Peacock's 8-Part Sci-Fi Drama Is The Best Show You've Never Seen

Mrs. Davis is an eight-episode sci-fi miniseries available on Peacock, and it's one of the greatest shows you probably haven't seen. Damon Lindelof is a showrunner who only seems to get better every time he produces a new series. His start on Lost signaled big things for the writer, and every show after has delved deeper into similar questions.

After Lost, Lindelof went on to create The Leftovers, and followed that up with Watchmen, two incredible series that are so unique, they can only really be compared against one another. His fourth show, Mrs. Davis​​​​​, is his weirdest one yet, and possibly his least seen, so check it out if you haven't.

Mrs. Davis Is One Of The Best Sci-Fi Shows Ever

Mrs. Davis is a consummate sci-fi TV show and should be ranked among the best in the genre. The miniseries is set in a futuristic present-day where the creation of an all-knowing artificial intelligence known as "Mrs. Davis" has effectively ended hunger, war, and every other human-created malady.

Not everyone is so keen on this technology, however. Betty Gilpin stars as Sister Simone, a nun who believes Mrs. Davis is responsible for killing her father years back. Despite her disinterest, Mrs. Davis insists on talking to Simone and is willing to destroy herself if Simone helps Mrs. Davis with something.

What Mrs. Davis Does Better Than Other Sci-Fi Shows

Mrs. Davis is perfectly constructed. Puzzle pieces are laid out from the very first scene, and you are almost guaranteed to misunderstand them. You won't care, though, because the pieces are so incredibly engaging, and even better, Mrs. Davis answers questions as often as it proposes them.

Sci-fi TV shows can get bogged down in mysteries and lore, but Mrs. Davis is as streamlined as sci-fi series get. Every moment requires your attention, but you are rewarded for every moment of attention you give it. It's a colorful, hilarious, oddly hopeful picture of the future and one that will stick with you for a while.

Mrs. Davis Has One Of The Best Finales In TV History

Lindelof continues his incredible run of excellent TV finales with Mrs. Davis. The series would still have been solid even if Lindelof had not stuck the landing, but by tying up the show with a complex, satisfying, and winking ending, he made sure Mrs. Davis would go down as one of the great sci-fi series.

Most of the puzzles and mysteries of the show are solved by episode 8, but the relationships between the characters are not wound back up, and episode 8 is fully committed to explaining how the characters will move on after the events of Mrs. Davis, and that's what makes a great finale.