5 Netflix viewing tips, suggestions and recommendations that are worth it

Untamed is a psychological crime thriller on Netflix in which Special Agent Kyle Turner of the National Park Service in Yosemite National Park investigates a mysterious death of a young woman who falls from the El Capitan cliff, which leads him into a web of drug trafficking, hobo camps, family secrets and his own traumatic past after the murder of his son Caleb. Together with rookie ranger Naya Vasquez, he digs into the identity of victim Lucy Cook, who previously disappeared without a trace, and discovers hidden affairs, blackmail by a figure called “Terces” and the involvement of park employee Maguire, culminating in brutal confrontations, betrayal and a twist about revenge and deception. The series explores themes of grief, wilderness corruption and personal demons amid breathtaking nature.

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Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing is a three-part Netflix documentary series that exposes the dark side of child influencers on YouTube, focusing on the popular Piper Rockelle and her ‘Squad’ of young creators, whose seemingly idyllic life of pranks, crushes and adventures in Los Angeles generated billions of views and millions of dollars under the leadership of Piper’s mother and ‘momager’ Tiffany Smith. Former Squad members and parents testify to emotional, physical and sexual exploitation, manipulative cult-like dynamics, inappropriate adult attention and a toxic obsession with viral fame, culminating in a lawsuit and FBI investigation in 2022. The series calls for better protections for children in the influencer industry, with confronting stories of greed, trauma and lack of accountability.

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Tidelands follows the story of an ex-criminal named Cal McTeer who returns to the small fishing village of Orphelin Bay. When the body of a local fisherman washes up on the shores of Orphelin Bay, Cal must uncover the village’s secrets while investigating its strange inhabitants. The residents of the village are dangerous half-sirens/half-humans, better known as ‘Tidelanders’.

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La Palma is a Norwegian disaster drama series on Netflix in which a family on holiday on the Canary Island of La Palma is confronted with an impending volcanic eruption of Cumbre Vieja, inspired by the 2021 eruption and the hypothesis of a possible megatsunami. Researchers Marie and Haukur discover alarming signs such as dead bats, gas bubbles in the sea and earthquakes, but their warnings are initially ignored by skeptical superiors, while the family – with tensions between parents Fredrik and Jennifer and their children Sara and Tobias – is trapped amid chaos, evacuations and a race against time to escape ash clouds, lava flows and a potentially devastating tsunami.

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Toxic Town is a British miniseries on Netflix based on the real-life Corby poison scandal, in which three mothers from the industrial town of Corby in the 1980s and 1990s fight for justice after their babies are born with serious birth defects such as deformed limbs due to toxic dust from a poorly remediated former steel mill. Starring Jodie Whittaker as Susan McIntyre and Aimee Lou Wood as Tracey Taylor, the four-part series follows how the women unite against a corrupt council covering up the pollution, backed by whistleblower documents and a journalistic investigation that leads to a lengthy trial with a historic victory in 2009. The series emphasizes themes of courage, community solidarity and environmental justice in an environment poisoned by dust and corruption.

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