Some shows I buzzed through recently:
Maniac (2018/Netflix) - ★★★★☆
Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, they're assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. Things do not go as planned
Stars: Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Justin Theroux
Gypsy (2017-/Netflix) - ★★★☆☆
Therapist Jean Holloway becomes too immersed in the lives of her patients
Stars: Naomi Watts, Billy Crudup
Derek (2012-2014/Netflix) - ★★★★★
Derek is a loyal nursing home care assistant who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents.
Stars: Ricky Gervais, Kerry Godliman
The Terror (2018-/AMC) - ★★★★★
In 1848, two real life warships, HMS Terror and HMS Erebus, sent on a Royal Naval expedition to find the treacherous Northwest Passage become trapped in ice near Arctic and face starvation, mutiny, cannibalism and a demonic polar bear.
Stars: Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Paul Ready
The Sinner [S01] (2017-/Netflix) - ★★★★☆
When a young mother inexplicably stabs a stranger to death, a sympathetic detective struggles to unlock the mystery buried in her missing memories.
Stars: Jessica Biel, Bill Pullman, Christopher Abbott
The Hunt (2015/Netflix) - ★★★★★
Produced by the team that created BBC's "Planet Earth" series, "The Hunt" explores the relationship between predators and their prey. Sir David Attenborough narrates this documentary while the cameras follow the animals in their natural habitats.
Stars: David Attenborough