If you're searching for your next binge-watch then these three shows have all finished their first seasons and are starting their second seasons this week. One is a quirky Irish comedy-drama, another is a show that'll strike a chord in Ireland's current campaign to repeal the Eighth Amendment and the final show is ideal for fans of the crime drama:
Can't Cope, Won't Cope
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
It feels like everyone in their mid-twenties in Ireland is struggling to find themselves so it makes perfect sense for Can't Cope, Won't Cope to make its way on to our screens.
CCWC first season is all about best friends Aisling and Danielle from Cork living together in Dublin. Danielle is trying to finish college years as a mature student and Aisling is a functioning alcoholic who works in investment banking.
One of the most genuine, funny and uncomfortable shows on Irish TV, CCWC deals with female friendships like very few shows can and with only twenty minutes an episode you'd be mad to miss it. The first season is on Netflix now and the first episode of season two is available to watch on the RTÉ player and airs every Monday at 10.30.
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The Handmaid's Tale
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A dystopian show that's never been more politically relevant, The Handmaid's Tale delves into a world where women of childbearing age are forced to be surrogates for wealthy elites whose wives - due to a mysterious reason - are barren.
Featuring an incredible cast, the show has won eight Emmies and Elizabeth Moss - who plays June, the shows central character - won Best Actress for her performance. If you're a fan of the Gilmore Girls then you'll appreciate that the series includes supporting actresses such as Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore) and Orange is the New Black's Poussey.
The second season begins on RTÉ this Thursday 26 April at 10.35.
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The Alienist
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Apart from shows like Downton Abbey, period dramas don't tend to be popular with younger audiences. Meet The Alienist, a show set on capturing humanity's early obsession with madness and serial killers. Set in the late 19th century, Dakota Fanning, Luke Evans and Daniel Brühl play an ad hoc team whose goal is to solve the murders of street children in New York.
An atmospheric show that has a vague inkling of 'Jack the Ripper's London, it's a return to form for Fanning, a child prodigy. Fans are awaiting the announcement of the second season as the first season of The Alienist has just landed on Netflix.
*rating out of five stars
