The Best Shows to Stream If Youre in Quarantine – Vanity Fair

After her husband reveals that hes a gambling addict who lost all their money, Liza Miller (Sutton Foster) has to return to publishing, the career she left more than a decade earlier to raise their daughter full-time. However, as a 40-year-old, she isnt being considered for junior positions, so she takes advantage of her extremely youthful looks to pass herself off as a 20-something and start her life over again.

Content Warning: Liza spends a lot of time canoodling with her on-again, off-again love interest Josh (Nico Tortorella), a tattoo artist whose sanitizing procedures you may not be able to stop thinking about.

Difficult People (20152017; free to stream for Hulu subscribers)

Underemployed writer Julie (Julie Klausner, who also created the show) and actor Billy (Billy Eichner) get through the challenges of life in New York largely by mocking and abusing everyone who crosses their paths, often including each other. A deep bench of guest stars includes Andrea Martin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Mulaney, and Nathan Lane, among many others.

Content Warning: Maybe the thing youll miss most while self-quarantining is roasting strangers with your best/worst friend.

Youre the Worst (20142019; free to stream for Hulu subscribers)

After meeting at a wedding of mutual friends they can barely stand, Gretchen (Aya Cash) and Jimmy (Chris Geere) embark upon a marathon one-night stand that lurches into a real relationship, despite both partners constitutional inability to deal with their own feelings, never mind the feelings of others. (Full disclosure: the show was created by my friend Stephen Falk.)

Content Warning: One of Gretchen and Jimmys many dumb fights arises from her disclosure that she never washes her legs, so one may assume both of them are riddled with disease.

Outlander (2014; free to stream for Starz subscribers)

While her husband is on a research trip in 1946 Scotland, former World War II combat nurse Claire (Caitriona Balfe) is transported back in time to 1743, where she meets Jamie (Sam Heughan), a rebel Highlander resisting English rule. Claire and Jamies fortunes rise and fall over the years, through the centuries, and even around the world, but one thing never changes: They remain horny as hell for each other.

Content Warning: The most recent episodes (spoiler!) find Claire trying to bring medical science she knows from the 20th century with her into the late 18tha struggle that may take you out of what is otherwise generally a sexy escapist fantasy.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013; free to stream for Hulu subscribers)

What started as a star vehicle for a postSNL Andy Samberg has become one of TVs best ensemble comedies, with the highest joke-per-minute ratio since 30 Rock. (Its also grown increasingly critical of policing and the carceral state over the course of its run, in contrast to most other reflexively conservative cop shows on the air.)

Content Warning: Once you realize that neither Hitchcock (Dirk Blocker) nor Scully (Joel McKinnon Miller) has probably intentionally washed his hands since the late 1960s, it may be all you can think about.

Happy Endings (20112013; free to stream for Hulu subscribers)

After Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) leaves Dave (Zachary Knighton) at the altar, they must figure out how to remain cordial for the sake of their extremely close-knit group of friends: Her sister, Jane (Eliza Coupe); Janes husband, Brad (Damon Wayans Jr.); Jane and Alexs childhood friend Penny (Casey Wilson); and Daves college friend Max (Adam Pally).

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