BINGE-R #69: On Hiatus

A note from your fellow binger: BINGE-R is taking a break. The last nine months of watching and writing about every worthwhile series new to streaming – or at least trying to –has resulted in a demanding workload on top of my regular prints gigs as a critic. Now I have some other projects to test out, and I’ll also be covering, on a less exacting schedule, streaming shows for The Monthly’s website. Thank you to each and every subscriber who has signed up along the way – I enjoyed the experience of writing and designing this e-mail for you twice a week. The mailing list is safely secure (please do stay subscribed), while all of BINGE-R remains available at the website. Given that the newspaper industry is in the midst of combustible change I could return to your in-box with fresh recommendations very soon. Until then, I encourage you to squeeze in just one more episode. Thanks again, CM.

Seeing is Disbelieving: Kyle MacLachlan (Cooper) and Al Strobel (Mike) in Stan’s Twin Peaks

THE BINGE-R TOP 10

I like lists, and judging by the response to BINGE-R’s compilation of the 50 Best Films on Netflix [full list here] and Stan [full list here], so do you. To mark the e-mail’s hiatus, here are the 10 best seasons I’ve seen between the middle of last December and right now.

1 – Twin Peaks: The Return [Stan, review here]

2 – The Handmaid’s Tale S1 [Stan, review here]

3 – The Man in the High Castle S2 [Amazon, review here]

4 – The OA S1 [Netflix, review here]

5 – Atlanta S1 [SBS on Demand, review here]

6 – Master of None S2 [Netflix, review here]

7 – I Love Dick S1 [Amazon, review here]

8 – Search Party S1 [SBS on Demand, review here]

9 – Glow S1 [Netflix, review here]

10 – Billions S2 [Stan, review here]

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