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There's something about a good bad guy, someone who gets your spine tingling and makes you grab the arm of your chair. We obsess over them. Sure, we talk about how the good guys drive the story, but the truth is, the bad guy looms over the entire thing. They define the path our characters follow, the weapons they use to fight, and where the climax will ultimately take us. And we want them to be seemingly invincible. It's so interesting when things are hopeless. It keeps us guessing, wondering what will happen next. We don't even need them to be the actual antagonist of the story. They could be the main character, the sidekick, or a random part of the puzzle, and we'll still eat it up. So long as they're evil, powerful, and intriguing.Netflix has mastered the art of evil. Many of their original shows and films explore what it means to be ruthless and wicked. They redefine how low a person can go, and they know how to keep our eyes glued to the screen.They break down barriers, creating villains that we root for, or endings that we will know will never turn out the way they're supposed to. They erase all hope, all kindness, and human decency, then they delve right in. They don't just stick with bad people, either. They examine the evils of broken systems, beasts that embody universal principles, and acts so heinous they're too good not to put on film. We see this so often on the platform that it's almost as though Netflix has become a place to explore the darker side of the human psyche. It's fascinating. Let's go over it and see what they've done. There's a lot to unpack.

Showrunner of 'The Haunting of Hill House' and 'Midnight Mass,' Mike Flanagan, is the man behind Netflix's 'The Midnight Club,' which is an adaptation of the same-titled novel series by Christopher Pike. On October 7, the series will begin.The 10-episode season is set in 1994 and takes place at Brightcliffe Hospice, a place where terminally sick youngsters can die gently and at their own pace. The hospice, however, has its own eerie past that is just waiting to be discovered, and Stanford University-bound girl Ilonka (Iman Benson) is doubtful after being admitted following a thyroid cancer diagnosis.

Hulu is trying hard to decorate its fall-shows plate with new films and installments, such as the third season of Ramy. The show is an Arabic-English comedy-drama whose first season was launched in August 2019, followed by the second on May 2020. The third season was renewed in July 2020, and the production started right after, although it might have been delayed due to COVID-19 movement-related restrictions and other issues. Ramy is a fantastic show worth sacrificing your time for. From the figures, the series has managed an excellent 8/10 star rating on IMDb and an 86% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes for the previous two seasons.

Peacock has decided to occupy your fall Fridays with rib-cracking content and shows such as The Amber Ruffin Show. The streamer announced the release date for the upcoming season three of The Amber Ruffin Show, a late-night comedy series from Amber Ruffin. The series’ first season of The Amber Ruffin Show was launched in October 2020, followed by the second in October 2021, and now season three is landing around the same time- a powerful sequence. IMDb gave the show a 5.3/10 out of 10-star rating, while Rotten Tomatoes delivered a 100% average Tomatometer; the scores are worth your precious time.

Apple TV+ has been one of the streamers working hard to capture viewers' attention, and evidently, it's been performing well, especially in the kids' section. The streaming platform recently unveiled the release date of Wolfboy and the Everything Factory season two, a year after the launch of season one. Wolfboy and the Everything Factory is a kids' family show produced by Michael Ryan and Joseph Gordon-Levitt for children aged 5 to 8.

Ricky Gervais is one of the wealthiest and most successful comedians working today. The multi-awarded comic actor is best known for his role as David Brent in The Office, a TV sitcom he co-created in 2001. He has since lent his talent to films, worked as a voice artist, and even hosted the Golden Globe Awards five times. Known for his acidic humor and incurable skepticism, the comedian was listed in The Observer as one of the funniest performers in British history and was included in Time magazine's Time 100 list of most influential people.Here’s a rundown of the actor's achievements to better understand how this philosophy student became one of the most bankable comedians working today.

Abby and Brittany Hensel are arguably the world’s most famous conjoined twins. After all, the duo had been on a media frenzy- landing guest spots on the Oprah Winfrey Show, landing on the cover of no less than Life magazine, and starring in their very own reality show called Abby & Brittany. The twins were so popular that they had their own show on the British network, BBC. It followed Abby and Britanny from the time they finished college right until they landed a part-time teaching job.But what has become of the twins now? Read on to find out.

Variety reports that Leonardo Di Caprio will reportedly join the cast of the acclaimed Korean drama on Netflix. According to reports, Netflix has extended the Korean series for two more seasons after it became a huge sensation.Since Bong Joon-suspenseful ho's film Parasite won big at the Oscars in 2020, the door has been wide open for Western fans to watch Korean shows. Squid Game proved to be one of Netflix's most lucrative endeavors, demonstrating how well the streaming service benefited from this.The Squid Game director, Hwang Dong-hyuk, recently revealed to Deadline that if a third season of the grueling drama series is approved, he plans to attempt and cast some well-known actors.

Nearly two years after the launch of season one, the second installment of The D’Amelio Show is here, looking deeper into the D’Amelio family. In 2020, Hulu announced that the show would be shifting to a streaming platform, and later launched it in September 2021 with eight incredible episodes. The first season drew impressive attention, managing more than 600 million impressions on Tiktok. Although the show didn’t perform well on IMDb (2.5/10-star rating), Hulu defended it as one of the most-streamed unscripted series of 2021. Rotten Tomatoes on the other side gave The D’Amelio Show a 53% audience score with 43 user ratings, which is not bad for a start.

Time flies, but it's swifter with The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers; it was just the same year the series launched its first season and is now heading to season two. The series launched in March 2021 and renewal for season two was announced in August, whose production process began in early 2022. The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers scored an outstanding 7.4/10-star rating on IMDb and a 77% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes; no wonder Disney+ had such steadfast confidence with it.

The Rescue Riders have been working extra time to add to the Peacock's kids programming plate with the fourth and last installment of Dragons Rescue Riders: Heroes of the Sky. As a franchise of the famous How to Train Your Dragon film, the show launched its first season in November 2021. It has performed well since, with a 7.6 out of 10-star rating on IMDb. The previous season three landed on May 19th, 2020, followed by loads of fans' positive critics and reviews; no wonder it was quickly renewed for a fourth season.

Blessed be the fruit!Warning: This article contains the ultimate spoiler. If you haven't read The Testaments, don't read it. I promise you, you will regret it.Consider Janine.She's Innocent, beautiful, brave, and in many ways more powerful than any other character in the show, even Aunt Lydia, who the showrunners described as the immortal spirit of Gilead. Out of all of the characters in The Handmaid's Tale, there's no one more loved or cherished by the fandom. At the beginning of season 4, there was a ripple throughout the community. It cropped up in every blank space where fans were allowed to comment. They did not want anyone touching a hair on Janine's head. This is the kind of thing studios take notice of. There are certain mistakes that the show cannot make without alienating their base, so they do everything they can to find out what those mistakes are--and they go to unimaginable lengths of find out. That's the only way to make a successful series. We made our voices heard. Nobody touches Janine. She is to be protected. That doesn't mean that they won't kill her off, but it does mean that her death would have to mean something. It also means that we will not tolerate a world without her for long--probably no longer than a few episodes.In that way, and in many others, Janine is as immortal as Aunt Lydia. It's because she has something that nobody else has: an unlimited capacity to believe. We can call it psychosis, and she does hallucinate, but it's more than that. It's the magic of a child, the ability to play and pretend, and the faith to believe in fantasies. She can see past the flesh rotting off of unwomen's bones, past the brutalities in the Red Center, and the horrors of the Putnam house, and she can dream about a world where Gilead is no more. She believes that that world is coming, not just because June told her so, or because nothing lasts forever, but because she has to believe. She can never be fully present when women are passed around like cattle, or when talking back in a propaganda session can get your eye gouged out. That's not the world she wants to live in, so she won't live there.In a sense, there's power in that. Psychosis and dissociation are defense mechanisms that keep us from experiencing moments of torment and pain. This protects Janine. Gilead can't hurt her the way it hurts everyone else, because she can disconnect. Then there's her faith, which may or may not be an acting force in the universe of Handmaid's Tale. But it is a plot device. She's no longer in the colonies. She sees Angela. She brought her baby back from the brink of death.I would argue that faith is a force in the show. Luke buried a persimmon in his backyard (an old folk magick practice), then June escaped from Gilead. He had faith that God was watching over her, and things worked out just the way he needed them to. After Janine's moment of faith, she was set free from the colonies. Emily found her way to Toronto. God had a plan, just like Janine said. They've put too much work into illustrating the power of faith for us to discount it.I think we'll see Janine work more miracles in the coming episodes, especially this season, and I'll explain why below.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for season 5 episode 2 of 'The Handmaid's Tale' and The Testaments.Blessed be the Fruitloops!The season 5 Handmaid's Tale premiere rocked the fandom, displaying a profound portrait of two women processing the events of the season 4 finale. On the one hand, there was June, who was reeling from her night in the woods after tearing Fred Waterford apart with her bare hands. Then there was Serena, who was ripped out of her cell and given the news of his death while en route to an ICC safehouse.

Warning! This article contains spoilers for season 5 episodes 1Blessed be the Fruit! The Handmaid's Tale season 5 premiere was released on Hulu Wednesday, and half of the fandom still has goosebumps. Unlike other seasons, we have no idea where the characters will end up. Everyone is in a unique predicament, and we're not playing by Gilead's rules any longer. There's no way of knowing what will happen. It's exciting.The first episode is a gutwrenching performance focused on trauma and stigma. It examines how Serena and June process Fred's murder, and how their reactions affect the people around them. It's realistic and unsettling, and at times it's difficult to watch. But ultimately it gives us a little bit of comfort, and we get many of the answers we've been waiting for. It also sets the stage for what is sure to be an epic struggle between the two female titans.

Warning Spoilers For Season 4 of The Handmaid's Tale AheadBlessed be the Fruitloops!Season four was a groundbreaking experience that redefined The Handmaid's Tale universe. Fred is gone, and June is free from Gilead. We're playing by a completely different set of rules. The characters are facing struggles we've never seen before. Anything could happen. That's what makes it so exciting.