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Netflix has some shows in its catalogue that ease you in with soft worldbuilding and polite little twists. But this new show does not have time for that. It throws you headfirst into chaos, skips the explanations, and dares you to keep up. Which is probably why viewers in the US have been bingeing it like there’s no tomorrow. The show is The Lazarus Project, a show about rewriting time to stop tomorrow from happening at all.

Now trending at number nine on Netflix US, The Lazarus Project is the kind of sci-fi that feels dangerous. And it is not just because of the explosions and shootouts, but because of what it asks. If you could go back and change one moment, would you? And what if fixing something meant losing someone else? You might have thought that a thousand times, but this show brings that into reality.

The story follows George, an app developer who wakes up one day to find that time has reset. A whole six months. Everything that happened is gone. No one else remembers a thing, except a secret organisation called the Lazarus Project. What’s their job? Spot threats to the world and rewind time to prevent disasters. But there is a catch (obviously). You cannot use it for personal reasons. Even if someone you love dies, and even if you are sure you can save them.

That is where things get messy. George gets recruited, trained, and thrown into high-stakes missions. But when tragedy hits close to home, he has a choice to make. He needs to decide whether to follow orders or break the rules of time itself. And once he crosses that line, nothing stays clean.

What makes The Lazarus Project such a great binge is how fast it moves. Every episode ends with a jolt. The action is constant, and the emotional stakes are real. And just when you think you have understood the rules, it rewrites them again. The show plays with timelines, but it never loses its grip on the audience. It is smart but not confusing.

The lead, Paapa Essiedu, carries the whole thing with raw urgency. You feel every decision weighing on him. Every glitch in the loop, every betrayal, every impossible choice. And the best part is, he is not a perfect hero. He is panicked, flawed, and emotional, and that is what makes the show even more gripping.

At just eight episodes, the first season does not waste your time. It sets up a world, breaks it apart, and leaves you begging for more. The second season is already out in the UK, so it is only a matter of time before the rest of the world catches up.

If you are into Netflix shows like Dark, Travelers, or 12 Monkeys, The Lazarus Project will scratch that same sci-fi itch. But even if you are not a regular genre fan, the mix of action and mystery might surprise you. It is not just about time travel. It is about how far you would go to protect the life you had and what you would risk to get it back.