The five best series to watch on Netflix this weekend
No matter how religiously we curse the tightly-packed workweek, the one thing we miss the most on weekends is routine. While that can be called peak adulting, it is what it is. Right after we make it out of bed, we spend the next few hours staring straight into the vacuum, and just like that, it’s Monday all over again. Although it’d be cynical to have workweek shenanigans leak into the off days, we can always keep up with Netflix on weekends.
See, entertainment is something that always walks the thin ice between hit and miss. Subsequently, there are, of course, weekends, when the watchlist doesn’t hit the mark or simply goes above heads.
But then there are some weekends when scrolling sucks up all that energy, and all we’re left with is sulking. Therefore, it only makes sense that we reclaim blockbuster entertainment when it comes to weekends.
So, if you’re interested in making the weekend productive, here are the five best series to watch on Netflix to go with it.
The five best series to binge on Netflix this weekend
The Boroughs (Augustine Frizzell, Kyle Patrick Alvarez, and Ben Taylor, 2026)
The Duffer Brothers have a keen eye for mysteries that shake viewers up from within, and the audience has already witnessed their fair share in Hawkins, Indiana. But now, the Stranger Things creators are back with The Boroughs, a new supernatural series executive-produced by the dynamic duo, co-created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews. The eight-episode series takes viewers to the New Mexico desert at a seemingly blissful retirement community.
There, a newcomer, struck by grief and agony, runs into an otherworldly creature. Although caught terrifyingly off guard, the rookie’s monstrous encounter turns out to be the desperate push he required to find himself joining a motley crew of misfit heroes. The Boroughs follows these very heroes, who embark on a journey to uncover the darkest secrets plaguing the town that prove that their “golden years” are way more dangerous than they think.
Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine (Albert Pintó, David Barrocal, and José Manuel Cravioto, 2026)
Money Heist fans cannot do long without Berlin’s theatrics, and neither can Netflix. Loosely serving as a prequel to the hit Spanish heist thriller, Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine follows the events of Berlin and the Jewels of Paris, launching viewers straight from Paris to Seville. The spin-off series follows Berlin and his gang of expert thieves as they’re hired by the ambitious Duke of Málaga to steal Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic Lady with an Ermine.
Although Berlin agrees to the deal, he soon realises the mission is a trap to control Berlin. Offended by being treated as a petty errand boy, Berlin plans to flip the script. Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine revolves around the character’s reunion with his crew to execute an elaborate counter scheme that hopes to use the smokescreen of the painting’s theft to rob the duke instead.
Person of Interest (Chris Fisher, Richard J Lewis, Frederik EO Toye, Jeffrey G Hunt, Stephen Surjik, and Greg Plageman, 2011-2016)
It’s not every day that you find a CBS classic lurking in the Netflix library, and that too, the critically acclaimed Person of Interest. So, when you do find it on the service, you make the most of it during the weekend, and if time permits, let it slip into the weekdays as well. The sci-fi series revolves around reclusive billionaire Harold Finch and presumably dead CIA operative John Reese, who join forces to prevent crimes before they happen.
Guided by “The Machine,” an omniscient AI surveillance system that Finch originally created for the US government to predict lethal events, Person of Interest dives into the dangers of tech-led advancements ahead of its time. Although it’s humanly impossible to finish off the entire series spanning five seasons and 103 episodes within a weekend, the upcoming weekend could be a great starting point because once you’re in, there’s no going back.
La Brea (Adam Davidson and Cherie Nowlan, 2021-2024)
Since we’re talking sci-fi, it only makes sense to add La Brea to the weekend watchlist as well, since Netflix just added the gripping three-season series to its library. The mind-bending drama series focuses on a massive sinkhole that opens in Los Angeles, gobbling down hundreds of people who find themselves launched into a perilous, prehistoric 10,000 BC version of the exact same location.
La Brea primarily follows the fragmented Harris family as the trapped survivors navigate a world they hadn’t known but only read about, while their loved ones try to find a way out to rescue them from above. While we understand this is not a limited series, and many might be confused as to why the longer shows are even making it through, the thing is, when it comes to quality, neither does Netflix comprise nor do viewers. So, without thinking much, hit the play button this weekend and figure it out later.
The WONDERfools (Yoo In-sik, 2026)
Lastly, for our final pick of the day, we have a South Korean superhero comedy, The WONDERfools, for palate cleansing. Set during the 1999 Y2K panic, the action-adventure series tells the story of a group of ordinary neighbourhood misfits who accidentally gain superpowers that they cannot yet fully control. The plot kicks off with a fake kidnapping that goes horribly wrong when the person’s heart accidentally stops.
As panic takes over the accomplices, they dump her body near a toxic chemical waste site that magically revives the dead, giving all three involved unexpected superpowers. The WONDERfools follow these accidental heroes as they learn to manage their awkward powers when they’re left with no option but to defend Haeseong City from a deadly doomsday conspiracy.