1. Babylon Berlin ( Netflix)
Told over 16 episodes, which were split into two seasons when they debuted in Germany last fall, this bingeable mystery co-created by Run Lola Run's Tom Twyker and based on a series of novels introduces us to combat soldier-turned-homicide detective Gereon Rath (played by Volker Bruch) as he attempts to navigate around various forms of corruption and deal with his own PTSD during the wacky Weimar Republic days. Very important: As with the time-travel series Dark and, really, any foreign show, make sure to watch this with the subtitles turned on or you'll be subjected to the unintentionally comical dubbing.
2. Westworld 2
What's Bernard up to? And Charlotte? And Dolores? The only way to know is to keep on watching this confusing but entertaining puzzle show.
3. Jessica Jones season 2( Netflix)
Jessica is up to much of the same stuff she was in Season 1: surveilling dirtbags, drinking too much, expressing pent-up rage. Only now, post-Kilgrave's gaslighting, she's (reluctantly) attempting to understand who she is and how she acquired special powers.
4. Barry( HBO)
Stefon is nowhere to be found in this dramedy created by Bill Hader and Silicon Valley showrunner Alec Berg in which the SNL alum plays an assassin who realizes he wants to be an actor. Easier said than done.
5. Altered carbon (Netflix)
AC dazzles and confounds right out of the gate, as we're introduced to the concept of sleeving, a nutty process by which human consciousness can be transferred into another person's body. That's the ethically thorny way our super-soldier protagonist, Takeshi Kovacs, arrives 250 years into the future after his own "death," where he is promptly tasked by an ultra-wealthy hedonist with solving the murder of the ultra-wealthy hedonist himself. If you tend to roll with batshit sci-fi set-ups like this until they click, you'll stick around to see how it all ends and be pleased that you did so.
6. High maintenance( HBO)
After a transitional first season on HBO, which followed its cultish run as a web series, this light comedy, about an unnamed dude (played by epic-bearded series co-creator Ben Sinclair, pictured) who delivers weed via a bike, returns to form.
7. Collateral ( Netflix)
his police procedural, which aired on BBC Two in February and was added exclusively to Netflix in March, stars Carrie Mulligan as a dogged, resourceful detective heading up an investigation into the murder of a pizza delivery man in London. Not surprisingly, the clues soon point to a conspiracy of zeitgeist-y proportions -- the pizza guy turns out to be a refugee from the Middle East -- but Collateral has enough twists and solid acting moments (particularly by Mulligan) to make this a rewarding binge.
8. Crashing ( HBO)
Why, look who's back! It's your second- or third-most favorite quasi-fictional comic Pete Holmes, played by actual comic Pete Holmes. In Season 2, our Ritteresque protagonist continues up the long, humbling incline of success in the world of stand-up comedy, honing his inoffensive comedic stylings, exhibiting neuroses during hangouts with Artie Lange and Bill Barr, and engaging in roast battles with significant others along the way. It's all just humorous enough to keep you in its pasty, white thrall.
9. Dear white people ( Netflix)
Dear White People's endearing excellence returns, but with an added layer of emotional maturity that enhances the show's powerful, relevant meditations on race relations in America.
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