We’re a week into February now, and Netflix’s newest batch of shows and movies has started seeping into rotation for your binging pleasure.
The weekend of February 6 to 8 (or into the week, if you feel so inclined), is full of mystery, murder, conspiracy, and … time travel? I’ve chosen three top-rated series to you may need your detective cap (or CIA badge) for.
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The Night Agent
With a third season of this thrill-ride of an espionage series hitting Netflix in a couple of weeks, you’ve got time to get caught up. if you’re into fast-action fighting and conspiracy in the lane of The Bourne Identity, then The Night Agent is going to scratch all kinds of itches for you. The series stars Gabriel Basso as low-level FBI agent Peter Sutherland, who’s been relegated to working the “Night Action” emergency phone line in the White House—a phone that never rings. Well, one night, it does.
On the other end is Rose Larkin (Luciane Buchanan, Chief of War), a tech CEO whose aunt and uncle (who happen to be undercover operatives) were just murdered, and is all caught up in a huge government conspiracy involving a potential Russian mole in the White House. Peter, who’s sent to protect Rose, is framed as a traitor and is clearly being set up as a fall guy for something. Rose’s life is still in danger, so the pair go on the run so they can stay alive and get to the bottom of it all.
One of my favorite things about The Night Agent is the chemistry between Peter and Rose—he’s a by-the-book kind of guy, but she’s smart as hell and keeps him grounded. Each episode is a nail-biter, leaving you wanting to watch another one by the end, and the 80% fresh show has been nominated for a People’s Choice Award for Bingeworthy Show of the Year.
The Night Agent
- Release Date
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March 23, 2023
- Network
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Netflix
- Showrunner
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Shawn Ryan
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11.22.63
It’s neat to see this cool and intriguing time-travel drama from 2016 hit the Netflix Top 10. Maybe Gen Z’s recent fascination with the year has something to do with it, or maybe it’s that the source material comes from Stephen King’s excellent thriller novel, so you know it’s going to be good. 11.22.63 is a crushable miniseries that dabbles in one of history’s most existential questions—if you could go back in time and prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy, would you?
Jake Epping (James Franco), a high-school English teacher from Maine, gets that chance when he learns that his friend Al (Chris Cooper) has discovered a portal in his diner that can send someone back in time to the 1960s. Al doesn’t have much time to live, so he charges Jake with the monumental task—go back, figure out who’s responsible (was it Lee Harvey Oswald after all?), and stop them. The only problem is, the past doesn’t want to be changed and starts pushing back in weird ways. That, and Jake has fallen for Sadie Dunhill (Wayward‘s Sarah Gadon), which further complicates things.
11.22.63 is a swiftly-moving and satisfying historical sci-fi that has sprinkles of Back to the Future and the dark cool of Netflix’s Bodies. The eight-episode J.J. Abrams-produced series has an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
11.22.63
- Release Date
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2016 – 2016-00-00
- Showrunner
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James Franco
- Directors
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James Franco
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Run Away
Mystery thriller novelist Harlan Coben has had nearly a dozen of his best-selling books turned into series on Netflix (with a couple more on Prime Video, too), and the latest, Run Away, can be chalked up as another hit for the Brit. The eight-part limited series does what Coben’s writing does best—create emotional tension and catharsis with the characters, place them in high-stakes situations, and then calculatedly unravel the mystery at a pace that keep you on a knife’s edge.
The spiral begins when Simon Greene (James Nesbitt) finally spots his missing daughter Paige (Ellie de Lange) in a park, and a violent confrontation with her dodgy boyfriend Aaron goes viral, making Simon look like a bad guy. This doesn’t bode well for him when Aaron is murdered and the police come knocking. Paige disappears again, and when Simon and his wife Ingrid (Minnie Driver) take matters into their own hands to find her, they’re both dragged into a world of drug dealers and cults. But wait, there’s more. The twists and turns are ample in Run Away, as a private investigator simultaneously working on a separate missing persons case is on a collision course with Simon.
Run Away spent several weeks on the Netflix Top 10 charts, and currently has an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Run Away
- Release Date
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2026 – 2026-00-00
- Network
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Netflix
- Directors
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Nimer Rashed, Isher Sahota
Netflix’s lineup for February 2026 is in full swing, delivering some excellent new and returning series that you can get wrapped up in.
- Subscription with ads
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Yes, $8/month
- Simultaneous streams
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Two or four
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