Crime dramas rise and fall based on two key factors: atmosphere and momentum, so if you create an exceptional experience in both categories, there will be many actors who successfully take on roles in those same series, regardless of similar facts within other series. Bloodlands does more than find that balance.

People often cite Squid Game as Netflix’s biggest global success when discussing the streamer's major international hits. The South Korean survival/thriller series was the first true cultural phenomenon created by Netflix and dominated the global television landscape by surpassing all existing viewing records at the time. However, when looking at the revenue generated by Squid Game, it is easy to overlook that the platform had already proven years earlier that audiences would support non-English-language shows with Money Heist.

For three seasons, Tracker has gotten away with a storytelling shortcut that was easy to overlook because the show itself was so entertaining. Whenever Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley) needed an answer, someone on the other end of the phone usually had one. More often than not, that someone was Randy (Chris Lee). Now, CBS may have finally found a way to solve that problem.

For most of its run, NCIS has preferred stability, with characters coming and going, but the Major Case Response Team's structure has rarely changed. There was always a clear hierarchy, familiar faces in the bullpen, and Leon Vance overseeing everything. Season 24 may be about to break that pattern.