Web series you must watch if you haven’t already

Binge-watching Web series and movies have become everyone’s newest pastime.

Technology has given us access to great content at the tips of our fingers. Multiple OTT platforms are coming up with richer and diverse content, pleasing both fans and critics.

Here are a few shows that you must get right to if they have slipped past your radar.

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   Fleabag :

 The show follows an awkward, messy and self-loathing woman named Fleabag, who tries to go on with her life after a recent tragedy. The best part of the show is the way the makers use the concept of the fourth wall.

Fleabag constantly talks to and makes eye contact with the camera in the most unlikely moments, making the audience more connected with her.

The show is a perfect mix of humour, sarcasm and deadpan humour and will keep the audience hooked from the very first episode.

2. Defending Jacob:

Defending Jacob tells the story of a family whose life is turned upside down by the accusation that their son may be a murderer.

Andy Barber (Chris Evans) is an assistant district attorney who is good at his job and is highly respected in the community.

He lives in suburban Massachusetts with his wife, Laurie (Michelle Dockery) and son Jacob (Jaeden Martell). A murder in town with his son as one of the main suspects puts an end to his seemingly normal life.

The emotions of helplessness, frustration, and surprise keep the audience hooked and guessing until the end. 

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   Modern Love Season 2:

Love is beautiful, selfless, overwhelming, fleeting, messy, complicated, and so much more. The anthology explores the many different forms of love that exist around us. It is inspired by New York Times’s popular column called Modern Love.

It talks about relationships, forgiveness, second chances, falling apart and other hard-hitting truths about love.

Each episode is bound to make you grin widely, make your heart warm, take you back in nostalgia or even make you teary-eyed.

The fact these moments could happen to just about anyone is what makes modern love so memorable and relatable.

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   The Queen’s Gambit:

The Queen’s Gambit is a period drama that tells the story of an orphan named Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) in her journey to be one of the greatest chess players of the world while struggling with addiction.

The mini-series is based on the novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. Even if you’ve never played chess in your life, this series will still be just as enjoyable and will keep you on your toes.

The show also stars Bill Camp, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Moses Ingram in supporting roles. It won 11 Primetime Emmy Awards and also 2 Golden Globe Awards. 

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   Derry Girls :

Derry Girls is the story of 5 friends Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), Orla (Louisa Harland), Clare (Nicola Coughlan), Michelle (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell) and James (Dylan Llewellyn), who go to an all girls Catholic school.

The show’s backdrop is in the 1990s when Northern Ireland was gripped by sectarian violence between Catholics and Protestants.

The ridiculous situations that this group of teenagers get themselves into and their attempts to live according to their own rules will make you laugh aloud.

The principal, Sister Michael (Siobhan McSweeney), steals the show with her deadpan expressions and dialogues.

This show will take you on a nostalgia trip and shows us a little bit of how we all were as teenagers.