Death By Lightning makes a forceful argument that forgotten people and events can be just as entertainingly dramatized as famous ones.

Though some Slow Horses seasons are stronger than others, in general it makes translating Herron's stories, and toggling between moods, look effortless. Down Cemetery Road has its moments, but overall is a reminder that what Slow Horses does is a lot harder than it appears.

Though Pen15 started out as an extended comedy sketch, it figured out quickly that it could tell genuine, poignant stories of childhood and adolescence, even if its girls were being played by grown-ass women. Hal & Harper starts in that more serious place, and does some powerful things there.

Every time I began to worry that Robinson and Kanin should have stuck with the idea of getting in and out quickly with a joke, some jaw-droppingly bizarre thing would happen, and The Chair Company had my attention all over again.

This is a promising, if familiar, dynamic for Black Rabbit, created by King Richard screenwriter Zach Baylin, along with Kate Susman. But it rarely plays out in a compelling fashion, because neither brother comes across quite like the show wants them to.