From awardwinning comedies to underrated animated series, here's what should be on your watchlist. The 30 best shows to watch on Netflix right now

From award-winning comedies to underrated animated series, here's what should be on your watchlist.

The 30 best shows to watch on Netflix right now

From award-winning comedies to underrated animated series, here's what should be on your watchlist.

By Tanya Melendez

Tanya Melendez

Tanya Melendez is a freelance writer at **. She joined EW in 2023.

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and Ilana Gordon

Ilana Gordon is an entertainment, culture, and comedy writer originally from Connecticut. She currently lives in Los Angeles.

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on November 1, 2025 8:12 a.m. ET

Michael Cooper Jr. as Justin Edwards and Lovie Simone as Keisha Clark on 'Forever'; BoJack Horseman (voice: Will Arnett) on 'BoJack Horseman'; Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller in 'Adolescence'. Credit:

Ours is the era of premium television, and some of the best offerings are available to stream on Netflix. Since time is of the essence, EW is here with a menu to help guide you in your selections.

We've got recommendations for every television-loving palate, from hilarious quick-binge comedy shows to 100-plus-episode dramas. There are thrillers, sitcoms, coming-of-age dramedies, and even documentaries (both real and fake!). So, grab some snacks and get comfortable: Here are the 30 best shows on Netflix right now.

Adolescence (2025)

Mark Stanley as Paulie Barlow, Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller, and Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller in 'Adolescence'.

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One of the most talked-about pieces of television to emerge in 2025 is *Adolescence. *A British crime drama about a 13-year-old boy named Jamie Miller who is accused of murdering his classmate, the miniseries offers four episodes, all of which were shot in one continuous take. The technical execution of the project is thrilling, and so is the show's depiction of how modern media affects the minds and actions of teenage boys.

Young actor Owen Cooper makes a brilliant Emmy-winning debut as Jamie, and the scenes between him and his therapist (Erin Doherty) in episode 3 are some of the most affecting examples of storytelling in recent history. A series that feels especially relevant as talk of incels and loneliness epidemics becomes more mainstream, *Adolescence *gets deep about what teenage boyhood really looks like today. *—Ilana Gordon*

Where to watch *Adolescence*: Netflix

**Director: **Philip Barantini

**Cast: **Stephen Graham, Ashley Walters, Erin Doherty, Owen Cooper, Faye Marsay, Christine Tremarco, Mark Stanley, Jo Hartley, Amélie Pease

American Nightmare (2024)

Denise Huskins in 'American Nightmare'.

Courtesy of Netflix

The nightmare at the center of this true crime docuseries belongs first and foremost to Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn, the home invasion victims who were unfairly accused of staging Huskins' kidnapping, rape, and return. The American nightmare, on the other hand, belongs to all of us. Watching the police hold a press conference to paint Huskins and Quinn as *Gone Girl* hucksters will infuriate you, especially when the media spreads the false narrative with glee.

The true crime genre is undergoing a reckoning lately, and rightly so, but this three-part examination of how institutions fail victims represents what the genre can do when filmmakers cover their topics with care and empathy. *—Tanya Melendez*

Where to watch *American Nightmare*: Netflix

**Cast: **Denise Huskins, Aaron Quinn

Arrested Development (2003–2006; 2013; 2019)

Jeffrey Tambor as George Bluth Sr. and Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth on 'Arrested Development'.

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Need a break from your own family's antics? The Bluths are here to provide the absurdist escapism you've been searching for. When patriarch George Bluth (Jeffrey Tambor) is incarcerated — for reasons that may or may not involve some "light treason" — it's up to his son Michael (Jason Bateman) to keep the family's real estate business alive. Unfortunately for Michael, the rest of the Bluths refuse to acknowledge their new financial circumstances and do everything in their power to undermine him.

*Arrested Development* was ahead of its time when it ran for three seasons between 2003 and 2006, and when Fox cancelled the series, fans refused to let it go. Seasons 4 and 5 arrived on Netflix between 2013 and 2019, and revitalized the show's beloved characters and penchant for the farcical. *—I.G.*

Where to watch *Arrested Development*: Netflix

**EW grade:** B+

**Cast: **Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Portia de Rossi, Alia Shawkat, David Cross, Will Arnett, Ron Howard

Blue Eye Samurai (2023)

Mizu (voice: Maya Erskine) on 'Blue Eye Samurai'.

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Set in 1600s Edo Japan, Blue Spirit Studios brings married showrunners Michael Green (*Logan*) and Amber Noizumi's dizzyingly violent vision to life, especially in the fight scenes. And there are A LOT of fight scenes in this gorgeous adult animation series. Our titular hero is Mizu (Maya Erskine), a blue-eyed mixed-race woman who disguises herself as a man to become a deadly fighter, even as her interracial identity makes her the target of vicious treatment.

She embarks on a journey to track down and kill the four white men left in her closed-border country, one of whom is her father. An all-star cast (Brenda Song, Randall Park, George Takei, Kenneth Branagh) brings their best to the series, but Masi Oka (*Heroes*) is a standout as Mizu's optimistic, would-be apprentice. The first eight episodes were so well-received, the show will return with a second season. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *Blue Eye Samurai*: Netflix

**Cast: **Maya Erskine**, **Brenda Song, Randall Park, George Takei, Kenneth Branagh, Masi Oka

BoJack Horseman (2014–2020)

BoJack Horseman (voice: Will Arnett) on 'BoJack Horseman'. Netflix

Washed-up sitcom actor BoJack Horseman (Will Arnett) has a beautiful mansion in the Hollywood Hills, a substance abuse problem, and a book deal for a memoir about his life as the former star of the '90s series *Horsin' Around*. What he doesn't have is the writing skills or self-awareness required to write said book, so enter ghostwriter Diane Nguyen (Alison Brie).

BoJack's true Hollywood story unfolds over six seasons as our antihero confronts the emptiness of celebrity, his family traumas, and the ways his own unhealed demons have hurt others. For an animated sitcom about a world where humans and animals live and work as equals, the show goes to surprisingly dark emotional places. But this all-star comedy cast (featuring the voices of Amy Sedaris, Paul F. Tompkins, Aaron Paul, and Kristen Schaal) keeps the jokes flowing even during the bleakest of times. *—I.G.*

Where to watch *BoJack Horseman*: Netflix

**EW grade: **A–

**Cast: **Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, Aaron Paul, Kristen Schaal

Breaking Bad (2008–2013)

Bryan Cranston as Walter White on 'Breaking Bad'.

Walter White (Bryan Cranston) is a chemistry teacher based in Albuquerque, N.M., who has just been diagnosed with cancer. Determined to make enough money to set his family up in the event of his death, Walter turns his skills as a chemist into a lucrative part-time job making meth. After partnering with a local drug dealer — who also happens to be one of his former students — Walter finds himself pulled into the seedy underworld that is breaking bad in the southwestern United States.

Acclaimed by critics, audiences, and awards shows, *Breaking Bad *spawned a television spinoff (the prequel series *Better Call Saul*) and a movie (*El Camino*), but among fans, it will always be known as the show that delivered the iconic pizza on the roof scene. *—I.G.*

Where to watch *Breaking Bad*: Netflix

**EW grade: **A

**Cast:** Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Giancarlo Esposito, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Laura Fraser, Jesse Plemons

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021)

Andre Braugher as Captain Holt on 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'.

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New York City crime has met its match in the 99th Precinct. Under the guidance of Capt. Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher), the team of detectives that make up Brooklyn's Nine-Nine squad are determined to make the city's streets safe again — and have fun while doing it.

A procedural that manages to find the funny in policing, while also providing a surprisingly self-aware commentary on the systemic issues associated with modern law enforcement, *Brooklyn Nine-Nine *is a goofy sitcom that gets smarter and more nuanced as the seasons progress. And if you need more convincing about the show's charm, there's no better argument than this iconic cover of a beloved Backstreet Boys song. *—I.G.*

Where to watch *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*: Netflix**

**Cast: **Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Peretti, Andre Braugher, Dirk Blocker, Joel McKinnon Miller

Call the Midwife (2012–present)

Megan Cusack as Nurse Nancy Corrigan on 'Call the Midwife'.

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The beloved British drama about young midwives in London kicked off in 1957 and currently takes place in 1969. That's 14 highly bingeable seasons of cheering on the young nurses (and the Anglican nuns who run Nonnatus House) as they provide vital healthcare services to the poverty-stricken East End.

Based on Jenny Lee's memoirs, each season highlights England's rapidly changing culture through the lens of motherhood (birth control, self-managed abortion, sex work, intersex births, and more). What keeps you hooked on *Call the Midwife*, though, are the midwives whose lives are inevitably changed by the job. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *Call the Midwife*: Netflix

**Cast:** Vanessa Redgrave, Jenny Agutter, Judy Parfitt, Helen George, Laura Main, Stephen McGann

Cobra Kai (2018–2025)

Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso and Xolo Maridueña as Miguel Diaz on 'Cobra Kai'.

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We regret to inform you that it's been MORE THAN 40 YEARS since the original *Karate Kid* movie. The sequel series is no spring chicken either: Season 1 started airing in 2018. By season 6, the series finds senseis Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) preparing their students for the Sekai Taikai international karate tournament, where multiple old enemies are bound to complicate things. *Cobra Kai *is the rare show that Gen X, millennials, *and* Gen Z can love equally. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *Cobra Kai*: Netflix

**Cast: **Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Yuji Okumoto, Peyton List, Mary Mouser

Crashing (2016)

Damien Moloney as Anthony and Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Lulu on 'Crashing'.

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Before she was *Fleabag*, Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote herself another absurdly messy lead role in this charming quick-binge comedy. Set in an abandoned hospital where twentysomethings live for cheap rent (a real thing in England), *Crashing* has Waller-Bridge's trademark cutting wit combined with an open, bleeding heart at the center of every joke. All that plus a pre-*Bridgerton* and *Wicked* Jonathan Bailey with bleached blond hair! *—T.M.*

Where to watch *Crashing*: Netflix

**Cast: **Phoebe Waller-Bridge**, **Jonathan Bailey, Julie Dray, Louise Ford

Cunk on Earth (2022)

Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk in 'Cunk on Earth'.

Courtesy of Netflix

Tracing human history from the earliest civilizations to the space race, reporter Philomena Cunk (comedian Diane Morgan) is on a mission to reach "every corner of the globe money and pandemic travel restrictions would allow." The highlight of this five-episode mockumentary series is the dozens of real-life experts who patiently deal with Cunk's deadpan cluelessness, like British historian Martin Kemp answering the question, "Which was more culturally significant: the Renaissance, or 'Single Ladies' by Beyoncé?" with a seriousness that couldn't be funnier. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *Cunk on Earth*: Netflix

**Cast: **Diane Morgan

Derry Girls (2018–2022)

The cast of 'Derry Girls'.

Courtesy of Netflix

Lisa McGee's semi-autobiographical series, about growing up in the titular Northern Ireland towns during the Troubles, could have been a sentimental coming-of-age dramedy. Luckily, she went in another direction. The Derry Girls are hilariously inept teenagers dealing with constant self-created mayhem. Add an Irish family, an obnoxious Pick-Me-Girl classmate (Leah O'Rourke), and the permanently over-it Catholic school headmistress (the perfectly dry Siobhán McSweeney), and you have *Derry Girls*, an absolute corker of a show. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *Derry Girls*: Netflix

**Cast:** Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Nicola Coughlan, Louisa Harland, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Dylan Llewellyn, Siobhán McSweeney

The Diplomat (2023–present)

Kenichiro Thomson as Martin, Ato Essandoh as Stuart Heyford, and Keri Russell as Kate Wyler on 'The Diplomat'.

Alex Bailey/Netflix

You can hear creator Debora Cahn's *West Wing* writing roots in the rat-a-tat dialogue of *The Diplomat*. (This is a compliment.) Keri Russell, allowed to be slightly lighthearted for once, plays Kate Wyler, the new and reluctant U.S. ambassador to the U.K.

Everything would be fine if not for her on-again, off-again Machiavellian spouse (a rakish Rufus Sewell) who loves to scheme in her best interest, a staff who keep trying to put her in designer dresses, a too-hot guy who works for British intelligence (David Gyasi), and an international incident that could lead to World War III. Fun political dramedy is hard to come by, and this one nails it. Season 3 is now available to stream. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *The Diplomat*: Netflix

**Cast: **Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, David Gyasi

Documentary Now! (2015–2022)

Natasha Lyonne and Fred Armisen on 'Documentary Now!'.

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Like a much funnier version of the Traveling Wilburys, *SNL* alumni Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, Seth Meyers, and Rhys Thomas formed a comedy supergroup in 2015 to lovingly parody acclaimed documentaries.

Each standalone episode mimics a work's filming style, subjects, and storyline — but with a twist. *When We Were Kings,* about the infamous Muhammad Ali/George Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle" fight, becomes *How They Threw Rocks*, about a fictional Welsh sport that's essentially dodgeball with stones. The only thing every entry has in common is an introduction from host Dame Helen Mirren, playing her role with a gravitas that dares you to laugh (and you will). *—T.M.*

Where to watch *Documentary Now!*: Netflix

**EW grade:** A–

**Cast: **Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, Seth Meyers, Rhys Thomas, Helen Mirren

Feel Good (2020–2021)

Charlotte Ritchie as George and Mae Martin as Mae on 'Feel Good'.

Courtesy of Netflix

If you only know Mae Martin from their comedy specials or the *Handsome* podcast with Tig Notaro and Fortune Feimster, now is the time to watch their underseen rom-com series. The semi-autobiographical show follows Martin falling in love with shy teacher George (Charlotte Ritchie), but their romance is complicated by addiction, past trauma, late-in-life coming out, and family.

Though the subject matter is serious, the execution is wry, especially when Martin's mother Linda (Lisa Kudrow, sharply hilarious) chimes in. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *Feel Good*: Netflix

**Cast: **Mae Martin, Charlotte Ritchie, Lisa Kudrow

Forever (2025–present)

Lovie Simone as Keisha Clark and Xosha Roquemore as Shelly Clark in 'Forever'.

Elizabeth Morris/Netflix

Judy Blume's young adult novel *Forever* leveled readers when it was published in 1975. Famous for its progressive depiction of young romance and sexuality, the book is a frequent target of banning and censorship attempts, but in this modern remake, Netflix finds a way to get the story's message across forever.

Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr. star as Keisha and Justin, two Los Angeles student athletes who fall in love, only to find their relationship tested by parents and college scholarship aspirations. "While it encompasses all the butterflies and betrayals of first love," EW's TV critic writes, "*Forever* also tells a deeper story about the challenges and heartache of raising exceptional Black kids in our fraught modern era." And *Forever* isn't over yet: Netflix announced the show will be back for another season. *—I.G.*

Where to watch *Forever*: Netflix

**EW grade: **B+

**Cast: **Lovie Simone, Michael Cooper Jr., Xosha Roquemore, Marvin Lawrence Winans III, Wood Harris, Karen Pittman

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GLOW (2017–2019)

Alison Brie as Ruth Wilder and Betty Gilpin as Debbie Eagan on 'GLOW'.

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If you weren't watching local syndicated television in the 1980s, you might have missed the real-life Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling variety show. Have no fear, the fictionalized version is just a binge away. Sports fan and would-be producer Bash (Chris Lowell) funds a women's wrestling program directed by a washed-up has-been (Marc Maron at his weary best) and starring the oddballs willing to take on the physically and mentally grueling job.

Ruth (Alison Brie) and Debbie (Betty Gilpin) anchor the cast as the Cold War heel-and-hero combination Zoya the Destroya and Liberty Belle, who slowly realize they could run the show themselves. Even though *GLOW* was unfairly canceled too soon, there's still plenty to love about this three-season gem. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *GLOW*: Netflix

**Cast: **Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, Marc Maron, Chris Lowell, Kate Nash

Girls5eva (2021–2024)

Sara Bareilles as Dawn, Renée Elise Goldsberry as Wickie, Busy Philipps as Summer, and Paula Pell as Gloria on 'Girls5eva'.

Emily V. Aragones/Netflix

Netflix rescued this Tina Fey-produced musical comedy — about a '90s one-hit wonder group that stages a comeback — from Peacock. And thank goodness, because season 3 put the band back on the road for more ridiculous adventures.

Each of the four women brings their own set of hilarious neuroses: Dawn (Sara Bareilles), the songwriter balancing her dreams and family life; Summer (Busy Philipps), who navigates divorce and independence; Gloria (Paula Pell), the lesbian dentist who relishes being creative again; and Wickie (Renée Elise Goldsberry), the diva determined to make it. Every song is a banger, the jokes are rapid-fire, and 4eva is definitely too short. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *Girls5eva*: Netflix

**Cast: **Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Busy Philipps, Paula Pell

The Harlan Coben Collection (2020–present)

Joanna Lumley as Judith Burkett and Michelle Keegan as Maya Stern on 'Fool Me Once'.

Courtesy of Netflix

Harlan Coben, your dad's favorite mystery-thriller author, writes clever, fast-paced, plot-driven books that make for a great limited series. Netflix went wisely international in its adaptations, so these eight standalone productions shot in France, Poland, England, and Spain make for visually beautiful storytelling.

Starring actors you may already know (Cush Jumbo, Richard Armitage, and Michael C. Hall) as well as international stand-outs you'll wish you'd known sooner (Mario Casas, Grzegorz Damięcki, and Magdalena Boczarska), these titles are great when you need a whodunit. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *The Harlan Coben Collection*: Netflix

**Cast: **Cush Jumbo, Richard Armitage, Michael C. Hall, Mario Casas, Grzegorz Damięcki, Magdalena Boczarska

A Killer Paradox (2024)

Choi Woo-shik as Lee Tang on 'A Killer Paradox'.

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What retail worker hasn't wanted to let loose on a rude customer? When meek loser Lee Tang (Choi Woo-shik) gives in to that impulse with a hammer, he's horrified… until he finds out he accidentally murdered a serial killer. Based on the award-winning webtoon of the same name, this stylish and fantastical Korean thriller follows Tang's progression into vigilante murder, with the dogged detective (Son Suk-ku) tracking his every kill. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *A Killer Paradox*: Netflix

**Cast:** Choi Woo-shik, Son Suk-ku, Lee Hee-joon

Killing Eve (2018–2022)

Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri and Jodie Comer as Villanelle in 'Killing Eve'.

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge went through a period in the late 2010s where she could do no wrong, and the first season of *Killing Eve *is included in that assessment. This British spy thriller follows an MI5 agent (Sandra Oh) and a psychopathic serial killer (Jodie Comer) as they engage in a cat and mouse game of hunting each other. Waller-Bridge served as the first season's head writer before passing the torch and each of the next three seasons is helmed by a different female head writer.

Adapted from the *Villanelle* novel series, this anti-hero drama offers great acting, beautiful costuming, and thrilling strategy, all tied up in distinctly British packaging. As EW's writer notes in the recap of the season finale, "*Killing Eve* is often so much fun, moment to moment, that you start to forget how very, fundamentally bad these people are." *—I.G.*

Where to watch *Killing Eve*: Netflix

**EW grade: **B+

**Cast:** Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia, Owen McDonnell, Sean Delaney

Never Have I Ever (2020–2023)

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi Vishwakumar on 'Never Have I Ever'.

Courtesy of Netflix

John McEnroe's brattiest days are far behind him, but he's still the perfect narrator for how 15-year-old Devi Vishwakumar (newcomer Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) feels when her father suddenly dies while watching her band recital. Dealing with grief that leaves her angry and impulsive, Devi struggles to connect with her mother (Poorna Jagannathan), her best friends (Ramona Young and Lee Rodriguez), and her academic rival/potential suitor (Jaren Lewison).

Series co-creator Mindy Kaling balances the coming-of-age comedy and drama almost as perfectly as McEnroe breathes the words "Paxton Hall-Yoshida!" every time Devi sees her not-so-out-of-reach crush (Darren Barnet). *—T.M.*

Where to watch *Never Have I Ever*: Netflix

**EW grade:** A–

**Cast: **Maitreyi Ramakrishnan**, **Poorna Jagannathan, Ramona Young, Lee Rodriguez, Jaren Lewison, Darren Barnet, John McEnroe

One Day (2024)

Ambika Mod as Emma and Leo Woodall as Dexter on 'One Day'.

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It's a tale as old as time: A working-class girl meets an upper-crust boy, there's a will-they-or-won't-they tension, and they reunite once a year for two decades. Based on the 2009 David Nicholls novel and one-upping the lackluster 2011 Anne Hathaway movie, this series has three major advantages over previous incarnations: Leo Woodall as Dexter, Ambika Mod as Emma, and the undeniable chemistry between them. It's a love story that will probably make you cry, but it's one you won't regret watching. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *One Day*: Netflix

**Cast: **Leo Woodall, Ambika Mod, Eleanor Tomlinson, Essie Davis, Tim McInnerny

One Hundred Years of Solitude (2024–present)

Claudio Cataño as Colonel Aureliano Buendía on 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'.

Considered one of the foremost literary achievements of the last century, Gabriel García Márquez's magical realism novel, *One Hundred Years of Solitude*, has finally been adapted into a television show. The series, which premiered on Netflix at the end of 2024, tells the story of the Buendía family over multiple generations and is set in the fictitious town of Macondo, Colombia, which the family founded.

Critics and fans have commended the adaptation for its acting, cinematography, and adherence to the original source material. A TV series with the spirit of the novel, Netflix has released the show's first eight episodes, with another eight still to come. A must-watch for literary lovers and TV nerds alike, treat yourself to *One Hundred Years of Solitude*. *—I.G.*

Where to watch *One Hundred Years of Solitude*: Netflix**

**Cast: **Claudio Cataño, Diego Vásquez, Marleyda Soto, Viña Machado, Loren Sofía, Janer Villarreal, Akima, Moreno Borja, Ruggero Pasquarelli

Peaky Blinders (2013–2022)

Cillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby on 'Peaky Blinders'.

Matt Squire/Netflix

*Peaky Blinders* is a highly stylized, ultra-violent, fun-as-a-fixed-horse race family crime drama. World War I veteran Tommy Shelby (newly minted Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy) fights to run the successful Birmingham gang while also keeping control of his hotheaded Aunt Polly (the late, great Helen McCrory), his hotheaded brother Arthur (Paul Anderson), his hotheaded little sister Ada (Sophie Rundle), and various other hotheads who make his days difficult.

Early in season 1, he meets and falls madly in love with Grace (Annabelle Wallis), who may or may not be his downfall. Once you finish your binge, you can look forward to the upcoming movie that will wrap up Tommy's story. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *Peaky Blinders*: Netflix

**Cast:** Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Finn Cole, Joe Cole, Tom Hardy, Anya Taylor-Joy

Resident Alien (2021–2025)

Alan Tudyk as Harry Vanderspeigle on 'Resident Alien'.

James Dittinger/Syfy

Alan Tudyk leads this series as Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle, an extraterrestrial sent to destroy the human race but who instead decides to assimilate into society as the medical examiner of a small Colorado town. Throughout its four seasons, Harry deals with alien hunters, other aliens, meddling kids (he could have gotten away with it, too!) and, of course, falling in love. Not to mention pretending to be a person isn't as easy as *Law & Order* made it look. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *Resident Alien:* Netflix

**Cast: **Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi Fiehler, Judah Prehn, Elizabeth Bowen**

Seinfeld (1989–1998)

Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer and Jerry Seinfeld as himself on 'Seinfeld'.

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The show allegedly about nothing is really about everything: During its nine-season run, *Seinfeld* left no area un-satirized, from dating and relationships to parking garages and puffy shirts, funneling all the comedy through the very specific viewpoints of the show's four protagonists. Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) is a stand-up comic working in New York City and hanging out with his best friend George (Jason Alexander), ex-girlfriend Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and neighbor Kramer (Michael Richards).

Featuring some of the best jokes and lines written on television in the '90s — we have *Seinfeld* to thank for references like "jerk store," the Soup Nazi, and "yada yada yada" — the show about some of the worst people NYC has to offer paved the way for series like *Curb Your Enthusiasm*, *Veep*, and* It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia*. *—I.G.*

Where to watch *Seinfeld*: Netflix

**EW grade:** A

**Cast:** Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, Michael Richards

Sex and the City (1998–2004)

Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes, Kristin Davis as Charlotte York, and Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones on 'Sex and the City'.

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Darren Star brought sexy back to New York City when *Sex and the City* premiered on HBO in 1998. The dramedy about four single women living, working, and dating their way through their 30s and 40s was a hit for the network, and helped foster a culture in which women felt free to talk frankly about their sexual qualms and questions.

Across six seasons, Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and Samantha (Kim Cattrall) — best friends with different values and expectations toward sex and dating — navigate their careers, relationships, and bonds with each other. The show instigated cultural discussions about sex and love, created fashion moments that still inspire, and launched a franchise that now includes two feature films and two spinoff series. *—I.G.*

Where to watch *Sex and the City*: Netflix

**EW grade: **B

**Cast:** Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon

Suits (2011–2019)

Gina Torres as Jessica Pearson, Rick Hoffmann as Louis Litt, Meghan Markle as Rachel Zane, Gabriel Macht as Harvey Specter, and Patrick Adams as Mike Ross on 'Suits'.

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If you haven't already joined the most popular binge-watch of the last year, what are you waiting for? Part of the Blue Sky era on the USA Network, this fun legal drama tells the story of Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), a brilliant college dropout with a photographic memory who's hired as an associate by successful corporate attorney Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht). Together, they win cases, charm clients, and hide Mike's secret — something that gets more and more difficult over nine seasons.

The terrific supporting cast includes true royalty (Meghan Markle, literally the Duchess of Sussex; Gina Torres, the queen of whatever screen she's on; and Rick Hoffman, the king of my heart), who all make the most of their characters. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *Suits*: Netflix

**Cast:** Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Rick Hoffman, Meghan Markle, Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres

The Tourist (2022–2024)

Jamie Dornan as Elliot on 'The Tourist'.

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Jamie Dornan stars in this BBC mystery as a man who wakes up in an Australian hospital with no memory of what the audience has already seen: that his car was chased down and purposely hit by a semi-truck. Across two tense seasons, the amnesiac tries to figure out who he is and what happened with the help of sweet Probationary Constable Helen Chambers (a delightful Danielle Macdonald) and Luci, a waitress who knows more than she's letting on (Shalom Brune-Franklin). But the more he finds out about his past, the less he wants to remember. *—T.M.*

Where to watch *The Tourist*: Netflix

**Cast:** Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Genevieve Lemon, Alex Dimitriades, Damon Herriman

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Yes, there's already a season 9 baby.

Love Is Blind season 9 reunion's most shocking moments — from a new baby to new hookups

Yes, there's already a season 9 baby.

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**This article contains spoilers from the *Love Is Blind* season 9 reunion.**

*Love Is Blind* season 9 can't stop making history. Not only is this the first season to feature no marriages in the finale, but it's also the first reunion to debut a baby from one of the current cast members.

Yes, you read that right — there's already a season 9 baby. And somehow, that wasn't the most shocking development from the extra-long reunion.

Read on to find out all the biggest revelations from the *Love Is Blind *season 9 reunion.

A step too far

Whoever designed this outdoor reunion set did not think through making all the women walk down tall stone steps in long dresses and high heels. While the set looked pretty, it made everyone's entrance feel extra awkward, drawn-out, and downright dangerous. Plus, the audience looked freezing in their blankets.

Madison at the 'Love Is Blind' season 9 reunion.

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Sparkle Megan admitted she wishes she would have given Jordan "grace" to "get there eventually" when it came to their lifestyles differences, but she was "scared" that she wasn't getting the full picture before marriage. Meanwhile, Jordan clarified he only said he regretted introducing Megan to Luka because of his age, and a five-year-old just needs stability — Jordan claimed it had "nothing to do" with Megan, and that he was referencing more joining the show at large and bringing Luka into it.

Now Jordan is "casually" dating but not looking for anything serious, because he's not ready to introduce anyone else to Luka.

Baby Sparkle

While this was spoiled online a week prior, Sparkle Megan revealed she's a mom now. She welcomed Brooks, a baby boy, a little over two months ago with her partner Paul (who was in the reunion audience) and said that she couldn't be happier with her new family. She revealed she met Paul three months after the show finished filming, and got pregnant three months into dating — which might actually rival the accelerated *Love Is Blind* timeline.

What was more shocking was that Jordan already knew Megan's news because "a disgusting person" reached out to him on social media "trying to stir the pot." He reached out to Megan immediately and she told him everything. He was happy to learn about it before the reunion. The only other pod squad person who knew about Megan's pregnancy was ... Kacie?! The other women were absolutely shocked — especially Ali.

Rekindled flames

Jordan revealed that Mike and Megan dated for a short time after the show finished filming. It was Mike who reached out to Jordan to break the news to him, and Jordan told him, "No hard feelings." However, Megan felt no spark in person with Mike, so that ended quickly. She also went out with Blake a few weeks after ending things with Jordan so that he could "formally apologize" for ghosting her. Jordan vouched for Blake as being "such a good person" — and Blake only showed up at the very end of the reunion to deliver protein ice cream to Jordan, since it happened to be his birthday.

Ali at the 'Love Is Blind' season 9 reunion.

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Making it right

Jordan revealed that Mike DMed him to apologize for the insensitive (and incorrect) comments he made in the pods about diabetes and Luka. He also made "a large donation" to a diabetes charity after the episodes came out to make up for his ignorance, and Jordan was glad to clear the air on that.

Of course, the question of who would keep the ring that Patrick proposed to Kacie with came back up. Ali pointed out that it shouldn't matter that Kacie kept it, because Netflix provided the rings (which is what creator Chris Coelen told **) — it's not like Patrick paid for it. Kacie claimed Patrick told her she could keep the ring during their hotel lobby conversation, but Patrick said that was only because he thought they would continue their engagement off the show.

Patrick and Kacie rehashed their back-and-forth texting after getting home, and how Kacie wouldn't have a conversation with him immediately about the status of their relationship. Patrick just wanted Kacie to apologize at the reunion so he would "wipe the slate clean," and although it took her a while, she finally said she was sorry and offered the ring to Patrick. He accepted it, along with the apology. But she also continued to point out how she was Patrick's "distant" second choice to Anna, which he disagreed with.

Kacie also brought up how Patrick jokingly called Kacie his "ex-wife" during their first face-to-face meeting (which was at a party with all the cast members) after their hotel lobby conversation. He thought it was funny. She did not.

As for who actually kept the ring, that changed multiple times throughout the reunion. Chris Paul from the LA Clippers showed up to host a free throw shoot-out between Kacie and Patrick to see who would keep the ring, which Kacie won. And while Patrick joked that he would give her the ring when they're back in Denver, he then passed it back to her onstage, so Kacie went home with it.

Patrick at the 'Love Is Blind' season 9 reunion.

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Kacie revealed she and Joe "went on dates" for about a month and a half after the show ended, which Madison clearly hated, as evidenced by her facial expressions. Joe said it ultimately "fizzled out."

Madison believed their connection affected her engagement, but Joe laughed and said that wasn't true. She was pissed that she found out about Joe and Kacie at Mike's pool party when Kacie told her that they're "eskimo sisters" (a slang term that means they had both slept with the same person). Madison slammed Kacie for being a "class act." Kacie claimed she was upset about the way Joe treated her, and not the fact that he was dating someone new already. And Kait is now friends with Joe's current girlfriend as well as Madison, and said it's not actually that awkward for her.

But wait, there's more! Joe and Madison actually hooked up once after their breakup — they went out to discuss why their relationship ended so Madison could get closure, but ended up making out when he walked her to her car after. She said Joe teared up afterwards, and he said it was because the emotions were still fresh for him.

Dropping love bombs

When Kait joined the cast onstage, Nick apologized to her for using religion to "control" the situation during their pod breakup. But Kait said he only apologized to her on camera, or in private after he learned she was going to the reunion. So she didn't believe his apology was ever genuine. She also said that she didn't believe Nick wanted a wife; she believed he only "wanted an audience." When Nick apologized again for "love-bombing" her in the pods, Kait said that it's all just performative. That's when Annie jumped in to defend Nick, and she said they're "friendly" today.

There were a lot of apologies flying during the reunion, because Joe apologized to Nick after seeing the pod squad meetup and how he talked badly about him. Nick said "there's no bad blood" between them, and he understood that it's because Joe and Brendan are friends.

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Speaking of Brendan, while he wasn't at the reunion, he sure was talked about a lot. Kait is single now, but she revealed that she and Brendan dated "very briefly" after filming because they connected in the pods. But Kait said it was "messy" when everyone got back to Denver, with everyone dating everyone, and revealed that after she told Kacie about her date with Brendan, she saw him being "all over" Kacie the next night. "That is so not even true," Kacie responded. "That is so false, it's not even funny."

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The elephant in the room

When it was time to hear from Anton and Ali, there was a major blind spot that was never brought up: Anton's drinking habits. Somehow Ali was never asked about, and it wasn't mentioned at all. They did talk about Anton's history of going to strip clubs, however. Anton slammed his friend's girlfriend, Melissa, for what she said about his partying at strip clubs, because he claimed they had only met a few times before that brunch. He thought she just wanted 15 minutes of fame and didn't know him at all. And Ali said she never spoke to Anton about it afterwards, and admitted that it's strange that she never confronted him about that when it clearly mattered to her a lot.

And while Ali didn't reveal her current relationship status, she said she was very happy for Anton, who revealed he's been in a relationship for a year with a woman named Miranda (who was in the audience).

Edmond at the 'Love Is Blind' season 9 reunion.

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Say something nice

As for the final couple, Kalybriah brought literal notes to read from at the reunion to make sure she didn't miss anything. She said she couldn't see Edmond's body language in the pods when she fell in love with him. But in the real world, she realized his nonstop crying and overall behavior was all manipulation based on how he acted towards her off camera vs. on camera. Edmond said he didn't want to manipulate anyone, and was just speaking from his heart.

But Kalybriah was really upset that they always got into a fight right before filming, and then he would act like nothing had happened, so she always appeared as a stereotypical "angry Black woman." She revealed that she even brought that fear to Edmond off camera. Edmond claimed he didn't remember a lot of what she was bringing up, and felt hurt that she only remembered the bad times.

In a rare moment of impressive hosting, Vanessa Lachey pointed out that Edmond's traumatic childhood and upbringing might result in him only focusing on the positive memories and blocking out any negative memories as a coping mechanism. It all led to Kalybriah and Edmond hugging it out onstage.

And with that, another season of *Love Is Blind *is officially over!

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Hell hath no fury like a wife facing off with her husband's "on a break" one-night-stand who bore his secret child.

Socialite and businesswoman Blythe Hart (Jessica Capshaw) has been navigating a complicated family drama on *9-1-1: Nashville*, after her husband's secret son, Blue (Hunter McVey), started working in the family business as a firefighter alongside his dad, Don (Chris O'Donnell), and half-brother, Ryan (Michael Provost).

Along came with Blue was his mother, Dixie (LeAnn Rimes), who appears to be carrying a torch for Don — and is in desperate need of money as she faces medical issues (and bills).

In a preview clip exclusive to ** from season 1, episode 4, "Bad Case of the Blues," Blythe meets up with a private investigator, Charlie (Jessejames Locorriere), to learn more about what she's facing.

Jessica Capshaw as Blythe and LeAnn Rimes as Dixie on '9-1-1: Nashville'.

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"Dixie Bennings is a threat to your family," Charlie tells her, citing financial reasons Dixie could go after the wealthy Harts ("She's filed bankruptcy twice, she's upside-down on her mortgage"), but "there's always old-fashioned revenge."

Charlie reveals that while there are a few bar fights and public intoxication charges on Dixie's rap sheet, "I'm afraid this isn't going to be as easy as the time I got rid of the zoning commissioner for your father."

Blyth thanks Charlie for the intel, and asks him to keep their conversation confidential.**

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"As long as you're paying the bill, your daddy doesn't need to know," Charlie replies.

"LeAnn is our series villain, but she plays her with such grace and dignity," *9-1-1: Nashville* showrunner Rashard Raisani previously told EW. "Even when she's a little trashy, she plays her with so much just poise and she has a real code to her."

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"Leanne brings such a great dynamic to this character in this role," O'Donnell added. "She's just got this kind of a fire in her, and she's going to be great. I think she's going to come off really, really fun."

*9-1-1: Nashville* season 1, episode 4 airs Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.**

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"It's a brutal season," Matt and Ross Duffer tell EW of the show's final installment.

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"At long last, we can begin."

Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) arrives in full view in the new *Stranger Things* season 5 trailer, which sees the transmogrified form of Henry Creel (a.k.a. One) come face to face with Will Byers (Noah Schnapp). Levitating an immobilized Will towards him, the living nightmare ominously declares, "You are going to help me...one...last...time."

The fifth and final season picks up in the fall of 1987, which is more than a year after the events of season 4. Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) is back in hiding, training up for Vecna's eventual re-emergence, while dodging the government's hunt for her and the military occupation of Hawkins.

Matt and Ross Duffer, the sibling filmmaking duo and creators of *Stranger Things*, sit down exclusively with ** to break down some of the big reveals from the new trailer.

Will and Vecna face to face

According to Ross, the key to understanding Vecna's line to Will lies in season 2, episode 6, "The Spy," when the Byers boy was brought to Hawkins Laboratory for evaluation. He calls it "the most important episode," teasing, "Will was really working, in a way, for the Mind Flayer."

Now in season 5, Ross adds, "We start to learn more about what happened and what the connection is to all of this and Vecna."

The trailer reaffirms that Will is crucial to the conclusion of this story that began nine years ago when the show premiered on Netflix. "Because the story really began with Will and his disappearance, it felt, in order to go full circle, it needed to really end with him in so many ways," Matt says. "In the last couple seasons, we hadn't really centered much of the show on Will. So there was so much to explore with him from a character perspective and plot perspective."

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*Stranger Things* first introduced Vecna/Henry Creel/One in season 4, while Will was off in California, but the character returned to Hawkins in the finale — a distinction that yielded "really rich territory to explore their connection and relationship," Matt adds.

It's also why the final season begins in the fall of 1987, near the anniversary of Will's disappearance in the Upside Down. "So much of the season was built around the idea of coming full circle, answering many of the questions that were posed all the way back in season 1," Matt continues. "I think the two biggest questions that we didn't really answer in season 1 that we do answer this season is 'what is the Upside Down, truly?' and 'why was Will taken?'"

An "undefeatable" Vecna glow-up

Noah Schnapp's Will on 'Stranger Things 5'.

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Vecna is sporting a new look these days. In the years since we last saw him, he apparently has been hitting the Upside Down gym, his body visibly caked with thicker tendrils.

Matt says the team "wanted to reinvent his look a little bit; level him up, so to speak." He also confirms there's "a whole backstory" about why he's been away for as long as he has, which will be unveiled piecemeal throughout the season.

"We wanted him to be scarier," Matt continues. "So much of season 4, he was attacking you within the mind. One of the differences this season is he's also attacking in the real world. Because of that, we needed to take his abilities to a new level."

Story wise, Ross points to how Nancy (Natalia Dyer) burned and shot Vecna before he fell out a window in season 4. "So the idea being more that he has rebuilt his body, which is why there are still literal holes and you can see through pieces of his body," he says. "He's lost what remained of his human body and has become more a part of the Upside Down. If there is any humanity left within him, it's diminished."

Viewers will spot the unconscious (or perhaps dead?) bodies of soldiers littering the pavement around Vecna in the trailer. It's clear humanity's military efforts are woefully unprepared for this monster's might. "We wanted him to feel really undefeatable," Matt explains. "We thought a lot about *Terminator*, *Terminator 2*, specifically, and also the relentless quality of the bad guys in those films."

Ross mentions another cinematic reference for Vecna 2.0: Darth Vader's dramatic arrival in *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016) — "to really see his powers in full display and how exciting that was," he says. "You certainly see Vecna's full powers on display in this."

"A lot of this season takes place in the Upside Down"

The Upside Down on 'Stranger Things 5'.

The military is turning Hawkins upside down — and even entering the Upside Down.

Certain trailer shots showcase Eleven using her telekinetic powers to propel her over a high fence into some kind of army compound, which certainly looks like it's in the Upside Down beneath that alternate dimension's dark sky crackling with red lightning. The Duffers don't want to dig into that too much other than to point out the obvious.

"These gates have opened up. We have a full military present in Hawkins and it's under quarantine," Ross comments. "I will say, of course the military is doing stuff in the Upside Down, but it really is a mystery to our characters and the audience for the beginning of the show."

Matt chimes in: "A lot of the season takes place in the Upside Down. If I have to look at one more visual effects shot, I don't know what I'm gonna do. We will never make anything else with floating anything. Snow, spores, ash, I'm done with all that."

And what about floating islands? Another snippet from the trailer shows someone falling from the sky in the Upside Down as hovering masses of land bob around the clouds. That's another piece the Duffers decline to talk much about. "As you start to discover more about the Upside Down, that's when that imagery comes into play," Ross says.

"We reveal really everything about the Upside Down, all of which was planned out in season 1," Matt adds. "It was fun to finally pull back the curtain on all of that."

Dialing up the powers to Eleven

Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven on 'Stranger Things 5'.

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Like Vecna, Eleven is getting a power boost this season. One of her new tricks is this telekinetic leap of hers. It's like Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff in the MCU, but circa *Avengers: Infinity War*.

"It's like she's pushing down at the ground and having that energy propel her up, in a way," Ross describes. "So she's not really flying, but she is boosting herself and getting some serious air."

The duo wanted to "level her up" but in a way that felt "within the realm of possibilities of what we've shown in the past," Matt adds. "We didn't want her flying around like Superman. She's just using those abilities in new ways."

Volume 2 lookahead

Finn Wolfhard, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, Charlie Heaton, and Gaten Matarazzo in 'Stranger Things 5'.

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Among the shots the Duffers don't want to say much about just yet is that red energy pulse emanating from a giant antenna. "It plays a very important role on the show," Matt comments. "You're not gonna see that in Volume 1, either. It's in Volume 2."

The first four episodes of the final season will be released as Volume 1 on Netflix on Nov. 26, while the next batch of three will release as Volume 2 on Christmas Day. Then on New Year's Eve, the series finale will screen simultaneously in movie theaters and on Netflix.

From the trailers released so far, Matt confirms the footage has mostly been from Vol. 1. However, "There are shots from every single episode, including the finale." This new one in particular "has something from [episodes] 7 and 8. So I think every episode is accounted for," Ross says. "The marketing team actually hasn't seen the finale, but we did send them a couple shots that we thought could work. They're in there, but I'm not gonna tell you which shots."

Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer) and Jonathan Byers (Charlie Heaton) on 'Stranger Things' 5.

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Being that this is the final season, everyone is wondering who will make it to the finish line. There have been a number of important character deaths on the show thus far, from Barb (Shannon Purser) to Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn), but the core crew stuck it out. Will that change by finale's end?

"I don't know if we want to say, but certainly the stakes are higher and it's more dangerous than ever before," Ross says. "What it really comes down to for us is stories and the situations."

Nancy features in one dramatic shot from the trailer, in which she's crying while rinsing blood off her hands in a bathroom sink. "How do you know that's blood on her hands and not paint?" Matt jokes. "Maybe she's just upset 'cause she got splattered with paint. Who knows?"

Ross does concede, however, "It's a brutal season, I will say that."

"Yeah, it's very brutal," Matt continues. "It's violent. The stakes are higher than ever. Because you're hurtling through the end, a lot more is on the table, I will say. Hopefully it's surprising and earned, what's happened. We weren't going for shock value."

The Duffers don't take death lightly. Exploring the death of a main character often felt "so heavy," Matt admits. "It feels like it completely changes what the show is. So we're just very careful about when we do it and who dies."

For example, the loss of Eddie, who died from Demobats in the season 4 finale, "affects the entirety of season 5," Matt notes. "There is no season 6, so we need to make sure, if and when there are deaths, that it makes sense in terms of where we want our characters to end up at the end of the show. That was a lot of the discussion this year."

Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair and Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield on 'Stranger Things 5'.

Max's fate is still a big mystery on *Stranger Things*. She technically died back in season 4, but she managed to bring herself back at least to coma status. She's been in this unconscious state ever since and fans are eagerly awaiting that reveal.

The Duffers already worked out the answer back in season 4, Ross confirms. "We hadn't fully figured out the plot of 5 at that point, so we didn't know exactly how it was gonna factor in," he says. "But, yeah, it's been planned for a while."

Is her fate tied directly to Vecna's larger plans for Hawkins? "Could be," Matt replies, playing coy once again.

Linda Hamilton as Dr. Kay in 'Stranger Things 5'.

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There are many *Terminator* references on *Stranger Things* this year. Even Nancy's hair this season, Matt points out, "is based on Linda's hair from *Terminator 1*." But there's no more overt nod than the arrival of Sarah Connor herself.

In the absence of Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine), who died at the end of season 4, the Duffers needed a replacement. Enter Linda Hamilton's Dr. Kay, who's leading the government's investigation into the Upside Down and the strange occurrences in Hawkins.

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"Usually when we're casting these new roles, we're working with our casting director to come up with the actor before we write the roles," Ross says. "When Carmen Cuba, our casting director, suggested Linda, we got really excited because she's very, very different from Modine. She's equally intimidating and intelligent, but she can fight. If it comes down to it, she can shoot a gun, she can get in a fist fight, she can kick your ass."

Matt clarifies Hamilton isn't channeling Sarah Connor, noting an "unhinged quality" she brings to Dr. Kay. "Part of the reason she's scary," he adds, "is that she, unlike Dr. Brenner, has no emotional connection to Eleven. There was that paternal quality that Brenner had. Dr. Kay has none of those feelings. She really views her just as a weapon that needs to be acquired."**

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Ukraine says it hit a key fuel pipeline near Moscow that supplies Russian forces SAMYA KULLAB November 1, 2025 at 5:23 AM 0 1 / 2Russia UkraineIn this image made from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Oct.

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army, Ukraine's military intelligence said Saturday, a claim that came amid a sustained Russian campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

The operation was carried out late Friday, according to a statement on the Telegram messaging channel. The agency, which is known by its acronym HUR, described it as a "serious blow" to Russia's military logistics.

HUR said its forces struck the Koltsevoy pipeline, which spans 400 kilometers (250 miles) and supplies the Russian army with gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from refineries in Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow.

The operation, which targeted infrastructure near Ramensky district, destroyed all three fuel lines, HUR said.

The pipeline was capable of transporting up to 3 million tons of jet fuel, 2.8 million tons of diesel, and 1.6 million tons of gasoline annually, HUR said.

"Our strikes have had more impact than sanctions," said Kyrylo Budanov, the head of HUR, referring to international sanctions on Russia imposed over its full-out war and the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Elsewhere, a civilian died and 15 more were injured after Russia struck southern Ukraine with a ballistic missile on Saturday morning, local official Vitaliy Kim said. A child is among those injured in the strike on the Mykolaiv regi, he said and added that Russia used an Iskander missile.

Another Russian strike early Saturday sparked a fire at a gas plant in the central Poltava region, Ukraine's emergency service reported.

The latest strikes came as Russia keeps up massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure — attacks that brought power outages and restrictions across Ukraine earlier this week, in what Kyiv described as a "systematic energy terror."

Moscow launched 223 drones at Ukraine overnight into Saturday, 206 of which were shot down, according to the Ukrainian air force. Seventeen struck targets in seven Ukrainian regions, the air force said, without providing details.

Russia also hit an agricultural enterprise in Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region, injuring a 66-year old woman there, according to a Telegram update by regional government official Viacheslav Chaus.

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Farmers fight an 'extension cord' for data centers Bracey HarrisNovember 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM 0 The proposed route for a widely protested highvoltage power line starts near Brandon and Marie Hill's farm in Parkton, Md. (André Chung for NBC News) MT. AIRY, Md.

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MT. AIRY, Md. — Standing in a 40-acre field of Christmas trees, Lisa Gaver traced the path of the high-voltage power line that could one day cut through the heart of her family's farm.

The 500-kilovolt line would skim a parking lot, cross through the woods and over a metal deer fence, before running diagonally across a field of Douglas firs and blue spruces and continuing as far as the eye could see.

Gaver, a seventh-generation farmer, wants no part of what she and other landowners in rural Maryland call an "extension cord" for data centers in Northern Virginia 50 miles away. She figures that the tens of thousands of patrons who descend on the 150-acre farm annually to pick pumpkins, find their perfect Christmas tree and munch on apple cider doughnuts don't either.

"It's going to financially devastate us," she said. "There's $4 million worth of inventory in this field."

For more than a year, tensions over a plan to construct a 67-mile transmission line across three Maryland counties — Baltimore, Frederick and Carroll — have rocked the state's farming communities. Landowners have staked signs along the highway declaring, "No eminent domain for corporate gain." A court battle has escalated into threatening social media posts and heated confrontations between farmers and land surveyors. Local officials from all three counties have opposed the project, and some have pleaded with state and federal officials to intervene.

Lisa Gaver worries future power lines may deter the public from visiting her family's Christmas tree farm. (André Chung for NBC News)

"People are scared," said Steve McKay, a councilman in Frederick County. "It brings people to tears. It makes others angry — the notion that this out-of-state firm is going to come in and potentially be given the authority by eminent domain to take land."

The $424 million Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project is an effort by PJM Interconnection, which operates all or part of the electric grid for 13 states, including Maryland, to address climbing power demands amid the growth of energy-hungry data centers and an artificial intelligence boom.

"Without these upgrades, Maryland may face severe grid congestion, threatening both affordability and reliability for ratepayers," the Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), the New Jersey-based utility company responsible for building the line, said in a statement.

Battles over data centers and the enormous resources they require are riling communities across the country, part of a growing backlash against the infrastructure needs of America's artificial intelligence industry. Zoning meetings have turned into standing-room-only showdowns. Opponents say data centers harm property values and guzzle power and water while providing few long-term jobs and often benefiting from tax breaks. Local officials in Kentucky, Missouri and Georgia have passed temporary moratoriums on new data centers; in Michigan, a developer recently sued a town for rejecting its request to rezone farmland for a data center.

Farmer Rebecca Stoecker-Dolly, shown with her mother, Weida Stoecker, worries about the loss of agricultural land. She sees farming as a way to honor her late father. (André Chung for NBC News)

Few fights have grown as heated as the pushback in Maryland, where PSEG has floated using eminent domain to take farmland from residents who won't agree to host the new transmission line. After farmers organized to keep PSEG's land surveyors off their property — and some farmers were accused of threatening the surveyors with guns and dogs — the company asked a federal judge to send in U.S. marshals.

The judge did not agree, but the divisive debate in Maryland shows just how critical data centers' demands have become and the impact they will have on the country's open spaces. Thousands of acres of agricultural land from North Carolina to Indiana are now earmarked for the facilities. Companies including Meta and Amazon are building sprawling structures on fields that once grew soybeans and corn. While some farmers are opting to sell, others are fighting what they see as an intrusion ultimately benefiting Big Tech.

"I don't want to be bought out," said Renée Wilson, a fourth-generation farmer in Parkton, Maryland, who runs The Farmyard, a popular learning farm. The proposed power line would cross her livestock fields, and PSEG sued her to gain access for surveyors; a ruling is pending. "I'm going to fight this tooth and nail as long as I can," she said.

PSEG's latest move that rankled opponents came in late October, when the company asked a judge to temporarily block deer hunting on properties it plans to survey, to keep its workers safe.

PJM has argued that Maryland needs the project not just to support companies across state lines in Virginia — where a "Data Center Alley" hosts roughly 200 of the facilities for major tech firms — but also to feed data centers within Maryland's borders and to shore up the state's grid. Maryland imports 40% of the electricity it uses, and the existing lines are expected to be so overburdened that the state could see brownouts as soon as 2027, PSEG said.

Asked about farmers' concerns, PSEG said it would "work proactively to limit any impacts." The company added, "Our experience has been that agriculture and agritourism can coexist with transmission lines."

Power lines are already adjacent to Brandon Hill's driveway in Parkland, Md. He expects new transmission towers on his farm if the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project is built. (André Chung for NBC News)Farmers caught in limbo

The state's Public Service Commission isn't expected to decide on the project until 2027, which means residents are facing years of uncertainty.

Melvin Baile, a farmer in Carroll County expects the transmission line to hover over the cornfields he leases. He worries it would interfere with the drones and helicopters farmers use to spray crops to fight destructive fungi, like tar spot.

"We literally are fighting the unknown here," he said. "It's really scary."

Baile doesn't know how he would farm if he can't spray, so he's joined other farmers, including Gaver, in a case before the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals challenging the rights of surveyors to come onto their property to examine the line's potential path.

The resistance has been brewing for months.

In April, PSEG began suing property owners who barred crews from their land and a federal judge ruled surveyors had to be granted access. By August, the company said that some crews were facing threats.

Leslie Alfred White was one of the landowners the company accused.

Leslie Alfred White, who opposes the project, is one of several landowners sued by PSEG for refusing access to survey crews. (André Chung for NBC News)

White had sent a letter to the home of a worker denying PSEG access to his 10-acre farm and offering what he described as a warning about the area: "In many communities in Northern Baltimore and Carroll Counties, there is a 'shoot first, ask questions later' attitude," he wrote.

White said the letter wasn't intended as a threat, and he ultimately agreed to follow a court order allowing PSEG on his property, where workers pick kale and collards by hand. But when the surveyors arrived in July, White wasn't home and they found a sign near the driveway emblazoned with a picture of a gun, reading: "Prayer is the best way to meet the Lord / Trespassing is Faster."

PSEG later said in court that Weida Stoecker, one of White's tenant farmers, threatened the surveyors with dogs; Stoecker denied that, saying she simply wanted to ensure the dogs didn't bother the surveyors. The surveyors left. In a court filing requesting protection from the U.S. Marshals Service, PSEG said one of the workers feared for her safety.

White told NBC News he didn't give his tenants permission to display the sign, and he was shocked by PSEG's request for protection.

"I think they might have been trying to turn a molehill into a mountain," he said.

A federal judge denied PSEG's request, writing that the "circumstances — at least at present — do not warrant sending U.S. Marshals to accompany PSEG and its agents."

Fourth-generation farmer Charles Stoecker harvests kale on land his family rents from Leslie Alfred White. (André Chung for NBC News)'American dream' at risk

The farmers have also appealed to higher authorities, including Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who has expressed "grave concerns" about the power line but has not acted to stop it, and President Donald Trump, who has pledged "global dominance" in AI.

Carroll County Commissioner Kenneth Kiler, part of a local delegation that recently sent a letter to Trump, hopes the president will listen to a community that swung strongly in his favor in 2024.

"Life's life and we may not like the final answer, but we would like some communication," Kiler said.

Moore's office didn't comment. Taylor Rogers, a White House spokesperson, blamed Maryland's electricity issues on the closure of coal plants and said Trump supports efforts to "meet the growing energy demand and win the AI arms race." The White House said it would be better to meet that demand by building more power plants rather than new transmission lines.

For Brandon Hill, the power line is an unwelcome obstacle to his plans for the farmland he purchased in Baltimore County three years ago. Hill and his wife, Marie, envision a 60-acre "food forest" growing walnuts, berries and chestnuts.

"That was our American dream and we were building it," Hill, 31, said.

Brandon Hill holds hybrid American chestnuts harvested on his farm. (André Chung for NBC News)

He has paused on planting prairie grasses and wildflowers on half the property while he waits to see exactly where the new line will go and what is allowed to grow beneath it. In the meantime he is volunteering with the Tri-County Coalition, composed of farming and environmental advocacy groups that oppose the power line.

Like White, Hill was also named in PSEG's motion seeking protection for surveyors. The surveyors visited on a day Hill was away from home, and PSEG said his father called a Black security agent a racial slur, threatened to shoot the crew in the head and nearly hit a worker with an ATV.

In court documents, Hill's lawyer said Hill apologized after learning of his father's alleged actions and that his father had a mental health condition. Hill's lawyer told the court that Hill's father won't be there when surveyors return.

For now, Hill is guiding fellow landowners in how to have a say as the lengthy approvals process unfolds. State regulators will begin holding hearings next year.

Questions about the future

Back in Mt. Airy, a "stop the power lines" sign greets patrons at Gaver's Christmas tree farm. She and her husband were newlyweds when they began selling trees in the 1980s.

When they added a corn maze in the late 2000s, social media was still novel. Now, visitors pose with props like antique trucks, and families use the trees as backdrops for Instagram posts and Christmas cards.

Gaver said the proposed power lines would run above the tree line along the length of the property and would be visible from any point on the farm. (André Chung for NBC News)

"Twenty years ago, if you would have told me our farming would have changed to selling photos," Gaver mused on a recent Thursday.

She tried to imagine a transmission tower looming over the hayride drop off, just paces away from a trailer repurposed as a cider stand. She wondered: Would anyone want to pick apples under a transmission line? What if her deer fence picked up the current? Would her insurance company consider the line a hazard and charge more than she could afford?

Lisa Gaver has written to Maryland's governor and joined a legal battle over the line. (André Chung for NBC News)

"It's hard to say, 'I worked and built this up for 43 years and someone's just going to walk in and destroy it as a land grab for out-of-state corporations,'" Gaver said. "It's devastating."

For now, she was reminding her daughter to order more cases of "apple sippers" — apple-shaped kids' cups that she sells filled with cider. The skies were blue as families snapped their pictures.

The surveyors arrived the next week.

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GYEONGJU, South Korea (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Saturday that she had no plans to renegotiate a $550 billion investment package deal reached with the United States.

"I believe that even if the prime minister changes, promises made between governments should not be altered," Takaichi told reporters at the end of a week of diplomatic events including a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Takaichi declined to comment on a trade deal that South Korea had inked with the United States, as details of the deal have not been disclosed yet.

Before becoming prime minister last month, Takaichi had said that tariff renegotiation with Washington was not off the table if something came up that seemed unfair and hurt Japan's national interests.

Hardline conservative Takaichi was elected as Japan's first female prime minister, breaking a political glass ceiling for women while also setting the country up for a decisive turn to the right.

In Gyeongju, South Korea, Takaichi joined other leaders from around the Asia-Pacific region for an annual gathering and met Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.

Takaichi said on Saturday that she and Xi had agreed to build a constructive and stable relationship.

Xi told Takaichi that the two countries should not be a threat to each other, according to Chinese state media.

Before her South Korea trip, Takaichi held her first bilateral meeting with Trump in Tokyo.

She said she had "frank, direct discussions and built personal relationships" with Trump.

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