Top 12 Shows of 2021

My long-awaited Top 12 Shows of the Year. This is a list I’ve been keeping since approximately 2009 and is the result of many years of TV watching.

1. White Lotus (HBO) Season 1-Mike White’s astute tableaux of human shallowness explores whether people on vacation can truly escape who they are through three interlocking groups of vacationers in Hawaiian paradise. For those who still mourn the cancellation of “Enlightened”, this is sweet redemption (More here and here)