Re: The most overrated shows of the 2010s
That's a shame that you weren't taken in by Hannibal's aesthetics and tale of tortured would-be murder husbands
For those that were, I must come to its defense. As a weekly trip to horrific tableaus of freakish beauty with characters that felt like full blooded, sometimes/often touched people there was nothing like it.
The largely case-of-the-week first season is a gorgeously macabre take on police procedurals. I loved how a survivor of the first violence our leads experienced together--and the struggle over of her path in life--became such an important part of the dynamic. Also the increasingly fever dream-like uncertainty of some viewpoints that was simultaneously a steely, detached, almost scientific approach via other lenses was enjoyable.
Leading to a S2 that splits in two--and while I adore both parts, I think the 2nd half of the season was my favorite. It became a waking nightmare, with reality becoming a little objective while testing the limits of what the "good guys" do. Plus it leads to one of my favorite season finales of any show I've seen--every moment builds to an inevitable, bloody end yet when you finally get there it's even more of a mic drop moment than thought possible.
S3 is another halfsie year with the first half absolutely being the apex of pretentious horror art film, which works better times than others--but I accept all of it for the chance to gallivant around Europe a little bit with Mads Mikkelsen and Gillian Anderson. Again, the second half of the season is my preferred here. The show takes on Red Dragon and becomes my favorite telling of that leading into a perfect final scene.
So yeah...not overrated for me
As for overrated shows, I was also never on the Louie bandwagon. I didn't hate it, by any means, but this profundity everyone else found...well, I did not! Also Bob's Burgers is boring. Also also, this one doesn't exactly fit the criteria, but I've recently caught the first half season of the Orville and it's kind of garbage--so, so poorly written. I'm trying to give it a chance...