Among those who “Friends” were a constant of their “dead” time, when one day they entered Netflix and saw that the series was no longer available on the platform. To clean up the mess, of course, for several days now, the beloved sitcom is returning to its place on the streaming platform to avoid drama.

Friends isn’t the only show available on Netflix, of course, and its removal is a big reason for waves of backlash among drinkers around the world. I mean think about what will happen If one day we wake up and there’s no Netflix…

“Office”

Frankly, no matter how many versions of workplaces we see on the small and big screen, none of them can capture office life the way The Office did (and the British one, but first of all and more fully the American one, which we are talking about here ). Even for diehards who know by heart every line of Michael Scott and every joke of Jim Halpert, a good scene from the series is always a necessary outlet in difficult times.

Seinfeld

Despite being a relatively new addition to Netflix, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld’s Seinfeld paved the way for a 30-year-old sitcom that has been copied ever since. Of course, no matter how many Friends we see along the way, no show has managed to make everyday humor so clever and structure characters and situations that are not exhausted by the ease of repeating their characteristics. And the longer Seinfeld stays on the platform, the older will remember, and the younger will know.

“Breaking Bad”

Yes, everyone is busy right now with the just-completed Better Call Saul, but it would be nice to remember how it all began. Breaking Bad, with Walter White’s frantic course, taught that there are always two sides to a coin, no moral decision is only good or only bad, and articulated a narrative language that, no matter how much it borrows from cinema, has its own tone. . In a way, Vince Gilligan showed what good television is, long before small-screen production moved into a constant hunt for the next masterpiece. And since the series is rumored to be off Netflix in 2025, run while you can.

“Bojack Horseman”

Definitely one of the best series of recent years, and how could it not be, when the animated adventures of an anthropomorphic horse managed to say more about the darkest depths of human nature than many series and films made of flesh and bones. While it’s harder at times than we can bear, every moment is a good time to (re-)watch Bojack Horseman.

“Ru Paul’s Drag Racing”

For all those times when the digestible nature of a reality TV show is all you need, there’s no need to resort to a second-rate scripted (and set up) couples reality show. There are 13 episodes of Ru Paul’s Drag Race (all but the last one) waiting in the corner of Netflix to fill your screen and your mind with gold dust.

The one I’m waiting for:

“Mad Men”

Not a little, not a lot of television masterpiece, which is watched as the great American novel is read. The portrait of multi-faceted ad man Don Draper and the superb visual capture of the 60s are two good reasons to want Mad Men to return to the Netflix frequency. And then we remember everyone else.

“Family man”

Lies are bad, even those who once obsessed over the surreal mischief of Seth MacFarlane’s characters are unlikely to have followed the animated series through all its ups and downs in its hopefully 21 season. That said, a random episode of Family Guy can always be a comfortable lunchtime backdrop (as was the case when the series was a click away on Netflix).