Spawn is currently streaming in Australia on Foxtel Now and HBO Max, and in the US on HBO Max Amazon Channel, and its 8/10 TMDB rating reflects what viewers who have already found it know. 3 seasons that reward every hour invested. That rating comes from 296 viewer scores — enough to represent a genuine consensus rather than a handful of enthusiasts. The availability across streaming platforms means you can start tonight without hunting for a disc or a dodgy stream. Todd McFarlane is the obvious draw, but once you are in, it is the writing and the ensemble that keep you watching. If it has been sitting on your watchlist untouched, there is no better time to finally start it.

Satisfying on multiple levels — something to enjoy on screen and something to think about after. The run is exactly the right length for the ideas it is exploring. The best science fiction uses its speculative framework to examine things that matter in the real world, and Spawn does this with more subtlety than the genre usually allows itself. The special effects serve the story rather than substituting for it, which is the mark of a production that understands what genre television is actually for. Todd McFarlane anchors it with a performance that makes the more abstract episodes feel personal.