Since most of us will be stuck at home throughout the Movement Control Order (MCO), you’re probably looking for some new shows to start and of course, binge with all that extra time chilling at home!
Astro’s ongoing “Discover Your Stories” campaign is bound to get you hooked on something new, and maybe even on a show you’d never thought you’d watch…
Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores Abernathy (Westworld Season 3) via USA Today
Here are 5 shows with a strong female lead that will make you discover the unusual by questioning the logic between fact and fiction:
1. The Undoing (Season 1)
The series follows a successful therapist, whose seemingly perfect life is shattered by a violent death, a missing spouse and a chain of terrible revelations.
2. The Flight Attendant (Season 1)
The Flight Attendant is a terrifying story of how an entire life can change in one night. A flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened.
3. Westworld (Season 1 – 3)
This HBO Original drama series is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.
4. The Handmaid`s Tale (Season 1 – 3)
Adapted from the classic novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birth rate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state.
5. Big Little Lies (Season 1 – 2)
This miniseries set in an idyllic seaside California town, where success, affluence and privilege are slowly but surely undone by secrets, rivalries, deception and murder.
Hope you’ll enjoy these suggestions! Stay home and stay safe, guys!
by Kyle Roshen Jacob