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Weekend Mantra: 5 Netflix shows to binge on this weekend

If you guys and girls haven’t already started watching these series then be ready to grab some popcorn and get…

Weekend Mantra: 5 Netflix shows to binge on this weekend

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If you guys and girls haven’t already started watching these series then be ready to grab some popcorn and get your playlists updated ASAP. These are the five series you should consider bringing on this weekend to enjoy a good flavor of every binge-worthy show:

 

The Defenders

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This Netflix series is a superhero team that combines the Marvel heroes Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. The season shows the odd bunch of superheroes gain strength and finally teamwork through their unconventional meetings and episodes throughout the series. The show does a good job advancing through as every individual character get entire episode arcs for themselves and every fight scene during the show gets the viewer pumped up. The show’s witty and sarcastic remarks throughout the show set the mood to watch on further. This surely is a good take involving a few heroes of the Marvel universe.

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Lemony Snicket’s: A Series of Unfortunate Events

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This Netflix series is an American black comedy that is sure to tickle your funny bone and your head scratching through the hidden yet obvious humor in all the episodes. The series is a Netflix original based on the children’s novel series ‘Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events’ and is developed by Mark Hudis and Barry Sonnenfeld.

A Series of Unfortunate Events stars Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Malina Weisman, Louis Hynes, K. Todd Freeman and Presley Smith.

The story starts when a mysterious fire kills the parents of Malina, Louis, and Presley who play the roles of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. The story continues as the Baudelaire children are placed into the care of their distant relative Count Olaf, who is an actor that is utterly determined claim the family fortune for him.

Every binge watcher will find themselves laughing their hearts out after seeing the rush of plans that Count Olaf brings to the table only to find it toyed with hilariously till the end of the episode. The series may be for unfortunate events but that doesn’t stop it from bringing out the best of black comedy in the episode and has many hilarious hits through the series.

The series has one completed season and the second in the making. A Series of Unfortunate Events was renewed for the second season and will be streaming episodes starting March 2018.

 

Narcos

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The Netflix series based on the life of the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. The movie follows his life, meet-ups and his road to be known as the king of the drug trade. The chronicled look at the life and criminal exploits of Escobar and all the other kingpins in the drug trade are sure to make for the best binge on weekends. All seasons are filled with action and actor antics that showcase brilliant acting throughout this amazing American crime drama series. The series is produced by Chris Brancato and is a Netflix original series that has around 3 seasons for you to binge upon. Also, Narcos will be getting a 4th and 5th season soon that focuses on different scenarios that the previous three seasons.

 

Master of None

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Aziz Ansari’s Master of None is a post-racial dating and relationship sitcom about the great millennials. This sitcom unlike others in its genre manages to capture the anxieties and trouble of being in the different mode of a relationship and bringing in the sarcastic modesty of texting and social media meanwhile being an Indian in a foreign country. It’s a good series about genuinely good people and the chemistry between Ansari’s character and his love interest. It is not a comedy that will make your tummy hurt but it’s a funny sitcom that is sure to give you the case of the laughs with a probable roadmap to today’s generation of dating.

 

Stranger Things

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This American science fiction horror web series was created, written and co-executively produced by The Duffer Brothers. Set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana the season starts from the investigation of a young boy that has disappeared while the town is being plagued by supernatural events. The story focuses mainly on the onslaught of fear and the secretly conducted experiments that are being done in the town over the paranormal and supernatural featuring human subjects. The town goes haywire when the portal created by these experiments opens up into an alternate dimension and things start to get awry when it starts affecting the residing citizens within the city. The series is a classic take on the old horror movies that are set in the 1980’s, the show also has brilliant child actor who takes their part amazingly well and gets out the best in their characters.

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