Many of us may not have had a companion Valentine's Day 2020, aside from roommates, stuffed animals, and streaming services. That last one, however, has plenty of movies and shows for you to fall in love with for a good little while after V-Day antics.

Netflix recently dropped the second season of Narcos: Mexico on Thursday the 13th, and they added the fourth season of Better Call Saul around the same time; both of which are spinoffs of two of my favorite television shows of all time, aka Narcos and Breaking Bad. Nothing like some cartel-related dramas to keep your eyes glued to the screen.

There are also some less recently added things that I have yet to catch up on. I have yet to watch the critically acclaimed Netflix original films The Irishman and Marriage Story. Being a film studies major and a bit of an acting nerd, I've been excited to see Robert De Niro, as well as Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, act their asses off.

I've also been revisiting an old favorite on and off, Daredevil, the show I consider to be the best of Netflix's original series. I could possibly write a small book about why I think it might be the best superhero television show ever made to date. I may even write an article about it entirely when I can really dedicate the time to make my case for it (lawyer pun not intended).

There are also some incredibly well-made true crime documentaries that came out of Netflix, such as Don't F*** With Cats and Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez which are relatively new releases, and Evil Genius and Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes which are slightly older but are incredibly fascinating, for those who haven't yet checked them out.

There's also the wealth of content on other streaming services like Disney+, Hulu, HBO, Amazon Video, etc. as well as the recent theatrical releases, some of which I still have to see are Parasite, The Lighthouse, and Uncut Gems.

Movies and television can be companions, distractions, and windows into fascinating narrative worlds. And each one of them has a whole team of people who work incredibly hard to put together an on-screen production. Everyone has their own roles to play, and when it all comes together it can be an incredible work of art, which most films and series set out to be, but only a few achieve.