Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

lol yeah it helps that most UK dramas are like 6 episodes.

Notable exception is early West Wing, where Sorkin did pretty much write the entire first few seasons solo before completely burning out.

I was going to mention him but got distracted trying to recall whether "burning out" = got caught with mushrooms at the airport, or if I conflated the two

Probably both. And/or cocaine.

Even Sorkin had people coming up with story ideas, but he did write all the dialogue solo

Is anyone else as curious about writers as I am?

has literally never occurred to me to think about

The Chair is great and hilarious - Sandra Oh is fantastic as usual, but I really, really loved Holland Taylor in this. Also Jay Duplass as a ridiculously charming and crushable disaster <3

slightly amused that netflix paid the producers of Game of Thrones a fuckton of money to get this small-scale, six-episode satire about beleaguered English professors.

lol now seeing that discussion of The Chair is once again on that other TV thread I'm not on

Second season of Into The Night is out next week.

Can remember hardly anything about the first season other than the basic premise and that it was pretty decent.

Latest season of Money Heist has turned everything up to 11 and it was completely bonkers already

yes! is there a handy recap at the start?

No but if you look under the Trailers & More section there's short 3 minute recaps for each season so far

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Finally saw Never Have I Ever. Love seeing my own childhood experience represented in media but I feel like these shows often hit the same notes, the same jokes. This show was very refreshing as it wove most of the experience into a fast-moving, often laugh-out-loud funny, broader scoped show. Lot of details rang true for a show that often veers from reality

Agree that S2 was not as good, Devi was getting quite unlikable and the plot was rehashing the same character interactions. But with a great supporting cast, there was still a lot to enjoy. I'll happily watch another season

I watched the first episode of the Voltron reboot, my god what an aggravating experience.

Money Heist S5: I signed up for high stakes but essentially lighthearted robin hood capers, not a war movie :(

Mobile Suit Gundam movies (stitched together episodes of the anime, but v watchable for that) are on netflix and I'm amazed that so much of what I had thought were Evangelion subversions of the mecha genre - traumatized, instrumentalised teen protagonist, a fundamentally amoral power structure behind the "good guys", kinky shit - was already in there.

SQUID GAME. Watch Squid Game. Totally binged this in 2 days. Best thing on Netflix in ages.

Has anyone else watched "Murder Among the Mormons" yet? It's absolutely riveting true crime stuff, really well made, with a fascinating story at its center.

yeah it’s really good! - that whole story is so wild

Squid Game set to pass Bridgerton and become the most popular Netflix show ever which is kind of insane.

Love it. It’s brutal, gory, heartbreaking, hilarious and sweet all at once, packed with great characters, and highly bingeable - what’s not to like?

Oh I agree and think it's great. Just if someone asked me what I thought Netflix's most popular show ever is a foreign language emotional Hunger Games/Battle Royal mash up would not have been top of my list.

That being said, if you'd told me a foreign language show would do that my first guess would've been South Korea no doubt.

that sounds fun. This new Mike Flanagan slow paced vampire plague horror series, Midnight Mass is watchable nonsense.

Yeah, it was fine - weaker than the others.

Episode one of "Maid" was really strong.

Last year's Alice in Borderland trending on Netflix which I assume is a direct result of Squid Game's popularity

i feel like the is a lot to talk about regarding Squid Game. Going to finish it tonight and might start a thread.

Adding to the crowd that Squid Game was great. Not just an interesting premise, but good characters, dramatic, thoughtfully plotted

I thought Midnight Mass was exceptional, and better than the two Haunting series.

Lol just came here to post literally the same sentiment. Just finished episode 5 and unless this goes real dumb it’s by far the best show he’s done

Midnight Mass is very good at kickstarting my obsession for obscure bible references...for 2 days

Would you recommend it to someone who hates horror (particularly jumpscares)?

yes most def.

Yes

it's not in a hurry and pleasingly ambles along for a few hours before even turning into a horror series, which was mainly what I liked about it.

At the beginning of the final episode there's some knocking which is timed exactly the same way as the intro to Raining Blood.

Also there's one them that crops up a lot in the series which is obviously stolen from godspeed you black emperor.

There's a King book on a shelf in the first episode which is a nice touch.

3 episodes into Midnight Mass and enjoying it a lot. Not seen Bly Manor but I found the Haunting of Hill House overwrought (and waaaay overlong); this is well structured so far and actually quite scary in places.

4 episodes in. This had more of the endless talking/crying that Flanagan uses to fill some screen time but the hits were proper hits (how many cups of tears has Kate Siegel shed for Flanagan by now?). This is right in the sweet spot between Needful Things and Salem's Lot.

Just heard about "Teenaged Bounty Hunters," which I guess was cancelled after just one season but was apparently actually really good? I watched the trailer and it looked like a movie, so maybe just one season made sense.

Teenage Bounty Hunters was excellent. Shoulda had another season or two. Although the name of the show is accurate (the leads are teenagers and they do become bounty hunters), it makes the show sound more glib than it actually is. It does have a good sense of humor and fun about the proceedings but the show gives the characters a surprising amount of depth. Anyway give it a try.

Midnight Mass so far seems good but the Buffy fan in me finds it fucking annoying that the main character is calling Riley Flynn

Ghosts are better than vampires, sorry. There’s a Salem’s lot adaptation called Chapelwaite on somewhere (it has Stevie from Schitt’s Creek in it! But also Adrien Brody.)

It's an angel not a vampire. Tchuh.

A few days removed from Midnight Mass and I liked it well enough but I'm edging closer towards a 'bit silly'. For once, I wish they'd done more with the monster, not less. Terrible table manners. Is it worth a thread?

I started posting about Midnight Mass some time back on the Hill House thread, not much traction.

it IS super silly imo, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it - I've come to accept that overwrought monologues is Flanagan's THING, which makes for an easier watch. also the writing in this one was noticeably better than either of the two Hauntings (or maybe the actors are better? It's his best cast for sure - love Hamish Linklater and Rahul Kohli).

Beverly is clearly the true monster of the show.

So far, it's the best Stephen King novel I've ever read watched. It's definitely kept me on my toes (I confidently stated that there's no way that something like the end of episode four would happen, roughly five minutes before the end of episode four happened).

Only tell me if the ending is any good. The Hill House show is one of the best horrors I've ever seen but the back half stripped a lot of its luster.

Well if he does manage to stick the landing then I'm afraid his King impersonation will need some refining.