Four-Part Netflix Miniseries You Can Binge in a Weekend

Netflix helped define binge-watching, but not every original stretches on indefinitely. Some four-part miniseries are self-contained and vivid enough to finish over a weekend; these selections spotlight short, tightly told dramas and thrillers that leave an impression.

Toxic Town is a four-part British drama built on real events in Corby, following the women who campaigned for healthier air after contaminated soil spread through residential areas. The Breakthrough, a Swedish crime thriller adapted from a nonfiction book by Anna Bodin and Peter Sjölund, tracks a 2020 cold-case investigation that uses forensic genetic genealogy to revisit two 2004 murders.

Collateral, David Hare’s 2018 four-episode series starring Carey Mulligan, follows detective Kip Glaspie as she unravels the killing of a pizza deliveryman and uncovers prejudice and conspiracies tied to immigration.

United Kingdom, Corby

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