The most exciting crime drama on HBO Max isn’t even marketed as a crime drama

Warrior is the best TV show you haven’t heard of. It’s a period drama set against the backdrop of the Tong Wars in the late nineteenth century, when Chinese gangs fought each other in a variety of American cities, especially San Francisco. Most of the characters, including leading man Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji), are involved in one Tong or another, and much of the drama revolves around the Tongs trying to get one over on each other. So not only is Warrior a crime show, you could argue that it’s a true crime show, even if it’s not documentary-accurate.