The five best series to watch on Netflix this weekend
After a weekend full of Upside Down festivities, it’s easy to feel like all you can do is probably wait until Christmas Day arrives to turn on Netflix. But since the weekend is once again around the corner, we beg to differ.
The streaming halls are already beginning to look a lot like Christmas, thanks to Netflix for summoning the best of entertainment that’s there this December.
But until and unless you welcome the holiday roster to your door, what’s the point? So, to prevent you from becoming a victim of endless scrolling and non-stop procrastination, we’ve curated a five-series watch party that will put your brain to work.
While the last Saturday and Sunday were blockbusters with Stranger Things to fall back on, the five best series to watch on Netflix this weekend are ready for part two, if so are you.
The five best series to binge on Netflix this weekend:
Killing Eve (Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emerald Fennell, Suzanne Heathcote, and Laura Neal, 2018-2022)
If the heart wants a thriller after the cliffhangers of last week, then that’s what we bring to you. But we hate to break it to you, there’s no shortcut around Killing Eve. The British spy thriller originally aired on BBC America. However, all four seasons are currently available for streaming on Netflix. All you need to do is start early to ensure you don’t launch yourself into the workweek with twice as many questions as the last time.
Killing Eve primarily follows an intelligence investigator, Eve Polastri, who’s on a mission to capture an elusive psychopathic serial killer, Villanelle. As they find themselves in an intense cat-and-mouse chase, both develop an unlikely obsession with each other, which drives the plot forward. But if you think this is an ordinary tale of spy chase, you’d better watch out for the twisted turns ahead.
The Abandons (Kurt Sutter, 2025)
If you’re craving a Western thriller from Netflix, well, the wait is over. Starring Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey in a gripping new frontier drama, The Abandons is Kurt Sutter’s latest Netflix offering, set in the Washington Territory in 1854. Unlike typical Westerns that tell the story of fearsome patriarchs, this Netflix series follows two matriarchs from increasingly different backgrounds and families.
First, the Van Nesses, who come from a rich dynasty, one with privilege and status, are led by Anderson’s Constance. Second, it’s Headey’s Fiona, who has a found family of outcasts and orphans, called the Abandons. Despite their diverse backgrounds, their fates become linked when Constance sets her sights on the fertile ranch where the Abandons live. Needless to say, neither matriarchs plan on backing down.
Mr Mercedes (David E Kelly, 2017-2019)
This weekend, we hope to bring you every pedigree of thriller, including an enticing crime drama, Mr Mercedes. Pretty much like Killing Eve, it’s not exactly possible to wind up with three seasons overnight. But once you start, there’s no going back; that’s a promise. Based on the Bill Hodges novel trilogy by Stephen King, the whodunit originally premiered on Audience.
Mr Mercedes revolves around retired detective Bill Hodges, who’s constantly ridiculed, taunted, and provoked by a psychopathic killer, Brady Hartsfield. The story begins in the fictional town of Bridgton, Ohio, when a mass murderer rams a stolen Mercedes-Benz into a crowd of hardworking job seekers, killing eight people and injuring several more. Although Hodges’ inability to solve the case initially already made him hit rock bottom, what reignites his sense of purpose to return to the investigation is a taunting letter from none other than Mr Mercedes.
Dispatches from Elsewhere (Jason Segel, 2020)
For those tired of long-format suggestions, Jason Segel’s Dispatches from Elsewhere is here to rescue. The AMC limited series is based on the docu-film, The Institute, about the alternate reality game The Jejune Institute, which follows four seemingly ordinary people whose lives eventually entwine when they start playing a mysterious game.
The game requires them to solve cryptic clues, riddles, puzzles, and challenges hidden around Philadelphia, somewhat like a treasure hunt, which serves as an escape from their mundane lives. But the deeper they dig, the more complicated the games become, pushing the players to uncover another side to life they didn’t know existed in the first place.
Playing Gracie Darling (Miranda Nation, 2025)
Lastly, to end the weekend marathon of hauntings, Playing Gracie Darling has landed on Netflix, straight out of Paramount+. The six-episode supernatural thriller revolves around Gracie Darling and her friends, who disappeared 27 years ago when a séance went south of what they planned.
While Joni, who was only 14 at the time, is now a child psychologist, she’s still haunted by the ghosts of her past even two decades on. But what aggravates her guilt and anxiety is when a cop informs her about another Darling sibling’s disappearance after yet another séance.