Saleem's TV Show Ratings (Comic-Book Shows)

Important Tips:

1. Some individual seasons released before the blog's creation may not get a rating due to questionable score accuracy. This may lead to some series simply getting a rating for the entire series overall.

My Rating System

1/10 - Bottom of the Barrel [Worst of the Worst | Highly Disliked]

2/10 - Unacceptable [A Notably Low Quality Experience Overall]

3/10 - Highly Uninteresting | Boring

4/10 - Majorly Flawed [Too Overpoweringly Flawed To Appreciate The Good]

5/10 - Bad w/Little Potential [Bad With Only One or Two Good Things Worth Mentioning]

6/10 - Not Too Bad [Split Down The Middle Between Good & Bad] 

7/10 - Passable [Borderline Enjoyable Enough To Get A Pass...Sometimes Barely]

8/10 - Admired [Executed Well Enough But May Still Contain Notable Flaws]

9/10 - High Value [Highly Worth the Experience With Only Minor Complaints]

10/10 - The Gold Standard [Best of the Best | Little To No Complaints]

Unrated - Seen But Currently Unrated Due to Lack of Memory

Unfinished - Seen But Not Finished In Its Entirety

TBA - Series or seasons that are either coming soon or currently out but have not finished yet. 

Comic-Book TV Shows

Current Ongoing Series

1. Echo

[Season 1] - 9/10

"A solid new entry for the MCU diving into a relatively recent character in a manner worthy of excitement due to its adapted integration of Netflix's Daredevil series. This was an exceptional return for Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin (with a fun Daredevil cameo) being as consistently intimidating and manipulative as one would hope. Also, the manner in which Maya's origins and story arc is dramatically woven into his character was very well orchestrated. My only nitpick comes with the supernatural angle which does work in the show's family culture sections, but felt a little jarring as it contrasted the overall refreshingly grounded and gritty direction."

2. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

[Season 1] - 9/10

"Whereas the previous new spin-off, Dead City, comes across as slightly above average bonus content, Daryl Dixon feels like the systematic jolt that The Walking Dead franchise desperately needs. Boasting impressive cinematography revolving around its refreshingly foreign landscape while expanding on its world building through new zombies and a larger human conflict, this is undoubtably the most engaging entry of the bunch. We’re also introduced to one of the franchise’s most interesting side characters in Isabelle while building its titular character through the prism of an intriguing new religious venture worth exploring."

[Season 2] - TBA

3. The Walking Dead: Dead City

[Season 1] - 8/10

"Though not the richly atmospheric horror spin-off that I was hoping for considering the titular setting in question, the series does offer up a decent helping of engaging enough character arcs to follow along. With two leads headlining the narrative, the character of Negan is given quite the intriguing journey to be invested in while his co-lead...not so much. With a conceptually compelling yet mediocre in execution main villain, Dead City is able to keep one's attention going but only starts to truly show its potential in its cliffhanger finale."

[Season 2] - TBA

4. She Hulk

[Season 1] - 8/10

5. I Am Groot

[Season 1] - 8/10

[Season 2] - 8/10

6. Ms. Marvel

[Season 1] - 8/10

7. Peacemaker

[Season 1] - 8/10

8. What If...?

[Season 1] - 9/10

"A highly ambitious and entertaining anthology series that mostly delivers on its promise to show compelling variant iterations of the MCU's established characters and lore. Where the series builds up to as a surprise shared cinematic universe story centers around one of the franchise's greatest villain arcs to date (albeit very brief)."

[Season 2] - 8/10

"Though certainly not as consistently strong as its predecessor, Season 2 does bring forth a few exciting new ideas to the wider MCU franchise. Highlight include the return of Hela undergoing her own paralleled redemption story as Thor did while crossing over with Shang-Chi's mythology, a highly entertaining medieval alteration of the Avengers timeline that could've easily been its own movie, and an exciting geek out worthy finale that ties into Season 1 in a spectacular fashion."

9. Superman & Lois

[Season 1] - 9/10

"Superman & Lois raises the quality gold standard for what an Arrowverse franchise should aspire to be. The incredible cinematic presentation, consistently engaging storytelling offering up various fun surprises, noteworthy character writing especially surrounding the adaptation of its central leads, and a great sense of pacing for the most part makes this series the best of what the CW has offered up in years."

[Season 2] - 9/10

"Superman & Lois continues to successfully raise the bar for what the CW Network's live action comic book TV shows should aspire to be. A continuation of consistently engaging storytelling, strong character writing for the most part, and amazing cinematic presentation is followed up from its first season. And where the main season villain this time around may have lacked the impact of its predecessor, the epic finale threat presentation more than makes up for it."

[Season 3] - 9/10

"Season 3 of Superman & Lois delivers an exceptionally written, directed, and performed story about a seemingly unstoppable superhero struggling with a grounded, intimate, and untouchable medical battle surrounding his loved ones. This season also introduces one of the best comic book TV side villains ever portrayed with Onomatopeia, a season villain with an interestingly complex agenda with Bruno Manheim, and a delightfully surprising helping of two iconic Superman villains within the final two episodes."

[Season 4] - TBA

10. The Boys

[Season 1] - 9/10

"A highly entertaining and shocking spin on the traditional colorful world of superheroes."

[Season 2] - 9/10

[Season 3] - 9/10

[Season 4] - TBA

11. The Umbrella Academy

[Season 1] - 9/10

"A refreshingly unique series within the now massive comic book adapted genre sporting great characters with a genuine sense of individualism, an interesting story all around (despite a few cliches and one particularly disfavored subplot), notable visual FX work, and a strong enough sense of entertainment value."

[Season 2] - 9/10

"The Umbrella Academy does what several other shows have struggled to do in their follow up season(s) which is escalating the quality of all of the various components that successfully worked prior while also improving on what didn't. In this case, great storytelling all around the board, engaging character focus, and occasionally gripping action."

[Season 3] - 9/10

[Season 4] - TBA

Finished Series

 

1. The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

[Series Rating] - 8/10

"Filled to the brim with physically intimate scenes and artificial feeling speeches about the power of love surrounded by uniformed soldiers, The Ones Who Live ends up feeling like a military soap opera romantic-drama epilogue. Not exactly what I was hoping for. At its core, this latest spinoff offers up a decent enough reunion narrative following the mainline series with a climactic conclusion. However, although pretty enjoyable in parts, this Rick and Michonne spinoff entry isn't exactly what I'd call celebration-worthy. 

The big revelation of the villain's grand agenda sadly gets wrapped up rather quickly before anything exciting and extensive actually transpires. Rick goes through a shaky character shift after being psychologically broken for the 100th time making for some debatable character handling and questionably dragged out relationship-drama with Michonne. Thankfully, we do get a couple of solid action bits in the end, engaging character interactions, a dose of eye opening world building, and a heartfelt family resolution. Unfortunately, the series as a whole ultimately ends up feeling like a disappointing version of what could've been a strong action-packed dramatic reunion of two of the show's greatest characters and the franchise's most theoretically formidable human foe yet. 

2. Loki

[Season 1] - 9/10

"Loki is an absolutely delightful time traveling character study centering on a popular villain being thematically dissected while expanding the MCU franchise in a visually alluring and conceptually interesting fashion."

[Season 2] - 9/10

[Series Rating] - 9/10

"Not only is Loki undoubtably the MCU's greatest Disney+ release to date, it's also one of the most entertaining and intriguing series dealing with time travel and existential narratives that we've had in quite a long time. The show ambitiously takes one of the franchise's most celebrated villains and gives him a truly glorious hero arc within the prism of an exceptionally directed, conceptually alluring, and visually dazzling sci-fi world."

3. Secret Invasion

[Series Rating] - 8/10

"Secret Invasion is the perfect example of what happens when something new has all of the right ingredients to make for an exceptional piece of work, but ends up only scraping the surface of its potential. Though I did enjoy the focus on Nick Fury being developed much more deeply than we've ever gotten prior in the MCU, in addition to the manner in which Skrulls were being woven into MCU history, the actual 'Secret Invasion' felt more like an appetizer to a main course that we never get to enjoy. Despite an exceptional cast, a few great character interaction scenes, and some solid enough production values, this is sadly one of the MCU's more forgettable entries to date."

4. Doom Patrol

[Season 1] - 9/10

"Doom Patrol delivers a mostly well put together blend of engaging character drama, an intriguing cast of unique and strongly developed characters, and a strong sense of self aware/over the top fun. All of this while successfully still keeping its more darker and serious elements intact."

[Season 2] - 9/10

"Doom Patrol continues strong in its second outing successfully keeping its highly effective foundation of dramatically impactful character development through the prism of creatively executed and entertaining storytelling. Where its follow up season soars even higher is in its new central story arc featuring a deeply engaging father-daughter tale with a spotlight performance by Abigail Shapiro."

[Season 3] - 9/10

[Season 4] - Unfinished

5. The Flash

[Season 1] - 10/10

"The Flash's first season run kicks things off on a high note with a strong sense of entertainment value within its several fan pleasing character moments, visually exciting action scenes, fun comedic elements, and an incredibly executed season villain arc."

[Season 2] - 8/10

"Season 2 delights us with a fun and beautifully explored introduction to the multiverse, an incredible new season villain that mostly delivers, but with a sadly mixed bag of both dramatically impactful and annoying character moments." 

[Season 3] - 7/10

"The Flash's 3rd season gives us just enough quality episodes overall to barely look pass a terribly developed season villain and sometimes cringeworthy character writing."

[Season 4] - 8/10

"A step up from the previous season entertainment-wise with the exception of a tremendously inconsistent season villain and the occasional cringeworthy writing that creeps up every now and then."

[Season 5] - 8/10

"Despite being an improvement from Season 4 through the redemption of a particular side character and a mostly consistent tone, Season 5 still completely stumbles on its storytelling. With a frustratingly repetitive and terribly written new season villain alongside a mostly decent family legacy theme, the main focus becomes conflicting once a glaringly more engaging villain arc reveals itself far too late into the season."

[Season 6] - 8/10

“With an admirable attempt at delivering pocket season villain arcs as opposed to just one typically dragged out narrative, The Flash still ends up presenting a slightly dull and forgettable season with an unfortunately lacking finale. Still, from a conceptual standpoint, this format of storytelling does show some potential for the show if repeated with a stronger sense of direction."

[Season 7] - 7/10

“What started off as a downright challenging to watch first half of a season with the show's most atrocious writing to date surrounding a central theme of family and love leads into familiar yet promising territory with a somewhat unique new speedster villain. Unfortunately, said villain arc eventually becomes obliterated with the same unacceptable quality of writing and overall execution that kick started things to begin with."

[Season 8] -  8/10

“Season 8 of The Flash almost fully embodies its most overly utilized phrase by 'leveling up' in many regards from its previous 5 seasons. There's a notable upscale of visual spectacle and FX work presented in most of the season's many CGI heavy elements as well as a strong effort placed in evolving its titular character's capabilities in a highly gratifying fashion. The writing for the multiple season villain arcs explored have also been a far cry improvement from the storytelling of most of the seasons prior despite a few major nitpicks surrounding the ever so distracting side character plots in between."

[Season 9] - 8/10

“With this being the final season to close out a long running superhero series, expectations for Season 9 were understandably high. What the show evidently did was actually take a page out of its Season 5 handbook by giving us two different season villain of highly contrasting quality. 

[Series Rating] - 8/10

6. The Walking Dead

[Season 1] - 10/10

[Season 2] - 8/10

[Season 3] - 9/10

[Season 4] - 8/10

[Season 5] - 9/10

[Season 6] - 8/10

[Season 7] - 8/10

[Season 8] - 9/10

"Despite the high score which primarily reflects the Saviors story arc finally coming to a climactic point, I can sadly see the series' expiration tag slowly approaching like the walking impending doom of its once significant threat."

[Season 9] - 9/10

"The Walking Dead has surprisingly, after 2 seasons, finally found a way to truly progress the series into a refreshing new direction offering a unique new villain, an assortment of fresh story arcs, and a strong sense of evolution and development within both the character roster and world building."

[Season 10] - 9/10

"Thanks to a solid first half and a strong finale closing things out, this season overall manages to deliver the goods with its central Cold War inspired conflict. The focus on tension brewing paranoia causing rifts between characters while the real threat lurked in the shadows was an interesting premise worth exploring. And despite my personal distaste for the main villain, the epic conclusion made it all worth it in the end once said antagonist position was filled by another."

[Season 11] - 8/10

"What was gradually becoming a concerning final season due to its questionable and shaky handling of its new villains and settings introduced eventually lead to an overall gripping final act. The final entry of a long-running series that has went on for 11 seasons comes with understandably high expectations. There were moments where the season explored some refreshing new visual direction elements while also upscaling some of its action-thriller components. However, where the negatives comes in was its initially jarring tonal shift and direction with the Commonwealth story arc. 

But as stated before, things do build up to a strong final act taking the political corner of the larger narrative and utilizing it to set the stage for an all out thrilling battle for survival against both an oppressive human threat and a zombie threat worthy of the first season's standard setting. The finale manages to do what all great finales do which is take all of its established characters and conclude their stories by positioning them in emotionally satisfying and perfectly suited places. And although the final few minutes felt like one extensive montage of spinoff advertisements, The Walking Dead fortunately ended its long run on a high note."

[Series Rating] - 9/10

7. Moon Knight

[Season 1] - 9/10

8. Hawkeye

[Season 1] - 9/10

"A fun, light hearted action-thriller series that does an excellent job at introducing a new hero for the MCU in Kate Bishop, expanding on a couple of past movie title storylines, and marking the official MCU canon introduction of a highly anticipated villain casting."

9. Supergirl

[Season 1] - 7/10

"What starts off as a shaky first season via terribly presented weekly villains alongside horrendously executed fight scenes leads to promising new story elements once a major character is revealed midway through."

[Season 2] - 8/10

[Season 3] - 8/10

"An overall solid first half of a season with a strong enough build up of lore and character dilemmas that unfortunately sinks down in its second half with a lackluster villain debut, laughably bad character writing, and a few highly uninteresting story points"

[Season 4] - 8/10

"Season 4 succeeds in fixing one of the biggest issues from previous seasons by giving us mostly solid villain arcs to enjoy (one of which being a praiseworthy iteration of Lex Luthor) accompanied by a fantastic use of flashback storytelling. Where the show still stumbles however is within its occasional noticeably cheap production and sometimes questionable story focuses."

[Season 5] - 8/10

[Season 6] - 7/10

"Supergirl's final season has left me with very mixed feelings with the season villain arc being the show's worst yet alongside the visual spectacle elements being shockingly flat all things considered. However, some of the side characters are given progressive arcs throughout and the finale thankfully delivers in a semi-geek out worthy and story-wise satisfying manner. So despite a disappointingly weak season, the ending does manages to stick the landing with a few fun surprises and a powerful send off for our titular hero."

[Series Rating] - 8/10

"Where Supergirl stumbles in keeping up with its fellow superhero TV colleagues regarding its frequently weak production values, beneath all of its costumed tropes lie an unmistakably powerful sense of heart. The cast and crew on the show consistently feel as though they're passionately pouring out stories to make a dramatic impact on its target audience even if it doesn't always stick the landing for its viewers. And as a bonus, I will always stand by this series for presenting an amazing adaptation of both J'onn J'onzz and Lex Luthor."

10. Black Lightning

[Season 1] - 9/10

"Black Lightning offers up an amazingly performed and highly focused character driven story while also creating a successful balance between gritty sociopolitical themes, gripping character drama, and a genuinely heart warming focus on family."

[Season 2] - 8/10

"Although not as satisfying in regards to the overall storytelling pace and focus of Season 1, Black Lightning's 2nd season mostly delivers when it needs to with its previously established core values while also expanding on the more 'comic booky' elements."

[Season 3] - 8/10

"Despite some major issues that I had with several of the character drama story beats this time around, Black Lightning thankfully finishes pretty strong in its last quarter introducing a new and satisfyingly multilayered villain and a notable sense of superpower spectacle."

[Season 4] - 8/10

"Black Lightning's 4th and final season treats its loyal fanbase to some of the show's greatest fight scenes ever while building up a notably engaging central hero journey, setting up an exciting side hero's future, and laying out the show's strongest season villain arc. With a few issues repeated from the previous seasons such as extensively dragged out family drama and a couple of poorly conceived subplots, the show still manages to reach a legitimately climactic point with its main villain conflict. However, the biggest problem comes with the finale which rushingly struggled to satisfy only some of the season's more complex story threads at the end of the day."

[Series Rating] - 8/10

“Black Lightning is at its peak whenever the show manages to balance its sociopolitical themes, family element, and superhero attributes all in one highly engaging and entertaining package of spectacular action and drama. However, this isn’t the case here, as with several of the CW DC properties, the biggest issue with the show surrounds its consistency to live up to its highest bar set. But when it is firing on all cylinders, this is definitely a series that deserves the attention of  comic book fans.”

11. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

[Season 1] - 9/10

12. WandaVision

[Season 1] - 9/10

13. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

[Season 1] - 7/10

[Season 2] - 9/10

[Season 3] - 9/10

[Season 4] - 8/10

[Season 5] - 8/10

[Season 6] - 7/10

[Season 7] - 9/10

[Series Rating] - 8/10

"A fantastic television companion piece to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a great cast of characters, engaging storytelling that uniquely expands upon various corners of the MCU's lore while also referencing the films, and an amazing sense of spectacle and dramatic stakes from beginning to end."

14. Arrow

[Season 1] - 8/10

[Season 2] - 10/10

[Retrospective Review]

"This is Arrow in its prime with an unforgettably awesome season villain, some of the series' best action scenes, a great use of flashback to present day storytelling, and a welcomed assortment of engaging character arcs."

[Season 3] -  7/10

"Arrow's 3rd season run is a bit of a mixed bag including a few unnecessarily stretched out and/or questionable plot points, forgettable but interesting character additions, one of the greatest mid-season finales to date, and a geek out worthy crossover event."

[Season 4] - 6/10

"In what is by far the weakest entry of the series, Season 4 offers up a fairly weak overall storyline, significantly downgraded quality in action sequences, an accumulation of cringeworthy character drama, a solid but wasted season villain, but a brilliant use of a guest character."

[Season 5] - 8/10

"A major step in the right direction quality-wise as the series dives back into its successful roots via well choreographed action sequences and a phenomenal season villain."

[Season 6] - 8/10

"Arrow's 6th Season comes across as a bit inconsistent with solid enough action scenes, a cheer worthy character return, a great use of flashback storytelling, and a jaw dropping season finale cliffhanger. Yet, there's also some of the series' most frustrating character drama and a questionably handled season villain.

[Season 7] - 8/10

"Arrow continues on a solid enough pace but showcases many of the same highs and lows. You have your typical assortment of entertaining action scenes and geek out worthy character returns. However, this is also accompanied by two poorly handled season villains and a forgettable future-tense plot that only ever pays off during the season finale twist"

[Season 8] - 9/10

"In its final season, Arrow does a fantastic job at taking its hardcore fanbase on a fascinating, deeply moving, and self reflective journey throughout various eras within the show’s 7 season run prior. This exciting storytelling venture via Oliver Queen's destined sacrifice in Crisis allowed for a strong sense of closure to certain side characters and side plots while satisfyingly leaving the door open for fun future speculation."

[Series Rating] - 8/10

"With a notably strong final season emphasizing on the powerful impact that the central protagonist, Oliver Queen, had on an entire universe, Arrow leaves its fans off on a high note. Though it may be bittersweet to say goodbye to this adaptation of the Green Arrow, we can also remember the powerful legacy left behind. Despite some major hi-cups along the way, Arrow kickstarted a successful shared TV universe/franchise for DC Comics while gifting fans with an excellent cast of memorable characters and an impressive gallery of action sequences. This is a legacy that will surely be praised for years to come."

15. Watchmen

[Series Rating] - 9/10

"HBO's Watchmen series delivers some of the best storytelling ever presented in a comic book television property in addition to one of the more intriguing worlds crafted for the genre."

16. Preacher

[Season 1] - 8/10

[Season 2] - 8/10

[Season 3] - 8/10

[Season 4] - 9/10

[Series Rating] - 8/10

17. Runaways

[Season 1] - 8/10

[Season 2] - 8/10

"A story-wise engaging follow up to the first season with a strong sense of progression within the central cast and their unique character journeys. Season 2 also drops one of the coolest TV connections to the Marvel Cinematic Universe yet."

[Season 3] - 9/10

"Runaways fires on all cylinders in its final season by escalating and deeply focusing on its pre-established strengths. This includes great character interaction scenes building on the core ensemble as they struggle to function as a family and a “team of heroes”. We’re also given some truly solid story progression giving us dramatically investing plot threads with our core characters while incorporating intriguing new supernatural elements and higher production values into the mix."

[Series Rating] - 8/10

18. Legion

[Season 1] - 10/10

"An outrageously engaging, visually mind bending, and highly creative series that brilliantly encourages its audience to re-watch each episode several times over."

[Season 2] - 10/10

[Season 3] - 10/10

[Series Rating] - 10/10

"In all my years of watching television, there has never been a series quite as mind bending in its story direction, thought provoking in its deeper characterizations, brilliantly edited in both visuals and audio, unparalleled in its artistic direction, and altogether masterfully pieced together as Legion. This is a series that ingeniously puts the audience in a heightened state of sensory delight, intrigue, and speculation after every single episode viewing while somehow encouraging the temptation to rewatch said episode to discover new elements that furthers all of the aforementioned factors. Legion profoundly defines the phrase 'the gift that keeps on giving'."

19. Gotham

[Season 1] - 6/10

[Season 2] - 8/10

"Gotham was a surprise hit this time around delivering new and fascinating villain arcs, a compelling furthering of Bruce Wayne's journey, a major step up in cinematic flare, and an exciting expansion of Gotham City's lore."

[Season 3] - 9/10

[Season 4] - 9/10

"In its 4th season run, Gotham starts to carefully fast track its pre-Batman tale of vigilantism and costumed crazies in an exciting and geek out worthy manner while beautifully setting the stage for the future cape crusader's debut. It's also worth noting that the show's award worthy cinematic presentation continues to shine 3 seasons in a row now."

[Season 5] - 9/10

"Gotham ends its series on a high note with an overall satisfying final season boasting strong production values, an interesting new setting alteration, and a mostly consistent streak of thrilling plot lines. The season also fast tracks the narrative gliding towards a geek out worthy finale that awards its patient fan base with highly anticipated character transformations including the dark knight himself."

[Series Rating] - 8/10

"Gotham is a bit of a mixed bag altogether, but one that I still consider worth watching for the hardcore Batman fans. At times, you may feel frustrated at several creative decisions made to the utilization of certain established characters, unnecessary feeling subplots, and jarring tonal shifts within specific episodes. Yet, in another instant, you may find yourself deeply engaged in a particular story arc, admiring the show's adaptation of a certain villain, engulfed in the astounding cinematic presentation, and yelling out in pure geeky joy at a fun snippet of Batman foreshadowing."

Cancelled Series

1. Titans

[Season 1] - 9/10

"With the exception of a rough series premiere episode as well as a few visual hi-cups along the way, Titans delivers the goods in its individual character development spotlights and organic feeling world building. This is a prime example of a season that does indeed get better as it progresses."

[Season 2] - 7/10

"Despite the show's glaring potential within its expanding ensemble of character arcs, a higher sense of production value in places, and a promising new season villain played near perfectly by Esai Morales, Titans still manages to present a disappointingly anticlimactic and occasionally messily constructed 2nd season. However, at its conclusion, it does lay the groundwork for a very promising follow up."

[Season 3] - 7/10

"Following up on a structurally fractured 2nd season, Titans makes a slightly improved return with something that leans a little bit more towards simply being unremarkable. This season gives us two questionably adapted Batman characters while offering a series of conceptually interesting but mostly non-engaging and rushed through character stories."

[Season 4] - 8/10

"Titans' final season leans into the dark supernatural depths of its established universe making way for some occasionally solid horror imagery in the earlier episodes as well as introducing one of its most initially promising season villains. Sadly, aside from a standout episode centering on Beast Boy and a few enjoyable character beats like Connor and Sebastian's controversial allegiance, we're still met with the series' awkwardly empty feeling interactions and questionable storytelling decisions. Thankfully, the finale ends on a happy note with our titular ensemble giving fans something positive to hold onto."

[Series Rating] - 8/10

"One of the most bizarre comic book TV series to grace the small screen due to the several questionable creative choices given towards the handling of celebrated characters from DC Comics lore. But where the show frequently sinks in its character adaptation work, occasionally messy story structuring, hollow dialogue exchanges, and shaky CGI, there's still a few examples of a great series lurking beneath the surface whenever a particularly well directed episode comes along."

2. Stargirl

[Season 1] - 9/10 

"Stargirl represents, in many ways, the best of what a superhero show in today’s market should be. Season 1 presents us with fantastic lore building surrounding the history of the show’s universe, highly entertaining and visually stylistic action scenes, solid production values altogether, an amazing ensemble cast of fascinating characters (especially the villains), and engaging storytelling that eventually ties everything up with its character progression."

[Season 2] - 9/10

[Season 3] - 8/10 

“What started off as a tonally and directionally concerning season of Stargirl in its first couple of episodes quickly transitions into a compelling mystery filled with strong character driven moments, jaw dropping plot twists, and occasionally enjoyable spectacle. And although the finale may not have satisfied entirely in the action department, the teases planted for the future of the show’s universe more than makes up for it with a truly geek out worthy collection of name drops and story ideas”

[Series Rating] - 9/10

“What can I say about Stargirl that hasn’t already been stated in regards to its first season. This series absolutely surprised me in how it quickly became one of the best comic book superhero shows out there due to its exceptional attention to expanding a truly rich lore that caters to comic book fans, building an ensemble of multi layered and intriguing characters, and occasionally entertaining viewers with some of television’s most stylistic fight scenes to date.”

3. Batwoman

[Season 1] - 7/10

[Season 2] - 7/10

"Batwoman makes a few necessary improvements from its previous run during the latter half of its 2nd season with slightly better visual direction, occasionally engaging character driven moments, and a more notable sense of stakes within its villain arc later on."

[Season 3] - 7/10 

(Highlight Reel Viewing)

[Series Rating] - 7/10

4. Legends of Tomorrow

[Season 1] - 8/10

[Season 2] - 9/10

[Season 3] - 8/10

[Season 4] - 8/10

[Season 5] - 9/10

"After several seasons of testing out various tonal shifts and creative narrative paths, Legends of Tomorrow finally found a near perfect balance between over the top/self aware comedy and dramatic stakes in its 5th outing. Also, having Constantine as a series regular has been the most consistently rewarding idea since the show’s conception."

[Season 6] - 8/10

[Season 7] - 8/10

[Series Rating] - 8/10

"I've always considered Legends to be the “palate cleanser show” of the CW DC Comics series. Overtime, it became refreshingly off the wall and, though it had its occasional downs, was still an enjoyable time spending with the central ensemble. This is the show that graciously utilized Matt Ryan’s Constantine after his show got cancelled and Arrow inducted him into the Arrowverse. This is also the show that took side characters from the shared TV franchise and gave them a bit more to do (as goofy as some of those things may have been). So thank you Legends for having the ambition to create a non-traditional, care free feeling, and sometimes thoughtfully bonkers superhero show.

5. Krypton

[Season 1] - 9/10

"A narrative-wise captivating and beautifully produced science-fiction series that presents a truly compelling twist to a famous superhero origin story. Also, as a bonus, it contains some of the most satisfying live action adaptations of famous Superman villains."

[Season 2] - 8/10

"With the exception of a hit or miss introduction to the Lobo character in addition to a sometimes questionable sense of pacing within the storytelling, Season 2 of Krypton still manages to deliver the expected goods when needed. Although not as consistently strong as its previous installment overall, there is still much to enjoy here."

[Series Rating] - 9/10

6. Jessica Jones

[Season 1] - 9/10

"A beautifully produced series that may not deliver as much of an impact in the action department, but more than makes up for it with an incredibly developed protagonist, exceptional performances, tension packed drama, and a truly unforgettable season villain."

[Season 2] - 8/10

"Although Season 2 takes on a different storytelling direction that doesn't quite live up to Season 1's unforgettable hero-villain conflict, it does open the doors to some dramatically interesting character highlights." 

[Season 3] - 9/10

"Despite having a slightly rocky start with an unremarkable season villain and a couple of forgettable side plots, Jessica Jone's 3rd outing still manages to eventually stick the landing by focusing on a solid "fallen hero" tale. With the insertion of a highly welcomed Defender cameo and an engaging family conflict, this season finishes strong altogether in its 2nd half."

[Series Rating] - 8/10

7. The Gifted

[Season 1] - 9/10

"If you're a huge X-Men fan that's been clamoring for a live action series then The Gifted may just be the property that you're looking for as it impressively adapts the comics' iconic societal themes while telling an engrossing family story at its core."

[Season 2] - 9/10

"The Gifted delivers yet again with another highly enjoyable season rewarding fans with solid storytelling across the board, a continuing thoughtful use of super powers acting as intriguing character development extensions, and a compelling focus on family legacies."

[Series Rating] - 9/10

8. The Punisher

[Season 1] - 10/10

"An emotionally engaging and tension filled character story that never shies away from the share rawness, grittiness, and brutality of its protagonist and source material."

[Season 2] - 9/10

"Season 2 of The Punisher masterfully proves that no matter how easily sidelined or obviously villainous a character may seem on the surface, everyone has a potentially compelling story to tell. This season tells these particular character stories very effectively with dramatically impactful confrontations and high tension action much like its predecessor for the most part.”

[Series Rating] - 9/10

9. Daredevil

[Season 1] - 10/10

"Marvel's Daredevil series sets a new high standard for comic book/superhero shows displaying incredibly deep character development, jaw dropping fight scenes, and a standout season villain worthy of a film appearance in the show's larger cinematic universe."

[Season 2] - 9/10

[Season 3] - 9/10

"Daredevil, in its 3rd season, remains to be the gold standard for superhero shows in regards to dramatically engaging storytelling, masterfully executed character development, and a standout season villain. Its only major downside surrounds an unsatisfying final confrontation between its two leads."

[Series Rating] - 9/10

10. Iron Fist

[Season 1] - 6/10

"Iron Fist succeeds as a watchable set up series for the upcoming Defenders crossover, but fails as a standalone superhero entry lacking in strong character development and overall entertainment value."

[Season 2] - 8/10

"An admirable attempt at redeeming an entire series' reputation via slightly less annoying character moments, far better fight choreography, an interesting new side antagonist, and a much more engaging story direction."

[Series Rating] - 7/10

11. Luke Cage

[Season 1] - 8/10

[Season 2] - 8/10

"Even with the addition of a fantastic new antagonist played with a scene stealing sense of presence by Mustafa Shakir, and an entertaining mini crossover featuring another Defender hero, Luke Cage still stumbles over its weaker side plots and sometimes questionable performances."

[Series Rating] - 8/10

12. Inhumans

[Series Rating] - 5/10

"Inhumans is by far the worst thing to come out of Marvel's golden age of live action properties considering the show's cringeworthy character writing, poorly conceived story development, mediocre visuals, and terribly lackluster entertainment value."

13. The Defenders

[Series Rating] - 9/10

"A fun and geek out worthy crossover series for hardcore fans of the Marvel Netflix properties to enjoy with the exception of a disappointingly unremarkable villain."

14. Agent Carter

[Season 1] - 8/10

[Season 2] - 7/10 

[Series Rating] - 7/10

15. Constantine

[Series Rating] - 8/10

No Plans To Continue

1. American Gods

[Season 1] - 8/10

2. Deadly Class

[Season 1] - Unfinished

3. Fear The Walking Dead

[Season 1] - 7/10

[Season 2] - Unfinished