SERIOUS SERIES

In a month which sees You Season 4 hitting our screens, as previewed here in January, get ready for viewer nirvana with this and other enticements featured here, coming or concluding soon.

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YELLOWJACKETS SEASON 2 (MOVISTAR PLUS)

» Creators: Ashley Lyle (Narcos), Bart Nickerson (Narcos)

» Actors: Christina Ricci, Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis

In 1996, a team of girl soccer players from a New Jersey high school travel to Seattle for a national tournament. While flying over Canada, their plane crashes in the wilderness and the surviving team members are left stranded for nineteen months. The series chronicles their attempts to stay alive while also tracking their current lives. In Season 2, the characters continue to struggle against the darkness that came over them during their sojourn in the snow.

THE LAST OF US (HBO)

» Creators: Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and Neil Druckmann (Unchartered)

» Actors: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Anna Torv The Last of Us is set in 2003, when a mass fungal infection of Cordyceps sparks a pandemic. Joel (Pedro Pascal) is a hardened survivor who is tormented by the loss of his daughter. He is tasked with smuggling a girl called Ellie out of a quarantine zone and across the U.S. Joel has hearing difficulties and his knees ache, but he strives to protect Ellie. She is immune to Cordyceps and could hold the key to a life-saving vaccine.

SUCCESSION SEASON 4 (HBO)

» Creator: Jesse Armstrong (Fresh Meat)

» Actors: Brian Cox, Matthew Macfadyen, Alan Ruck

Succession centres on the Roy family, the owners of Waystar RoyCo – a global media and entertainment conglomerate. This season, the Roy descendants plot against the patriarch of the family, Logan (Brian Cox) as the sale of the company to tech icon, Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) looms ahead. This is a divided family that is struggling for ultimate control. In the teaser, Kendall (Jeremy Strong) calls the situation “a tightrope walk on a straight razor… 500-foot reputational drop.”

SHADOW AND BONE SEASON 2 (NETFLIX)

» Creator: Eric Heisserer (Bird Box)

» Actors: Ben Barnes, Jessie Mei Li, Freddy Carter

The fantastical series, based on two series of books set in the Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo, is centred on a young soldier who has the magical power to unite her world. In Season 2, there will be new characters keeping audiences enthralled, including the pirate called Sturmhond. He plays a key role in the book series and is a true friend to the main characters, Alina and Mal.

DAISY JONES & THE SIX (AMAZON PRIME VIDEO)

» Creators: Michael H. Weber (500 Days of Summer), Scott Neustadter (500 Days of Summer)

» Actors: Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Suki Waterhouse

Based on The New York Times bestseller, Daisy Jones & The Six is about a band from the 1970s that rises from obscurity to worldwide fame. After a sold-out show in Chicago’s Soldier Field, the group decides to call it quits. Decades later, they reveal the secrets that led them to give it up when they had it all. e