one of the decade's best, Ghost Wars is currently streaming in Australia on Netflix, and in the UK on Netflix with a 6/10 audience score that speaks for itself. 13 episodes — the right length to tell the story it is telling. Television that earns its era label is rarer than the number of shows attempting it suggests — most of what gets called prestige TV is really just expensive TV. Ghost Wars is one of the genuine examples: the craft is there in the writing, the performances, and the way it handles its subject matter. Avan Jogia's involvement signals the kind of production that attracts serious talent and uses it properly. Available now on streaming — no excuses left for not watching it.

Ghost Wars follows a path that stands out in a crowded field. Set in a remote Alaskan town that has been overrun by paranormal forces, the series focuses on local outcast Roman Mercer who must overcome the town’s prejudices and his own personal demons if he’s to harness his repressed psychic powers and save everyone from the mass haunting that’s threatening to destroy them all. Avan Jogia and Kim Coates lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It aired in 2017–2018. What distinguishes the best crime dramas from the rest is whether the character work can carry episodes where the mystery takes a breath — Ghost Wars passes that test consistently.

If you are the type who cannot walk away from a good mystery, Ghost Wars will keep you watching far longer than you planned. The run is short enough to finish in a weekend but substantial enough to feel satisfying. The procedural elements give the show its rhythm, but it is the character development across the run that creates genuine investment. Viewers who think they have seen every variation of the crime drama format tend to find Ghost Wars goes somewhere they were not expecting. The writing takes the genre seriously without disappearing into self-referential games, and the result is a show with genuine momentum — the kind where you finish an episode and immediately start the next.