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Fall Media Recommendations:

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With students coming into schedules full of history, math, and science, we’re coming into the fall months with so much to do. Making plans once you’re an upperclassman can be hard, with college applications right around the corner, and some of us just want some good shows, books, movies, or podcasts to relax to. This is a list of my personal favorites, with a quick overview of what each of them are about!

The Good Place:

The Good Place is a comedic coming of age show on Netflix that follows the stories of four people who have just died and gone to the afterlife. The main character, Eleanor Shellstrop, is put into “The Good Place”, signifiying that she lived a good life as a good person, but she panics. Eleanor doesn’t belong in the Good Place, and she needs to find out why she’s there. With the friends she makes there, they go through trial after trial in an attempt to figure out the secret to the placement of humans in the afterlife.

The Magnus Archives:

The Magnus Archives is an fictional horror podcast/audio drama following the main character, Jonathan Sims, as he navigates being thrown into a new supernatural, terrifying reality. Appointed Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute, he begins to digitize years worth of statements concerning the esoteric and weird, falling down a rabbit hole of the ones that seems to be too real, the ones that won’t record on his laptop. I would recommend this podcast to anyone who does not have the time to sit down and watch a show, as it can be consumed during a workout, while cleaning, etc. and still manages to immerse you in the universe.

Suits:

Suits is a drama on Netflix following main characters Mike Ross and Harvey Specter, the former of whom is a talented speaker with a photographic memory and the latter a bigshot lawyer in one of the most successful firms in the world. After Mike convinces Harvey to hire him despite his lack of formal training as a lawyer, the show follows their journey as they attempt to hide Mike’s secret from the rest of the firm, introducting funny, heartfelt characters and relationships along the way. I love this show, and it’s easy to binge a season or two at a time, as it serves as good background noise to any activity.

Inside Job:

Inside Job is an animated adult comedy show on Netflix, taking place in a world where almost every conspiracy theory we’ve ever thought of is true and is fabricated by something called the shadow government. We follow main characters Reagan Ridley, an antisocial scientist, and Brett Hand, an anxious, popular people pleaser, as they deal with the issues that arise when the safety and fate of the shadow government is at risk, forming a friendship along the way and getting us, the audience to feel for these 2D characters on our screen. I would recommend this show to anyone who wants a bit of a laugh while also not looking for pure comedy, as there are serious aspects of the show that balance the comedic timing of statements and jokes perfectly.

Even though we’ve started school, everyone deserves a few days of lounging, engaging in some new interests, and taking a break. Hopefully this list had some recommendations that you liked and will help you relax in the new semester of school amidst all of the chaos!

Tanvi G.

The Good Place and Suits are available to check out from the Mission Viejo Library. 

TV Show Review: Friends

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Friends is a comedy television show that was first released in the 90’s, which shows the lives of six friends throughout its 10 seasons. The show was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and composed of the six main characters Rachel Green, Monica Geller, Phoebe Buffay, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing, and Ross Geller.

Monica is considered as the “mother” of the friend group who likes to host occasions and parties since she has the passion of being a chef, and her best friend from childhood is Rachel, who is a fashion enthusiast and has an on-and-off relationship with Monica’s older brother named Ross throughout the series. Then Ross has a best friend, Chandler, who was his roommate during college, while their other friend named Joey became Chandler’s apartment roommate. Then Phoebe, who is my personal favorite character due to her free-spirited and eccentric characteristics, was Monica’s apartment roommate, but then later moved out, which led to Rachel moving into Monica’s apartment.

In the beginning of summer 2019, I decided to start watching Friends due to my friends’ recommendation. I finished watching the TV series after a month since I was hooked with its hilarious lines and story, and I could say that that month was full of laughs and cries. The show contains both sad and hilarious storylines from the characters’ personal lives to their experiences as a group all together. I really love their friendship in the show as it has unconditional love, bonding, and most especially, support. The show is also very relatable, especially to those people in their 20’s since it tackles the character’s work life and relationships.

To those people who really like comedy shows and movies, I highly recommend watching Friends. The show may be too long for some because it has 10 seasons, but if you want and need a good laugh, you should definitely add this show to your watch list.