By: Delaney David and Normeze Rivera
April 10, 2020
With so many people staying safe at home and self-distancing, there is a lot of time to get comfy and relax while watching a series, especially on Netflix. So, here is what we recommend watching.
*On My Block
Season 3 came out one month ago and was #1 for most-watched in the United States. A show about 4 teenagers and how life is changing as they grow in high school. Lifelong friendships are challenged in their Latino and Black neighborhood in South LA. It shows pain, love, and new experiences.
*All American
The series was #2 on Top 10 in the U.S. for weeks. Spencer James is a rising football player at Crenshaw High School. The head coach from Beverly Hills High School gives him an opportunity to join the school. All American shows the troubles of teenagers from the worst sides of California and how Spencer has to adapt to the ways of a teenager from Beverly Hills while showing that he did not turn on his community, Crenshaw Heights.
*Self Made – Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
The limited Netflix series was #3 in the U.S. The first woman to be a millionaire in the U.S., Madam C.J. Walker, born as Sarah Breedlove. She was the daughter of freed slaves who then became the founder of the Walker Manufacturing Company. The four episode series shows how Breedlove built her business from scratch as an independent black woman in a time full of racism, sexism, and hate as she inspires many women to not take “no” for an answer.
*The Office
This Netflix series is the most-watched show on Netflix and was #1 in the beginning of the year for weeks. The nine-season series sitcom shows the everyday lives of a group of office employees. They work for Dunder Mifflin Paper Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. There is Michael, the funny boss at Dunder Mifflin who everyone loves and hates. Then Jim, the likable employee who likes to play pranks on his co-worker Dwight. Dwight is a successful employee who lacks common sense and social skills. This show has a little bit of romance, a lot of comedy, and also has drama. There are many more loveable and funny characters throughout the nine seasons, which could keep you busy for a while.
*Stranger Things
The three-season series was #2 in the U.S. and has broken Netflix records for how many views it has gotten. The setting is Hawkins, Indiana, 1983. One of the main characters, Will Byers, goes missing by a laboratory that is top-secret. The police, Will’s mother, brother, and his best friends Dustin, Mike, and Lucas go looking for Will. As they search, they get drawn into experiments that involve the government, supernatural forces, and one powerful girl named Eleven. Netflix has not given us an exact date yet, but this series will be having a fourth season coming out.
Instead of struggling to find a show or movie to watch, try one of these. It will keep you busy throughout quarantine, keep you inside the house like you are supposed to be, and it will keep you entertained.
Enjoy watching, and stay safe during this time!
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