6 Shows To Watch After Binging ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is a quick six-episode binge, so here are six shows to watch after finishing.
Netflix served and delivered when it recommended A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. The mystery series follows Pip Fitz-Amobi, portrayed by Wednesday’s Emma Myers, a sweetheart best friend everyone fell in love with. Since then, she’s starred in multiple projects, and the latest is Netflix’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. Naturally, Emma plays the “good girl.”
Throughout the series, Pip works to investigate the truth behind the disappearance of Andie Bell, a party girl with a squeaky clean image who was dating Sal Singh at the time of her disappearance. Despite a texted “confession” from Sal before he seemingly took his own life, however, Pip believes that Sal was innocent. As she works to solve the case, however, she uncovers the true, much darker, story. With its young protagonist, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is both a coming-of-age story and a murder mystery with bits of romance and humor sprinkled throughout. It’s a quick six-episode binge, so here are six shows to watch after finishing.
Pretty Little Liars
The seven-season series started off strong. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder immediately evokes Pretty Little Liars with its young female protagonist, high school drama mixed in with a mysterious death, and inappropriate relationships between students and teachers. The new Netflix series elicits the “horror” genre at times with its dark undertones, just like Pretty Little Liars, which similarly oscillates between true terror and emotional friend-centric storylines.
Boo Bitch
Like A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Boo Bitch is a Netflix-produced series with a young cast. Although Boo Bitch leans more into dark humor rather than the mystery behind it, it also centers around the sudden death and disappearance of a young teen. Friendship is at the heart of Boo Bitch, which stars Zoe Colletti and Lana Condor (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before), and while it’s definitely lighter than A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, it’s still a satisfying next watch.
Riverdale
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is basically Netflix’s attempt at replicating the popular CW shows of the 2010s. While Riverdale started on the latter end of the decade, it definitely shares a sensibility with the Emma Myers-led series. Between the likeable characters solving mysteries they’re warned to stay away from, as well as the high school drama, Riverdale will definitely scratch the itch left by A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.
Under the Bridge
While A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder follows the perspective of a fictional young person doing her own investigation, Hulu’s Under the Bridge leans on a true story told by an investigative journalist (with a personal stake in the story). Journalist Rebecca Godfrey looks into the death of Reena Virk and ends up embroiled in the drama of troubled high school teen girls. Because it’s based on a true story, Under the Bridge is a much bleaker series, but if the convoluted conclusion of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder was your favorite part, this is the one to watch.
Get Even
Netflix knows how to create a teen murder mystery, and Get Even is one of its best. Like A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Get Even takes place at a British school. However, it leans more into its elite British archetyping to tell the story of a mystery — one in which the victim is a bully, and our favorite protagonists are the ones getting framed. With false accusations, British culture, and an unexpected murder, this series is an easy go-to.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
If the “good girl gone bad” trope is a favorite, the Joss Whedon-created Buffy the Vampire Slayer could actually be an apt retro binge. It followed Buffy (Sarah Michelle-Gellar), Willow (Alyson Hannigan), and Xander (Nicholas Brendon), as they kept fantastical and horrific forces at bay. With queer storylines and a strong female hero, Buffy was ahead of its time. But Buffy, like Pip, often has to foray into territories she’s never experienced before for the greater good. With young, likable, independent (and at times, stubborn) women at their helms, Buffy and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder have a lot in common.