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THE 8 SHOW - SEASON ONE

Viewers are likely to recognise The 8 Show as a blatant attempt to piggyback on the achievement of the most successful Netflix show of all time, but so long as they are being entertained they may give it more time. The 8 Show might be as dark as Squid Game, but it’s definitely more deliberate and urgent, without creating rushed storytelling, and when this is combined with the suspenseful and dreadful actions, the storytelling will grab you and compel you to watch.

1899 - SEASON ONE

Cool production design and unusual worldbuilding can go a long way, but it’s hard to get fully invested when you don’t really care about the characters.

PARASYTE: THE GREY - SEASON ONE


An escape from reality. Director Yeon Sang-ho serves up this gory, cool-creature design and fight scenes that will have you simultaneously wincing and cheering.

BODIES - SEASON ONE

It’s not a cryptic puzzle-box -- the narrative wants to reveal itself. Bodies is both taut and great fun, an act of imagination akin to Christopher Nolan making a fast-paced adventure serial where the heroes team up across time.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE: A BRIDGERTON STORY - SEASON ONE

The Shonda Rhimes-written spinoff retains much of the charm of its predecessors. Combining characters from the original series with a new cast, Queen Charlotte delivers a sensual, intelligent, and intriguing new side to the franchise. The only catch though, is given the title it’d be fair to expect Queen Charlotte to focus more on…Queen Charlotte.

BEEF - SEASON ONE

It's a horrifying portrait of two people locked in a depressive spiral of mutually assured destruction. It's one of the best explorations of obsession I’ve ever seen, especially because it’s such a strange and humorous fixation between two strangers.

OBSESSION - SEASON ONE

Terrible. Works itself into knots trying to be interesting. While watching Armitage making love to a pillow is a sight that needs to be seen to be believed, this spectacle isn’t worth the pain of sitting through this mini-series for. It's positively anti-climactic in every sense.

THE MIDNIGHT CLUB - SEASON ONE

Absolutely loved! For those who are looking for horror with heart, and a Halloween season viewing with more on its mind than blood and gore, it’s well worth a watch. While not frightening per se, “The Midnight Club” taps into the horrors that life presents us and the demons we chase inside, and outside.

CRASHING - SEASON ONE

Such a shame it only had one series, but so good that we got that at all. I have such fondness for this show, and I really do urge you to give it a go. Crashing is a more immediately goofy show as it follows a group of twentysomethings living in a decommissioned hospital, but it showcases a heartfelt vulnerability as the characters fitfully learn to grow into themselves.

ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL - SEASON ONE

Anatomy of a Scandal overcomes its flaws well enough to lay the groundwork for self-contained thrillers. The courtroom scenes are quite captivating as the audience get to be the jury hearing the voices and opinions and interpreting them accordingly.