Many students have turned away from the TV and have started relying on Netflix to watch their favorite TV shows. But what are they watching? After asking around Northwest, here are the results. (Results are listed in no particular order)

-Doctor Who

This is a special year for the “Whovians”; Doctor Who is celebrating fifty years of being on the air, making it the longest-running sci-fi series of all time. Doctor Who started in the nineteen-sixties, was cancelled, brought back on the air with a TV movie, and finally rebooted in 2006.

The show follows the adventures of the Doctor, an alien who travels throughout time and space in his TARDIS with his human companions. Full of memorable characters, smart plot lines and moments that make you cry your eyes out, Doctor Who is not only a good show, it is a good story.

Famous Quote:

Come on, look at me! No plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn, oh, and something else I don’t have: anything to lose! So, if you’re sitting up there in your silly little space ships with all your silly little guns, and you’ve got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who’s standing in your way! Remember every black day I ever stopped you, and then, and then, do the smart thing! Let somebody else try first. -The 11th Doctor, Season Five: The Pandorica Opens

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vIsQ25Krq8

Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0

-Whitney

-Merlin

Although it often gets overshadowed by other BBC shows, Merlin was the first show for a very long time to air on a major American TV broadcaster: NBC. Although it ended last Christmas with an amount of viewers to rival Doctor Who, people are still watching it on Netflix. The show puts a twist on the King Arthur Legend: Arthur and Merlin are the same age, and magic is punishable by death in Camelot. Every character changes immensely throughout the series and each has a secret. The relationships are  done tastefully, the plots were excellent, friendship between the characters made the show, and the snappy dialogue set it apart from other medieval shows. The US tagline for the show says it best: Some fight for justice, others fight for power, all fight for Camelot. Personally, out of all the TV shows on this list, Merlin is my favorite.

Famous Quote:

The love that binds us is more important than the power we wield. -Mordred, Season Five: Arthur’s Bane Part Two

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBWbU5BvA0o

Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mjlxv

-Whitney

-Star Trek: TOS

If you have not seen this series,  you have been living under a rock. While it was canceled after its third season back in the 60’s, it became a cult classic, resulting in five spin-off TV series, two movies set in an alternate timeline and 10 original movies. The series follows Captain Kirk,  Mr. Spock, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov and other memorable crew members of the starship Enterprise as they explore the galaxy and new civilizations. Star Trek has well-formed characters and original plotlines that really make you think- something that really sets it apart. If you have not seen Star Trek, why are you still reading this? Go and catch up on what you have been missing.

Famous Quote:

You may find that having is so pleasing a thing as wanting. This is not logical, but often true.-Mr. Spock, Amok Time

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8bY619HLQc

-Whitney

-Pretty Little Liars

It’s getting intense for all those PLL fanatics. A’s identity is close to being  revealed. In this TV drama/ thriller, four friends come together to discover an anonymous enemy who threatens the safety of all their darkest secrets, masking itself as A. Throughout this series, these friends come close to unraveling their best friend Alison DiLarentis’ murder, while on many occasions, they come close to their own demise. Lately, it’s hard to know who’s telling the truth and who isn’t, who’s in cahoots with A and who’s not. Secrets are coming out and relationships are being tested, while lines are being crossed and mysteries are bubbling to the surface. This TV mystery definitely keeps you at the edge of your seat. You never know who’s next on A’s list.

Famous Quote:

“The rich girls steal, the pretty girls lie, the smart girls play dumb and the dumb girls spend their days trying to be all of the above.” – Caleb, Season Three: Episode 14.

Trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOXKM7eImSY

-Allison

-The Walking Dead

Based on a comic book series by Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead  follows a group of humans on the run in Georgia after a zombie apocalypse. Something that makes the series unique is that  the The Walking Dead focuses on human nature and portrays it very accurately. It shows a side of people only brought out by the worst of times. Characters develop beautifully if not always the way we want them to, but insanity is made to be beautiful through the story and excellent writing” instead of the cut-zombies-in-two approach. While the show doesn’t exactly have a consistent cast of characters, there are quite a few fan favorites, which says something about the writers: they can consistently come up with good and complex characters.

Famous Quote: You are going to beat this world, I know you will. You are smart, and you are strong, and you are so brave, and I love you. You gotta do what’s right. It’s so easy to do the wrong thing in this world. So, so, if it feels wrong don’t do it, alright? If it feels easy don’t do it, don’t let this world spoil you. -Lori,  Season Three: Killer Within

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSi2fJALDyQ

-Whitney

-Sherlock

Sherlock is a mini-series based on the short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.  The series is set in modern-day London, and features the iconic duo of Sherlock Holmes and Captain John Watson chasing criminals, solving cases, getting themselves into the weirdest situations (showing up in Buckingham palace in a bedsheet) and unraveling the mystery that is professor Moriarty. The series is hilarious, there are memorable one-liners, fantastic actors,  incredibly twisted plots and  horrifying season finales. All in all, Sherlock is something that can appeal to anyone and everyone, including me.

Quote:

Listen, John what I said before, I meant it. I don’t have friends. I’ve just got one. –Sherlock Holmes, Season Two: The Hounds of Baskerville

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiglWGPP0nA

US Website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/sherlock/

-Whitney

-Breaking Bad

Chemistry teacher Walter White has a normal life. He lives in the quiet town of Albuquerque New Mexico with his wife and his 15 year old son. He has a nice job as a high school chemistry teacher. And with a baby on the way, everything seems great.

When he finds out he has lung cancer, he’s devastated. What will happen when he dies? How will his family survive without him? How can he make money for his family? What should a chemistry teacher do?

Sell drugs, obviously.

With the help of one of his former students, Jesse, they cook and sell pure crystal meth. He must hide his secret from his family and especially his brother-in-law, who happens to be a DEA agent.

Breaking Bad has 5 seasons and each season has about 12 episodes. It has ended but you can watch it on AMC or on Netflix.

Famous Quote:

“I have spent my whole life scared, frightened of things that could happen, might happen, might not happen, 50-years I spent like that. Finding myself awake at three in the morning. But you know what? Ever since my diagnosis, I sleep just fine. What I came to realize is that fear, that’s the worst of it. That’s the real enemy. So, get up, get out in the real world and you kick that bastard as hard you can right in the teeth.” – Walter White

-Jordan McCoy

-Supernatural

Hunting demons is all a part of the family business for Dean and Sam Winchester.

When they were younger, Sam and Dean’s mother was killed by a demon. Shortly after, their house burns down. Their dad, heartbroken, becomes a “hunter,” a person who hunts demons and monsters, in order to find the demon that killed his wife and his sons’ mother. He also teaches his 8 and 6-year-old sons how to hunt demons. Years after their mother’s death, Sam leaves his family to become a lawyer. Dean stays with his dad and continues hunting.

20 years after their mother’s death, Dean visits Sam at college and tells him that he hasn’t heard from their dad in a few weeks and he thinks he’s been a hunting accident. Sam reluctantly comes along to help.

Supernatural is currently on its 9th season and it can be viewed on the CW Channel.

Famous Quote-

“What kind of a house doesn’t have salt? Low sodium freaks!”-Dean

-Jordan McCoy

-New Girl

After not-so-patient waiting, the second season has finally arrived on Netflix. In this comedic TV series, Jess, a quirky school teacher who is known to spontaneously burst into song, finds herself moving into a loft with three guys she came across on Craigslist: Nick, a bartender who dropped out of law school; Schmidt, a flashy personality who believes he’s a god and has been placed on the earth as a gift to women; and Winston, a former athlete who just has no idea what he’s going to do with his life. This dysfunctional group of friends are always there for one another, helping each other in their darkest and stupidest moments. While living under the same roof, relationships get complicated and jumbled. In the end, however, they are the true definition of a family. This TV series absolutely brings a little sunshine and laughter to your day; its hard to stop watching.

Famous Quote:

“I could pretend to be more like you, Jess, and live on a sparkly rainbow and drive a unicorn around and just sing all the time.” – Nick, Season 1: Episode 1.

-Allison