The best TV shows of 2022: ‘The Bear’ and ‘Andor’ to ‘The White Lotus’

Fantasy, crime, sci-fi, drama, satire and comedy were all represented in divinely delicious shows this year; here are our top 10 picks of 2022

The streaming boom from the pandemic continues unabated and viewers are spoilt for choice with excellent options in genre as well as prestige telly. Fantasy, crime, sci-fi, drama, satire and comedy, were all represented in divinely delicious shows. Horror, however did not have a great 2022… Sophomore seasons of Euphoria, Undone, Upload and Only Murders in the Building were as good their debuts.

There were three shows from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in 2022. Jeremy Slater’s Moon Knight featured a mind-blowing Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector, Moon Knight and Steven Grant among many others (he suffers from dissociative identity disorder), and Ethan Hawke was the chief antagonist. Iman Vellani made for a charming Kamala Khan in Bisha K. Ali’s Ms. Marvel. Jessica Gao’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, with a delightful appearance by Mark Ruffalo, was super fun.

Biographies ran the gamut of good ( Pam & Tommy, The Crown Season 5), to downright icky. Dahmer— Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, which was as clumsy as its title, takes the top spot.

Lee Child’s nomadic ex-military policeman got the streaming avatar it deserved in Reacher, while William Gibson’s Peripheral was translated into an exhilarating neon-drenched series. Stars shone bright in shows including a brilliant, conflicted Andrew Garfield in Under the Banner of Heaven and Samantha Morton as Catherine de’ Medici in The Serpent Queen. Now that we are done with a none too comprehensive overview, here is a list of the ten best shows of the year in order of their release.

This star-studded psychological, sci-fi thriller created by Dan Erickson is directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle and deserves every one of accolades. Featuring a brilliant turn by Adam Scott, Severance also stars Zach Cherry, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette. Sci-fi staples of altered memory and mind-wipes, get a zany twist in the severance program, which divides work and non-work memories.

The sixth and final season of the multiple-award winning Breaking Bad spin-off, gave a perfect send off to former lawyer and con artist, Saul (Bob Odenkirk). The show, which serves as a sequel and prequel to Breaking Bad, has been dubbed better than its predecessor for its masterful storytelling and character study.

Though each of the nine episodes is the size of a mini-movie, they all grab one’s eyes and keep it. All the elements that made the Duffer Brothers’ show a cultural phenomenon is present in generous quantities from the rocking ‘80s soundtrack to the analogue devices. As the Hawkins’ kids grow up, the tone gets darker, and there is a new evil, Vecna, targeting troubled teenagers. We learn more about Eleven’s (Millie Bobby Brown) origins, and a certain American needs to be broken out of a prison in Russia.