The Golden Age of TV Sci-Fi

So, I’ve been pretty busy with the day-job work these past three days, though I don’t expect that to be the norm. While working, though, I’ve occasionally had Netflix on in the background (hey, if I’m going to work 14 hours a day, I’m at least going to watch some TV). Recently, I’ve been re-watching old X-Files episodes.

You know, I don’t think they actually made a bad episode of that show. Sure, some were way better than others, and some seemed to veer horribly off topic, but they were all infinitely watchable. And sometimes, that’s all a show needs.

But X-Files had something more than watchability — it had great characters, great writing, and, most importantly, a bunch of people with raging OCD at the helm. One of the things that made the show so great was that characters followed logical paths of development, and never did something out of character just because a writer felt like making them do it. This allowed the writing to be almost invisible, and allowed viewers to focus on the characters and the situations rather than the people behind the scenes.

So, what other shows have you seen where the creators did a great job of handling character development over multiple seasons? I’m of course only nominating seasons 1-7 of the X-Files.

Obviously.