Pumpkin Spice Lattes, sports and warm colors aren’t the only things to look forward to this season. Some people spend fall indoors, wrapped in a blanket with a hot drink binge-watching the new season premieres and shows the fall has to offer. This fall, several new shows and season premieres have wowed viewers and critics. Here is a list to keep your eye on:
The Walking Dead
Season 5
Category: Thriller
Overview
The first four seasons of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” follow a group of people doing their best to survive in a world overwhelmed by the living dead. No one is quite sure how the pandemic began, but only the strongest of them will survive.
Why You Should Watch
The series is filled with twists and turns and portrays the traditional “zombie apocalypse” in a different way. This season picks up during a very climactic ending of season 4 leaving viewers wanting more. The story pulls no punches and shows gore in order to help viewers connect to the horror the characters face.
Netflix? Yes.
American Horror Story
Season 4
Category: Thriller/Drama
Overview
“American Horror Story” is unique in the fact that each season is its own self-contained mini-series. Although the cast is recycled throughout the series, they play completely different characters through each season. Each series follows the lives of characters across the country during different time periods. While season 1 took place in 2011, season 2 took place in the late ’60s. There are several theories about the show as a whole, all building on to the mystery of “American Horror Story.”
Why You Should Watch
This season, entitled “Freak Show,” follows the last few circus freaks, like the bearded woman, in America. The series does a fantastic job of making audiences want to turn away in terror, but pulls them in to learn of the dark twists and turns each story has to offer. “American Horror Story” is a great series to binge-watch.
Netflix? Yes.
Gotham
Premiere Season
Category: Drama
Overview
“Gotham” follows the story of the D.C. Universe’s crown jewel city, Gotham. However, the Batman we all know and love is just a young Bruce Wayne in this series. The story follows James Gordon as a new detective on the streets of the city. Piecing together the murder of Wayne’s parents is on the table, but in order to get there, Gordon finds himself hunting down familiar Gotham baddies.
Why You Should Watch
“Gotham” does a tremendous job of capturing the grittiness of the city. Throughout the series, it is interest- ing to point out the younger versions of villains and to see how their stories are told. Each villain and hero has a back story, and this is one you don’t want to miss.
Netflix? No.
The Flash
Premiere Season
Category: Drama
Overview
In a freak accident, Barry Allen, a CSI investigator is struck by lightening and awakens with the gift of super speed. After waking up nine months later and with the help of scientists, Barry Allen becomes the fastest man alive: The Flash.
Why You Should Watch
“The Flash” finally came through with good reviews. Since the late ’60s, television and movies have done a terrible job of making a fast guy look cool. The new series looks promising through it’s use of following the comic series and giving the audience a true feel of the power that comes with quickness.
Netflix? No.
