Binge or Bin?

By Mrs M

 Listen, I don’t watch TV casually. I experience it. I argue with characters. I pause episodes to recover from betrayal. My husband always complains about that but ohw well.

I fall in love, then fall into existential despair all before the next snack break. So when I tell you I’ve been on a rollercoaster with these six shows, I mean I’ve lived through drama that deserves compensation.

Here’s my breakdown, the ones that snatched my wig oops I mean bald head come on now Keisha. 

There are also the ones that wasted my data, and the ones that had me questioning if Netflix even has editors anymore. Let’s go:

 Sinners – 9/10

This show? Art. Cinema. Drama baptized in pure fire. This movie was the story behind the story, a very attuned and paced story line. 

The writing? Sharp. The plot twists? Biblical (pun fully intended). The performances? Haunting, as if the cast was possessed by the spirits of Oscar winners past. 

Every frame was soaked in intensity. I love when a show treats its audience like we’re smart. It doesn’t spoon-feed anything. You either keep up or drown.

It lost a point only because the finale tried to get too poetic with too many loose threads but even that mess was kind of beautiful. Sinners didn’t just give, it served. Rewatch-worthy. Rewind-heavy. Required viewing.

Moblands – 10/10

Where do I even begin? Moblands is the kind of series that makes you ignore real-life responsibilities. I watched episode one and next thing I knew, it was 3 a.m., I hadn’t eaten. 

This is how you do crime drama. Slick but gritty. Sexy but violent. Stylish but grounded. 

World-building? Tight. The stakes? Always sky-high. You know a show’s elite when even the villains are seductive and you're lowkey rooting for them. The pacing was flawless.

 Not a single filler episode. Every scene carried weight. I have zero notes. Just vibes and vengeance. Moblands is top-tier television.

The Cleaning Lady – 10/10

Astonishing! 

Okay but who gave this show the right to be this good?? I went in expecting light fluff and found myself in a morally complex underworld where survival is messy and motherhood is revolutionary.

The lead performance? Emmy-worthy. This woman carried the show on her back, her heart, her tears all while wiping down bloody crime scenes. 

It’s emotional without being manipulative. It’s political without being preachy. It’s dramatic without ever tipping into soap opera territory (and even if it did, I’d eat it up).

The character development was layered like a good lasagna. The stakes felt real. There’s no sugar-coating, just raw storytelling, grit, and one woman doing whatever it takes.

 The Cleaning Lady is the underdog everyone should be watching. It's a pity we are not getting Season 4. 

You – 10/10

Ah, You. The show that convinced me I could fall in love with a literate murderer. Again. And again. And again.

Joe Goldberg is a problem. But you know that, and that’s why it works. The show doesn’t glamorize the chaos, it wraps it in charm and then sucker-punches you with reality. 

The inner monologue? Iconic. The narrative loops? Addictive. The character arcs? Twisted perfection.

Every season somehow reinvents itself while staying true to its toxic, seductive core. And it’s fun. Like, dangerously fun.

 I genuinely worry for anyone who watches this and says Joe “has a point.” He doesn’t. But also... he kinda does?

Anyway, You is a dark mirror held up to our obsession with ‘nice guys’. 

It's thrilling, chilling, and entirely too clever for its own good. I’ll be watching ‘til Joe runs out of books or bodies.

Ginny & Georgia – 6/10

Whew. This one had me pacing.

Look, I wanted to like it. I really did. But Ginny & Georgia is what happens when a show wants to be Euphoria and Gilmore Girls at the same time and fumbles both. 

The tone is all over the place. One minute we’re in quirky teen comedy land, the next we’re dealing with trauma and murder. Pick a struggle.

That said, Georgia’s character is magnetic. She carries. Ginny? Less so. 

The writing doesn’t do her justice. And can we talk about the dialogue? Some of it sounds like it was written by an AI that just discovered TikTok slang. Cannot believe we waited years for this.

Still, I stayed for the drama. And the fashion. And the unintentional comedy.

 It's a hot mess but sometimes, that's what makes it bingeable. Just don’t expect depth where there’s only drama.

Straw – 5/10

Ugh. This show felt like watching paint dry. Straw had the nerve to set up an intriguing premise and then just… sit there. Nothing happens. And when it does, it’s either confusing, boring, or both.

My thing with Tyler Perry is that he gets black actresses looking like they can't deliver a monologue. His storytelling and writing is poor. I wonder when he got like this. 

For Me nothing was amazing about Straw, yes emotional story but the delivery or lack of took away the essence of the story. And why the hell is Teyana Taylor acting?? 

The pacing was glacial. The characters were hollow. The soundtrack tried to do the emotional heavy-lifting but ended up being a sad Spotify playlist for vibes that never landed. I kept waiting for the twist, the tension, something and it never came.

It’s a shame, because the potential was right there. But Straw was more filler than killer. You know those shows you watch just to have something on in the background while you do laundry? Yeah. That.