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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021 • THE BULLETIN
SIX NEW SHOWS TO STREAM
BY MAKENZIE WHITTLE • The Bulletin
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espite the pandemic shutting down productions across Hollywood and beyond, a few new TV series — mostly filmed pre-COVID — have premiered on
the small screen, adding to the neverending lists of “I should check that out.” Here are six new shows that are worth switching on.
”Bridgerton” — The steamy Netflix
Original soapy Regency drama based on the
series of books by Julia Quinn, must have a
healthy corset budget for how many the cast
goes through. Revolving around the scan-
dal, gossip and courtly drama of the affluent
Bridgerton family of London and its eight
children and their attempts to find love.
Produced by Shonda Rhimes, the show is
schmaltzy and oftentimes falls prey to typ-
ically hokey writing and wooden acting as
seen in other shows in the Shonda-verse,
but the luscious costumes, eyebrow-raising
situations and diverse cast make it hard not
to binge through. Stream it on Netflix.
”The Flight Attendant” — Kaley Cuoco
shines in the thriller-dramedy from HBO
Max. She plays Cassie, an alcoholic flight
attendant who spends her
flights drinking and her
nights hooking up
with someone wher-
ever she lands.
When she wakes
up on a layover
in Bangkok and
finds her latest
one-night-stand
with his throat
slit and with no
memory of the night
before, she jets back
stateside. But the FBI
quickly finds her and begins
asking questions. Stream it on HBO Max.
”The Good Lord Bird” — Real-life abo-
litionist John Brown gets the biopic treat-
ment, sort of. The limited series based on
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Joshua Caleb Johnson, left, and Ethan Hawke in “The Good Lord Bird” (2020).
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James McBride’s book takes
many liberties with history
while presenting the lead up
to Brown’s (played by Ethan
Hawke) raid at Harpers Ferry.
The absurdist retelling focuses
away from the semi-crazed leader
and instead hones in on a fictional
character called Onion (Joshua Caleb) who
is brought into Brown’s fold when his father
is murdered. The series is told through On-
ion’s eyes and gives the power of the story
to that of the Black leaders, slaves and freed
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speaking cadence characters enriches
the aesthetic they’re trying to achieve.
This means the show sometimes feels
too proud of itself, but it has enough of
a mystery to keep you hooked in.
There are a lot of theories as to
where the mini-series is going and
many of them point to something to
do with the House of M storyline in the
comics, where Wanda creates an alter-
nate reality to deal with the trauma of
losing her children (though the show is
probably utilizing her trauma of losing
her brother and Vision in earlier films).
men and women surrounding the events of
1859. Stream it on Showtime.
”History of Swearing” — The quick and
easy docu-series hosted by national treasure
Nicolas Cage (no pun intended) takes deep
dives each episode into the history of some
of our favorite four-letter words. Featuring
interviews with comedians and actors to
add some color to the incredibly fascinating
histories as explained by linguistic and word
experts you can get through the whole thing
in one evening. Though you may have to
censor yourself heavily the next day at work
The first two episodes didn’t hook
me the same way that something like
“The Mandalorian” was able to do,
but this is the first time the MCU has
gone to television (other Marvel-based
shows are not technically connected
to the film universe) and so being left
waiting a week to find out what hap-
pens next is unusual.
But I have faith in producer Kevin
Feige and his team at Marvel that they
know exactly what they’re doing. At
least, I hope they do.
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as this reporter did. Stream it on Netflix.
”I May Destroy You” — This one came
out during the summer of 2020 but deserves
the recognition all the same. The British se-
ries is darkly funny at times while it works
to unravel the impact of Arabella’s (Michaela
Coel) sexual assault coupled with her navi-
gating her career as a writer and subsequent
Millennial icon. Coel, who is also the series
creator and writer of all episodes, is incred-
ible and is a name to watch for. Stream it on
HBO Max.
”The Queen’s Gambit” — Chances are,
you have either already watched this or have
been told by the internet and everyone you
know that you should watch this incredible
series starring Anya Taylor-Joy. Well, here is
another one telling you to watch the oddly
empowering series centered around an or-
phaned chess star. Stream it on Netflix.
”Ted Lasso” — Another show worth
checking out that was released in the sum-
mer of 2020. The delightfully lighthearted
and oddly inspirational “Ted Lasso” was a
surprise coming from Apple TV Plus. It fol-
lows American college football coach Ted
Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) as he starts a new
job as the head coach for a London-based
premier league football team. The fish-out-
of-water story is incredibly lovely thanks to
Lasso’s constant encouragement to others.
You don’t need to know anything about soc-
cer or even be a sports fan to enjoy this one.
It’s even more surprising that they were able
to take an ad for NBC sports and spin it into
something this charming. Stream it on Ap-
ple TV Plus.
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Marvel Studios
Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany star in “WandaVision” on
Disney Plus.