Look for Web-DL releases from services like iTunes or Amazon (uncompressed webrips) or Remux files. Avoid anything labeled "x265 10bit" unless you know the encoder personally. You want untouched video. Warning: Avoid the "Season Pass" streaming copies. They look fine on your phone. They look like a melted crayon on your 4K OLED. The Verdict Is Abbott Elementary hilarious in 720p on a laptop? Yes. Is it essential in lossless? Absolutely.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go find a torrent of the season finale where the audio bitrate is high enough to distinguish between the squeak of a dry erase marker and the squeak of Jacob’s nervous laughter.

Watching Abbott Elementary in standard compressed streaming quality feels a bit like that. You get the joke, but you’re missing the texture.