I can’t speak for all of us, but once the weekend rolls around, I spend more time scrolling through the rotation of streaming platforms than I doenjoying some downtime in front of the television. I am an avid rewatcher, and more often than not, return to a beloved old favourite once my thumb has grown tired of this infinite scroll.
I’ve also found that television shows that span a seemingly never-ending amount of seasons just aren’t for me any more , and if I see another movie that’s longer than three hours in length, I’m going to riot at dawn. Does anyone really have the brain capacity for that after a long, long week? I digress.
Miniseries really are where it’s at. Though it may translate as hypocritical, given my sentiments about excessively long films, I will happily sit through hours of episodes of a new miniseries so that I can get through it in one sitting. This is mostly due to my lack of self-control and my inability to go to bed without knowing exactly how things will end for my new favourite characters with whom I only became acquainted earlier that day.
If you think about it, a television binge-watch is actually a really valuable way to spend a weekend and should be lauded as such. Short and sweet but hugely satisfying upon completion, here are some of the miniseries I’ve been gorging myself on lately…Myself, my sister and my mother broke this eight episode Australian dark comedy drama up over two evenings, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since.