1. Arrow- CW (Last Year #4)
By far my favorite show of the year.
And yes it's on the CW. It's a great action show that avoids
predictable storylines while still making sense; it has great personal
interactions that avoid the soap-opera romances that usually happen on
the CW; the characters change in ways that develop quicker than expected
while being reasonable. Stephen Amell is able to portray a hero with
sufficient angst and darkness while still having humor. The main
supporting characters (Felicity, Diggle, Quentin, Roy) go through
interesting challenges and provide appropriate occasional humor. The
show throws in flashbacks that are exciting and build the characters
even though you know what roughly happens to the characters. Summer Glau
was great, if somewhat underutilized. The main villain had a power
performance and was menacing. (I am including a spoiler section at the
end of this post.)
2. Brooklyn Nine-Nine- Fox
I generally
like Andy Samberg's Digital Shorts, but this show shows that he can lead
a structured show that follows some degree of reality. His character is
great and I like most of the supporting cast. They definitely fit in
weird personalities that pretty much stay the change and pretty much
wouldn't work in reality. Once you get used to it the way they interact
with each other and with their circumstances are great. I was surprised
that they won the Golden Globes for best comedy show and comedic actor
but I think it's deserved. Andre Braugher, Terry Crews and Joe Lo Trugio
are really good stars and Patton Oswalt and Craig Robinson made good
guest appearances. The pilot and first couple episodes took a while to
get going but it kept really strong in all the other episodes.
3. Parks and Recreation- NBC (Last Year #3)
Such a great cast! Everyone here is great, and I like every character.
In addition there are a ton of fun one-note characters and guest stars.
The characters also went through some interesting overall arcs and
resolved things really well. Filibuster, One in 8,000 and the season
finale were my favorite episodes. The season finale wrapped things up in
a really satisfying way while also being entertaining. It takes a bold
leap that works and will lead well into the final season next year.
*Spoilers for Arrow
Deathstroke was a really good villain for season
two. He made a great transition from ally to enemy. They did a really
good story with Canary and she is really good in action scenes. The
story around Flash was a little cheesy but the character and actor was
really great and I'm looking forward to seeing Flash next year. Deadshot
was a fun character and I liked the League of Shadows. I also liked
Malcolm Merlyn's return. They kept on bringing in more and more and got
in two seasons worth of story in one season.
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