Holidays are over, but not for everyone. If you’re among the lucky ones who still have to depart – or if you’re heading back home – and you have several hours of travel ahead, here’s something that could be just right for you: a small list of TV series so thrilling, with tight pacing and captivating mysteries, that will make time fly. Whether you’re about to board a plane or you’re waiting for your train, download one of the series you’ll find mentioned below, so you won’t have connection issues, and start watching right away!
TV Series to Watch During a Long Journey: Here Are the Ones We Recommend
- Lupin
- Kleo
- Silo
- Bodyguard
Lupin
Assane Diop is a gentleman thief, and indeed his idol is the literary character Arsène Lupin. When he was just a boy, his life was upended by a terrible event: his father, Babakar, a Senegalese immigrant, was arrested due to a wrongful theft accusation and once behind bars was driven to suicide by the powerful Pellegrini family. After years, Assane devises an infallible plan to pull off the century’s heist, namely stealing a necklace from the Louvre. This, however, is only the first step to hitting his real target, to unmask the criminals and to avenge his father. Lupin is a TV series from 2021 – still in production – with Omar Sy in the lead role. 3 seasons and 17 episodes that you can catch on Netflix.
Kleo
Kleo Straub is a spy for the Stasi, East Germany’s secret police. Having successfully completed the mission of an assassination, Kleo is betrayed by her superiors, who have her arrested on false charges. After two years of imprisonment and following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the young woman is released, but returning home she realizes that nothing of her former life remains. At this point, Kleo has nothing left but to begin a ruthless manhunt, one of the people responsible for her deceit, to satisfy her thirst for revenge. Kleo is a 2022 TV series consisting of 2 seasons and 14 episodes. Available on Netflix.
Silo
Only ten thousand people have survived, and all of them live inside a huge underground silo hundreds of floors deep. Here daily life is governed by rigid rules, such as the ban on leaving the structure, apparently to avoid exposing themselves to various dangers; indeed, it seems the Earth has become inhospitable and potentially lethal. When the sheriff and his wife decide to violate the rules and go see what is outside, the man’s fate is soon determined by an engineer, Juliette Nichols, who wants to uncover the truth about the silo, but also about the mysterious death of her fiancé. Silo is a 2023 TV series still in production with Rebecca Ferguson. Currently 3 seasons and 30 episodes that you can watch on Apple TV.
Bodyguard
David Budd is a war veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, and who now works as a protection officer for the London police. David must guard Julia Montague, the Home Secretary who promotes those military interventions that marked him. At this point, he finds himself torn between his duties and his principles. The tension builds as a series of terrorist attacks begin to occur, pushing David into a race against time: the lives of too many people are at stake. Bodyguard is a 2018 TV series consisting of 1 season and 6 episodes. Available on Netflix.
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