15 Most Underrated Sci-Fi TV Shows Of All Time
12. 12 Monkeys
Okay, so original movie director Terry Gilliam didn't have much nice to say about SyFy's decision to adapt his twisty 1995 time travel headf*** 12 Monkeys into a TV show before the series aired.
But the former Monty Python's animator's initial reservations aside, this surreal and undeniably fun series soon proved a more than worthy successor to the original flick, matching its madcap absurdity and surprisingly thoughtful interrogations of free will, sanity, and predestination beat for beat.
With a stellar cast and consistently inventive storyline, it's about time critics caught up with fandom's love for this show. Luckily, some steadily improving reviews with each passing season seem to imply that's exactly what's happening.