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Riverdale
“Riverdale” is a drama that takes place in a small town just in the middle of a murder investigation that has the entire town involved. Who is a victim? Who is a suspect? The new girl, Veronica, teams up with her friends, Archie, Betty, and Jughead to find out who is behind the murder of a senior at their high school.
“Riverdale” made it to number nine on msn.com’s list of “Twenty-Eight Most Binge-Worthy Shows on Netflix Right Now.” The show features Suite Life of Zack and Cody’s Cole Sprouse, and a few fresh faces to the acting world. There is one season currently on Netflix, but the second season will start on October 11th on the CW.
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The Good Place
“She only looked out for No. 1 in life. Now that she’s dead, she’s going to have to do a lot better,” Netflix describes the show. Eleanor Shellstrop, played by Kristen Bell, is a recently deceased young woman that is sent to “The Good Place” by Michael, the ark angel. However, she was sent there by mistake, and must hide that she did not live such a righteous life.
“The Good Place” received a 7.8 out of ten rating on IMDb. The first season is thirteen episodes, and it is on Netflix. The second season started on Sept. 20th of this year on NBC.
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Stranger Things
“Stranger Things” is a Netflix original that started in the fall of 2016, and immediately became very popular at the time of its release. The science fiction show takes place in 1980’s Indiana where a young boy just disappeared. However, a telekinetic girl appears along with a lot of supernatural activity.
The show received a ninety-five percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The second season will premiere on the twenty-seventh of this October on Netflix.
4. Orange is the New Black
“Orange is the New Black” has been a fan favorite since it first aired in 2013. The show is about a woman in her mid-30’s, Piper Chapman, whose life is turned upside down when her past catches up to her. She is sentenced to a women’s prison in Connecticut for being associated with a drug runner ten years prior.
The show has been around for five seasons and was rated four out of five by Common Sense Media.
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Grace and Frankie
“It’s hilarious!” Sophomore Blake Lea said. “Grace and Frankie” is about two women whose husbands left them to marry each other in their seventies. After the ordeal, they become reluctant roommates in their jointly owned beach house as they figure out where to go from there in their wacky misadventures of elderly troubles.”
The Netflix original has three seasons, and has an 8.2 rating on IMDb.
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Archer
“Archer” is an animated comedy and has seven seasons on Netflix. The show received a ninety-six percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Senior, Tom Burcham, says that the show is a “sitcom about an investigative agency that follows the life of an alcoholic, immature, athletic letdown who counts on his luck and skill to survive various criminal raids and investigations.”
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BoJack Horseman
“He’s a half-horse, half-man, has-been TV star who drinks a bit too much. He’s really got a lot going on right now,” Netflix describes.
“I’ve been watching it for four seasons and still don’t have the slightest clue as to what the producers are on. But I like it,” Junior, Nick Weirath, said.
“BoJack Horseman” is an animated comedy that follows through the life of a used-to-be-famous man with the head of a horse. The show received an 8.4 out of ten rating on IMDb. All four seasons can be found on Netflix.
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The Office
“The Office is about the crazy antics that happen at a paper mill named Dunder Mifflin,” Senior Kiera Williams said. “It’s full of comedy and office romances. Definitely, easy to binge. I’ve watched all of the seasons three times.”
“The Office” has a nine out of ten rating on TV.com and has all nine seasons on Netflix.
