What’s been your best pandemic binge- watch, and what’s next on your list?
We asked Chicagoans: What’s been your best pandemic bingewatch — and what’s next on your list? Some answers have been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.
“THE NEW SEASON OF ‘ DEAD TO ME’ WAS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE QUARANTINE WATCH. JUST LOVE @ 1CAPPLEGATE!”
Lindsey Murphy
I CAN CHECK “WATCH EVERY SEASON OF THE FORENSIC FILES COLLECTION AVAILABLE ON @ NETFLIX” OFF MY BUCKET LIST.
Ann Laabs
“I’ve been bingeing past seasons of ‘ The Great British Bake- Off.’ It’s like comfort food for my soul.” Laurie Alfaro
“‘ Grey’s Anatomy.’ Never ever watched it, and now I have 16 [ past] seasons to watch.”
Beth Plutino
“‘ Virgin River,’ ‘ Schitt’s Creek’ ( over and over), ‘ The Queen’s Gambit,’ ‘ Last Tango in Halifax,’ ‘ Dead to Me.’ ”
Cindy Lee Nielsen
“I binge- watched all seasons of ‘ Chicago Fire,’ ‘ PD’ and ‘ Med’ from start to finish! Now, I’m on to ‘ Grey’s Anatomy.’ Only 12 seasons left to go!”
Emily Gunn
“I did the ‘ Andy Griffith Show’ right away. The era seemed calming at the time. Then, it was ‘ Breaking Bad’ again. Currently working through ‘ Supernatural,’ again. Just started ‘ Schitt’s Creek.’ I’m all over the place.”
Tharran Hobson
“‘ Schitt’s Creek!’ It is such a heartwarming and funny show. I love it.”
Melissa Consuelo
“‘ Yellowstone.’ Who doesn’t love some Kevin Costner.” Cassandra Crist
“BBC mysteries for the win. ‘ Hinterland.’ ‘ Wallander.’ ‘ Shetland.’ ‘ Vera.’ ‘ Poirot.’ I have a long list. Plus ‘ Bleak House’ and a bunch of others. Seriously,
they’ve got the best stuff ever. But ‘ Queen’s Gambit’ was awesome, too.”
Marion McLaughlin
“‘ Outrageous Fortune’ and ‘ Westside’ — absolutely hilarious, lewd, NSFW or kids, wild and thought- provoking fun from New Zealand. Next? ‘ The Expanse.’ ”
Carmie Daugird Callobre
“‘ Ozark’ and ‘ Breaking Bad.’ Similar plot lines and lead characters. Both awesome shows, and I rarely look at television.”
Marcel Wormsley
“‘ Orange Is The New Black,’ ‘ Luke Cage,’ ‘ Trial 4,’ ‘ Pandemic.’ ” Alfie Wells
“Binge- watched ‘ Letterkenny,’ ‘ Veronica Mars,’ ‘ Tiger King’ ( yeah, that was this year even though it seems like a lifetime ago), ‘ McMillions,’ ‘ Umbrella
Academy’ and ‘ Dark.’ Up next is ‘ The Expanse’ and ‘ The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ later this month!”
Megg Romei
“‘ The West Wing!’ ”
Deborah Sorensen Savage
“‘ Hell On Wheels.’ If you like ‘ Yellowstone’ and ‘ Longmire,’ you will like this Western.”
Maria Kovass
“‘ The Waltons!’ All nine seasons! Sad when it was over.” Sarah Beck Byrd
“‘ Sweet Magnolia,’ ‘ Virginia River’ and ‘ Northern Rescue.’ ” Arlene Nick Cortese
“I introduced my husband to ‘ Bosch’ on Amazon Prime and rewatched it with him. I got hooked on the show after reading all the books.”
Gloria Warshaw
“‘ Designated Survivor’ and ‘ The Crown.’ Now, I’m watching ‘ The Undoing.’ ”
Janice H. Milner
“All the seasons of ‘ Midsomer Murders’ and ‘ Silent Witness.’ I love those British shows! I never watched that much TV before now!”
Beverly Hajek Cooper
“‘ The Office!’ Loving it!” Patricia L. Ward
“‘ Spartacus.’ It is actionpacked, with treachery, drama, heroics, romance and many battles! But not for children nor the faint of heart!”
John Owens
“‘ Better Caul Saul!’ And waiting for next season of ‘ Russian Doll.’ ”
Angès Fontana Wynhant
“‘ Downton Abbey’ followed by the movie, now rewatching ‘ Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.’ ”
Eileen Meiers Moy
“‘ Utopia’ was awesome on Netflix!”
Lisa Marie
“The old ‘ Scooby Doo’ and ‘ I Love Lucy.’”
Kathleen Georgen
“‘ Supernatural.’ All 15 seasons. Over 300 episodes. Fun!”
Cathy Gargas
“‘ The Blacklist.’ I didn’t see it on NBC.”
Fatima Mohammed
“The Sopranos.”
Jessica Pamela Walley
“Rewatching ‘ Game of Thrones.’ ”
Alisha Pearson
“‘ Undercover’ and ‘ Narcos Mexico’ on Netflix.”
James Gonzalez
“‘ Shameless!’ ‘ 13 Reasons Why!’ ”
Perla Mares- Padilla
“‘ Below Deck’ and ‘ Below Deck Mediterranean.’ ”
Tina Livesay Kaberlein
“THE DOG HOUSE ON HBO MAX. IT’S LIKE A DATING SHOW BUT WITH ABANDONED PETS AND PEOPLE WHO ADOPT THEM.”
Adam Engle