So many shows are several seasons in, so even just finishing something feels like a real achievement – Firefly Lane: tick! Done! Did you enjoy it? No, not much, but at least it’s finished – though I admit this might be unique to me and related to the job. And to be fair, there have been some brilliant shows on over the last year.

It’s far better than the nightmare scrolling which inevitably leads to watching nothing at all or just resigning and putting on Friends eps. It can be overwhelming and so there is a massive comfort in just watching ‘the thing that Netflix has told you to watch’. There are many, many streaming channels, serving a wealth of new and old shows and while you’d have to be seriously minted to afford them all, it can be incredibly difficult to navigate the enormous volume of content available. This, despite never having seen Game of Thrones, The West Wing, The Sopranos, Seasons 3-5 of The Wire and countless other classics.

I binged the whole of Netflix’s weird Egyptian horror Paranormal, devoured a couple of seasons of A Discovery of Witches and even had a good crack at Fate: The Winx Saga – I couldn’t finish that one but I may go back. I also watched the whole of Emily in Paris – I liked it while fully acknowledging its trashiness. This isn’t a review and I’m not here for a debate on the merits – we are living in a world in crisis so anything that brings anyone joy is gold in my book.įirefly Lane, however, did not bring me joy and yet I still felt compelled to sit through the entire thing. However, I personally thought it was quite bad. The series has been trending on Netflix for some weeks now and it appears to be very popular with viewers – more so than with critics – which is great, and no disrespect to anyone who loves the show. The weekend before last, I found myself bingeing the entire series of Firefly Lane.

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