11 TV shows to binge-watch if you’re home sick
By Sandy C.
Home sick and bored out of your mind? Here are 10 great TV shows and movies to binge-watch until you’re feeling better!
Whether you are spending the next several days at home sick, avoiding an illness, or have just ordered to stay home until further notice, you’re likely browsing for something to take your mind off things. Depending on your condition, you’re either searching for a clever series to dive into that’ll get your brain churning or a little something more easy-going that you can watch and probably fall asleep to. Either way, we’ve got a recommendation for you.
No one enjoys not feeling well, but with the proper home remedies, medications, and a comfy couch or bed (don’t forget that fluffy blanket) a good TV series will help make you feel better. Best of all, these are all available to stream on Netflix!
Here are 11 TV shows to binge-watch if you’re home sick:
Clever dramas with fun and clever twists:
The Haunting of Hill House: Hugh and Olivia Crain move into a mansion, the Hill House, with their five children, Steven, Shirley, Theodora, Luke, and Nell. The family hopes to renovate the house, sell it for a profit, and build the home of their dreams. But the Hill House has other plans and strange activity quickly begins to happen, with Olivia as the house’s target.
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Mindhunter: The series follows Holden. Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), an FBI agent duo who team up with psychologist Wendy Carr (Anna Torv) to investigate and learn about how the minds of serial killers work. To do so, they conduct various chilling interviews with convicted murderers, hoping to understand how they think, their personality traits, mannerism, and more.
The Umbrella Academy: Billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves adopts several children who were mysteriously born. None of the women knew they were pregnant, or showed any signs of carrying a baby, until the minute they give birth. The eccentric billionaire has plans with the children as they aren’t regular kids, but gifted individuals with special powers. Hargreeves trains them and builds a superhero team, The Umbrella Academy.
For laughs and absurd drama, watch: