Chance Season 1

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, Chance Season 1 is available on and right now. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. With 170 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Hugh Laurie sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Chance Season 1 earns its spot. Chance Season 1 takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Season 1 of Chance includes 10 episodes. It aired from October 2016 to December 2016. This season stars Hugh Laurie, Ethan Suplee and LisaGay Hamilton. Hugh Laurie and Ethan Suplee lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2016. The performances in Chance Season 1 do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, Chance Season 1 delivers. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Hugh Laurie's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.