What to Watch on Netflix

Netflix’s current business model seems to be to throw enormous amounts of money at anything and everything and see what sticks. A lot of their original series are outstanding, but most of their movies fall short. Today we’ll be talking about what exactly a Netflix original is, and what we think YOU should be watching.

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3:00 – What We’re Watching: Turn Up Charlie, The OA, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Dirt, Triple Frontier, AP Bio, The Gifted, After Life.

Stinger Topic of the Week: What to Watch on Netflix

20:28 – In this episode, Shannon and Fadra talk a bit about the history of Netflix, what makes a “Netflix Original,” and the Netflix original series that YOU should be watching. Recommendations include:

• Stranger Things
• Ozark
• Black Mirror
• The OA
• After Life
• Russian Doll
• Daredevil / Jessica Jones
• Making a Murderer
• The Keepers
• Lost in Space
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (the first couple seasons anyway)
• Umbrella Academy
• Dark
• Alias Grace
• You

Note: We both forgot to mention The Haunting of Hill House, which makes both our lists!

Also mentioned in this episode:

• Who Does What on a TV and Movie Set
• Why Are So Many Netflix Movies So Bad (ScreenCrush.com)

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