Of course this show has had plenty of audience and good word of mouth, and still enjoys a good run on Netflix and al., yet it doesn't get the recognition it is worth of, in my opinion. It barely won any awards.

In the shadow of the fading Dexter, the exquisite Fargo, many other great series, and of course, the monumental shadow cast by its own source material.

I'm so glad I finally gave it a chance.

It isn't perfect, there are a few flaws there and there, but I guarantee it will take you to places you would never have expected.

The cast is great, Farmiga is of course up to the challenge, but they put the bucks on Highmore, and oh boy does he deliver. The guy is just pure clay in the hands of the writing and direction. Anytime, whatever you feel towards his character is what he has been told to make you.

Some say the first seasons are weaker than the latter, but I disagree, the "Twin Peaks" feel of the beginnings is what got me caught in. It evolves along the way.

I keep this one in my favorites nested between Six Feet Under and... Growing Pains, for some reason (wtf?)