"It's Like The Toxic FWB I Can't Quit": People Are Sharing The TV Shows They Were Surprised To Actually Like

"Before I watched it, I decidedly thought it would beryllium different communicative astir an ignorant American who moved overseas without doing immoderate probe oregon learning thing anterior to moving. But seeing that she ne'er planned to determination determination and lone did it to support her occupation truly changed my perspective. I thought the amusement was truly cute."

—l49ca8a44c

"I had heard truthful galore things astir however vapid it was and however each of the characters were thing much than lazy stereotypes. My MIL enactment it connected 1 time portion I stayed astatine her house, and I rapidly realized it wasn't what I had expected. Being an American who has lived successful Europe, I related to sooo galore of the ridiculous situations Emily recovered herself successful (especially successful Season 1), similar immoderate antheral peeing close adjacent to maine successful nationalist oregon being shamed for smiling excessively much. My favourite infinitesimal was the overweight French antheral looking astatine the tiniest, astir petite American miss straight successful the oculus and, without a hint of irony, telling her however abdominous Americans are. The amusement helped maine laughter astir each those small irritations I felt portion surviving abroad, and present I'm decidedly hooked."

—laughingking19

"I was convinced it was going to beryllium a boring TV series. I retrieve reasoning halfway done the archetypal occurrence that I would alternatively wantonness it already aft this 1 episode, but unexpectedly [the] crippled shifted af. This amusement is truthful captivating and amazingly dark, with virtually 1 of the champion bisexual [representations] ever. I hatred Netflix for [canceling] this amusement aft [one] season."

—antoinette_yoo

"I've ne'er watched [the archetypal series]. I retrieve rolling my eyes erstwhile I looked astatine the poster and the statement of the crippled for the precise archetypal time: I was truthful definite it was an infantile teen bid similar Riverdale. But by immoderate miracle, I gave it a chance, and I fell successful emotion from the precise archetypal episode. It's Australian Sex Education: hilarious arsenic fuck, wholesome, and omniscient successful the tract of relationships and sexuality. But moreover, it has specified a beauteous diversity. But MOREOVER, I emotion so, SO overmuch Darren. They're the biggest item of the show, hands effing down. [Them] and Quinni. And Heartbreak High's lovestories: Darren and Ca$h, [Amerie] and Malakai... I'm truthful gladsome I watched it aft all. 🥰

(BTW, a LOT of my astir favourite [and] astir beloved shows started similar that: from reluctance and the content that it would beryllium overrated crap since I get discouraged precise easy with precise fashionable bid astir which determination is simply a immense hype)."

—antoinette_yoo

"My fellow started watching Shameless successful aboriginal 2021. He tried to get maine to ticker it, but I thought it seemed excessively raunchy for me, and they utilized the R-word, and determination were a batch of elements that I couldn't get past. One day, I was conscionable bored with what I was doing, and I [laid] my caput connected his thorax portion helium was watching it. And I conscionable started watching excessively and got hooked. I person present rewatched it doubly since. I inactive get bothered by the archetypal things that bothered maine and kept maine from watching it, but I've inactive recovered elements of it to enjoy."

—sillyfish46

"Blown Away connected Netflix is my hands-down winner. The competitors are each incredibly talented and mostly person bully things to accidental astir each other. I was shocked astatine however overmuch I enjoyed it, and the things they tin bash with solid are conscionable mind-blowing. Good, bully stuff."

—pelican_disgruntled

"I perfectly emotion Bluey, and I don't adjacent person kids. I started watching it due to the fact that I saw clips connected TikTok. But what I didn't expect [was] for the amusement to marque maine a sobbing messiness with definite episodes. It truly is simply a amusement for adults that kids like."

—vasato

"I emotion play dramas, but the evident campiness truly enactment maine disconnected for a while, truthful I didn't commencement watching until aft Season 2 was released. But it's really precise fun! (And steamy af…)."

—pepperhart

"I was truly amazed I enjoyed Bridgerton. My ma watched tons of British play dramas erstwhile I was a kid (Sense and Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, etc.), and I hated them all, but determination is thing precise updated and genuinely entertaining astir Bridgerton."

—robert_dunder

"I usually similar my book-accurate adaptations of things, truthful I wasn't expecting to similar this that much. Especially since the archetypal films are truthful good. But it's perfectly fantastic. It didn't stray distant from the plot; it conscionable added more. You get to cognize Diana amended than conscionable having her beryllium Anne's champion friend. And the added characters of Jerry, Bash, and Cole marque it truthful overmuch much interesting. Though successful the end, they benignant of utilized Jerry arsenic exposition for Diana (#justiceforjerrybaynard), it's inactive an awesome show. I'm truthful huffy it got cancelled. Netflix should bring it backmost for [the sequel book] Anne of Avonlea."

—gg29045

"Never funny me, and I was rather annoyed with each the hype. Then I went to a Season 6 finale enactment that my person was having with the volition of hanging retired a spot and past bouncing erstwhile the finale started. However, they wanted to ticker the erstwhile week's occurrence beforehand, which was...the 'Battle of the Bastards.' OMG, I was HOOKED and had to instantly binge each occurrence to fig retired what led up to that epic episode."

—allieallieboballie

"I ne'er watched nor cared for it until I had a bicycle mishap and broke my collarbone. Off enactment for six weeks, I caught a fewer clips connected YouTube and past decided to download the archetypal 7 seasons. I binged them each successful 2 weeks and past had to hold 8 months for the last season."

—scottaaronm

"I didn't deliberation I would remotely beryllium funny successful thing with dragons…and earlier I knew it I was like, 'DRAGONS!!!!'"

—katrinascowboys

"Couldn't basal Game of Thrones but loved [House of the Dragon.] Weird, I know."

—5under

"I was visiting my champion person erstwhile we were watching it. I've ever liked Omari Hardwick, and [my person was] watching this amusement successful its past season, Season 6. I was curious. I went home, added Starz to my Hulu plan, and binged hard. It was truthful bully [that] I was hooked and sent my champion person a 'Thank You' substance for getting maine onto this show. Now I'm hooked connected the full Power beingness and each of the bid and characters. Listen to your champion friend: 9 times retired of 10, they are right!"

—smellytortoise841

"Physical 100 - a Korean carnal competitory amusement connected Netflix.

I'm not into muscles, gym bunnies, sports, and athletes astatine all, but I similar challenges, truthful I gave the archetypal occurrence a try. A fewer hours later, I'm screaming, 'YOU CAN DO IT! KEEP PULLING THAT SHIP!' Competitors [being] truthful supportive [of] each different is what makes it truthful wholesome.

Same goes for Siren: Survive the Island, an all-female Korean carnal competitory amusement connected Netflix."

—prolix

"I thought trying to bash a caller amusement based connected HIMYM would beryllium terrible. Plus, I was skeptical astir Hilary Duff arsenic the lead. But aft the archetypal fewer episodes, I got truly into it. I emotion the cameos from HIMYM characters, too."

—louisiana54

"I emotion Zendaya, and I wanted to spot what each the hype was about. [I] wasn't definite it was for maine erstwhile I was like, 'Oh, that's a batch of peen connected my screen,' but I decidedly got sucked successful by each the drama, lol."

—jessethecowgirl

"All varieties and countries. We usually HATE world TV, but my lad got maine hooked connected the US version, past I got my fiancé hooked. We usually don't binge bid but drawstring them retired to marque them past longer. Not [with] The Traitors. Plus, there's Alan Cumming's fabulous outfits!"

—savorytree18

"It's a amusement I coiled up binging with my 10-year-old lad connected Saturday. Two precocious schoolhouse girls upwind up traveling betwixt multiverses erstwhile a portal appears successful their locker. It's precise low-budget production-wise arsenic they ne'er permission the precocious school, but the actors were bully and the penning was sharper than I expected."

—joandough

"When I saw the promos for the show, I thought, 'Man, that's a dumb premise.' Somehow, I ended up watching an occurrence astir [at] the opening of the archetypal play and was instantly hooked. The information that it is simply a singing contention amusement with mostly nonrecreational singers, positive a crippled of Guess Who?, makes it precise compelling. The judges bash a bully occupation keeping it entertaining, too. It's besides a uncommon amusement you tin beryllium and ticker with the full family."

—robert_dunder

"Thirty years agone erstwhile I saw the archetypal play trailer for Northern Exposure, it said the main quality came from the country wherever I grew up. Even though the amusement wasn't acceptable there, that caught my attention. The amusement was great. I didn't miss an occurrence for each six seasons."

—handsatlanta

"I'm successful my 40s and had ne'er watched a dating amusement successful my life. I deliberation the timing of erstwhile the amusement was released truly pushed maine to bask it astatine the beginning: we were heavy successful the pandemic, I worked from home, and felt sequestered wrong my small bubble, and [I] was conscionable perpetually confronting the strangeness of that. Then, present comes this amusement featuring sky-high emotions and messy relationships, each wrong these small pods. Who couldn't subordinate to that?

Of course, now, each these seasons later, it's similar the toxic FWB I can't quit."

—fabgoose49

"I tried it erstwhile it archetypal came retired and lone could ticker 15 minutes, but I tried it again and got hooked, lol."

—chak777

"I don't typically ticker world TV, but I emotion Catfish. Part of it is terrible, I know, judging immoderate of the radical who didn't [see] the evident signs successful beforehand of them (No, man, you're intelligibly not engaged to the existent Katy Perry). But portion of it is however charming and endearing the 3 investigators are! Nev with Max and Nev with Kamie person fantastic chemistry arsenic partners, and they're fantastic astatine handling analyzable and often volatile situations erstwhile they conscionable the catfish. Some of the stories are wild! And adjacent if the relationships aren't ever long-lasting, the infinitesimal they link is precise sweet."

—am301394wne

"I was the benignant of idiosyncratic who was ne'er funny successful tattoos. One day, my girl was watching an Ink Master marathon, and I recovered it fascinating! I binge-watched each season!! I would inactive ne'er get 1 myself, but I bask looking astatine different people's tattoos and I tin really admit (good ones) arsenic a enactment of art."

—mommyisland

"I'm lone mildly funny successful tattoos (I person a few), but I was amazed however into that amusement I got. I binged respective seasons successful a enactment a fewer years ago. I emotion seeing what creator endowment these radical have."

—panda_13

"YES. Same. I hated the thought of 'human canvasses,' but I got truthful sucked in! It is fascinating! There's a batch of drama, too, though, and that does get old."

—am301394wne

"I was enactment disconnected conscionable by the title, and I assumed it was going to beryllium [a] misogynistic dramedy. When a person whose sentiment I truly trusted raved astir it, I decided I could springiness it a try. I was instantly hooked, and present I cognize that it's 1 of the champion pieces of tv of the past decade. Rachel Bloom is superb and talented, and the amusement manages to equilibrium the over-the-top with the way-too-real. Stop what you're doing and ticker it close present if you haven't already."

—zorblak

"'The amusement manages to equilibrium the over-the-top with the way-too-real.' You nailed the code of the amusement with that! It’s decidedly 1 of the champion comedies I’ve seen."

—joandough

"I feared it mightiness beryllium excessively goofy, but it ended up being truthful comic and, yeah, kinda heartwarming."

—applesauceandchops

"I person ne'er liked nonrecreational sports (or immoderate sports for that matter), but present I americium an Arsenal instrumentality and ticker shot successful the Premier League. Such a large show."

—jfmailacct

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