Spending more time searching for a show to watch than actually watching? Letting your Pad Thai get cold as you tirelessly swap between streaming services with the fleeting hope of finding something entertaining enough to eat to?
Help is here. We asked around the office what people are watching and to give us an honest rating in their own words. Without further adieu...
The Ultimatum
"I mostly detested reality TV until tha gods, Nick and Vanessa Lachey, started launching certifiably insane social experiment shows on Netflix. First was Love is Blind, and now this… spectacle. The Ultimatum is a twist on the ole’ partner swap genre, and it goes completely off the rails by the second episode."
- Nick
- Trailer
- Service: Netflix
- Rating: 5 stars (out of 1,000)
I Think You Should Leave
"One of the most polarizing shows, and I happen to fall in the "LOVE IT" end. If you like Tim Robinson's humor this show will make you laugh to the point of tears. Bold comedy with characters that usually make you cringe but also quote over and over afterwards. Includes some SNL rejects, which are probably the best sketches in the show."
- Brooke
- Trailer
- Service: Netflix
- Rating: Hard to watch in the best way possible
Jeopardy
"If you haven’t tuned in lately, 23 year old Canadian, Mattea Roach, is on a 21 game winning streak — the 5th longest run in the shows history, and the 1st longest run for someone who answers every clue as if they’re completely guessing. Reminds me of my younger self always choosing “C” on multiple choice tests... Didn’t work!"
- Tim
- Channel: You already know
- Rating: What else are you watching at 7pm?
Old Enough
"Although it’s technically been around for 30 years, Old Enough is an addictive Japanese Netflix series that has taken the world by storm. Adventurous children independently complete mundane errands like buying groceries and picking up laundry. Honestly, it feels very familiar to my inner dialogue as an “adult” in my late 20s learning to complete errands on my own. #Inspired"
- Ale
- Service: Netflix
- Rating: Incredible
WeCrashed
"The story of WeWork founder Adam Neumann manipulating his way to achieving a $47 billion company valuation that, upon filing for an IPO, was exposed to have no underlying business logic. Having spent some time at WeWork, I couldn't resist. The performances are great and they really nail the essence of all the crazy. A little squirmy at points, but high marks overall."
- Joe
- Trailer
- Service: Apple+
- Rating: Better than the Uber one, not quite as good as the Theranos one
Tokyo Vice
"The story is about a real life American journalist who built a career as a crime reporter in Tokyo, establishing deep relationships with members of the city's criminal underworld to document the dealings of the Yakuza. I copied this from Wikipedia. It's really good."
- Jason
- Trailer
- Service: HBO Max
- Rating: Baby Driver is in it
Russian Doll (Season 2)
"Do you like being confused while watching witty characters figure out da fuq is going on? After season one, I didn't think we needed more of Nadia Vulvokov's story, but apparently I was wrong. It's a very meta Groundhog Day moment. No time to explain. Bonus points for being based in NYC; fun to guess where the scenes are shot."
- Dave
- Trailer
- Service: Netflix
- Rating: B+
Only Murderers in the Building
"An extremely easy to watch (read: doesn't require full attention span), witty, and entertaining murder mystery show with a cast no one asked for: Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. Good clean fun and season two is dropping at the end of June. Highly recommend."
- Dan
- Trailer
- Service: Netflix
- Rating: Rotten Tomatoes: 100% critic, 93% audience (#certified)
Nothing
"I don't watch TV."
- Steve
The Dropout
"Following the rise and fall of Theranos, that made-up company that didn't actually do anything, and its founder Elizabeth Holmes. As we all know, the emperor had NO clothes and it is WILD how everyone still bought in."
- Ardith
- Trailer
- Service: Hulu
- Rating: B+ for some SUPER cringey "dancing" moments
