Netflix subscribers should send a “thank you” to AMC this week for lending out two of the network’s shows.
Without that pair of dramas on loan from AMC, this would have been a very uncharacteristically quiet week for the No. 1 streamer in the world.
That’s why those AMC series are our top two picks on Watch With Us‘ three underrated Netflix shows to watch this weekend.
The final show in our spotlight is a new true crime series that’s racing up Netflix’s series chart.
Giancarlo Esposito reinvented his career as Gus Fring on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, so it was only a matter of time before he got an AMC original series of his own. Parish finally puts Esposito in the leading role as Gracián “Gray” Parish, a man with a criminal past and impeccable driving skills who attempted to go straight.
One year after the death of his son, Gray is feeling emotionally cut off from his wife, Rose Parish (Paula Malcomson), and drowning in debt. His old friend, Colin Broussard (Skeet Ulrich), convinces him to do one last job for a local crime boss, Shepherd Tonghai, aka The Horse (Zackary Momoh). But in the criminal underworld, it’s never just one last job. Gray’s back in the life, and he may never get back out again.
When this Walking Dead spinoff was in development, it was originally supposed to star both Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride. Instead, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon began as a solo showcase for Reedus, as he reprised the role he originated in 2010 on The Walking Dead.
Season 2, which recently arrived on Netflix, finally brought McBride back as Carol Peletier, Daryl’s closest friend in the world. She doesn’t know that Daryl’s been shanghaied to Europe and he’s essentially stuck an ocean away. But that’s not going to stop Carol from hunting down every lead in a quest to find her lost friend and bring him back home.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is streaming on Netflix.
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