I just watched the best season of TV I've ever seen — and it's on HBO Max

Second that. This show blew me away with its writing. It's not that it's the most amazing story ever told, and I do catch the writer's hand lazily carrying over dialogue between characters. I swear, I think every lead has gone 'uh huh' at least three times. But the plotting and character development is top notch, and at the end of three seasons I was very sad that I had to watch lesser shows again.
 
I would never spend more than $10 for a streaming service but when HBO offered the ad plan for 9.99 I was all over it. I've watched more great shows that I can list. Your right on Tom.