6 Near-Perfect Netflix Series Nobody Remembers
This Collider feature highlights Netflix series the author considers excellent but overlooked, arguing that a show's popularity often has little to do with its actual quality on a platform that quickly moves on to the next big hit. The piece argues these titles deserved more attention and lasting recognition than they received, using two shows as illustrative examples of underappreciated storytelling.
The article discusses "Santa Clarita Diet", a comedy starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant about a suburban wife who dies, returns as a flesh-eating creature, and forces her husband to navigate the fallout, praised for grounding its absurd premise in genuine marital devotion before being cancelled after three seasons. It also covers "Alias Grace", a miniseries based on Margaret Atwood's novel about a 19th-century Irish immigrant convicted of murder who claims amnesia, noting how its unreliable narration keeps audiences uncertain of her guilt throughout.
In short
- Article lists overlooked Netflix shows praised for quality over popularity
- "Santa Clarita Diet" mixed horror-comedy with genuine marital devotion
- "Alias Grace" used unreliable narration to obscure the truth
Explained simply
Netflix is a streaming service that releases films and television series, including shows it produces itself. With a large and changing catalogue, a programme may receive little attention even if some viewers and critics rate it highly.
Santa Clarita Diet is a comedy about a suburban couple coping with the wife’s transformation into a flesh-eating creature; it ran for three seasons before being cancelled. Alias Grace is a miniseries adapted from Margaret Atwood’s novel, centred on an Irish immigrant convicted of murder in 19th-century Canada and the uncertainty surrounding her account of events. The shows use very different genres, but both are examples of stories that can be overlooked amid the competition for viewers’ attention.
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