# Best Netflix Original shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, netflix\ **Created:** [January 9, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172 "2020-01-09T13:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/21 "2020-01-10T04:03:14Z")
No one else here liked Lilyhammer? Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/22 "2020-01-10T05:02:02Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > **Happy!** : I don’t think this originated with Netflix Originally on SyFy. Sadly, [there will be no Season 3](https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/happy-cancelled-by-syfy-no-season-three-for-christopher-meloni-series/). ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/23 "2020-01-10T05:10:23Z")
Not mentioned so far: “Love”, “American Vandal” and “Big Mouth” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/24 "2020-01-10T05:29:05Z")
_American Vandal_ Season 1 is great–Season 2 not so much. _Big Mouth_ is great for the first two seasons, seems to loose direction in the third. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/25 "2020-01-10T06:54:57Z")
Some good foreign language shows: _Occupied_ from Norway and _Money Heist_ from Spain. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/27 "2020-01-10T13:53:48Z")
I’d also add “How to Sell Drugs Online Fast,” which, AFAICT, no-one else has mentioned so far. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/28 "2022-03-19T01:46:33Z")
_Human Resources_ season 1 is out, and I’ve watched the first three episodes. I mentioned above how _Big Mouth_ was losing direction by the third season. _Human Resorces_ bends the Mouthiverse’s premise beyond the breaking point that the original series was already at. There are just too many types of emotion creatures being added, and it abandons the idea of them being seen by children (and one “special” adult) and now everybody has them. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/29 "2022-03-19T02:56:03Z")
Squid Game The Witcher Space Force ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/30 "2022-03-20T20:26:22Z")
_The Last Kingdom_. Like Game of Thrones, but based on Bernard Cornwell’s (of _Sharpe’s_ fame) _The Saxon Stories_. Seasons 1 & 2 were BBC production, and shown (at least in the U.S.) on Netflix. S3 and later were produced by Netflix. If you’re of a certain age and a touch nostalgic, _Voltron: Legendary Defender,_ and a reboot of both _Lost In Space_ and _Ultraman_ are available, too. Both try, to some extent or another, to canon-weld a lot of the older series together. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/31 "2022-10-28T20:22:04Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I mentioned above how _Big Mouth_ was losing direction by the third season. For anyone still watching, _Big Mouth_ season _six_ just dropped. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Fairway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Mrs\_Fairway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Fairway)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/32 "2022-10-31T13:20:23Z")
The Queen’s Gambit. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/33 "2022-10-31T23:47:33Z")
Arcane is a masterpiece. Beautiful animation. Great villain. Wonderful, complex character. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/34 "2022-11-01T11:47:15Z")
I found Castlevania to be surprisingly good for an animated show based on a video game. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/35 "2023-11-03T02:26:00Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > For anyone still watching, _Big Mouth_ season _six_ just dropped. Season 7 just came out. I’m still enjoying it, although I tend to skip over the musical numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/36 "2023-11-03T02:31:17Z")
I’m still watching, but I think it humped the shark seasons ago. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/37 "2023-11-03T02:51:16Z")
I thought The Lincoln Lawyer was pretty good. It has a charismatic cast and, like it’s Michael Connelly-based sibling series on Amazon, features many scenes filmed in iconic Los Angeles locations. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/38 "2023-11-03T02:59:50Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > If you’re of a certain age and a touch nostalgic, _Voltron: Legendary Defender,_ and a reboot of both _Lost In Space_ and _Ultraman_ are available, too. Both try, to some extent or another, to canon-weld a lot of the older series together. For that matter, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is a great reboot of a series that was originally created to sell toys, and is _amazingly_ LBGT-positive. There’s also _Masters of the Universe: Revelation_, created by Kevin Smith (yes, the Kevin Smith) as an adult-targeted direct sequel to the original He-Man cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/39 "2023-11-07T02:20:01Z")
I highly recommend the animated _Blue Eye Samurai_. It’s sort of like Kill Bill meets Mulan meets Akira Kurosawa. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172/40 "2023-11-07T02:26:25Z")
Bojack Horseman is some of the best TV America has produced. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172.md?page=1)