Hoping to get hooked on a new series?
If you have a Hulu subscription, you’ve got plenty of excellent choices.
The platform hosts series from a wide variety of networks as well as original shows, making it a perfect place to browse when you’re not sure what you’re in the mood for.
This weekend, the Watch With Us team is recommending three shows you may have missed — underrated gems that are sure to entertain you. Check out our selections below.
Jeff Bridges stars in this Mission: Impossible–style action series about a retired, off-the-grid CIA agent, Dan Chase, who goes on the run after killing an intruder who broke into his home. A complicated cat-and-mouse game soon begins with FBI Assistant Director Harold Harper (John Lithgow), and it’s all further complicated by Dan’s relationship with his mysterious daughter (whom he only speaks to over the phone) and Zoe McDonald (Amy Brenneman), the hostage whom he falls in love with.
Complex and full of twists, The Old Man hit some snags in its second season due to Bridges’ health challenges and the WGA strikes — but while we wish the show had lasted longer, it’s still one hell of a ride. Despite its short run, The Old Man stands out as a gripping, emotionally rich thriller that showcases Bridges’ magnetic screen presence and proves that action storytelling only gets better with age.
The Last Man on Earth feels like one of those shows that everyone knew about, said, “Oh yeah, I heard that was good,” and yet didn’t actually watch. We encourage you to break that tradition and check it out. As the name suggests, it follows an apocalypse survivor named Phil Miller (Will Forte) who is convinced he’s the only person left alive after a virus decimates the United States population — until he meets another survivor, Carol (Kristen Schaal). Unfortunately, Phil and Carol can’t stand each other — but with the human race nearing extinction, does that really matter?
Hilarious and clever, The Last Man on Earth is a post-apocalyptic comedy that marries cynicism with heart — and also marries two people who hate each other so they can repopulate the earth. It’s a sharp, surprisingly hopeful satire that balances absurdity with humanity, making it one of the most original and quietly profound comedies of the 2010s.
Baskets did the whole “Is this FX show really a comedy if it stresses you out as much as it makes you laugh?” thing well before The Bear — but it never quite got the accolades and attention that the latter did. Perhaps that’s because the premise is a little less sexy: Zach Galifianakis plays Chip Baskets, a classically trained clown who can only find work as a rodeo clown in his hometown of Bakersfield, California. He also plays Chip’s twin brother, Dale, the dean and founder of a local vocational college.
The two brothers have extremely different approaches and attitudes toward small-town life, and their sibling rivalry provides a surprising amount of emotional depth. The show’s secret weapon, though, is the late comedian Louie Anderson, who won an Emmy for his performance as Christine Baskets, Chip and Dale’s loving but overbearing mother.
Baskets is a rare kind of show — bizarre, melancholy and endlessly human. It’s one of those hidden gems you’ll be glad you finally found.
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