Naturally, the end of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Game of Thrones last month left us dizzy with unabashed grief, and ever since we’ve felt a void in both our hearts and TV schedules. What do we do on a Sunday evening now? Who do we root for? What do we talk about come Monday? I have the answer. While even I can’t bring Thrones season 7 forward, I can introduce you to the best TV shows currently airing to take your minds off your Westeros withdrawal. ജFrom Hollywood’s big hitting award winners, to quieter cult masterpieces you may not have heard of, I’ve got your nexꦺt 12 months of box-set bingeing sorted.
12. Orange is the New Black
If you haven’t raced through OITNB yet, now is your time. To recap, Piper (Taylor Schilling) is a nice middle-class girl who hung with the wrong crowd, got caught up in drug smuggling and is now serving time at Litchfield Penitentiary. Her fellow inmates include her ex-girlfriend from said ‘wrong crowd,’ a transgender diva, a ruthless Russian mob-boss-turned-prison-chef and a psychotic former meth-addict intent on destroying her. If you like gory violence, graphic sex scenes, and to go through an emotional rollercoaster of fear, disgust and hilarity - basically, if you likಌe GoT - this is for you.
UK: Seasons 1-4 are available on Netflix.
US: Seasons 1-4 are available on Netflix.
11. Marco Polo
For those with major Game of Thrones withdrawal, this is perhaps the closest you’ll get to aꦏ replacement. A period drama filmed on a multi-million dollar set? Check. Political plotting and the breakdown of an empire? Check. Greed, family betrayal, rape and sexual manipulation? You bet. After three years of crossing seas, roads, and deserts, the explorer and titular star (played by Lorenಞzo Richelmy) finds himself a prisoner of Mongolian Emperor Kublai Khan, who’s fighting his own brother for power. You think that’s bad? You haven’t met Khan’s wife yet.
UK: Seasons 1 and 2 are available on Netflix.
US: Seasons 1 and 2 are available on Netflix.
7. Fargo
Original creators Joel and Ethan Coen gave their blessing for this TV adaptation, and came on board as executive producers, so you know it’s good. Like the movie, it’s set in Minnesota and features well-meaning cops, gruesome murders, and oddball char🐟acters a-plenty. Martin Freeman is insurance salesman Lester Nygaard who wouldn’t hurt a fly until he bludgeons his wife to death, and unwittingly ends up in debt to contract killer Lorne Malvo (Billy Bob Thornton). The sheer bonkersness of it is so appealing you’ll likely burn through the series in one sitting.
UK: Seasons 1 and 2 are available on Netflix.
US: Season 1 is available on Hulu.
4. Wayward Pines
‘Welcome to Wayward Pines’ reads the highway sign before a car crash and explosion leave Secret Service agent Matt Dillon stranded in a seemingly peaceful American town that – surprise! - conceals a magnitude of sinful secrets. It’s directed by M. Night Shyamalan and written by brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, just before they created Stranger Things (see above), which has a not-totally dissimilar setting. The cast are a fantastic mish♋-mash of Hollywood elite including Carla Gugino, Juliette Lewis, Terrence Howard Melissa Leo, and Toby Young, making for truly compelling viewing.
UK: Seasons 1 and 2 are available on Now TV.
US: Seasons 1 and 2 are available on Hulu.
