Since the end of winter quarter, I have been at home and enjoying much of my rare me-time. As finals season came to an end, I could finally pull out my long list of TV shows and movies to binge watch. As we all find ourselves stuck at home with an abundance of free time on our hands, it’s the perfect time to have a Netflix marathon. Here are some of the things I’ve been watching lately.
1. YOU
This show has been such a hit since 2018 and it really is a good watch. It was adapted from a thriller novel published by Caroline Kepnes. It pictures how people can go nuts in unhealthy relationships. When the charming and manipulative bookstore owner Joe meets aspiring female writer, Beck, he determines he would do anything for love. He collects all of her private information, stalks her, and quickly turns an innocent crush into pathological infatuation. It is streaming on Netflix with two complete seasons. With ten episodes per season, each around an hour long, it doesn’t take too long to finish.
2. Good Girls
This is a typical family comedy, incorporating in rich elements of crime and drama. The show has been highly acclaimed since NBC launched its first season in 2018. Good Girls is about three married suburban women who are assumed to be good girls in society. Christina Hendricks, who plays Beth, understands that her life has suffered a lot — her husband Dean is having an affair. Frustrated by her life, she quits being a perfect figure and runs to rob a supermarket with her friend Ruby and sister Annie. Although she is full of guilt and fear after the robbery, she finds her new, powerful side. The three tough women are able to escape their family troubles by deciding to fight for themselves and jump out of their comfort zones. You will pump your fist for their recklessness, laugh at their stupid decisions, and cry because of their losses.
3. Love Is Blind
When there is no romantic soap opera to watch, I turn to this reality show about marriage and love. This Netflix original show asserts that it only takes forty days for couples to get married. It is an experiment that love can be blind. Single males and females are gathered together to have one-to-one conversations without seeing each other’s faces. The program begins with the realistic background of this marriage experiment. Dating and making friends are based on the judgment of appearance. Most people in the market are just looking for partners who can meet certain beauty standards. However, in real love, especially in marriage, the ultimate goal is to find someone who has matched values. The show is indeed stimulating and the question remains compelling: is love really blind?
4. Dating Around
Unlike Love Is Blind, this reality show really focuses on the beginning stages of a relationship. Netflix launched its first original dating show to show the real world of dating from a sincere and fascinating perspective. Every episode, there is a single protagonist going on dates with five different partners. They will decide who they want to go on a second date with at the end of all blind dates. It invites both heterosexual and homosexual participants, youth and elders, so it’s more inclusive than other dating shows. My personal favorite aspect of the show is all of the cheesy pick up lines they use.
Inspired by true stories, the main character, Pablo, used to be a smuggler. He joined the drug business by chance but was so ambitious that he became a big trafficker with great wealth. He gathered several magnates and established the famous Medellin group. Murphy is a detective sent to Colombia by the U.S. drug enforcement agency. He cooperates with his partner Panna who is mainly responsible for the case of Pablo. Pablo later became a member of Parliament, even determined to run for president. In the first season, the actor’s acting skills are superior and the flow of the plot is compact. This realistic criticisms and portrayal of events are compelling reasons to give it a watch.