To the relief of millions still living under lockdown, Netflix is set to have a big August, showing the power and breadth of its international output with shows like the Brazilian sci-fi series 3%, which returns with its fourth season.
Hit series Lucifer also returns for a fifth season this month, originally billed as its last. Netflix had renewed the series for a fifth and final season but then reversed course and decided to commission a sixth season – that is now expected to be the last.
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Here we look at the most-anticipated returning TV shows using data from the television-tracking app TV Time based on its millions of users. In reverse order, here are the top five comebacks for August:
5. High Seas season 3 – Netflix, August 7
Description: “Two sisters discover disturbing family secrets after a string of mysterious deaths occur on a luxury ship travelling from Spain to Brazil in the 1940s.”
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: N/A
What critics said: N/A
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4. 3% season 4 – Netflix, August 14
Description: “In a future where the elite inhabit an island paradise far from the crowded slums, you get one chance to join the 3% saved from squalor.”
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: N/A
What critics said: “If the ensuing narrative can't quite live up to such a provocative set-up, it's not for lack of trying. This show lives for heightened expectations, and even when it doesn't meet them, it does one hell of an entertaining job trying to.” – AV Club (season 3)
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3. Trinkets season 2 – Netflix, August 25
Description: “A grieving teen finds an unexpected connection with two classmates at her new high school after they all land in the same Shoplifters Anonymous group.”
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 50 per cent (season 1)
What critics said: “These kids are confused and pained, and their parents don't have much of a clue about what's happening. Or to quote the song, same as it ever was.” – CNN (season 1)
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2. The Rain season 3 – Netflix, August 6
Description: “Six years after a rain-borne virus wipes out most of Scandinavia's population, two siblings join a band of young survivors seeking safety – and answers.”
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 82 per cent (season 1)
What critics said: “Perhaps it was better left to the imagination, because this is a disappointingly dull slog that injects almost three hours of filler into about an hour and a half's worth of plot.” – TV Guide (season 2)
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1. Lucifer season 5 – Netflix, August 21
Description: “Bored with being the Lord of Hell, the devil relocates to Los Angeles, where he opens a nightclub and forms a connection with a homicide detective.”
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 100 per cent (season 4)
What critics said: “Netflix's Lucifer has a shorter season and a tighter arc, but the campy show retains the humour and naughtiness we love.” – IGN (season 4)
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