Damian Gordon
Staff Writer
It’s the most addictive drug that has taken over countless
lives, and grows in popularity every day; I even walked into a room with a
friend passed out in front of it. This addiction is Netflix, a streaming
service that’s taken over many homes and lead to countless emotions after
finishing a 22 hours of a show in a day. There are too many shows for any
person to search through; here are two of the finest this service has to offer.
Arrow, a show
about a rich billionaire playboy Oliver Queen played by Stephen Amell, who
after He takes his new found skills of archery and
martial arts puzzlingly learned from the island to take down city’s criminals
while solving the mystery of who shipwrecked him there.
being stranded on an island for 5 years, returns to his home-city to find
it’s been overrun by crime and corruption.
A subplot involving Oliver’s time on the island is mixed in
the episodes through flashback scenes, showing he may not be only one there
with other dangers lurking around every turn. It is an exciting combination of
fearless crime fighting Oliver Queen in the present scenes, to his scared
fragile version on the island.
The show has excellent choreographed fight scenes, which
make you feel every hit and broken bone.
Being a CW show, there is no lack of scenes that have Amell
shirtless, while talking with his fully clothed partners like other shows on
the network such as Vampire Diaries.
Luckily, Arrow has a captivating
story with characters you feel and relate to, making the payoff even greater in
the season finale.
Parks & Recreation
is a hilarious show with loveable characters that breathes new life into the
sitcom genre. It follows Leslie Knope, Amy Poehle, as deputy director of The Parks and Recreations
Department of a small quirky town called Pawnee.
Pawnee is filled with citizens who are a danger to
themselves, and that makes for many fun misadventures in the town. Such as, an old town law misspelling of the
word “tea” that looks like “Ted”, that requires them to hunt anyone named Ted
once a year and throw him in lake, having him comically run and fear for his
life.
The cast is rounded out with standout performances, most notable
being by Nick Offerman and Aziz Ansari. Ansari plays Tom Haverford who is a
sarcastic employee filled with pop culture references, always finding humorous ways
to do as little work as possible at his job.
Offerman plays Ron Swanson, Leslie’s boss who hates
government and goal is to make his department very ineffective. He goes so far
to hire employees that don’t care or are awful at their job, which amusingly
makes her job tougher.
Both Parks &
Recreations and Arrow are
television shows that pull you in immediately and only get better with every
season. They are two great shows not too many know about, that anyone can watch
with friends or family.
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