There’s a long weekend coming up, and if you lucked out and took Friday you’re off then it’s a full five days of maxing and relaxing.

If you’re not headed to the ‘Burn, or out there somewhere sans technology, there’s a good chance you might want something to binge watch.

Of course there’s nothing worse than binge watching a season of something and then oh, you have to wait a solid six months until your next fix.

Bugger that, we say, because none other than the New York Times have compiled a list of one-season series you can smash in a single sitting.

OK, you might need a few, but you have five days, remember?

The Grinder (notice the ‘e’, there) – 22 half-hour episodes

In this odd-couple comedy, a vain actor who starred as a lawyer on a TV drama comes home and tries to join his family’s law firm. Rob Lowe plays the actor and Fred Savage is his long-suffering brother. “The Grinder” smartly satirizes legal dramas, as Lowe’s character tries to apply to actual cases what he has learned as an actor. There are strong performances all around, from Lowe, Savage and William Devane as the family patriarch.

Freaks and Geeks – 18 one hour episodes

Whatever your high school experience may have been, “Freaks and Geeks” will probably make you cringe and laugh and even cry. This 1980’s-set show by creator Paul Feig (Judd Apatow was the co-executive producer and a co-writer and director on several episodes) is radically empathetic toward the students at every table in the cafeteria, from the smokers to the sci-fi obsessives to the straight-A students to the cheerleaders.

That’s Seth Rogen, James Franco and the guy from Forgetting Sarah Marshall (fine, Jason Segel) – all directed by Judd Apatow.

Bunheads – 18 one hour episodes

In between making “Gilmore Girls” and its Netflix reboot, Amy Sherman-Palladino made another charming show about another charming small town. Sutton Foster plays Michelle, a Vegas showgirl who finds herself teaching dance classes for teens at her mother-in-law’s (Kelly Bishop) studio. The performances of Foster and Bishop are reason enough to watch, but there’s also beautiful dancing and satisfying teen drama.

Terriers – 13 one hour episodes

An ex-cop and his criminal friend team up as private investigators in this smart procedural. If you’re looking for high-jinks and heart, this could be the show for you. The pace and tone varies over the show’s short run, but the seemingly deadbeat characters are always charming and three-dimensional.

My So-Called Life – 19 one hour episodes

This cult favorite [sic] helped define the modern family drama. The “Life” of the title is that of Angela, a high school sophomore played by Claire Danes. Circling Angela are her crush Jordan Catalano (a floppy-haired Jared Leto), her friends Rayanne (A.J. Langer) and Rickie (Wilson Cruz), the boy who has a crush on her (Devon Gummersall) and her parents. Many scenes feature voiceover, which forges a rare connection between us and Angela as she struggles through teenage drama.

As you can see they’ve gone old school with their choices (more HERE), but these are all shows that won’t produce a second season.

No more wandering the streets aimlessly babbling about the release date of Stranger Things season two, my friends.

[source:newyorktimes]