Netflix series recommendations that are mental health friendly please ie light but not superficial

[slipperslider]

I am looking for a new series to watch on Netflix but a bit lost with where to begin as there are so many. My mental health isn't great atm so can't cope with super heavy shows just now, however I don't want "fluffy and silly" either as I get bored and lose concentration. Needs to have a bit of meat but I can't deal with lots of tension or violence. I have liked Lupin and Downton Abbey and Velvet recently. In the past I enjoyed Suits also. I have just finished The Spy, which I liked but found the last episode a very hard watch mh-wise, even though I knew what was coming.

Any recommendations welcome!

I assume you have already watched call the midwife? Virgin river? It’s fairly fluffy mind. Motherland is hilarious if you haven’t seen it. Dead to me is good too - not too heavy.

Schitts Creek is wonderful. Takes a few episodes to get into it but 100% worth sticking with it.

I would say The Good Place. It’s fun and funny but has depth to it.

The Recruit
Treason
The Diplomat
How to get away with Murder

and one of my great favourites

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

I loved Firefly Lane.

If you have youtube then Foil Arms and Hogg are really good. They are funny and the "oisin and his Mum" sketches are the best I think.

Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte if you enjoyed Downton Abbey.

Pure escapism

Working Mom's
Physical 100

schitts creek is the only one that I think would fit the bill for this. It’s actually very good and so positive.

As you like historical stuff you might like Poldark! I loved and recently binged the

The Queens Gambit

Superstore or The Good Place are my go-tos.

Oh, and Brooklyn 99 if you haven't seen it. RIP Andre Braugher

Do you only have Netflix?

The Law According to Lidia Poët, in Italian with subtitles. Highly fictionalised drama based on the first (?) woman lawyer in Italy. Fabulous costumes and snappy plot. Lidia is a great character.

Schitts creek definitely fits the bill. Give it a season it can be hard to get into.

Brooklyn 99 also is good and lighthearted.

Schitts Creek is one of the best series I've ever watched. It did take a while to get into it but I've seen it 3 times now and it still takes me laugh and cry then laugh again. Its brilliantly written and acted. Also, the American version of The Office is a very easy watch. Both these are silly but I wouldn't say fluffy. They both have short sharp episodes so you can pick up anytime.

Not new on Netflix but incase you missed it- Poldark is lovely to watch

To balance I've watched all of Schitts, it is just OK imo.

Lady dynamite and crazy ex-girlfriend are both fairly light and funny shows touching on mental health.

The film NYAD - so good!

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Also would agree that Schitt's Creek is fab! You need to past how unlikeable the characters are in the first couple of episodes though. You will soon love them! 😊

Seconding Firefly Lane

Bridgerton may be too fluffy but definitely MH friendly

Not sure re Netflix but I've recently rewatched Agatha Christie 3 parters and Les Miserables on BBC iPlayer and Strike.

Totally relate re: mental health and I like Suits for easy “take your mind off it” TV too. Would recommend, for more of the same:

Gilmore Girls
Young Sheldon