Netflix’s Best New No. 1 Show Lands A 90% Rotten Tomatoes Score

InnovationGamingNetflix’s Best New No. 1 Show Lands A 90% Rotten Tomatoes ScoreByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorMay 18, 2026, 10:10am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.NemesisNetflixAs the extremely underwhelming recording of the Ronda Rousey versus Gina Carano fight quickly slides down the Netflix top 10 list, a new series has been rising, surpassing some former hits. And its Rotten Tomatoes score suggests it's worth a watch.The series is Nemesis, a “dark thriller” with eight hour-long episodes, airing live after its debut on May 14. As it stands, it has racked up a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score from critics, with the caveat that there are not loads of reviews in yet. Still, a very solid start. Audience scores for Nemesis are quite a bit worse, but there are very, very few in so far, and we’ll have to see how it progresses in time. But there may be a sharp critic/viewer divide in the end, we’ll have to see. Here’s the synopsis of the show:“The LA crime drama pits master thief Coltrane Wilder against detective Isaiah Stiles, challenging heist genre norms while examining what drives, sustains, and destroys people.”Nemesis was created by Courtney A. Kemp and Tani Marole, with Kemp serving as the showrunner for the long-running series Power from 2014 to 2020, and was heavily involved in its various additions and spinoffs.NetflixTop 10The series stars Matthew Law, who had a stint on Abbott Elementary, where this is certainly a very different role for him. He also starred in over a hundred episodes of The Oval, which is about to end. Opposite him is Y’lan Noel, who was in the Natalie Portman miniseries, Lady in the Lake, and Cleopatra Coleman, recently in Netflix’s Black Rabbit and in both Rebel Moon movies. We won’t hold that again...