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Looking for a gripping show that you can finish in just a weekend? These five shows are full of anticipation and adrenaline in just the right amount to not feel like a daunting commitment. They are ideally suited for our fried attention span.

We Were Liars

It’s summer, it’s time for the beach and family quality time, or is it? This family has to keep up a certain lifestyle where not everyone is welcome in their space. When Cadence goes back to her family’s private island for the summer, everything is different, and she can’t remember why. It seems like everyone is avoiding talking about it, and what exactly is it? The truth is uncovered layer by layer to reveal a twist that no one saw coming.

Fool Me Once

Maya Stern is recently widowed. Her husband died, not just in a tragic way of being too young to die and leaving a small girl behind, but he was murdered. Maya is determined to investigate her husband’s death. In an unexpected turn of events, she sees her supposedly deceased husband on a nanny camera, but when she goes to check it out, there’s no one there, and her daughter says she hasn’t seen him. This sets off a chain of events that leads her to a rabbit hole of dark secrets and coming face-to-face with the past.

The Undoing

Still going strong on the theme of disappearing husbands, this one is sure to become a classic. Grace Fraser is a successful therapist living in New York. On the surface, her life appears perfect, but perhaps all it takes is one significant event for it to unravel. Somehow, she finds herself implicated in a murder case, and it only gets worse when her husband disappears. She finds herself questioning everything, not knowing who to trust or even if she could trust herself.

Clickbait

‘Who is Nick Brewer?’, the trailer to this unconventional thriller asks the viewer. After Nick disappears, a video of him goes viral online. This video offers only two pieces of information: that Nick is an abuser and that he will die at five million views. Everything turns to chaos for his family after that video. The family is trying to find a beloved brother, husband, and father, but the rest of the world is telling them that he’s a criminal. What is the deal with this video? And is this a hostage situation or a really sick joke?

Behind Her Eyes

The story begins as a simple love triangle, but it takes an unexpected turn. Louise, a single mother, has an affair with David, who turns out to be her boss. It doesn’t stop here. Louise also befriends David’s wife, Adele, and things start to get weirder and weirder. With hints of supernatural elements and a dark secret, this show will keep you guessing until the last minute.