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Netflix Originals You Should be Watching Right Now

It’s midterms! You should be spending every waking hour in the library studying for your exams and practicing speaches for your big presentations coming up. While there are a few good students out there who do go to the library and rightfully prepare for thier midterms, most of us don’t. Most of us procrastinate. Most of us decide binging on Netflix is a much more productive way to spend the final hours leading up to our big tests.

If you’re like us and love Netflix, add these 8 originals to your binge worthy list.

Amanda Knox

If you like mysteries, this is the show for you. This documentary style show explores what really happened after a woman was convicted twice of murder and then acquitted.

 Amanda Knox Netflix poster
Master of None

Comedian Aziz Ansari stars in this show about figuring out adult life in New York City. This show is funny, inappropriate and relatable.

Master of None Netflix poster
Narcos

This is an intense show about the war on drugs. Columbia drug trafficking and smuggling against the DEA. This show will have you biting your nails and sitting on the edge of your seat.

Narcos Netflix Poster
Orange is the new Black

Female prison drama! This show, based on real events, combines comedy and character building to show the bad and sometimes good about what being a convicted criminal is like.

Orange is the New Black Netflix poster
Stranger Things

Okay, so there has been a lot of hype around this show, and it’s all true! This show is great. It mixes comedy with a little mystery, a monster, and the main charcters are middle school age kids riding around town on thier bikes.

Stranger Things Netflix poster
The Get Down

From the directors of “Moulin Rouge” and “The Great Gatsby,” this show combines hip-hop music and dance in the Bronx in the 70’s. If you enjoy disco, this is the show for you.

The Get Down Netflix poster
The Ranch

Who doesn’t love Ashton Kutcher? You either think he’s funny or nice to look at. He plays a failed pro athlete who has to move back home and help out on his family ranch. There’s swearing, fighting, drama, and tough love.

The Ranch Netflix poster
Unbreakable: Kimmy Schmidt

This show stars comedian Ellie Kemper and is directed by Tina Fey. It is upbeat, funny, weird, crazy and also touches on some good morals.

Unbreakable: Kimmy Schmidt Netflix poster

Good luck on midterms! Yes, we are still watching.

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