3 underrated Netflix shows you should watch this weekend (May 23-25)
These Netflix shows are all wildly different, but each of them is worth your time. Check out our underrated recommendations.
Netflix is, by design, trying to overwhelm you with the sheer volume of stuff that you can watch. If youâre actually trying to watch something, that can make things difficult. Itâs tough to tell the good from the bad or trust the streamerâs algorithm.
Weâve pulled together three wildly different shows that are all available to watch on Netflix. Whether youâre looking for comedy or drama or something a little bit hard to explain, weâve got you covered with these great shows you can stream now.
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Everybodyâs Live with John Mulaney is one of the oddest experiments that Netflix has produced to date. Itâs also one of its best. The lateânight talk show is stranger and more interesting than any youâve likely seen. John Mulaney brings in a stable of guests, and they talk about a specific topic that may or may not be of interest to the celebrities on the panel.
They also bring in live callers who have stories related to the topic, and thereâs a snack robot that brings people things to eat. Oh, and Richard Kind is there to be delightful. Everybodyâs Live with John Mulaney is zany and unpredictable, but those are both core elements of its appeal.
You can watch Everybodyâs Live with John Mulaney on Netflix.
A brilliant twist on the modern-day cop show, Dark Winds follows officers of the Navajo Tribal Police as they investigate crimes on the reservation in the 1970s. As they uncover buried truths about their community and the darkness that festers within it, they have to examine their own lives and the secrets that theyâve tried to bury.
Dark Winds is a perfect combination of a conventional criminal procedural with something more specific and slightly stranger. Anchored by a brilliant lead performance from Zahn McClarnon, itâs a show that deserves more eyeballs.
You can watch Dark Winds on Netflix.
Loosely adapted from an Edgar Allan Poe short story, The Fall of the House of Usher is the most recent and most underrated of Mike Flanaganâs Netflix miniseries. The show is told largely via flashback and follows a wealthy family whose money was made in the pharmaceutical business as members of their family start dying.
As we learn more about the devilâs bargain that led to the wealth, we come to appreciate exactly whatâs going on in this family and why every member seems to be dying in horrific fashion. Featuring plenty of solid scares and a cast filled with Flanagan regulars, The Fall of the House of Usher deserves a second glance.
You can watch The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix.