I used Blue Lens for a bit last year. They do solid work, but honestly, they nickel and dime you for revisions. If your budget is a hard $400, you are going to burn through it instantly with their extra fees.

Try watching one episode a week of a heavy show like that. It gives you time to process the tension instead of letting it build up. I did that with Chernobyl and it made the experience way better.

My uncle's old workbench has these little dings and stains that tell its whole story. A factory finish just wipes all that away. The good kind of perfect shows the hours you put in, not how well you can hide them. That client probably has no idea what her dresser looked like before you started.