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6. Justified
Based on Elmore Leonard's short story Fire In The Hold, Justified remains one of the most underrated and consistently brilliant TV shows of the 2010s. It stars Timothy Olyphant as brash US marshal Raylan Givens, who returns to his hometown after being reassigned following a controversial shooting.
Best watched at first for its cast, which includes a hard-as-nails Olyphant and a complex, scene-stealing Walton Goggins, Justified's strengths reveal themselves in small but effective doses, building up its central mysteries with rich characters, brutal violence, and brooding melodrama.
Justified is the kind of show that takes a well-done idea and makes it its own unique vision, brought to life with a gritty aesthetic and - perhaps more importantly - a consistent narrative flow that ensure no season feels less than the others. There should be no doubt it ranks as one of the greats.