If you’re a lover of crime-thriller and general thrillers or you can’t just get enough out of the investigation scenes in series like Power or Dark on Netflix, then you need to binge watch series that focus on the investigative aspect. These are mostly crime series shown from the perspective of the law upholders rather than the criminals like Money Heist.
Mystery, solving murders, stopping bad guys, saving the city and upholding the idea of justice are the hallmarks of these series. This article is going to focus on series that features justice with a touch of supernatural activities and justice being attained in courtrooms and by navigating the law.
Lucifer: This series run for 6 seasons. It follows the life of the fallen angel as he lives in Los Angeles after his departure from hell. What do you think of the devil? A culture in Nigeria has the mythological representation of the devil as the hand of justice of God. Olodumare and Esu in Yoruba myth have such complex but necessary relationship. This series seems to appraise that idea.
Lucifer Morningstar would leave you questioning your understanding of the Christian beginning story. The devil is given human qualities, complexities and a charming face. It is a series made to allow you fall in love with the devil and wonder if the rule of a supreme being isn’t just tyranny.
It features biblical characters. In this series the devil teams up with a detective, Chloe, to solve crime and deliver appropriate justice to the prosecuted. As humans our desires can make or mar us and this series runs along with that idea.
How to Get Away with Murder: This series run for 6 season. If series could be illegal, this ought to be it because it lives up to its title. This a legal thriller that would make you question the definition of justice and the price lawyers pay to make sure justice is served. It pays attention to inclusivity as it has a blend of different race on the main front and different sexuality.
This series does not show the pretty side of fighting for justice, it throws at viewers the hard questions. Is anyone ever truly innocent? what’s the moral code a person has to live by to be able to judge a scene as more white than black? For those who have read novels by John Grisham, this series feels like a perfect compilation.
Annalise Keating and her chosen five navigate the world of being defenders as well criminals. Can the guilty prosecute the guilty? Everyone has something to hide, watch how these characters try to hide their dirty secrets from the public.
Gotham: This series run for 5 seasons. It is a superhero crime drama that shows James Gordon as a young detective determined to bring sanity to the city, Gotham. You can’t love batman and not want to watch Gotham.
This series focuses on the ugly in Gotham. You’ll meet criminals you’ll love and criminal you’ll hate. It’s a perfect blend of crime with scientific experiments that feel like magic. The character development of Bruce Wayne from a child who lost his parents to the young adult vigilante who fights the good fight is mind blowing.
Gotham delivers such interesting villains like the Joker, Riddler, Fish and Penguin. The fight for power and the road to justice is littered with weird supernatural happenings in Gotham.
Suits: This series run for 9 seasons. There is no one short of the title of genius on this series especially Mike Ross and his photogenic memory. It might leave you stunned to see him blend perfectly into a world of elitist lawyers in a reputable law firm when he never lived a day in Havard.
There is no shortage of witty responses and scene from this series. This series brings you refined characters that are willing to do the dirty work to make sure justice is served. If Mike as an associate doesn’t impress you, the self-assured closer Harvey Specter would.
This series would take you on a long ride, the deception that leaves every character shattered would also leave viewers shattered. You would love the firm Pearson Hardman and also hate it. This law series delivers one of the best storyline about justice in the system.
Flash: This series run for 7 seasons. You must have heard power corrupts a man and you might have witnessed instances where this statement is proven true. Flash brings you a man so good at his core that power strengths him to help rather than plunder.
Follow the life of Barry Allen a forensic investigator in Central City as he manages his newly acquired superhuman speed. While there are supernatural activities going on in flash, the team tries to find a way to scientifically breakdown and navigate these activities.
Apart from the beautiful complexities in this series including metahumans and time-travels, this series feeds you dosages of the perfection the loyalty of family and friends bring to ones life. Barry Allen navigates the world somewhat assuredly mostly because he has the backing of people who care about him.
These five series would get you hooked on the started on the crime thrillers genre of series on Netflix. You would not only be entertained you would be educated on the inner workings of the society not visible to the masses.