Perception Season 1

Right now you can watch Perception Season 1 on — and it earns its twists rather than manufacturing them. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 278 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Eric McCormack sets the tone, and the ensemble matches it scene for scene. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Perception Season 1 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The plotting gives Perception Season 1 its backbone, but it is the characters you come back for. Erick McCormack stars as the eccentric neuroscience professor whose revealing visions help him uncover what lies beneath conscious emotion. Though recruited by the FBI for his masterful understanding of the human mind, Daniel's odd and offbeat view makes it difficult for him to get close to anyone. His former student, Agent Kate Moretti, is one of the few people willing to accept Daniel's peculiarities in exchange for his imaginative solutions. Eric McCormack and Rachael Leigh Cook lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2012. The plot mechanics of Perception Season 1 never overwhelm the human cost underneath them. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Crime and mystery fans will find exactly what they are after in Perception Season 1. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Eric McCormack anchors it, but the writing does the real work. If you are going to commit to one crime drama this month, make it this one.