The Finder

The Finder is the kind of character-driven story that stays with you. It is currently available in Australia on Disney Plus, and in the US on Disney Plus, so there is no reason to keep putting it off. A 7/10 rating means the audience agrees — and those who disagree tend to be in a clear minority. The production does not waste your time: every episode earns its place in the run, and the pacing is calibrated to keep you watching rather than checking how much time is left. The run length is exactly right for the story being told. Geoff Stults is the anchor, but the depth of the supporting cast is what elevates it. Start it tonight and see for yourself why the ratings are where they are.

Walter Sherman, an Iraq War veteran, has the extraordinary ability to help people find the unfindable. Geoff Stults and Maddie Hasson lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It aired in 2012. The writing trusts the audience to sit with ambiguity rather than wrapping every episode in a tidy conclusion — it is the approach that separates good drama from great. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

If you are looking for television that takes its characters seriously and rewards patient viewing, The Finder is exactly that. The structure gives the show room to develop relationships over time in a way that episodic television rarely manages, and the writers take full advantage of that space. Fans of The Terminal List will find the same commitment to character here, with its own distinct sensibility and setting. Worth starting sooner rather than later — the earlier you get to it, the longer you will have to think about it.