Thanksgiving is supposed to be a celebratory holiday. Get together with your family, stuff your face with turkey and sweet potatoes, and give thanks. But that all gets old pretty quickly, right? The joy of seeing your loved ones becomes remembering the reasons why you don’t see them that often. There’s always that one family member who eats too much stuffing, leaving everyone else with small portions, not to mention that cousin who manages to get too drunk every year and embarrass your grandma. After a few hours, you’re ready to escape. So give praise to streaming television! When your family is annoying you, grab your laptop, find a quiet room, and start catching up on those shows you’ve been meaning to check out for ages but never had the time to get around to. Here’s your chance. Below, ARTINFO suggests five shows, streaming on Netflix, that will knock you out of your Thanksgiving slump.
Now that this serial-killer drama is over, what better time to start watching it? The show gets ridiculous pretty quickly, but even then it’s good for a few (unintentional) laughs. Michael C. Hall plays the titular character, a forensics expert who sidelines in killing killers.
A little-known show but a favorite around here, and probably not what you’re expecting based on its title. The British comedy is about two roommates, one stuffy and the other outlandish, who navigate their daily lives while trying to not go insane. The episodes are short, so you can probably knock out a season or two before your family notices you left the dinner table.
One of our favorite shows of 2013, and one of the most compulsively watchable. Kevin Spacey stars as the swindling congressman, Robin Wright plays his conflicted wife, and Kate Mara is a journalist caught up in her own story. It’s the first Netflix original series, and it was so great they are doing another season.
Ready to jolt yourself out of the Thanksgiving doldrums? Start watching “The Walking Dead.” Beware: This will not cheer you up. Unless zombies chewing human flesh is your thing, of course.
If you really want to be freaked out, why not dip into David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks?” This murder mystery stars Kyle MacLachlan as FBI agent Dale Cooper, who visits the town of Twin Peaks to investigate the death of teenager Laura Palmer. Nothing will ever be the same after watching this show, and you might be convinced your grandmother looks like the Log Lady.
