# Patriot (TV series) 13 Hacker News commenters recommended Patriot (TV series) and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months. **Verdict:** People recommend it as surreal, pitch-black dark comedy with rare horror and bold, weird risks, and some call it the best TV show. ## Why people recommend it - Surreal, pitch-black dark comedy (2 comments): "Patriot is brilliant. Very surreal with pitch-black humor and rare horror." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47057386)) "Patriot is amazing dark comedy with great atmosphere" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47059774)) - Bold, weird risks and horror (2 comments): "Patriot is brilliant. Very surreal with pitch-black humor and rare horror." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47057386)) "it was unafraid to take some serious and weird risks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47059349)) - Called among the best TV (2 comments): "Patriot is absolutely up there with any TV ever, though quite different to any of their other originals." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46229940)) "The Patriot is a middling Mel Gibson movie" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956618)) - Watchers are enthralled and recommend it (2 comments): "Patriot is amazing and I will never stop recommending it no matter how many dumbfounded looks I get." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47059790)) "Patriot is amazing, more people should watch it, everyone I know who has was enthralled by it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47057453)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Halt and Catch Fire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/halt-and-catch-fire.md): 166 recommend - [Babylon 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/babylon-5.md): 86 recommend - [Silicon Valley (TV series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/silicon-valley.md): 52 recommend - [Andor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/andor.md): 52 recommend - [The Wire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wire.md): 39 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Patriot (TV series)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/patriot/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).