5 best shows on Netflix this weekend: Lupin Part 2 and more

Many people enjoy some downtime when the weekend rolls around while enjoying some great movies and TV shows on Netflix. This is a perfectly acceptable pastime. You’ve worked hard this week, and you deserve to kick back and enjoy some of the best shows on Netflix.

Sweet Tooth knocked Lucifer from No. 1 to No. 3 on the Netflix Top 10 this week. While Dirty John: Betty Broderick and CocoMelon continue to hold strong on the list.

Below are the best shows to watch this weekend (June 12-13) on Netflix.

Best shows on Netflix this weekend

1. Fresh, Fried and Crispy 

The first season of Daym Drops’ (aka Daymon Scott Patterson) travel food series, Fresh, Fried and Crispy, released this week. Daym Drops is a YouTube sensation whose Five Guys review went viral and earned him his own show on Food Network.

In this Netflix original series, he travels the United States seeking out the best fried food out there. He is known for his passionate reactions to the food he tries. The first season’s travels take him to St. Louis, Savannah, Las Vegas, Baltimore, San Diego, Denver, Birmingham and Cleveland.

You may think if you’ve seen on travel food show you’ve seen them all, but Daym Drop’s enthusiasm about all the food he experiences is worth the watch.

2. L.A.’s Finest 

The crime comedy L.A.’s Finest just released its second season on Netflix. The series stars Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba in a spin-off of the Bad Boy franchise.

This series is set in Los Angeles and follows Syd (Union) and Nancy (Alba), two detectives with very different lifestyles who become partners in taking down the city’s most dangerous criminals. As different as the two women are, they form a special bond that strengthens their partnership and friendship, with a lot of fun along the way.

3. Manifest 

The first two seasons of NBC’s supernatural drama Manifest is now available on Netflix.

Manifest follows the story of the crew and passengers aboard Montego Air Flight 828, who, after experiencing a very rough flight, successfully lands to find out that five years have passed without them knowing it. Their families had assumed they were all dead and moved on with their lives. Now, the passengers try to get their lives back and realize that what they experienced may have set them up for a greater purpose.

4. Lupin Part 2

Part 2 of the Netflix original series, Lupin, is now available to stream. Lupin is a French mystery thriller that became Netflix’s most-watched non-English series on the streamer.

Assane Diop became an orphan when his father was imprisoned after being framed for theft by a powerful man Hubert Pellegrini. More than 20 years later, Assane, inspired by a book his late father gave him about a gentleman thief Arsene Lupin, takes it upon himself to get revenge on the Pelligrini family.

Lupin season 3 is already in the works!

5. Alone

The seventh season of the reality show Alone is now available on Netflix. This series is a survival reality series that sends 10 individuals out into the wild to survive with limited equipment.

The seventh season’s official title is Alone: Million Dollar Challenge and takes place in Canada’s Northwest Territories along the east arm of the Great Slave Lake. To win, the contestants must survive, on their own, for 100 days. There are frequent medical check-ins, but the contestants are otherwise isolated from anyone else. They can tap out at any time or be removed due to medical concerns during the medical check-ins. In the end, one winner will walk away with the prize.

So, there you have it, the best shows to watch this weekend on Netflix.