What to Binge?!
We watch a ton of TV. It used to be our job and we like it. Lots of people ask me what we are watching, so here it is. This is by no means a comprehensive list so if a show is not here and you think it should be, let me know. The red score is a simple algo of a bunch of reviews including Rotten Tomato and IMDB.

Currently Watching πŸ‘€

The Idol 6/4/2023
After a nervous breakdown derailed Jocelyn's last tour, she's determined to claim her rightful status as the greatest and sexiest pop star in America. Her passions are reignited by Tedros, a nightclub impresario with a sordid past. Will her romantic awakening take her to glorious... Read all
5.4

Notes Def NC-17 / Porn. We will see if we keep going.

Platonic 5/24/2023
Former childhood best friends reconnect as adults and try to get past the rift that led to their falling out.
7.7

Notes Mindless fun.

Silo 5/20/2023
Men and women live in a giant silo underground with several regulations which they believe are in place to protect them from the toxic and ruined world on the surface.
8.5

Notes I really like the premise.

Love & Death 4/27/2023
Two churchgoing couples enjoy small town family life in Texas - until somebody picks up an axe.
8.4

Notes Enjoying this a lot! They get the late seventies / early eighties spot on. Great soundtrack to boot.

Binge Now / Highly Recommend πŸ”₯

The Diplomat 4/20/2023
In the midst of an international crisis, Kate Wyler, a career diplomat, lands in a high-profile job for which she is not suited, with tectonic implications for her marriage and her political future.
8.2

Notes Loved this show.

The Last of Us 1/15/2023
After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity's last hope.
9.2

1923 12/18/2022
The Duttons face a new set of challenges in the early 20th century, including the rise of Western expansion, Prohibition and the Great Depression.
7.9

Notes Love all these Yellowstone shows.

The Peripheral 10/21/2022
Set in the future when technology has subtly altered society, a woman discovers a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own.
8.5

Notes This is like a modern video game come alive in a very good way.

Black Bird 7/8/2022
Jimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as eighteen women.
9.1

Notes Slammed thru this over the summer with friends. Highly recommend.

The Terminal List 7/1/2022
A former Navy SEAL officer investigates why his entire platoon was ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission.
8.7

Notes I loved this.

The Bear 6/23/2022
A young chef from the fine dining world returns to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop.
9

Notes Yes, chef. Binge this, chef. Thanks, chef.

The Old Man 6/16/2022
The Old Man: Created by Robert Levine, Jonathan E. Steinberg. With Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, E.J. Bonilla, Bill Heck. A former CIA officer who's living off the grid finds himself on the run from people who want to kill him.
7.9

Notes This starts off real strong and stays fairly good.

Super Pumped 2/27/2022
The roller-coaster ride of the upstart transportation company, embodying the highs and lows of Silicon Valley.
6.3

Notes I really enjoyed this especially the soundtrack.

Reacher 2/4/2022
Jack Reacher was arrested for murder and now the police need his help. Based on the books by Lee Child.
8.8

Notes Crushed this in Aspen over a few days. Loved.

1883 12/19/2021
Follows the Dutton family on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of uncolonised America.
8.4

Notes I may have liked this more than Yellowstone and that says a lot.

The White Lotus 11/20/2021
Set in a tropical resort, it follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.
6.8

Notes Loved Season 1. Just started season 2 and they do a remarkable job of exploring the tensions in relationships between characters.

Industry 11/9/2020
Young bankers and traders make their way in the financial world in the aftermath of the 2008 collapse.
5.6

Notes Billions meets Euphoria in London.

Ted Lasso 8/14/2020
American college football coach Ted Lasso heads to London to manage AFC Richmond, a struggling English Premier League football team.
8.3

Notes It's what we needed during covid.

The Mandalorian 11/12/2019
The travels of a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic.
9.1

Notes Best Star Wars content in a very long time.

For All Mankind 11/1/2019
In an alternative version of 1969, the Soviet Union beats the United States to the Moon, and the space race continues on for decades with still grander challenges and goals.
8.1

Notes Love, absolutely loved this show.

Yellowstone 6/20/2018
A ranching family in Montana faces off against others encroaching on their land.
8.5

Notes Beautiful scenery. Great soap opera.

Succession 6/3/2018
The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.
8.7

Notes 10/10 plus the opening is so damn good. Look forward to the next season which started shooting in June.

Marvel / Star Wars πŸ’™

Andor 9/21/2022
Prequel series to Star Wars' 'Rogue One'. In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a Rebel hero.
8.5

Notes Really enjoyed this show, started slow but I really enjoyed it. If you liked the movie Rogue One this is 100% for you. I will be watching Rogue One again very soon.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law 8/18/2022
Jennifer Walters navigates the complicated life of a single, 30-something attorney who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered Hulk.
4.5

Notes For kids. Elle loves it, so I do too.

Obi-Wan Kenobi 5/27/2022
Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi has to save young Leia after she is kidnapped, all the while being pursued by Imperial Inquisitors and his former Padawan, now known as Darth Vader.
6.7

Notes The last episode is so worth it or just skip and watch it.

Moon Knight 3/30/2022
Steven Grant discovers he's been granted the powers of an Egyptian moon god. But he soon finds out that these newfound powers can be both a blessing and a curse to his troubled life.
8.4

Notes Solid B+ for me.

The Book of Boba Fett 12/29/2021
Bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigate the underworld when they return to Tatooine to claim Jabba the Hutt's old turf.
6.5

Notes Last 2 episodes are so worth it.

Hawkeye 11/24/2021
Series based on the Marvel Comics superhero Hawkeye, centering on the adventures of Young Avenger, Kate Bishop, who took on the role after the original Avenger, Clint Barton.
8.5

Notes TBH, I do not remember.

Loki 6/9/2021
The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief in a new series that takes place after the events of β€œAvengers: Endgame.”
8.8

Notes Really liked this.

WandaVision 1/15/2021
Blends the style of classic sitcoms with the MCU, in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision - two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives - begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
8.6

Notes This was great TV.

Pass πŸ‘Ž

Echoes 8/19/2022
Leni and Gina are identical twins who have secretly swapped their lives since they were children, culminating in a double life as adults, but one of the sisters goes missing and everything in their perfectly schemed world turns into chaos.
4.7

Notes Lisa has bailed so let's see if I keep it up.

The Dropout 3/20/2022
TV series that chronicles Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' attempt to revolutionize the healthcare industry after dropping out of college and starting a technology company.
8

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty 3/6/2022
The professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports' most revered and dominant dynasties - a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.
8.4

Notes Not as good as I hoped.

Severance 2/18/2022
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
9.1

Notes I found this very tedious.

Only Murders in the Building 8/31/2021
Three strangers who share an obsession with true crime suddenly find themselves caught up in one.
8.9

Notes Not my thing, Lisa likes tho.

Russian Doll 2/1/2019
A cynical young woman in New York City keeps dying and returning to the party that's being thrown in her honor on that same evening. She tries to find a way out of this strange time loop.
7.9

Notes I like her, we'll see.

The Handmaid's Tale 4/26/2017
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
7.5

Notes 1st season was great, that's it.

Maybe it Got Better? 😬

The Boys 7/26/2019
A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.
8.7

Notes First season is a great season, the rest meh.

Ozark 7/21/2017
A financial advisor drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss.
8.8

Notes I liked the first two seasons but bored by the rest.

Westworld 10/2/2016
At the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, waits a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.
7.7

Notes First season was great. Look forward to see if this got back on track.

Stranger Things 7/16/2016
When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief and his friends must confront terrifying supernatural forces in order to get him back.
8.9

Notes Like the first season. Kids loved it. The 80s style nod is great but def more a kid show.

Watch List πŸ‘‡

Beef 4/6/2023
Two people let a road rage incident burrow into their minds and slowly consume their every thought and action.
8.5

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 9/1/2022
Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
5.1

Notes Did not love the movies so do not have high expectations.

The Patient 8/30/2022
A psychotherapist who recently lost his wife, finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request to curb his homicidal urges.
8

House of the Dragon 8/21/2022
House of the Dragon tells the story of an internal succession war within House Targaryen at the height of its power, 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen.
8.6

Notes Love an origin story.

Unbelievable 9/13/2019
A teenager is charged with lying about having been raped, but two detectives follow the path to the truth.
8.8

Barry 3/25/2018
A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.
8.8

Notes Lots of people recommend this.

Dark 12/1/2017
A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.
9.2

Notes Been here for a while.

The Fall 10/28/2016
A seemingly cold but very passionate policewoman goes head to head with a seemingly passionate father who is in fact a cold serial killer in this procedural out of Belfast. The only thing they share is their common complexity.
8.5

Victoria 8/28/2016
The early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of eighteen to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.
8.5

Rectify 4/22/2013
Daniel Holden must put his life back together after serving 19 years on Georgia's Death Row before DNA evidence calls his conviction into question.
9

Poker Face
Charlie has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can't help but investigate and solve.
8.1

I Know, I Know I Need to Watch 🫢

Chernobyl 5/6/2019
In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.
9.6

Notes Top reviews all around.

Narcos: Mexico 11/16/2018
The rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in Mexico.
8.4

Cobra Kai 5/2/2018
Decades after their 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament bout, a middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence find themselves martial-arts rivals again.
9

Notes The first two seasons were fine but then got boring. May watch with Elle.

The Expanse 12/14/2015
In the 24th century, a group of humans untangle a vast plot which threatens the Solar System's fragile state of detente.
9

Notes So many Sci-fi friends have recommended this to me.

Narcos 8/28/2015
A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.
9.2

Better Call Saul 2/8/2015
The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill before his fateful run-in with Walter White and Jesse Pinkman.
9.4

Notes I am behind a few seasons and can't seem to find the motivation to get back on the train here.

Peaky Blinders 9/12/2013
A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
9.2

Notes I really need to start watching this show.

Boardwalk Empire 9/19/2010
An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
9.2

Notes I know....

Hall of Fame πŸ†

Mindhunter 10/13/2017
Set in the late 1970s, two FBI agents are tasked with interviewing serial killers to solve open cases.
9.2

Notes Very very good.

Banshee 1/11/2013
An ex-con assumes the identity of a murdered sheriff in the small town of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he has some unfinished business.
8.9

Notes Wish there were more seasons.

Breaking Bad 1/20/2008
A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family's future.
9.6

Notes Might be the best TV show of all time.

Mad Men 7/19/2007
A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.
9.3

Dexter 10/1/2006
He's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them. Golden Globe winner Michael C. Hall stars in the hit SHOWTIME Original Series.
8.2

Notes Love that opening.

Lost 9/22/2004
The survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island.
8.8

Notes Our kids are all named after characters in Lost. Oh and also our dogs.

Entourage 7/18/2004
Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.
8.3

Notes 10/10 for me.

Deadwood 3/21/2004
A show set in the late 1800s, revolving around the characters of Deadwood, South Dakota; a town of deep corruption and crime.
9.3

Notes Fantastic western.

24 11/6/2001
Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.
8.6

Notes First few seasons were just epic.

Band of Brothers 9/9/2001
The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.
9.6

Notes May be the best TV series I have watched. Maybe because it debuted on 9/9/01.

The West Wing 9/22/1999
Inside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.
9.2

Notes Someday I will rewatch this.

The Sopranos 1/10/1999
New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.
9.5

The X-Files 9/10/1993
Two F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
8.5

Notes Why I love TV.

Twin Peaks 4/8/1990
Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.
8.7

Notes Loved this back in college.

Binge πŸ‘

Citadel 4/28/2023
Global spy agency Citadel has fallen, and its agents' memories were wiped clean. Now the powerful syndicate, Manticore, is rising in the void. Can the Citadel agents recollect their past and summon the strength to fight back?
6.2

Notes Exactly what you expect.

Wednesday 11/23/2022
Follows Wednesday Addams' years as a student, when she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents.
8.4

Notes I enjoyed and so did the family.

Partner Track 8/26/2022
Centers on Ingrid Yun, an idealistic young lawyer, struggles with her moral compass and her passions as she fights to climb the partner track at an elite New York City law firm.
5.9

Notes It's fine. I actually really like the overall style of the shoe ie fashion, furniture etc...

Vikings: Valhalla 2/25/2022
Follow-up series to 'Vikings' set 100 years afterward and centering on the adventures of Leif Erikson, Freydis, Harald Hardrada and the Norman King William the Conqueror.
6.2

Inventing Anna 2/11/2022
A journalist with a lot to prove investigates the case of Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary German heiress who stole the hearts of New York's social scene - and stole their money as well.
4.7

Notes Good Tiktok meme material for awhile.

WeCrashed 1/22/2022
Inspired by actual events β€” and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its value plummeted. What happened?
7.6

Notes Over the top but fun.

Dopesick 10/13/2021
The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.
9

Notes Scary show about opioids.

The Flight Attendant 11/26/2020
A reckless flight attendant with an alcoholism problem wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man - and no idea what happened. Unable to piece the night together, she begins to wonder if she could be the killer.
7

Notes Barely makes the ninge list.

The Queen's Gambit 10/23/2020
Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.
6.5

Notes Thoroughly enjoyed.

Tehran 9/25/2020
A Mossad agent embarks on her first mission as a computer hacker in her home town of Tehran.
7.9

Notes Not as good as Fauda but close.

Homeland 4/26/2020
A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.
8.5

Notes Almost as good as 24.

The Last Dance 4/19/2020
Charting the rise of the 1990's Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, one of the most notable dynasties in sports history.
9.4

Notes His airness.

The Spy 9/6/2019
Based on the life of Israeli spy Eli Cohen.
8.3

Notes πŸ“’ Intense

Euphoria 6/16/2019
A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.
8.6

Notes Closing thing to doing drugs without doing drugs.

Counterpart 2/17/2019
A hapless UN employee discovers that the agency he works for is hiding a gateway to a parallel dimension that's in a cold war with our own, and where his other self is a top spy. The war slowly heats up thanks to spies from both sides.
8.9

Luther 1/4/2019
DCI John Luther is a near-genius murder detective whose brilliant mind can't always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions.
8.7

Manifest 9/24/2018
A commercial airliner suddenly reappears after being missing for five years. As those aboard reintegrate into society, they experience guiding voices and visions of events yet to occur, and soon a deeper mystery unfolds.
7.1

Notes This would have been so much better if it were from HBO or Netflix.

Jack Ryan 8/31/2018
Up-and-coming CIA analyst Jack Ryan is thrust into a dangerous field assignment as he uncovers a pattern in terrorist communication that launches him into the center of a dangerous gambit.
7.5

Notes A fine TV Show.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 3/17/2017
After her husband leaves her, young mother of two Miriam "Midge" Maisel discovers that she has a talent for stand-up comedy. Could this be her calling?
8.5

Notes I need to get back on this train.

The Crown 11/4/2016
Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century.
9

Fleabag 7/21/2016
A comedy series adapted from the award-winning play about a young woman trying to cope with life in London whilst coming to terms with a recent tragedy.
9.2

Notes Very funny.

Billions 1/17/2016
New money means no mercy as Mike Prince takes the Axe Capital throne. Chuck Rhoades is convinced no one should have that much wealth - or power. As all the players seek out new alliances only one thing's for certain - wealth means war.
7.4

Notes Once Damian Lewis left just not as good.

The Last Kingdom 10/10/2015
As Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred--born a Saxon but raised by Vikings--seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.
9.1

Notes I am a sucker for Viking era shows.

Mr. Robot 6/24/2015
Elliot, a brilliant but highly unstable young cyber-security engineer and vigilante hacker, becomes a key figure in a complex game of global dominance when he and his shadowy allies try to take down the corrupt corporation he works for.
9.2

Notes Good hacker stuff in this for my inner geek.

Fauda 2/15/2015
The human stories on both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
8.8

Notes Episode 1 will get your heart rate going!

Silicon Valley 4/6/2014
Follows the struggle of Richard Hendricks, a Silicon Valley engineer trying to build his own company called Pied Piper.
9

Notes A bit too close to home but fun.

True Detective 1/12/2014
Seasonal anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
8

Notes We loved the first season.

Ray Donovan 6/30/2013
Ray Donovan, a professional "fixer" for the rich and famous in Los Angeles, can make anyone's problems disappear except those created by his own family.
8.4

Notes I remember binging this with a family friend who was staying with us over the summer and he might have been a bit too young...but we loved.

Vikings 3/3/2013
Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore - and raid - the distant shores across the ocean.
8.7

House of Cards 2/1/2013
A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.
8

Notes Got kinda bad at the end after Kevin Spacey got cancelled.

The Americans 1/30/2013
At the height of the Cold War, two Russian agents pose as the average American couple, complete with family.
9

Notes Top 5.

Black Mirror 12/4/2011
An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech multiverse where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.
8.5

Notes Modern day Twilight Zone.

Game of Thrones 4/17/2011
Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
8.8

Notes Not my favorite, too many characters and storylines to maintain.

The Walking Dead 10/31/2010
Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.
7.9

Notes I really enjoyed watching this show.

Downton Abbey 9/26/2010
A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.
9.2

Notes Epic royal soap opera.

Justified 3/16/2010
U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural coal mining towns of eastern Kentucky.
9.2

Notes Really liked this.

Friday Night Lights 10/3/2006
A drama that follows the lives of the Dillon Panthers, one of the nation's best high school football teams, and their head coach Eric Taylor.
9.2

Notes Clear eyes, full heart. I want this life.

Weeds 8/8/2005
When a suburban mother turns to dealing marijuana in order to maintain her privileged lifestyle after her husband dies, she finds out just how addicted her entire neighborhood already is.
7.8

Notes We watched this before and after Katie was born. Lisa was just getting POPSUGAR going.

The Wire 6/2/2002
The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.
9.6

Notes I loved the first season and the 2nd was boring and never got back into it. Many people love,love this show.

Curb Your Enthusiasm 10/15/2000
The life and times of Larry David and the predicaments he gets himself into with his friends and complete strangers.
9.1

Notes Love him.

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