Thanks for the recommendations, but I can't believe you didn't include "Babylon Berlin." Lavish, nerve-wracking, heartfelt, grubbily elegant, beautifully produced, written, and acted. Multiple plot strands make for frequent rewinds. Set in Weimar Berlin, Germany between the wars, knowing the horror that's coming and how the larger picture is going to turn out gives it special poignancy. It's in German with English subtitles, so there's that, but really. Heaven knows, there's plenty of great TV to watch these days, but "Babylon Berlin" is possibly the best TV ever. Ever.
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