Best shows to binge watch.
Over the long winter months, sometimes it’s nice to just curl up with a warm cup of something and let yourself fade into a good plot. When it’s cold outside it’s up to other people to do the things and see the stuff right? But then you have to find what to watch, and this is the hard part. Even if you do find something good it’s often week to week and that’s not very good for hours upon hours of endless watching, (maybe a snack break here and there!).
Here are my favourite shows, all with one finished season and often way more. I have split them into genre groups and will tell you if they are on Netflix.
1. Bojack Horseman. (Five seasons and a sixth in the making, a Netflix original.)
What it’s about: After starring in a beloved 80′s sitcom, washed up actor Bojack Horseman is still trying to get famous. The show is animated and set in this world, but has talking animals as well as humans. It deals with depression, addiction and many other subjects most comedy’s don’t do (or at least as well as this one does!) The first season leads up to and sets the stage for the greater other seasons. S1 is figuring out where it wants to take the story but every S after that is truly fantastic. I love season one all the more for it’s crazyness.
2. Big mouth. (2 seasons plus a valentines special and third season in the making, Netflix original)
What it’s about: The creators of the show voice younger versions of themselves but in the modern day. All the possible feelings that could be felt during puberty have there own semi imaginary beings. Like the ‘hormone monsters’ that plague the protagonists with all those puberty feelings. It’s animated and has some crazy moments but it is truly a master piece. Any adult out of the wonderful and sometimes terrible days of early teen hood will be able to relate and look back with a laugh, but it’s also great if a little too relevant and real for those of you going through this stuff. The very fact it’s a show is a testament to the fact that no one is alone in this awkward and amazing time.
3. F is for Family (3 seasons 4th in the making, Netflix original)
What it’s about: Set in the 1970′s, the show sees an ex army soldier trying to earn a living and raise his family right while dealing with change. It’s a nostalgic look at the ‘good old days’ and wonderfully funny.
1. You’re the worst (as of writing this in the march of 2019, they are airing their spectacular fifth and final season.)
What it’s about: The show centres around Jimmy and Gretchen, two self destructive people who come to together in a casual relationship which eventually leads to love. They have to work out some kinks along the way with the help of their friends Edgar and Lindsay who are just as messed up, but all in all this simple cast of 4 central characters plus some others on the sidelines to at to the hilarity shows us how a good comedy is made.
2. Cuckoo. (a bbc 3 comedy with 5 seasons expecting a sixth.)
What it’s about: Cuckoo centres around a English family who’s daughter marries an american hippy new ager who then moves in with them. Hilarity ensues and if you can stick with it through the first season you will see a great plot develop.
3. The Royals. (4 seasons cancelled now.)
What it’s about: Centres around a fictional British royal family. It’s funny but very silly, not for everyone.
4. Black-ish (5 seasons expecting more?)
What it’s about: In a mostly white neighborhood, a father tries to raise his kids with the african american culture while he faces skeptacism from everyone. It’s kinda hard to explain but it’s damn funny and quite powerful too, to see the struggles of the father as he tries to raise his kids to be good people and remember their culture is really heart warming.
5. The big bang theory. (ending at 12 seasons.)
What it’s about: Two nerdy guys move across from a beautiful woman and befriend her. It’s a funny and hugely popular show. It’s got a great script and gentle well written plot. You probably have that one friend whom you can relate to the characters, I know I do.
6. Fresh off the boat. (5 seasons and maybe more coming?)
What it’s about: Loosely based on the biography of Eddy Huang, the show centres around the Asian Huang family and there life in the 90′s, especially Eddy and his adventures and friendships.
7. The Good place. (3 seasons and possibly more?)
What it’s about: A woman dies and goes to the good place, or heaven. Only thing is, she isn’t actually meant to be there. Kristen Bell (think Anna from frozen and Veronica mars) does a wonderful job as do the rest of the cast. You’ll be laughing and hoping for the characters and it has some great messages about morals if you look beneath the surface.
8. Jane the Virgin. (4 seasons the 5th to be shown soon.)
What it’s about: A chaste latina woman (jane) get’s accidentally artificially inseminated when she goes for a check up, turns out it’s her bosses baby. Things get complicated and very funny. It can be hysterical in places but overall a great watch. Gina Rodriguez is amazing as Jane.
Those are the best hidden gems for binge watching modern comedy, below are some classics.
Classic comedy’s you’ve probably heard of. (and if you haven’t make sure that rock you’ve been living under doesn’t squash you! lol)
1. Friends. 10 seasons, on Netflix, and for obvious reasons it is on this list.
2. How I met your mother. 9 season and is just a wonderful show to binge.
3. Modern Family (not that old but already on the classics list.)
4. The Middle. (ended at nine season in 2018, possible spinoff being discussed.)
