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Nothing intrigues streamers more than a gripping new mystery thriller on their weekly watchlists, and Netflix knows it all too well.

So, if you’re mind-blown by its latest Sherlock Holmes-inspired period mystery series, The Final Problem, and yet want more reasons to put on your detective hat, we’ll give you some.

The book-to-screen adaptation of Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s eponymous novel takes viewers back in time, spotlighting a veteran actor trapped with a dozen others on a secluded island off the coast of Mallorca, where a murder takes place during a heavy rainstorm. Having once portrayed Holmes on the big screen, the fading actor must use sleuthing skills he picked up from his famous character when everyone in the hotel becomes a suspect.

While the audience may have finished the limited series in one sitting, the post-watch party is only getting started. So, if you want an in, here are five Netflix shows to follow up with after completing The Final Problem.

Five Netflix shows to stream after The Final Problem

Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials (Chris Sweeney, 2025)

If you loved how Basil steps up in The Final Problem as an unconventional detective despite the initial ruling of suicide, Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials will definitely hit home in more ways than one.

Based on the 1929 novel The Seven Dials Mystery, the three-episode murder mystery series set in England in 1925 takes place at an elite country house party where a seemingly harmless prank involving multiple alarm clocks goes murderously wrong when Gerry is found dead.

Although the death is initially ruled a suicide, witty young aristocrat Lady Eileen ‘Bundle’ Brent refuses to believe Gerry took his life, subsequently launching her own investigation despite being advised against it. Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials centres on Bundle’s desperate search for answers, which leads her down the rabbit hole of a deadly criminal conspiracy tied to a secret society where nothing is truly what it seems.

The Residence (Liza Johnson and Jaffar Mahmood, 2025)

If you want your next pick to mirror The Final Problem’s locked-room mystery vibes where everyone’s a suspect, The Residence might just be the follow-up you’re consciously looking for.

The murder mystery series opens with a terrifying inciting incident where AB Wynter, the Chief Usher of the White House, is unexpectedly found dead in the Yellow Oval Room during an official state dinner hosted for Australia.

As unorthodox detective Cordelia Cupp is summoned to investigate the high-profile case, she is forced to pair up with sceptical FBI special agent Edwin Park to capture the culprit. Set across 132 rooms with 157 suspects, The Residence unfolds through a mix of present-day Senate committee hearings, high-stakes investigation and interrogation, and flashbacks of Cordelia’s unconventional sleuthing and the events leading up to the murder.

Bodies (Marco Kreuzpaintner and Haolu Wang, 2023)

Since The Final Problem is a period mystery thriller, Bodies becomes a non-negotiable pick in the post-viewing Netflix marathon.

The mind-bending sci-fi mystery series spans four primary timelines, taking place in 1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053, where four detectives from these different eras find the exact same naked corpse on Longharvest Lane in East London, underscoring a mysterious link between them.

As each detective investigates and digs deeper into their respective cases, they realise that the murders are connected by an unbelievable time-bending conspiracy, orchestrated by a mysterious political leader. Bodies follows detectives Alfred Hillinghead (1890), Charles Whiteman (1941), Shahara Hasan (2023), and Iris Maplewood (2053) as they each try to get to the roots of the murder cases that seemingly have no explanation.

High Seas (Carlos Sedes, Lino Escalara, Manuel Gómez Pereira, and Federico Untermann, 2019–2020)

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High Seas is a Netflix mystery series that may not come across as a common recommendation, but it fits the bill for The Final Problem’s post-watch party picks, thanks to the show’s locked-room mystery and unlikely detectives.

The series follows the Villanueva sisters Eva and Carolina, who board the luxury ocean liner Barbara de Braganza bound for Rio de Janeiro, as the latter is set to marry the ship’s owner, Fernando. While onboard, Eva decides to help a panicked woman named Luisa, concealing her in her luggage to save her from an abusive husband.

However, the same woman is soon thrown off the cruiser to her death, prompting Eva and first officer Nicolas Vasquez to launch an investigation where everyone is a suspect. Set in the 1940s, High Seas also shares the intrigue of a period thriller, making it relevant in multiple ways in this binge session.

The Irregulars (Johnny Allen, 2021)

Loosely inspired by the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Irregulars is the ultimate show to pull the curtains off after The Final Problem.

The supernatural mystery drama follows a group of troubled street teens, Billy, Spike, Leopold, and Queen Victoria’s youngest son, in Victorian-era London, recruited by Dr Watson under the guidance of elusive Sherlock Holmes to investigate bizarre paranormal occurrences.

While The Irregulars focus on multiple cases linked by a supernatural tie, the initially unconnected gruesome crimes turn out to bridge the gap between the human world and a dark dimension. The series centres on the ragtag crew of unlikely sleuths who investigate the seemingly impossible happenings, ranging from kidnapped babies to missing body parts of victims.