Treme Season 1

Right now you can watch Treme Season 1 on and — and it holds up to as much attention as you give it. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. An 8/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Khandi Alexander sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Treme Season 1 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Treme Season 1 trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. Season 1 of Treme includes 10 episodes. It aired from April 2010 to June 2010. This season stars Khandi Alexander, Rob Brown and Kim Dickens. Khandi Alexander and Rob Brown lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2010. The performances in Treme Season 1 do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

Treme Season 1 is what you recommend to people who say they do not really watch much. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Khandi Alexander is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.