What helps me is that my tastes are so completely narrow and focused that I can go long periods between shows and I can wait for a show to stand the test of time. I only really enjoy Sci-Fi/Fantasy. And what has made me even more patient is the utter annihilation of any interest I had in all my old favorites: Star Wars/Star Trek/Dr. Who/Marvel/DC/et al. If you like the modern stuff, awesome! I do not. My life is too full of dour, gritty, realism for me to gravitate towards that when I am trying to escape.

I just finished Farscape, which is amazing. I tend to avoid any modern shows (after 2015) because they are usually too on the nose. I may give the Expanse another try, but I am worried it will end without a proper send-off. I already mourned all the Sci-Fi I used to love, so modern retellings in skin-suits won't ever appear on my radar.

I will probably give Lexx a try at some point soon. I may also re-watch Quantum Leap, as that is always entertaining. So much great entertainment has already been made, that I will take the internet's suggestion and leave the new stuff to the kiddos. "It wasn't made for me," and I agree. Let it succeed or fail or be meh or whatever.

In watching shows (mostly) from the pre-streaming era, I realized that what I truly love is 22+ episodes per season (some shows clocking in at 45 minutes an episode). So much time to get to know the characters. Writers who aren't doing commentary on a particular political party, but politics in general, war in general, morality in general, religion in general.

Shows that aren't afraid to have heroes who actually succeed. Shows not written by algorithms. I can bide my time, because the delight of finding a hidden gem full of content is worth it (to me) over waiting 9 years for 3 seasons of whatever passes for entertainment for today's masses.