5 good Netflix shows this 4th of July weekend: Stranger Things and more
By Renee Hansen
Happy 4th of July weekend! Hopefully, you have some time off and can enjoy some great Netflix shows. A new month means a whole list of new releases and July 2022 won’t disappoint. Big names this month include The Gray Man, Persuasion, the new season of Virgin River and the final installment of season 4 of Stranger Things.
This week’s top 10 Netflix shows list sees quite a few new titles, but one surprise is the 2005 Nickelodeon series Zoey 101. This series has propelled into the top 10 list as actress Alexa Nikolas’s name is in the headlines and Austin Butler, who stars in the new Elvis movie, both star in this series. Other titles on this list include Grey’s Anatomy, All American, The Umbrella Academy and Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area.
If movies are more your speed this weekend, check out some from the top ten movies list like Sing 2, The Mist, Hustle, Spiderhead and IT.
Best new Netflix shows July 2, 2022
Stranger Things
Stranger Things season 4, part 2, is now available to stream. Fans have been waiting a little over a month for the final two episodes to conclude the fourth season. There will be a fifth coming with a much shorter wait than viewers had to wait for the current season. If you need a quick refresher for part 1, we have that here.
Part 2 will see the Hawkins group come against Vecna, and hopefully, we see Elle vs. Vecna as she takes him down. Several relationships need to be mended, and then there is the whole Russian connection. What will happen to all of them? Find out now on Netflix!
The UnXplained with William Shatner
In June, the first season of The UnXplained with William Shatner was released on Netflix. This season was originally released in 2019 on History.
Season 1 consists of 16 episodes of strange and mysterious phenomena that have baffled man for centuries. Hosted by Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor William Shatner, each episode will shed light on how the impossible can happen. With compelling insight from scientists, historians, witnesses and experiences. Episodes discuss topics from evil places to bizarre rituals to lost civilizations.
The Upshaws
Season 2 of The Upshaws is now available to stream. The Netflix original series was created by Regina Y. Hicks and Wanda Sykes and stars Sykes, Mike Epps, Kim Fields, Page Kennedy, Diamond Lyons, Khali Spraggins, Jermelle Simon, Gabrielle Dennis and Journey Christine.
The series follows the working-class black family, the Upshaws, who live in Indiana. Reminiscent of 90s family sitcoms, this series follows Bennie, a mechanic trying to do his best for his wife Regina and their two daughters and son and his son from an earlier relationship. Sykes plays Bennie’s cynical sister-in-law. Season 2 finds the Upshaws continuing to do life their way while experiencing everything that comes their way.
Legacies
The final season of Legacies has been released on Netflix. This series is the third in The Vampire Diaries franchise and a direct spinoff of The Originals.
This series follows the story of the daughter of Klaus Mikaelson and Hayley Marshall named Hope. Her parents are descendants of the most powerful vampire, werewolf and witch bloodlines. Hope is the first tribrid and attends the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.
Snowflake Mountain
A new reality snow, Snowflake Mountain, has been released on Netflix. This one focuses on a group of entitled kidults who are sent to a wilderness survival retreat to be kickstarted into being self-sustaining.
A group of 10 people who have relied on their parents for everything will see what it is like to live with no running water, no parents to wait on them, and heaven forbid, NO WIFI—the goal: to graduate as fulling functioning adults. The winner will receive a cash prize large enough to transform their life.
Which of these Netflix shows are you planning to watch this weekend?