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The ranking order on the Netflix top 10 list has finally changed, and its new #1 series is one of the best new shows that the service has seen in a while.<\/p>\n
Nemesis <\/em>has been knocked down to #3 after a long while on top, and we still haven\u2019t heard anything about season 2 renewal. It has now been replaced by The Boroughs,<\/em> the new series produced by the ex-Stranger Things <\/em>pair, Matt and Ross Duffer. It\u2019s another story about a band of friends trying to take on corporate and monstrous threats, though this time, a bunch of retirees, rather than kids and teens. And it\u2019s quite good.<\/p>\n As it stands, The Boroughs <\/em>boasts a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score<\/a> from well over three dozen critics, cementing it as higher than the overall score of Stranger Things<\/em> itself. It also has a solid 80% audience score, though not too many reviews are in on that front yet. Here\u2019s the official synopsis:<\/p>\n \u201cIn a seemingly picturesque retirement community, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don’t have, time.\u201d<\/p>\n My own take on the series is that I do think it\u2019s quite charming, but if you\u2019re looking for an elaborate mystery, and are at all familiar with the genre, the big reveals in the show are fairly easy to guess, some of them from the first episode alone, especially if you read that synopsis. How the monster angle is handled is an interesting twist, however.<\/p>\n I am curious what happens to the show after this, as it is not pitched as a limited series, and with this kind of performance, it seems like it might be able to sail toward a second season. The creators of the show, Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, have previously said they have a three-season plan for the series,<\/a> and I wonder if that could expand on the current monsters we see, or move the group into new territory. This could have been wrapped up in one season, given how it ends, but that may not be the plan. Netflix is obviously looking for a new series to replace Stranger Things,<\/em> and while no, it won\u2019t come anywhere close to those numbers, the reviews are good, the cast is great, and it\u2019s currently performing quite well. So I\u2019d say all of that is working in its favor, at least from the metrics we can see (many others, like how many people make it to the end of the series, are even more important).<\/p>\n I do recommend you check out The Boroughs, though if you\u2019re looking for this to be on par with the best seasons of Stranger Things<\/em>, it\u2019s not going to be that.<\/p>\n Follow me <\/strong><\/em>on Twitter<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/a>, <\/strong><\/em>YouTube<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/a>,<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/a> and <\/strong><\/em>Instagram<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Pick up my sci-fi novels the <\/strong><\/em>Herokiller series<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/a> and <\/strong><\/em>The Earthborn Trilogy<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n