A two-season crime thriller series was so good that it got three more seasons and multiple spinoffs. When it comes to Netflix’s crime thrillers, the streaming service has no shortage of exceptional shows in this genre, including Mindhunter, Ozark, Narcos, The Beast in Me, and Dept. Q.
Mindhunter has a near-perfect 97% critics and 95% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and is widely considered to be a cancelled Netflix show that deserved more seasons. Ozark won four Primetime Emmy Awards and ran for four seasons, while Narcos‘ success led to the spinoff Narcos: Mexico. The Beast in Me received three Golden Globe Award nominations for a miniseries, and Dept. Q is returning for season 2 after being in the platform’s Top 10 for six weeks.
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Squid Game shattered records on launch in 2021, becoming Netflix’s biggest-ever series debut. Hwang Dong-hyuk’s South Korean thriller centres on a desperate gambler named Seong Gi-hun. What is his player number?
✓ Correct! Gi-hun is Player 456 — the last number drawn. Kang Sae-byeok (the North Korean defector) is 067, Cho Sang-woo (the Stanford-educated finance crook) is 218, and the mysterious elderly Oh Il-nam is 001. Squid Game became Netflix’s first show to hit #1 in every country it launched in, amassing over 1.6 billion hours watched in its first month alone.
✗ Eliminated! The answer is 456. Gi-hun’s number is the very last of the 456 players. 067 is Sae-byeok the defector, 218 is Sang-woo the Stanford grad, and 001 is the mysterious old man Oh Il-nam whose identity becomes the series’ biggest reveal. Squid Game became Netflix’s most-watched launch ever, hitting #1 in 94 countries.
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✓ Correct! Jenna Ortega — a Disney Channel graduate and indie-horror favourite (X, Scream VI) — took the role Christina Ricci made iconic in the 1990s films and made it entirely her own. Her now-famous cello-accompanied dance scene became an overnight TikTok phenomenon, and her performance earned Wednesday two Emmy nominations despite airing mid-season.
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✗ Eliminated! The answer is Jenna Ortega. Millie Bobby Brown is Eleven on Stranger Things, Sadie Sink plays Max Mayfield (also Stranger Things), and Maya Hawke plays Robin. Ortega’s deadpan Wednesday Addams — and her viral cello-dance scene — turned the show into a global phenomenon in late 2022.
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The series was also renewed for seasons 4 and 5, which continue and eventually complete the Bank of Spain heist. Season 4’s 106 million views put it in fourth place on Netflix’s all-time non-English language chart, while season 5’s 99.2 million views put it not far behind in sixth place. The only other show to have three seasons on this chart is Squid Game, which occupies the top three spots, and which debuted two years after season three’s release.
This led to Netflix bringing back the show for season three, which had a much larger budget than its predecessors, and this began the Bank of Spain heist storyline. Seven years later, season three remains in seventh place on Netflix’s all-time list of most-watched non-English language shows due to its eighty million views.
The Spanish series follows two bold heists orchestrated by Sergio Marquina, better known as The Professor (Álvaro Morte), with the first being to rob the Royal Mint of Spain, and the second one centered on the Bank of Spain. However, seasons three through five and the entire Bank of Spain storyline were not originally intended to happen.
This led to Netflix bringing back the show for season three, which had a much larger budget than its predecessors, and this began the Bank of Spain heist storyline.
The Spanish series follows two bold heists orchestrated by Sergio Marquina, better known as The Professor (Álvaro Morte), with the first being to rob the Royal Mint of Spain, and the second one centered on the Bank of Spain.
This led to Netflix bringing back the show for season three, which had a much larger budget than its predecessors.
The Spanish series follows two bold heists orchestrated by Sergio Marquina, better known as The Professor (Álvaro Morte), with the first being to rob the Royal Mint of Spain.
This led to Netflix bringing back the show for season three.
The Spanish series follows two bold heists orchestrated by Sergio Marquina.
This led to Netflix bringing back the show.
The Spanish series follows two bold heists orchestrated by Sergio Marquina.
This led to Netflix bringing back.
The Spanish series follows two bold heists orchestrated by Sergio Marquina.
This led to Netflix bringing back.
The Spanish series follows two bold heists orchestrated by Sergio Marquina.
This led to Netflix bringing back.
The Spanish series follows two bold heists orchestrated by Sergio Marquina.
This led to Netflix bringing back.
The Spanish series follows two bold heists orchestrated by Sergio Marquina.
This led to Netflix bringing back.
The Spanish series follows two bold heists orchestrated by Sergio Marquina.
This led to Netflix bringing back.
The Spanish series follows two bold heists orchestrated by Sergio Marquina.
This led to Netflix bringing back.
The Spanish series follows two bold heists orchestrated by Sergio Marquina.
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