Greatest single seasons of TV

[Stalker0]

So coming out of the Firefly thread, we discussed the notion of not talking about a TV show as a whole, but focusing on a single season, aka unit, of TV. This frees us from various twists of corporate fate that may have pulled a show down in later years.

So considering a single season together, what are some of the best that TV has provided? Lets also for ease say that you can only pick 1 season of a TV show. You can pick multiple shows, but you have to narrow it down to 1 season that highlighted its best.

A few of mine:

• Babylon 5 Season 4
• GoT Season 2
• Stargate SG-1 Season 4

 

[Sacrosanct]

Supernatural season 1 (I quit watching midway through season 5)
Cuckoo season 2
IT Crowd season 2
Taxi, season 2
Stranger Things season 1
True Detective season 1

 

[payn]

Some of mine: (picking only 1 season of some shows is tough...)

• True Detective Season 1
• ST: DS9 Season 5
• Black Sails Season 2
• The Sopranos Season 2
• Heroes Season 1
• The Expanse Season 3
• B5 Season 4
• Billions Season 2

 

[Sacrosanct]

Also, season 1 of the original Twilight Zone. Just because that has the episode with Meredith Burgess: Time Enough at last. That episode got me in the feels.

 

[TwoSix]

The Simpsons: Seasons 4 and 7.
The Wire: Season 4.
The Good Wife: Season 5.
Legends of Tomorrow: Season 3.
Arrow: Season 2.
Buffy: Season 3.
Chuck: Season 2.
The OC: Season 1.

 

[ShinHakkaider]

Sports Night S1
The Wire S4
The West Wing S2
The West Wing S3
Buffy S3
Angel S5
Castlevania S4
Justice League Unlimited S1 (The Cadmus Arc)

 

[Stalker0]

The West Wing S2
The West Wing S3

Error on the play! 1 season per show, you must now kill one of your children

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I like this idea:

Buffy S6 (really! but S3 is the most fun and Buffy-ish)
The Leftovers S3
Mr. Robot S1
Justified S6
Archer S5 (or 2)
Review S3 (only three episodes, but NAILED THE DISMOUNT!)
The Good Place S2
Halt and Catch Fire S4
The Americans S4
Wire S4 (of course)
BoJack Horseman S4 (hmm... a trend)
Breaking Bad S5

 

[Greg K]

First off, despite hearing good things, I have never seen Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Mad Men, The Sopranos, The Wire, or the The West Wing. My choices:

Firefly
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Season 1
Supernatural Season 2 (it was a tough choice between seasons 1 & 2)
Stranger Things Season 1
Buffy Season 3
Heroes Season 1
Stargirl Season 1 (only 1 season to choose from to date, but it is my favorite of the CW superhero shows).

Note: I need to go back and rewatch Batman: TAS, Black Sails, Chuck, Leverage, Twilight Zone (original) to find a particular season of each.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Came here to post exactly this. It managed to nail the storytelling and characters, the music, the homage to the classics that inspired it, and capture the look and feel of the era it was depicting so perfectly. It hits the nostalgia buttons perfectly.

Stranger Things season 1