It may come to no surprise that I have an eclectic taste in all entertainment categories: music, movies, but most especially, my TV shows! Find yourself in a weird funk? Need some time to just not think about your own problems and want to watch someone else’s life be filled with drama? Well, don’t you fret, I have the top five TV shows that will help you “tune in, turn off, drop out, drop in, switch off, switch on, and explode.” (lyrics from: Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite).
1. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Fun, spooky, spell-binding, and sexy! This newly adapted version of Sabrina has gotten me under a spell. Amazing style of clothing, hilarious jokes, intense drama, but most importantly: hot guys – like REALLY hot guys! lol Here is a small summary of the first episode if you are interested: Sabrina Spellman is about to turn 16—on Halloween no less. She spends her days hanging with her boyfriend Harvey, and best friends Roz and Susie. However, on her 16th birthday she must fully embrace her witch half through a dark baptism, where she will pledge loyalty to the Dark Lord Satan. But Sabrina is torn, as she must choose between her friends and her family. Sabrina spends the days leading up to her birthday finding answers to her questions about the ritual. Meanwhile, Sabrina’s mortal teacher Mary Wardwell is killed and then possessed by Madam Satan, who seeks to bring Sabrina over to the Dark Lord’s side. Sabrina must also deal with three sister witches known as the Weird Sisters, who look down on her for being a “half-breed”. The clever story plot where Mormons are the villains to the clever writing where witches say the opposite “christian” sayings (for example: “what the heaven?,” “Oh, for Satan’s sake,” etc.). This show will keep you entertained!
Here is a trailer for all three seasons 🙂 You are welcome.
2. The Terror
The Terror is an anthology series that combines fictional historical facts with mysterious and horror fiction. Not only does it keep you on the edge of your seat, but it helps you wonder and ponder for days about the horrific events that unfolded in the series. Here is a summary of the first episode of season 1 if you are curious: A title card informs the viewer that Sir John Franklin’s Arctic expedition was never seen again. In the opening sequence, James Ross is speaking to a Netsilik man in a tent who encountered the expedition’s last survivors, under the leadership of Captain Francis Crozier, and informs Ross they were being pursued south by a creature called “Tuunbaq” and are now “dead and gone.” Four years earlier, in September 1846, Captain Sir John Franklin’s Royal Navy expedition aboard HMS Erebus and HMS Terror are attempting the first crossing of the Northwest Passage in the Arctic Archipelago. The expedition runs into difficulty when a collision with an iceberg damages Erebus‘s propeller. Francis Crozier, captain of the Terror and second-in-command of the expedition, becomes concerned about becoming stranded in the pack ice above the Arctic Circle through winter, and recommends to Franklin that they shift all men from Erebus to Terror and steam south aboard Terror to avoid becoming trapped in winter ice. Franklin overrules Crozier’s concerns and presses the expedition further west in the belief that the ships can complete transit before the onset of thick ice. Before the ships can reach open water, however, they become frozen and trapped…
I hope these two trailers convince you to watch these spooky, mysterious, and historic series!
3. ALTERED CARBON
Set in the distant future, people have managed to be able to put their consciousness into a mechanical disk where people are able to switch in and out of bodies as they see fit. In this series, a millionaire is found murdered in his own home and he decides to use the help of two detectives, but here is the twist: one of these detectives has a different soul from 250 years ago! Here is a summary of the first episode: Convicted criminal Takeshi Kovacs awakens in a new body after two and a half centuries to help an extremely rich man, Laurens Bancroft, solve his own murder. He died just before his consciousness was uploaded and saved to a satellite, and the evidence suggests it was a suicide. Bancroft offers Kovacs a massive amount of wealth and Kovacs’ freedom, but Kovacs declines. He is briefly interrogated by a police officer called Ortega, but makes it clear he doesn’t want the case. Just before he checks into a gothic hotel run by an artificial intelligence, Kovacs is attacked by a high-class hitman called Dimitri. As Kovacs has been gone for two hundred and fifty years, he believes someone really did kill Bancroft and takes the case.
Luckily for my readers, a NEW season is planned to come out at the end of this month (February 27) with Anthony Mackie! Just in time for you all to watch the first season! Here are the trailers:
4. BLACK MIRROR
Ever wonder what the world would be like if we allowed technology to take advantage of each and every part of our lives? I know it already is, but think one step further. Well, that is EXACTLY what Black Mirror attempts to show with their anthology series that seem to scream: WARNING! Every time attempt to watch these series, I have to take it one episode at a time because they freak me out!! There are 5 seasons all together – but the good thing about anthology series is that each episode is its own thing, so you can easily go from one season to the next without having to worry about following a story plot! The best description would be the following saying: “Its the modern Twilight Zone.” I went ahead and placed all three of the five trailers for the last three seasons to try to convince you to watch these series:
5. FRINGE
Last, but certainly not least, this is the television series that I have watched time and time again since 2010! The series follows Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop, and Walter Bishop, all members of the fictional Fringe Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, under the supervision of Homeland Security. The team uses fringe science and FBI investigative techniques to investigate a series of unexplained, often ghastly occurrences, which are related to mysteries surrounding a parallel universe. As mentioned, you might be wondering what “fringe” science is and here is the best definition I could find: paranormal sciences that include: telekinesis, mind control, teleportation, genetic mutations reanimation, and parallel universe jumping are just a few of the things that occur over this six seasoned television series and it is a MUST SEE!
A Traveling Clouds 