Four teenagers live in the small and mysterious town of Riverdale, where the adults—including their parents—hide secrets more sordid than you might imagine. Besides studying and facing the little and big problems typical of their age, Archie, Veronica, Betty, and Jughead will also have to investigate, sometimes even into grisly crimes. Riverdale is a 2017 Netflix series consisting of 7 seasons and 137 episodes, and although it has always enjoyed a strong following, for most fans it could have ended after the first season. From the second season onward, this noir-tinged teen drama—born as a contemporary reinterpretation of Twin Peaks by David Lynch—has turned into a gem of television trash, featuring supernatural powers, parallel universes, and, to top it off, performances worthy of a low-budget musical.
Here are 4 TV series – masterpieces – that should have closed earlier
- Riverdale
- Money Heist
- Heroes
- Glee
Riverdale
Four teenagers live in the small and mysterious town of Riverdale, where adults—including their parents—hide secrets more sordid than you might imagine. Besides studying and facing the little and big problems typical of their age, Archie, Veronica, Betty, and Jughead will also have to investigate, sometimes even into grisly crimes. Riverdale is a 2017 Netflix series with seven seasons and 137 episodes, and although it has always had a substantial following, for most fans it could have ended after the first season. From the second season on, this noir-tinged teen drama—born as a contemporary reinterpretation of Twin Peaks by David Lynch—has become a jewel of television trash, with supernatural powers, parallel universes and, as if that wasn’t enough, performances worthy of a low-budget musical.
Money Heist
A brilliant young man who goes by The Professor puts together a band of thieves—each with their own quirks, but all united by the fact that they have nothing to lose—to pull off the biggest heist in history: locking themselves inside the Royal Mint of Spain to manufacture new banknotes to abscond with. Money Heist is a 2017 Netflix series consisting of 3 seasons and 48 episodes; to popular acclaim, however, it could have concluded with the second season, since together with the first they form a self-contained, but above all self-sufficient, narrative arc. Unfortunately, starting from the third season, the poetry of the “perfect heist” was lost bit by bit, amid the deaths of the protagonists to prop up twists and a The Professor, the mind, increasingly in trouble.
Heroes
Various ordinary people around the world—who do not know each other—discover that they have superpowers; then they decide to unite their forces to avert an imminent and formidable apocalypse. Heroes is a 2006 TV series consisting of 4 seasons and 77 episodes, but only the first we can call iconic: it was a global cultural phenomenon. Unfortunately, though, the show suffered from the writers’ strike in the early 2000s as well as from their lack of a long-term plan. Indeed, the episodes of the subsequent seasons always seemed to lack a true direction, with protagonists who became too powerful and then were weakened with unconvincing justifications. In any case, you can catch it on Netflix.
Glee
A group of marginalized high school students manages to find not only their voice but even their place in the world, by joining the school’s singing club. This is the heart of Glee, the 2009 musical TV series that quickly achieved global fame. Although it comprises 6 seasons and 121 episodes, for many it could have ended with the protagonists’ graduation, i.e. at the end of season 3. In fact, from season 1 to 3, Glee kept the momentum high, blending social topics—often treated with sharp irony—and rousing performances; starting from season 4, however, the series followed the old students to New York and introduced their “clones,” thereby losing its magic. Available on Disney+.
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