So if you're looking to stumble down into a deep TV rabbit hole over the long weekend, here's a few recommendations.
Twin Peaks
Where to See it: Netflix
One of the best, most influential (and markedly offbeat) TV shows in the past three decades, David Lynch and Mark Frost's fever-dream small town murder mystery captivated the entire country during its initial 8-episode first season, launching star Kyle MacLachlan into instant fame - and into a super fast SNL hosting gig that featured a memorable Twin Peaks parody sketch.If the internet had existed in 1990, there would have been fan sites obsessing over clues, memes featuring notable moments and lines of dialogue, and endless fan-fic.
Twin Peaks is rather miraculously set to return via Showtime in 2016 with brand new episodes, so now is the time to catch up. There are 30 episodes in all, which is perfect for a holiday filled with pie. Particularly cherry pie.
Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery Review
The Americans
Where to See it: Season 1 is available as part of Amazon Prime. Season 2 episodes are available for purchase on Amazon Prime.
Season 1 of FX's excellent Cold War era spy series The Americans is ready to stream right now, with Season 2 coming in December. So plenty of time to catch up before Season 3 starts at the end of January.
The Americans: Season 2 Review
The Americans, starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys is so many things. So many great things, to be more precise. It's a period piece, an espionage thriller, a family drama, and a political potboiler all rolled into one - as Russell and Rhys play KGB agents who have lived secretly as an American couple for almost two decades. Even producing two American children in the process.Review
Where to See it: Amazon Prime
One of the year's best TV comedies is Comedy Central's Review - featuring comedian Andrew Daly as determined, straight-laced "life" critic Forrest MacNeil - the host of a show where ordinary (often warped) citizens can request an immersive review of any aspect of human living. From racism, to road rage, to orgies, to eating fifteen pancakes. Whatever they ask for, Forrest will do - and come out the other end severely damaged. But with a snazzy final grade (out of five stars). Truly hilarious.
Review will return in 2015 for a Season 2.
The 100
Where to See it: Season 1 is on Netflix. The Season 2 episodes that have aired so far can currently be found at cwtv.com
Season 2 of this CW series just started up last month and with only five episodes having aired, this is the perfect time to binge on the first season - which is only 13 episodes.
A dark, dystopian tale of a future irradiated earth, The 100 focuses on teenage criminals sent down to our planet's surface from a hovering "last remnants of humanity" space station to act as guinea pigs for possible re-habitation. And from there they do their best to fend off sickness, starvation, mutant creatures, mysterious enemies known as "Grounders," and - of course - each other. The 100 has gotten increasingly intense and involving as it has continued, making it perfect for binge-watching. Continue to Page 2 for witches, clones, cannibals and more.
Salem
Where to See it: Netflix
WGN's first scripted series is a sinister take on the Salem Witch Trials of the late 17th century - using the premise that real witches were present at the time, pulling the strings and manipulating townsfolk into slaughtering each other in the name of fear and paranoia.
Featuring Janet Montgomery (Human Target), Shane West (Nikita), Seth Gabel (Fringe) and Stephen Lang (Terra Nova), Salem thrilled as Mary (Montgomery), a witch hiding in plain sight, plotted revenge against the cruel judgment of Puritans by causing them to turn their blind hate onto one another.
Season 1 consisted of 13 episodes. Season 2 is due May 2015.
Orphan Black
Where to See it: Season 1 is available as part of Amazon Prime. Season 2 is on DVD and Blu-ray and episodes are available for purchase on Amazon Prime.
Season 1 of this inventive thriller is currently available to watch for free for Amazon Prime members, with Season 2 set to become available for streaming before the third season kicks off in the spring.
Watch the mega-talented Tatiana Maslany play a street-smart drifter named Sarah, who discovers that she's part of a top secret cloning experiment. Then watch Maslany play all of her own clones as well - from a high-strung suburbanite to a crazed religious zealot to a cruel calculating villainess - many times in the same scene with herself, or multiple selves. Season 3 has just added Shameless' Justin Chatwin and Grimm's James Frain to its ranks, so catch up while you can.
Orphan Black Season 3 premieres spring 2015 on BBC America.
Transparent
Where to See it: Amazon Prime
One of the best TV series of the fall season was only technically on TV - if you chose to watch it there. Part of Amazon Prime's streaming service, Transparent's first season was a revelation of beauty, angst, and acceptance as we all fell in love with the superbly complicated Pfefferman family.
Jeffrey Tambor, Amy Landecker, Jay Duplass, Gaby Hoffmann, and Judith Light all shined in this quirky, touching story - from Six Feet Under's Jill Soloway - of a family patriarch (Tambor) deciding to reveal to his family that he's transgender.
Season 2 is set to air in 2015.
Broad City
Where to See it: Amazon Prime
If you ever asked yourself "What if they mixed HBO's Girls with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?" then Comedy Central's Broad City is your cup of slummy, slutty tea. Produced by Amy Poehler, Broad City stars creators Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson as crazy, heightened TV versions of themselves - in full slacker, stoner glory.
With comedian Hannibal Buress and Marry Me's John Gemberling in strong supporting roles, Broad City also features guest spots from Poehler, Amy Sedaris, Fred Armisen, Janeane Garofalo, The League's Jason Mantzoukas, and more.
Season 2 kicks off on January 14th, 2015.
Hannibal
Where to See it: Season 1 is available as part of Amazon Prime. Season 2 is on DVD and Blu-ray and episodes are available for purchase on Amazon Prime.
Holy hell, do we love Hannibal here at IGN! And if you've watched Hannibal, there's a good chance you love it too. Because Hannibal is awesome. And you should all watch Hannibal.
So if you haven't seen Hannibal, with all its gorgeous gore and magnificent mind games, then the time has come to catch up on the 26 episodes that are currently out there before the show returns next year.And what better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than with a maniac who loves food almost as much as he loves harvesting the ingredients? And with this series, as it is with Mads Mikkelsen's Hannibal himself, presentation is everything. Here, murder is art, and art feeds the soul. Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/Showrenity.