I am not a binge watcher. I’ve got a lot of writing to do and I spend too much time on social media, so I’ve got several series to watch, from recent ones like “Ms. Marvel” and “Obi-Wan Kenobi” to “Dark Winds,” which at least I’ve started, but fallen behind on.

I’m serious when I note that I still haven’t finished the final season of “The Sopranos.” I haven’t watched more than an episode of “Breaking Bad.” I still want to watch “The Shield” someday.

Maybe when I retire. Ha.

Anyway, I am riveted by “The Old Man,” along with “Dark Winds” the latest prestige series from FX that is streaming on Hulu.

The premise, if you don’t know, is that Jeff Bridges plays a long-renegade CIA agent who, after decades of living in anonymity, finds himself pursued by his old agency, led by John Lithgow as a seriously conflicted Agency boss.

The series, based on the thriller by Thomas Perry, is realistic – you feel the bumps and bruises every time Bridges has to fight his way out of a predicament – yet fantastical in its insights into a world hidden from us.

I’m about three episodes in, from five that have aired so far and seven produced, I believe, and it’s so good. Bridges is great but Lithgow is wonderful as the CIA spookmaster. He should get an Emmy for this.

Amy Brenneman is so good as a woman who gets drawn into the mess, and it was cool to see Joel Grey pop up in a small part.

I’ll be back, at some point, with a little bit more to say about “Star Trek Strange New Worlds,” which just finished up its first season and is now near the top of all of my favorite Trek series.

I guess I don’t binge but managed to squeeze all those “Strange New Worlds” episodes in, huh?