Lorraine’s 3 Favs in 2021
Three Binge-Worthy Shows
Money Heist (Netflix): This 5 season series leaves you loving the very characters you hate when the journey begins. The story is not linear — throughout the current heist you are sent back over and over again to learn how this ‘family’ of thieves came to be. There is a mix of violence (read: shoot ’em up scenes) with plenty of suspense to keep you involved.
I’ll admit two things: 1. it took me a few episodes to really get hooked and 2. I found myself in season 2 wondering when this heist was ever going to end. But by Season 3 we had been taken outside of the bank more often and by then I didn't want it to end. Although the story could end ‘happily ever after’ at the conclusion of Season 3, I was so glad they couldn’t leave it well enough and added a second heist in Seasons 4 and 5. At every turn, The Professor is always 10 steps ahead of the police — I’ve never known anyone that smart!
The Big Story is about common people who are tired of government corruption and want to make a statement ‘for the people’ — but at the end of the day, they are still people themselves and don’t mind leaving with a few billion dollars in the process of making a statement.
Younger (Hulu): Each episode of this show is a 30–45 min laughter break for anyone over 40 who wants to ‘go back’ and do it all over again. Or maybe you just want to watch someone else try it. The 42 yr old main character finds herself posing as a 26 yr old to get a job, then before she knows it, she’s created a whole life. Until… her secret starts to get out. Along the way, watching her navigate ‘tweeting’ and a hundred other 20 yr old normalcies is nothing short of hysterical. Her unwaxed ‘down under’ terrifies her younger friends in the locker room and I think we’ve all dreamed about the tattoo-shop-owner boyfriend she lands. The laughter evolves into ‘can’t wait to see what happens next’ and the ending wasn’t expected.
Succession (HBO Max): Think Godfather mixed with Yellowstone, set in present day NYC. Controlling multibillion dollar father who owns so many media outlets that he basically controls the presidential narrative — but applies the same business manipulation tactics to his own children. All four of them are starving for his love and acceptance in their own manipulative ways. Twists and turns don’t ever end, as the family is in sheer desperation to hold onto the company — each trying to be the one in control of it all. While family dysfunction raged, hated characters gained my sympathy along the way as each episode revealed additional sadness and truth.
