4	Gomorrah	1869
5	Black Mirror	1864
6	Peaky Blinders	1845
7	Mad Men	1828
8	Suburra: Blood on Rome	1827
9	The Wire	1825
10	The Last Kingdom	1802
11	Homeland	1800
12	Breaking Bad	1800
13	Fargo	1799
14	Dexter	1790
15	Oz	1784
16	Stranger Things	1783
17	Better Call Saul	1777
18	Tokyo Vice	1774
19	Boardwalk Empire	1773
20	Band Of Brothers	1768