3 Elite Series to Binge on Netflix This Week (September 21-25)

Published Sep 21, 2026, 4:47 PM EDT

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The reign of The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie's television spin-off of his 2019 film of the same name, has come to an end, and the prolific Ryan Murphy has arrived to dominate the streaming charts once again. Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, the latest from the so-called Murphyverse to dramatize the life of an American killer, has unsurprisingly arrived and instantly risen to the streaming summit. But with mixed reviews and some fan backlash, perhaps The Lizzie Borden Story isn't on your radar. To help you decide what else to watch, here are three recommendations on Netflix this week.

For more recommendations, check out our list of the best shows and movies on Netflix.

Disclaimer: These titles are available on US Netflix.

1 'Veronica Mars' (2004–2019)

Rotten Tomatoes: 92% | IMDb: 8.3/10

Throughout 2026, Netflix has been quietly adding all four seasons of one of the best teen detective series of all time. If you like A Good Girl's Guide to Murder on Netflix, then you should definitely watch Veronica Mars this week. This teen noir series follows Kristen Bell's titular crime solver as she solves complicated criminal puzzles in her hometown of Neptune, under the tutelage of her detective father.

Utterly addictive, as soon as you start joining Mars in her crime-solving, you simply won't want to stop. Bell's most iconic performances are supported by a revolving door of talented faces, with each enhanced by a set of clever, twisting scripts. Awarded the 2005 American Film Institute Award for Television Programs of the Year, Veronica Mars is just as unmissable today as it was over two decades ago.

Collider Exclusive · Villain Personality Quiz Which Criminal Mastermind Would Be Your Nemesis? Lecter · Joker · Moriarty · Chigurh

Four of the finest criminal minds ever put on screen. One of them would look at you and see something worth their time. Eight questions decide which one comes for you, why they picked you, and what they would want when they arrived.

🍷Lecter

🃏Joker

♟️Moriarty

🪙Chigurh

MEET YOUR NEMESIS →

01

What would a criminal mastermind notice about you first? Great villains choose their opponents carefully. Something about you got their attention.

AMy manners, and everything I am careful not to say. BThat I still believe people are basically decent. CThat I am clever, and quietly enjoy proving it. DThat I handle things myself, and always have.

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02

How do they make first contact? The introduction tells you everything about what is coming next.

AA polite letter. Beautiful handwriting. Quietly wrong. BSomething on fire, with a message left beside it. CA puzzle, left where only I would look. DNo contact. Just the aftermath, and a coin.

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03

What do you actually believe about right and wrong? Every nemesis is really an argument about the thing you believe most.

AThere are lines. Mine are private and absolute. BRules are the only thing keeping us from being animals. CMorality is a system, and systems can be solved. DThings happen. Most of it was never up to me.

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04

What finally gets under your skin? Everybody has a pressure point. Finding yours is the whole plan.

ABeing seen clearly by somebody I cannot read. BWatching good people do something ugly. CLosing to someone who was simply better prepared. DHaving no move left that changes anything.

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05

They have made their move. How do you fight back? This is the part of the film where the audience finds out who you are.

ACarefully, and never where they expect to be touched. BLoudly. I would rather lose than play their game. CWith a better plan. I can out-think this. DDirectly, once, with whatever is closest to hand.

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06

What would they use against you? A good villain never brings a weapon you have not already handed them.

AMy privacy. I have kept far too much to myself. BMy conscience. I will not cross the line they want. CMy ego. I cannot resist a worthy opponent. DMy certainty that I can handle it alone.

NEXT QUESTION →

07

What do they actually want from you? The money is never the point. Something else always is.

ATo understand me better than anyone ever has. BTo prove I am no better than they are. CTo finally be beaten by someone worth the trouble. DNothing at all. I stepped into the wrong path.

NEXT QUESTION →

08

How does it end between the two of you? Eight questions in, this is the one that decides who comes for you.

AA conversation I will be replaying for years. BA choice forced on me that has no clean answer. COne final move, and the better mind wins. DA coin in the air, and nothing I can say.

REVEAL MY NEMESIS →

The Case File Is Complete Your Nemesis Is…

Four criminal masterminds. One of them was always going to be yours. Here is who comes for you, why they picked you out of everyone available, and what they want from the encounter.

Hannibal Lecter

Your nemesis does not want to beat you. He wants to know you completely, and he is patient enough to wait for it. The frightening part is how good the conversation is.

• Lecter is the most dangerous kind of opponent: the one who finds you interesting. He never raises his voice, because he has never needed to.
• You keep a great deal to yourself and you are careful about what you show. That reserve is exactly the door he would knock on.
• The films understood something other thrillers missed. The horror is not the violence. It is being perfectly understood by the wrong person.
• He would be unfailingly polite about all of it. That is the worst part.

The Joker

Your nemesis is not after money, territory or revenge. He is after a demonstration, and you are the person he has chosen to prove his point on.

• The Joker only picks opponents who believe in something. Your decency is not a defence against him. It is the entire reason he showed up.
• He has no plan you can predict and nothing you can take away, which removes every tool you would normally reach for.
• His whole argument is that you are one bad day away from being him, and you would spend the rest of your life proving him wrong.
• He would call it a magic trick. You would call it the worst night of your life.

Moriarty

Your nemesis respects you, which sounds flattering until you work out what it means. He chose you because nobody else was worth his time.

• Moriarty is the original criminal mastermind, the template every later one borrows from: a mind the equal of the hero's, pointed the wrong way.
• You enjoy being the cleverest person in the room. He is counting on exactly that, and he has already built the room.
• This is the rare nemesis who would be genuinely disappointed if you lost badly. He needs the game to be worth playing.
• It ends the way these things always end. Two people, one problem, and only one way down.

Anton Chigurh

Your nemesis has no personal interest in you whatsoever, and that is precisely what makes him unsurvivable. You are not a rival. You are a stop on the way.

• Chigurh does not negotiate, gloat or explain. He arrives, he asks one question, and the answer was decided long before you opened your mouth.
• You trust yourself to handle things. He is the one problem in the world that has no interest in how capable you are.
• No Country for Old Men rewrote the screen villain by removing the thing audiences quietly rely on: the sense that talking might work.
• Call it. He will wait.

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2 'The Audacity' (2026)

Rotten Tomatoes: 75% | IMDb: 6.4/10

Earlier this year, AMC found its newest must-watch hit in the form of The Audacity, created by Jonathan Glatzer, known for writing Succession and producing Bad Sisters. The series follows Billy Magnussen as Duncan Park, a tech CEO struggling to cope with his unhinged public image as the bubble of Silicon Valley threatens to burst.

Also starring Sarah Goldberg, Rob Corddry, Lucy Punch, and Zach Galifianakis, The Audacity might not be the most refined show on Netflix, but it's certainly one of the most moreish. With tech CEOs consistently in the headlines, this series couldn't be more timely. "The Audacity isn't perfect, but the effort Magnussen gives nearly is," wrote Collider's Shawn Van Horn in his review, with this comedy thriller already renewed for a second season.

3 'Outlander' (2014–2026)

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | IMDb: 8.3/10

After less than a year off our screens, Outlander: Blood of My Blood is finally back, and it has returned with an explosive opening. The Season 2 premiere, "Remembrance Day," has already earned plenty of praise, as this acclaimed prequel series continues the legacy of its predecessor. But with a week to wait until Blood of My Blood continues, why not enjoy a Netflix binge of the show that started it all?

Starz's acclaimed fantasy series Outlander, based on Diana Gabaldon's novels, follows Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire's (Caitríona Balfe) romantic journey through time, as a honeymoon in 1945 Scotland unexpectedly becomes a wild life in the 1700s. Earlier this year, Outlander came to an unmissable end, and with more than 100 episodes available, it's high time we went back and started this jaw-dropping journey all over again.