Let’s be honest: there’s nothing worse than hitting “Play next episode” on Netflix knowing it is the last one of the season. How are avid Netflix-watchers like ourselves supposed to wait for new seasons to debut? Rejoice— your patience is finally paying off, as all your favorite shows are finally returning to Netflix for another season:
1. Stranger Things
If you’re as obsessed with sci-fi TV shows as I am, you’ve probably been extremely anxious waiting for the second season of Stranger Things. Thankfully, the wait is finally almost over, and this season looks even more epic than the last. Coming back Oct. 27, just in time for Halloween, the highly anticipated show is going to make you fall in love with Dustin, Mike, Lucas and Will all over again. Not only will there be another addition to the already amazing cast, but it appears that Eleven will also be making her comeback, according to the teaser trailer Netflix released earlier this month. Max (Sadie Sink) will befriend the rest of the Hawkins gang to become the newest member of the crew as they continue to help Will cope with his return from the Upside Down. The trailer implies that an unprecedented obstacle is heading to Hawkins with vengeance, and the five will be the only ones who can stop it. Will they succeed, or will they repeat Will’s fate from last season? I don’t know about you—but I know I will be tuning in on Oct. 27 to find out.
2. Riverdale
The amount of unanswered questions from last season have left me going through the show over and over again in my head— I’m still trying to wrap my head around what had happened. The second season will debut on Oct. 11 on the CW, and it will be on Netflix the day after. Are Archie and his father okay after the dramatic shooting in season one’s finale? I guess we’ll just have to wait and find out. Crime still plagues the small town of Riverdale after the Jason Blossom mystery, though. Archie and the gang must get to the bottom of other mysteries before something worse happens, especially since the arrival of Veronica’s bad-boy ex, Graham Phillips, will only thicken the plot. Revenge seems to be a major theme of the new season: season two’s trailer shows that Archie is extremely determined to bring his father’s shooter to justice. Be prepared, because the small, quaint town of Riverdale is about to get chaotic.
3. 13 Reasons Why
Are we really getting a new season to one of the most nail-biting, heartstring-pulling drama of last year?13 Reasons Why is coming back to Netflix in 2018, and this one looks even more dramatic than the last. Hannah’s story is far from over, and she will explain that in more detail this upcoming season. You won’t hear “Welcome to your tape” in this new season, though: Jay Asher, the author of the book that inspired the series, only wrote one novel, so the material of the new season will be completely original. Hopefully this new season will clarify all the unanswered question of the many cliff-hangers from the last episode. Will Bryce get arrested? Will Alex surrender to suicide? How is Clay coping with the immense amount of liability brought upon him? I will definitely be tuning in on release day— it will be on the top of my list as I try to make sense of how Hannah’s story will continue.
I don’t know about you, but I will be spending the next couple of months anxiously waiting on my laptop for these new seasons. These three shows are all back again, and they couldn’t have come at a better time. Be ready to have your obsession start up all over again—you’ll realize that it never actually left!