By: Beverly Stinson
I struggle a lot with finding good shows or movies to watch. I usually find one show, watch the entirety of it, and then rewatch it over and over instead of finding something new because I know it’ll take me a while to actually find something good. I know other people struggle with this, so I want to help and recommend 3 shows that are some of my favorites.
Show 1: ‘The Vampire Diaries’
‘The Vampire Diaries’ (TVD) is a supernatural-drama series following the lives of mainly supernatural creatures. It is based off of the book series by L.J. Smith with the same title. The show is actually supposed to be telling the story of Stefan Salvatore as written in his diaries, but the show makes it seem like it’s everyone’s story.
It has 8 seasons from 2009-2016 and has 2 spin-offs ‘The Originals’ and ‘Legacies’. ‘The Originals’ going from 2013-2018 and ‘Legacies’ going from 2018-2022. Although the spinoffs do not continue the storyline of the books, I want to mention them because they are also good shows to watch.
I want to recommend this show because it’s my second favorite show. I’ve been watching it since I was a little kid. It’s a perfect show for if you like supernatural content as well as romance and drama. Although I’ve liked it since I was a kid it’s technically not meant for them. It has a rating of TV-14; it contains a good amount of gore, violence, romance, suggestive language/scenes and some drug use.
TVD is already a popular show and it has been since its release, but even so, I feel like not a lot of people give it the recognition it deserves.
Show 2: ‘I Am Not Okay With This’
‘I Am Not Okay With This’ is a Netflix original show about a teenage girl in the 80s named Syd learning how to deal with puberty along with her father’s death. Soon after her father dies she realizes that she has a “Gift” which is the same “Gift” her father apparently had. Throughout the show, she tries to control this gift but it becomes increasingly harder.
There is only 1 season (sadly) since it was canceled after its release. But luckily it’s based off of the comic books by Chuck Foresman with the same title, so you can still learn the rest of the story.
I want to recommend this because it’s an extremely underrated show; not many people watched it and that’s partly why it was canceled. The storyline is unique and so are the characters. It’s also queer representation as Syd is a lesbian (that’s really debated because of a past hookup, but she’s a lesbian).
The rating for this show is mature teens and older; it contains profanity, minor drug use, suggestive scenes (or scene), and gore.
Show 3: ‘Paper Girls’
‘Paper Girls’ is a sci-fi drama show about 4 teenage girls working as paper delivery girls in the 80s, who get caught in between the crossfire of time-travelers, which sends them on a journey where they all learn things about themselves.
This show also only has one season as it was also canceled after its release. But just like ‘I Am Not Okay With This’, ‘Paper Girls’ started off as a comic series by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang with the same title.
I’m recommending this show because it’s also extremely underrated, and because I love shows based in the 80s like ‘I Am Not Okay With This’ and ‘Stranger Things’. ‘Paper Girls’ was actually said to be similar to ‘Stranger Things’ but I’m pretty sure that was just to get people to watch it because other than being based in the 80s, there’s nothing really similar about them.
The age rating for this show is PG-13 but the books are 16+ and up. The show contains violence and some small gore as well as profanity and homophobia. The book also contains profanity, heavy gore, and homophobia.
These shows really do deserve more recognition and I really hope my small recommendation inspires some people to watch them.
Thank you for reading!
- Beverly
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