Mystery

Shows which just explore their world as we find out what happens

1990-1991 Twin Peaks investigating laura palma's murder gets creepy OK, this was mostly prophetic dreams, but some "magic" later
1995 American Gothic Insular southern town w/mysterious powers boy and menacing sheriff Various townsfolk and outsiders become involved in sheriff Lucas's sinister plans, often involved with turning someone evil. Sam Raimi co-produced, Bruce Campbell guest spot
2004-2010 Lost stuck on island w/increasingly weird stuff J.J.Abrams. Established you can dribble out vaguely spooky plot, throw in romance, explore whacky backstory ... and people eat it up
2005 Surface Strange creatures from the ocean give people powers
2005:9eps Threshold Gvmt team deals with evil alien DNA-attack Some of the team are part-way converted into aliens and join them or have weird dreams? Brent Spiner, Peter Dinklage
2004-2007 The 4400 Mysterious Group brought from the 1940's have powers to save mankind Another where we gradually learn the mysteries of what's going on
2010 The Ev3nt 50 years ago aliens crash-landed on earth, lots of plans&intrigue Some aliens were captured and kept, which was covered-up; some infiltrated; some of those want to violently take over; romance
2012-2013 Touch magic child sees future in numbers Keifer Sutherland, Danny Glover
2013-2015 Under the Dome Mysterious dome forms over a town. Stephen King Lengthy attempts to escape; a secret area for kids; aliens?
2014-2015 Extant Halley Berry, Stephen Speilburg. Returning astronaut mysteriously pregnant
2014 Ressurection A few people come back from the dead Are they themselves? Who is doing it? Is there a secret purpose? What are the rules?
2014:12eps Believe Experimental child on run from gvmt, helped by convict Sinister gov breeding program's best creation; sypathetic scientists; tough-but-sensitive protector. Bad Robot productions
2015 The Messengers A meteor and/or god gives 5 diverse ppl powers and a mission We learn about the different powers. Oh, no. 4 more are evil Horsemen! But wait, I must also solve my personal problems
2018 The Crossing Refugees from the future appear. Oh no, a mutant "Apex" woman might be evil Had the most realistic reactions to "OK, the truth is..."
2018-2021 Manifest Jet passengers mysteriously vanish for 5 years So many characters to feature that the plot never developes?
2019-2020 Emergence Little girl robot/AI may have super-powers Of course she's part of a whole plot. The lead is a sherrif. She takes in the girl and investigates as part of her job! Also, it has an ending!
2019 The Passage A magic little girl kidnapped to a facility holding psychic vampire plague victims We get backstories of the victims, drama between the scientists, an escalating mystery, buckets of blood and an ending!