8 shows to binge-watch over a single weekend

The vast array of content available across streaming platforms confuses us sometimes. However, if you are someone who gets sleepless nights thinking about the climax, Bollywood Companion lists down 8 series that can finish off in one weekend.

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Maniac: The show’s ten episodes range from anywhere between a 26 to a 47-minute runtime. You may find it a bit uneven at times, and the show really does get better as it unfolds, but it’ll be a one-weekend binge you won’t regret. Still, need to know the pitch? Two strangers, with complicated pasts, connect over mind-bending pills in a pharmaceutical trial where all is not as it seems.

The People vs OJ Simpson: An impeccable cast brings a vast range of fully realized characters to life. It features not only a fantastic Sarah Paulson but also comeback performances, of sorts, from Cuba Gooding Jr. and John Travolta. The writing, which has the responsibility of retelling a highly controversial true story to a new generation, walks on a narrow tightrope as it explores race, law, and celebrity, through the story of the high profile trial, in ten, tight one-hour episodes.

Last Chance U: The multi-season Emmy-winning docuseries is a deep-dive into the distinctly American culture of competitive college football. It paints a hard-boiled sports-meets-life portrait out of the access granted into the system’s grassroots structures. A single season is designed to be binge-watched over a weekend.

Chernobyl: The award-winning HBO limited series – a tense, incredibly sharp dramatization of the 1986 Nuclear accident – is arguably the finest prototype of modern television.

Gilmore Girls s1: Gilmore Girls ran for seven seasons from 2000 to 2007, and was followed by a Netflix revival in 2016. All the seven original seasons also stream now on Netflix, and you can watch the first season in a weekend’s time.

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The Crown: Currently four seasons long, it clocks in at close to forty hours, meaning if you ditch hopes of sleep and meals you can hare through it in a weekend. Created by Peter Morgan, the show traces the history of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign.

The Looming Tower: The Looming Tower is a Zero Dark Thirty-esque grim yet gripping mini-series about the events leading up to 9/11, and how key intelligence got lost amid ongoing clashes between the CIA and FBI.

Normal People: If you decide to binge the show, the 12 half-hour episodes will keep you company for a day, while the second day of your weekend will be spent weeping, thinking of old lovers.