That crisp chill in the air means two things: You can finally cover up your arms for winter and your seasonal affective disorder is rearing its ugly head. So, grab your blankie, wine and slippers and sink into your couch for some much-needed Netflix binge marathons.
Netflix is killing the series game these days. Everyone here is likely caught up on “Making a Murderer Part 2,” “Queer Eye,” “The Haunting of Hill House” and other Netflix blockbusters.
Here are some Netflix binge worthy series you may have mistakenly skipped over.
“Friends From College”
You know that comfortable feeling when you reunite with a friend from your childhood and you just pick up where you left off, even if that was in sixth grade? That’s what this is, but with six, 30-something Harvard grads who are nailing the adulting thing, but somehow manage to regress into teenagers when they are together. The storylines include incorporating spouses and partners into an exclusive friend group, navigating fertility struggles, facing a career crisis, and ending up back on someone’s couch in your 40s. Throw in some cheating drama, unrequited love and a loooooot of hilarious one-liners and slapstick comedy, and you’ll be telling everyone in your mom group to tune in. Oh, did I mention the ensemble cast of Fred Savage, Billy Eichner, Cobie Smulders and Keegan-Michael Key, to name a few? If you keep a straight face during Lisa’s exit from her business trip then we are not friends.
“Dancing Queen”
This reality series is like “Dance Moms,” minus the overbearing tax fraud lady plus one fierce drag queen. There
“Lovesick”
This British series–originally called “Scrotal Recall”–is about Dylan, who has recently contracted chlamydia and has to contact all of his past lovers to let them know they may have been implicated. Each episode is a deep dive into his past hookups and relationships, told by himself and his two best friends, Evie and Luke. It’s like watching a very long romantic comedy, broken up into several episodes and three seasons. It’ll have you laughing and crying and grinning ear to ear and having butterflies all at once.
“Grace & Frankie”
I was told over and over by a good friend to watch this show, and when I finally started last winter, I. Was. Hooked. Grace and Frankie are two older gals that are forced into a friendship because their husbands are law partners. But, when their husbands sit them down to tell them they’ve actually been in love with each other for the last three decades, Grace and Frankie have no choice but to bunk up together at Frankie’s beach house. Frankie is an eccentric, caftan-wearing free spirit and Grace is an uptight, former trophy wife hanging onto her good looks. The writing is uh-ma-zing and tell me you can’t get into this show when you see Lily Tomlin dancing on a beach, waving dildos in the air.
“I’m Sorry”
This isn’t just a funny look at parenting and being an irreverent mom–it’s next level. Andrea Savage and Tom Everett Scott are couples goals in this show, which will have you cry-laughing and cringing at the awkwardness all at once. You’ll see what I mean when the couple’s preschool age daughter interrupts a work dinner party dressed in blackface. This show couldn’t hold my attention (as most do) during the first episode, but by the second, I was hooked. It takes a real look at how parents are unnaturally supposed to shift the way they look at the world. This is particularly true when Andrea shows her daughter “The Sound of Music” and the little one’s takeaway is wanting to know what Nazis are. Not wanting to lie to or scare her daughter, Andrea gives a sugar coated explanation to her, but ends up making Nazis sound not terrible.
Honorable mentions:
“The Crown”
“The Staircase”
“13 Reasons Why”
“Call The Midwife”
So, if you need me this winter, I’ll be unshowered with bloodshot eyes trying to sneak in “just one more” episode on my couch. K, bye.
