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And while this sounds pretty standard for an actor-turned-more-serious-actor, it's truly Carrey's best role in some time. The dude's either been trapped in lukewarm comedies (Mr. Popper's Penguins, Dumb And Dumber To) or generic thrillers (Dark Crimes), and he brings a real sense of weary anxiety and bubbling torment to the surreal Kidding. He finally capitalizes on that "Hey, this dude's actually pretty empathetic when he's not talking out his asshole" feeling that he built up back in the late '90s. So catch up on the first season of Kidding (which is on the Showtime App) before the second debuts on February 9.

Luckily Better Call Saul is really good, and potentially a match for Breaking Bad. Saul Goodman is such a perfect mix of pitiable underdog and sleazy conman that you can't help but be constantly pleased by him. However, the last season ended back in October 2018, which was only a year and a half ago, but a decade in prestige TV years, leaving fans lost in Odenkirk-less purgatory. But with a February 23 premiere for Season 5, you should have enough time to catch up on a series (the first three seasons are on Netflix) that is infinitely better than anyone expected.

Well rejoice, because Fargo returns for a fourth season this April. And you should definitely watch the first three seasons on Hulu (none of them are bad, though if you put a gun to my head, I'd say 1>2>3) in preparation for its continuous ability to put together a supernaturally good ensemble. This year we have Chris Rock, Jason Schwartzman, Ben Whishaw, and the god king of shows about small towns that are just neck-deep in crime stuff, Timothy Olyphant.

You have Mad Men's Christina Hendricks, who literally can't turn in a bad performance, and comedic powerhouses like Mae Whitman and Parks & Rec's Retta. Helping to round out the leads is Matthew Lillard, who takes what could easily be a one-note dumbass role and actually imbues it with pathos. There's not a weak link in the bunch, with even David Hornsby (Rickety Cricket from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia) continuing his trend of being a perfectly sickening piece of shit.

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Luckily, though, we're getting a spinoff with Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels late this year, giving you plenty of time to watch the first three seasons. However, this is a whole new show set in 1938 Los Angeles rather than Victorian London, and it's based on Mexican folklore while dealing with racial issues of the time. So you'd have to be pretty blinkered to not see how it could be timely in an age when some people actually think building a giant wall between two countries is a good idea. But if it's anything like the first series, 2020 will be the year that I start crying about Frankensteins again.

Now, a sitcom about a Cuban-American family doesn't seem all that revolutionary. Every major network's line-up has at least one image of some wild teenagers and a dad grimacing near them. But One Day At A Time's approach is pretty thoughtful, tackling issues like sexism and mental illness. The main character, Penelope, has PTSD from her time in the army, which is a pretty weighty personality trait for a show with a laugh track.

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Coming out in September, this is a story that's been used as a constant reference over the past few years, as numerous political pundits have tried to nail down how it relates to Donald Trump's weird, sad existence. But more importantly than that, it stars Clive Owen as Bill Clinton in the most "duh" bit of casting ever. It doesn't seem right at first, but then you mentally put Owen's face over Clinton's inescapable jawline like you're in a police procedural, and oh my god, it makes so much fucking sense.

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That said, I forgive you if you're reading this and thinking "That's still a thing?" The first season was only four episodes and felt like an abridged version of itself. But the second season got a sweet eight-episode order. and the third is getting 10 when it debuts later this year. And since the first two seasons essentially adapted Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, that would mean the next deals with ... Super Castlevania IV? The one where Simon Belmont whips an entire castle full of goblins to death? If the third season is half as good as that game, I'm absolutely sure it'll have a lock on every Emmy imaginable.

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But with a near-perfect 10 episodes, Flanagan (who also directed great Stephen King adaptations like Gerald's Game and Dr. Sleep) gave us the best reworking of the source material yet. And later this year, he's turning in an adaptation of Henry James' The Turn Of The Screw, a novella that hasn't gotten a decent translation into film since 1961's The Innocents. It's also a novella that relies heavily on tone and paranoia, so make sure that you catch up on feeling weird and uncomfortable with Hill House before you start feeling even weirder and more uncomfortable with The Haunting Of Bly Manor.

But I'll be rewatching the series before that day of reckoning comes later in 2020. It's not only a great gateway into getting other people to watch pro wrestling, but also one of the only TV shows set in the '80s that actually feels naturally in the '80s. I hate to keep bringing up Stranger Things, but holy shit. I get it. Ghostbusters came out. The phones were huge. Mullets were a thing. Just tell your fuckin' story.

Daniel Dockery is a writer and editor for Cracked. Follow him on Twitter!

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