Top 10 TV Shows: Crime
The highest-graded crime TV shows we have reviewed, best first.
The WireThe most rigorous institutional novel American television has produced, and it never once flatters you.Read the review
The SopranosThe show that proved television could hold two irreconcilable readings at once, and never blinked.
Breaking BadA five-season equation where every object planted in year one detonates exactly on schedule.
True DetectiveOne immaculate season, one catastrophic second, and an anthology that never solved the arithmetic again.
SherlockTwo extraordinary series, one indulgent, and one that should never have been made.
Batman: The Animated SeriesPainted on black paper, scored by an orchestra, and still the definitive version of the character in any medium.
FargoFour anthology seasons in the Coen register, two of them close to perfect.
BarryA hitman comedy that spends four seasons removing every excuse it gave you to like him.
MindhunterTwo agents and a tape recorder, shot with more care than most feature films.
DeadwoodMilch's iambic profanity applied to the founding of a town, and it never got its third act.
