Five Truly Terrific TV Shows

By Kenzie

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A staple part of most people's lives is a TV. While we're eating, when we're ill or when we're just plain bored - the television is there for us to get us by. Plus, there are so many talented actors and actresses that deserve to be seen. Nowadays, with things such as Netflix, Sky, Hulu and Disney+ there is a never ending choice of incredible shows to investigate. 

Recently I have discovered some really amazing TV shows that I want to share with you.These will be in no particular order as I would find it really difficult to rank them. Some of these TV shows are current, while some of them have been around for ages and I've only just found them. I hope this is useful for the next time you decide you want to find a new TV show that you can binge and please do share your opinions on the TV shows I have chosen if you've already seen them. 

• Castle 

Castle is my favourite TV show of all time. It follows Richard Castle, a famous crime novelist, who gets caught up in a murder investigation and ends up shadowing homicide detective, Kate Beckett, so he can use her as his muse for a new novel. I love Castle because it is so ridiculous and cringey, yet fascinating. Castle is that classic disobedient, slightly arrogant, pain in the ass character from the start, but throughout the series, you see him grow massively. Sure, he's still disobedient and a pain in the ass but he's also so much more than that and has so many different aspects of his personality that you can't help except to love him. The stupidity of it is handled with just the right amount of realism and humour that you automatically get invested. I actually cried when the series ended and straight away asked for the boxset for Christmas. To me, it's one of the shows I can watch again and again and again and again and again...

• Chicago Fire 

Chicago Fire is a new show for me that I only found recently and have been binge watching ever since. It gives you an insight into the lives of firefighters at Station 51 and how they deal with the day to day turmoils of being a firefighter, but also how that affects them in their home lives and who they are outside of just being firefighters. You fall in love with each one of the characters automatically and you go on a total rollercoaster of emotions, as they have their own ups and downs in the show. It also crosses over with Chicago PD and Chicago Med so you are drawn into this universe and feel completely invested in these lives that you are watching unfold. I think that, along with all the thrilling storylines and special moments you witness, is all you need for the making of a great show.

• Neighbours

 I have watched Neighbours since I was a kid. It is an Australian soap based around the residents of Ramsay Street. It is the only soap I watch because despite all the drama that goes down; it's so different to Eastenders and Coronation Street and all those British soap operas. Every soap needs drama to keep it interesting.  The reason I love Neighbours is because with every ounce of disaster and dramatics, there is an equal amount of ridiculousness and fun. (MINOR SPOILER AHEAD) For example, a while ago one of the characters had just had a miscarriage and it was all sad but meanwhile, just across the street, the neighbours were having a 'House of Trouser' party where everyone was partying in their underwear and a shirt. There's certainly no other soap that I know where that would happen!

• Good Luck Charlie

Good Luck Charlie is a show that I used to watch on Disney Channel as a kid. Even now, as a 20 year old fully grown adult, it is one of my favourites to watch for a laugh. I recently got Disney+ and decided to rewatch every episode. It focuses around the Duncan family whose lives are turned upside down at the birth of baby sister Charlie. It follows the turmoil of the teenage years, parenthood, being the 'forgotten' middle child and growing up. I love this show because it has typical British humour, despite actually being an American TV show, and so relatable for any family.

• You 

I heard everyone raving about this show and so I decided to give it a watch too and see what all the fuss was about. OMG! ‘You’ was one of those shows for me where I physically could not stop watching it. It is about a guy called Joe Goldberg who falls in love with a girl called Beck, but slowly that love turns into an unhealthy obsession. He will do anything to make Beck happy, and I mean anything. I'll not give too much away, but it is one of the most insane, unpredictable shows I have ever watched and I became obsessed. There are so many twists and turns that you never know what is going to happen. If you think Season 1 is mad, you have no idea what is in sort for Season 2! I don't know what else I can say about this show except you HAVE to watch it. WATCH IT, WATCH IT NOW!

I hope that you found this little article review interesting and please let me know your thoughts if you did decide to give any of these TV shows a try at my recommendation.