Cartoon Network’s *Over the Garden Wall* remains a highly regarded autumn viewing choice, combining mystery, whimsy, darkness and nostalgia in a compact animated miniseries. Its story follows brothers Wirt and Greg as they try to escape the mysterious Unknown, while its seasonal atmosphere and underlying themes give the seemingly cosy adventure greater emotional depth.

The ten episodes run for roughly 11 minutes each, making the complete series about the length of a feature film, and it is available on Hulu. Particularly autumnal episodes include “Hard Times at the Huskin’ Bee”, “Songs of the Dark Lantern” and “Into the Unknown”, while the series’ hand-painted visuals, songs and folkloric characters—including the threatening Beast—balance humour with ideas associated with depression, adulthood and death.