In the transient time between finally having my son and before starting this blog, I developed a teensy weensy addiction to Netflix.

It really all began when we were still floating through that early stage of parenthood. You know, the stage where your baby just flops about and sleeps all the freaking time (lazy little buggers)…Oh how I miss those quiet days.

And because my little ball of human spent allllllllllllll of that time sleeping, I found myself with a many a spare hour on my hands and a large head full of brain cells to kill.

And the solution? Netflix.

I picked up that teeny tiny Netflix remote, and started flicking through to see if there was anything that tickled my fancy. And oh lordy, as I have discovered since there was plenty.

And as a mummy who was still both reeling and healing from the life altering process of having a little one, it was the exact kind of mind numbing, enjoyable and sometimes heart pounding distraction that I was looking for.

Which is why I have prepared this list.

This list outlines without a doubt what the five best shows on Netflix are right now. It has been written for other zonked mummies (or daddies) out there who, like me, are looking for a little down time and entertaining distraction.

So prepare yourself, because without any further ado, here it is. Read it. Enjoy it. Then go get the remote – you won’t regret it.

The Five Best Shows on Netflix

1. The Vampire Diaries

Ok, I am just going to say it. I really luuurrve love stories. And more importantly, I luuuurrve love stories that involve big strong handsome Vampires who are continuously walking a fine line between their angel and their dirty devilish sides.

What?! Shut up… So do you.

So, here is the shortest story run down ever. And, you’re welcome.

Elena is a beautiful humany kind of human who finds herself falling in love with a local hot boy with super hot lips who goes by the name of Stephan Salvatore. He (the hottie) has a rather shadowy past.

In fact, he has such a looooooong past, being that he is quite frankly a bit of an old dude, who (being a vampire) looks just like a super hot young dude. And of course, the hottie Stephen loves Elena back (der) because she looks just like someone he USED to be in love with around 150 years ago. Wowsa.

Now Stephan’s brother Damon, who is an extra hot, slightly insane Vampire brother with crazy eyes arrives on the scene.  Stephan eats blood bags. Damon eats humans. Damon wants to make Stephan’s life a living hell due to past wrongs, and coincidentally he love’s Elena too. Therefore crazy high jinks ensue’s. Hurrah!

Throw in an interesting gang of slightly awesome friends who all develop their own special and kooky talents as the season progresses, and this show will keep you constantly entertained, whilst being occasionally disturbed and giggly.

Season five has just finished and I am dying for Season six. Enough said.

2. Orphan Black

This show is the kind of show that sneaks up on you and smacks you across the back of the head with its totally surprising level of awesomeness. I can guarantee that you will find yourself choosing to watch “just one more episode” at 2am even though your eyeballs are popping out of your head, because it is JUST THAT ADDICTIVE.

So, here is the shortest story run down ever. And, you’re welcome.

This show is about a struggling con artist – Sarah Manning, who co-incidentally witnesses the suicide of a woman who looks exactly like her. Like…it could have BEEN her. So naturally, she steals the dead woman’s bag, assumes her identity and then sets out to figure out whats going on.

Now, I won’t give anything away when I say this (because it is the premise of the whole show), however she finds out that she and the dead woman are clones. Gulp. In fact, they aren’t the only ones. And someone is knocking off the clone “sisters” one by one.

Will Sarah be able to figure out who is killing her “sisters” before it’s too late?

You need to watch it and find out. I promise it’s totally addictive viewing.

3. The 100

Well. Holy Hell again. I started watching this really as a time filler but oh my glob this show is riveting. It sucks you in from almost the get go. In some episodes, my eyes couldn’t possibly get any wider without bursting out of my head I was THAT engrossed in what was happening.

So, here is the shortest story run down ever. And, you’re welcome.

Here is a question for you. What do you get when 100 young criminal hotties are sent down from a dying space station to see if Earth is habitable again after a major nuclear holocaust nearly destroyed it approximately 97 years ago?

Absurd amounts of disturbing fun, that’s what!

The show follows the main characters Clarke, Bellamy, Fin, Octavia, Raven, and Jasper as they try to survive against all murderous odds with the rest of the “one hundred” on a planet (Earth) that they have never known, and which may potentially kill them.

And just for further murderous high jinks… They are not alone on the Earth they have come back to, like they thought. And those already on earth do not want to share their home with the 100.

Who will survive? And will the rest of the human race be able to follow them down to the Earth’s surface, or will they perish before they get the chance? Watch it and find out!

4. Sense8

Ok, so I am not gonna lie. The first episode is just about the weirdest thing ever and it may leave you scratching your head thinking what the hell did I just watch?

But trust me. Watch another episode because you will be totally sucked in.

In fact, you will be sucked in SO much that by the end of the series you will be sitting on the edge of your seat with your heart pounding, and eyes open wide.

I actually sat through the last two episode’s sobbing, unable to understand if I would be able to get through it. Yep, Mumma’s a sook.

So, here is the shortest story run down ever. And, you’re welcome.

Eight people suddenly become psychically linked all over the world unexplainably. They don’t know how, they don’t know why, but they are able to experience each others lives through that same mental link. They will in turn, need to use each others strengths to stay alive against a common enemy who exists only to wipe people like them completely from the face of the earth.

The show is a mind-bending, gob-smacking, intriguing piece of work, and I can’t wait for the next series to be finished. Bring it on, weirdness.

5. The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Well. What a hoot! This show is so hilarious that I almost peed my pants in some parts.

The show follows the life of the hilariously clueless Kimmy Schmidt after being rescued from the bunker of a doomsday cult, where she had been imprisoned and held captive for fifteen years.

After being rescued, Kimmy moves to New York to begin a new life away from the stigma of being a “bunker woman”. And as she never really got to experience naturally growing into adulthood, we get to witness the way she is hilariously finds her way through her new life whilst still retaining her completely childlike qualities and almost stupidly positive attitude.

And every step of that journey that we are privy to, is an absolute hoot.

Add in a brilliant supporting cast with kooky characters like Titus (the gay actor roommate with serious delusions of grandeur), Lillian (the shady as f@$k landlord), and Mrs Voorhees (the incredibly lonely, depressed and yet side splittingly funny socialite, who incredibly decides to give Kimmy a job in her home without even a background check), and you have a joyful, non-stop giggle-inducing, crack up of a show.

I just can’t wait for season 2 which is about to come out, because Kimmy never stops smiling, and so neither can I because of her.

Enjoy xx

 

 

 

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