My idea of a perfect weekend is watching an entire TV series... or two.

Thankfully, I've managed to make it part of my ~ personal brand ~ so I no longer feel bad about hiding in my apartment all weekend, watching strangers solve murders on the telly.

This means I've basically watched every new TV show that's come out this year and I can tell you exactly what's worth your time and what's not. So, you know, bookmark this page for your future, super-organised self. (P.S. if you'd like to see my weekly recommendations, follow me on Instagram.)

Here are my absolute favourite TV shows of 2022 so far:

Colin From Accounts.

It's a tale as old as time. Woman flashes man with nipple. Man hits dog with car. Man and woman are bound together by a very expensive vet bill.

That's the premise ofColin From Accounts, the new Binge original written by and starring Australia's favourite acting duo, Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer.

Set in Sydney's inner west, the eight-part series follows Ashley (Dyer), a 20-something medical student, and Gordon (Brammall) a 40-ish brewery owner, who cross paths one January morning and soon find they can't stay away from each other. Even if they want to.

Packed with plenty of poo jokes, two exes, one overbearing mother and a cute lil dog,Colin From Accountswill make you laugh out loud from the very first scene.

Colin From Accounts is streaming on Binge .

Fleishman Is in Trouble.

The premise ofFleishman Is in Troublesounds like a thriller, but the reality is actually much scarier.

The series is created by Taffy Brodesser-Akner and is based on her 2019 bestselling novel of the same name. It follows Toby Fleishman (Jesse Eisenberg), a recently divorced 40-something New Yorker who has immersed himself in the weird and wonderful world of online dating.

Just as Toby is... getting his groove back, his ex-wife Rachel (Claire Danes) disappears without a trace, leaving him to look after their two children on his own.

Toby navigates this new world order with the help of his friends Seth (Adam Brody) and Libby (Lizzy Caplan).

Fleishman Is in Troubleis a funny and sometimes bleak look at marriage, divorce, and what happens after the 'happily ever after'.

Fleishman Is in Trouble is streaming on Disney Plus, with new episodes dropping weekly.

The Bear.

Just like the perfect Italian sandwich,The Bearis layered and meaty and a bit surprising.

The series follows 20-something chef Carmy (Shameless'Jeremy Allen White), who returns to Chicago to run his brother's fledging sandwich business after his unexpected death.

Set mostly in the kitchen of the sandwich shop, the series is whip-smart and unexpectedly funny as it explores grief, addiction, failure, family dynamics, burnout, and what it's like to give up on your dreams.

If you're a fan ofShamelessandSuccession, you'll loveThe Bear.

The Bear is streaming on Disney Plus.

Heartbreak High.

The originalHeartbreak Highseries defined what it meant to be a teenager in Australia in the '90s. It was ahead of its time, with a super diverse cast who tackled big issues in between telling each other to rack off.

Now Netflix has created a reboot for the next generation.

Like the original series, Netflix'sHeartbreak Highfollows a group of students at Hartley High as they navigate friendship, sex, consent, relationships, and family dramas.

A discovery in the first episode makes Amerie (Ayesha Madon) an instant pariah at school, at the very same time her ride-or-die bestie Harper (Asher Yasbincek) dumps her in front of the whole school.

Later she teams up with Quinni (Chloe Hayden) and Darren (James Majoos) as they navigate the messiness of high school together.

The reboot combines the edginess ofEuphoria, with the hilarity ofSex Education, all while giving a nod to the original series.

Heartbreak High is streaming on Netflix.

The Patient.

The Patientasks - what if a serial killer kidnapped you and it was down to you to stop them from killing again?

The series follows psychotherapist Alan Strauss (Steve Carell) who wakes up one morning chained to an unfamiliar bed. Alan soon discovers that a new client named Sam (Domhnall Gleeson) has kidnapped him so their sessions can be a little more... intimate.

Sam has a problem, you see. He can't stop killing people and he thinks Alan is the only person who can help him.

A taut thriller,The Patientexplores grief, power dynamics and the struggle between good and evil.

The Patient is streaming on Disney Plus.

Bad Sisters.

Bad Sistersis a murder mystery that will make you root for the murderer.

The wickedly funny series was written by and stars Sharon Horgan, one half of the hilariousCatastrophe.

The 10-part series follows the story of the five Garvey sisters. There's Eva (Horgan), the eldest who took on the maternal role after their parents died. Ursula, a nurse and sensible mum-of-three, who also happens to be having an affair with her photography teacher. Fierce middle child Bibi (Sarah Greene), and aimless baby of the family Becka (Eve Hewson). And then there's Grace, the only sister who seems to be mourning the premature death of her husband John Paul (Claes Bang).

When the series flashes back six months, we find out why.

Bad Sisters is streaming on Apple TV Plus.

A League of Their Own.

When I was a kid in the 1990s, I would watch the original 1992A League of Their Ownat least once a fortnight. It was one of a handful of movies that would get slipped into the VHS player repeatedly.

I loved the tension between Dotti and Kit, the quips between the other players, Tom Hanks' foul-mouthed, disgruntled coach. I would bawl my eyes out during the final 10 minutes of the movie every time I watched it.

So when I heard Abbi Jacobson was making a new TV series based on the original movie for Prime Video, I was excited but also a bit... worried.

But I needn't have been.

A League of Their Owntells the stories the original movie couldn't. It takes what was brilliant about the original and makes it even better. It's funny, warm and always surprising.

Just like the movie, the series follows the story of the Rockford Peaches, one of the teams involved in the All American Girls' Baseball League in the height of World War II.

It stars Abbi Jacobson, Chante Adams, and D'arcy Carden, with sprinklings of Nick Offerman and Rosie O'Donnell.

A League of Their Own is streaming on Prime Video.

The Resort.

Stan's new seriesThe ResortisThe White LotusmeetsOnly Murders in the Building.

The eight-part comedic thriller follows millennial married couple Emma and Noah, played byHow I Met Your Mother'sCristin Milioti andThe Good Place'sWilliam Jackson Harper. Emma and Noah are on their 10-year anniversary trip when they stumble on an old mobile phone, which leads them to the unsolved disappearance of two young guests from a nearby resort 15 years earlier.

The pair throw themselves into solving the disappearance in an attempt to ignore their own marital issues.

Think murder mystery with a side of relationship angst.

The Resort is streaming on Stan.

Candy.

On a summer day in 1978, on a church volleyball court in the countryside, Candy Montgomery bumped into Allan Gore. The friends and neighbours had been diving for the same ball and their bodies collided.

It was a seemingly innocuous moment for those watching on from the sidelines, but for Candy, it was a revelation. Allan smelt good. She decided in that moment to initiate an affair with him.

Two years later, Betty Gore, Allan's wife and Candy's friend, was dead and Candy was charged with her murder.

This stranger than fiction tale of how a preppy 1980s housewife came to murder her friend with an axe has been brought to life in Disney+'s new mini-series,Candy.

This brilliantly paced true crime series stars Jessica Biel as Candy andYellowjackets'Melanie Lynskey as Betty.

Candy is streaming on Disney Plus.

Chloe.

Chloeis one of the best thrillers to come out of Britain in recent years.

The six-part series follows the story of Becky, a mousy woman who works in a temp job and still lives at home with her mother.

Becky spends her evenings pouring over the Instagram account of a woman named Chloe, who is married to a local council member. When Chloe dies under suspicious circumstances, Becky infiltrates her friendship circle to find out what really happened to her.

Chloeis a captivating thriller about female friendship, the lies we tell ourselves and the ties that bind us.

Chloe is streaming on Prime Video.

Loot.

Lootis a laugh-out-loud comedy that will warm the cockles of your dark, dark heart.

The Apple TV Plus series follows the story of socialite Molly Novak (Maya Rudolph) who seems to have the dream life until she finds out her billionaire tech husband John (Adam Scott) is cheating on her.

After they divorce, Molly has to figure out what to do with her $87 billion fortune and all her free time.

Loot is streaming on Apple TV Plus.

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