So far, May has been a bloody big month for new, binge-worthy Netflix TV shows and movies.
In the last week, we’ve been blessed with: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, the Ted Bundy film starring Zac Efron, an easy breezy Netflix rom-com called The Last Summer, and the epic documentary Knock Down The House, which follows four female congressional candidates trying to change the American political system from the ground up (including one of the youngest women ever to be elected to US Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez).
It’s a lot. But if you only have time to watch one thing on Netflix before the weekend is over, make it the streaming service’s new TV series Dead to Me.
Watch the trailer for Netflix’s Dead to Me below, post continues after video.
Why? First off, it’s short. It’ll take less than five hours to devour this dark comedy series (we counted). But even better, Dead to Me has carved out its own Netflix sub-genre: the ‘traumedy’.
The show follows Christina Applegate’s Jen, an affluent mum recently widowed after her husband was killed suddenly by a hit-and-run driver, who is obsessed with calling in the number plates of any cars with ‘person-sized dents’ in them.
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Excellent show - which, I'm happy to say, I watched before reading this article. Who in the year 2019 hasn't heard the words SPOILER ALERT? One of the most satisfying scenes was when Jen rocked up to Judy's mansion with no more than a one minute warning. (See what I did there? I described the scene that you just ruined for everybody who hasn't already watched the show, without giving away what happens.) Another content writer did the same thing when This Is Us came out. Stop ruining things for people who like to be surprised by clever twists.
Finished watching it about 30 seconds ago....loved it! It is funny and a bit twisted, but also emotionally interesting! AND being a woman in my 40’s it’s also so relatable! So good!