10 TV dramas you can binge in one week

Picking a show to binge is harder than it looks. The ideal series should reach a satisfying conclusion or be clearly on track for a timely return, so you don’t end up waiting years for more. Highlights on this list include Severance, an ambitious science-fiction thriller directed in part by Ben Stiller and easier to follow when watched straight through, and Lonesome Dove, a patient, novel-based Western that features a standout Robert Duvall performance.

Tokyo Vice is a sleek noir produced by Michael Mann that ended after two seasons and 16 episodes but wraps its seasonal arc. Other picks range from the dark, satirical The Curse (2024), a collaboration rooted in the sensibilities of Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie with a noted Emma Stone turn, to Mindhunter, David Fincher’s serialized look at early FBI profiling inspired by John Douglas.

This Is Going To Hurt offers seven episodes of painful, fourth-wall-breaking medical drama led by Ben Whishaw.

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