The 35 Best Binge-Worthy TV Shows

The 35 Best Binge-Worthy TV Shows

While any television genre can make for a great binge watch, the most binge-worthy shows tend to fall into one of two categories: familiar, feel-good comedies that make us forget about our problems and disturbing, addictive dramas that make us feel better about our problems. You think your family’s got issues? Might I recommend the final season of Succession? The point is that life is hard. Binge watching makes it better. So grab your snacks and settle in for Esquire’s guide to the series worth clearing your calendar for.

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How to Get Into Sotol

Tucked inside Manhattan’s Freehand Hotel is Bar Calico, and on a Friday night, I was surrounded by effortlessly chic patrons and expertly shaken cocktails. The bar is inlaid with thick, rich wood and centered on a big, succulent cactus. I felt fully enveloped in the culture and vibes of the American Southwest. But inside that cushy room is a drink with a sensual history. I’m talking about sotol, a spirit aptly named after the plant it’s distilled from, the sotol or desert spoon or Dasylirion cactus. This might sound pretty straightforward, but it took a fraught and arduous journey to get sotol from the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico into a flight of glasses at Bar Calico.

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The Truth About Donald Trump That Only the Courts See

Over the past several years, all this energy and effort has been employed to use the federal courts to shield Donald Trump from accountability for his alleged crimes and misdemeanors in office. The federal judiciary has been fashioned into a tricked-out getaway car. One third of our federal government has been repurposed into an alibi- production facility, and the other two thirds seem to be reveling in sublime and learned ignorance of what’s going on around them. Trump may never face justice for his most serious offenses. But the everyday prosecutors who’ve won clear verdicts against him have exposed Trump as the unfit citizen he truly is.

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