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The worst thing about falling in love with a TV show is that it might be cancelled before its story is finished
Not even Netflix, with its massive production budgets and ad-free streaming model, is immune to the need to wield the axe on a beloved
and with Jessica Jones, BoJack Horseman and Santa Clarita Diet among them, they're in excellent company.House of Cards (2013-2018)(Image
their vast bank of subscriber data had already told them that viewers liked movies directed by David Fincher and starring Kevin Spacey
And in its early days this US remake of a brilliant BBC mini-series was tense, gripping stuff, as morally flexible politician Frank
Underwood shamelessly maneuvered himself to the top of the Washington tree
Netflix pulling the plug on its hit prison drama was still symbolic, however
forgetting how groundbreaking this female-led drama was back in 2013
Arguably paving the way for the likes of Killing Eve and GLOW, while showcasing the talents of future stars such as Laverne Cox, Ruby Rose
(Image credit: Netflix)By the time BoJack Horseman galloped onto Netflix in 2014, we already knew there was a big market for satirical,
washed-up, self-destructive former sitcom star BoJack struggles to find his place in the world
own terms.Sense8 (2015-2018)(Image credit: Netflix) (Image credit: Netflix)You could never accuse Sense8 of a lack of ambition
A collaboration between the Wachowskis, the brains behind The Matrix, and Babylon 5 creator J Michael Straczynski, the series gradually
pulls together eight seemingly random people from around the world, who all turn out to share a powerful psychic bond
With an impressive cast, globe-spanning storyline, and levels of LGBTQ representation that rightly won plenty of praise, Sense8 picked up an
incredibly passionate audience over its short run
Netflix to grant closure in the form of a feature-length finale.Jessica Jones (2015-2019)(Image credit: Netflix) (Image credit:
After all, the events of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Punisher and Avengers-style team-up The Defenders are so
PI making her the most human of the bunch
All the heroes ultimately met their match when Netflix wielded the axe on this particular branch of the Marvel universe across late-2018 and
(Image credit: Netflix)Everything about this macabre horror comedy is unconventional
Despite having the trappings of a suburban family drama, its central character (a real estate agent played by Drew Barrymore) becomes
undead, and develops a taste for human flesh
and screen husband Timothy Olyphant as they try to work out what the hell is going on
ambitious, weird and opinion-splitting as The OA
seasons were possibly too inaccessible to ever pick up a mass audience
comeback at all is so remarkable that nobody should be too upset that it only lasted two seasons in its Netflix incarnation
cast have been released from their contracts suggests it's possible we've seen last of this excellent crime drama
cases is a brilliantly made period piece
So far so Silence of the Lambs, but the drama is given extra edge by the fact cases are inspired by real-life, with the series based on a
book co-written by former Fed John E Douglas
Gotta Have It (2017-2019)(Image credit: Netflix) (Image credit: Netflix)One of the best things about living in this so-called golden age of
television is the fact that the best movie directors around have made the move to the small screen
single episode of its brief two-season run
Nola Darling (played by DeWanda Wise) is a genuinely groundbreaking lead for a TV show, a polyamorous Brooklyn-based artist juggling several
