What is the best thing to watch on Netflix while in quarantine?

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Question: What is the best thing to watch on Netflix while in quarantine?
Position1 of 5›: Watch something funny
Argument‹3 of 5›: Watch Russian Doll during quarantine

Natasha Lyonne stars in this dramedy about a woman who lives the same day over and over - not dissimilar to life in self-isolation. This TV show is hilarious and does not feel dull or repetitive. Its creative approach to repetitiveness makes it easy to watch, too.

The argument

Russian Doll, the 2019 dramedy, is the perfect complement to staying in during quarantine. Trying to decipher the plot on some TV shows can feel like work. Especially now, with quarantine already being too much work, viewers don't want a complicated show. Russian Doll is not complicated. It does not require its viewers to "work." The show is easy to follow and piece together as it shows Nadia Vulvokov's endless 36th birthday party loop. The show kills her repeatedly but always drops her into her party. Now she has to figure out a way not to die. The show is a perfect complement to making quarantine easier. Just turn on the TV and relax.

Premises

[P1]Russian Doll is an easy-to-follow 2019 dramedy that doesn't require viewers to "work" to decipher a complicated plot—welcome when quarantine is already exhausting. [P2] Its light premise—Nadia's endlessly looping 36th birthday party—lets viewers simply turn on the TV and relax. [C] Therefore, for something funny to watch on Netflix during quarantine, you should watch Russian Doll.

Counter-arguments

Even though the show has a great cast, it's a letdown for viewers. The main character, Nadia Vulvokov, ruins the mood with her constant deaths, each worse than the last. The show can be compared to Groundhog Day, a repetitive loop of bad decisions: boring.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P1] The premise's own description works against it. The series is built on a time loop in which the protagonist dies again and again, and its material takes in addiction, trauma and a mother's death; a plot that is easy to follow is not the same as one that asks nothing of the viewer. [Rejecting P2] "Light premise" is a strange description of an endlessly repeating death, and "turn on the TV and relax" is asserted rather than shown. The position is that viewers should watch something funny, and a dramedy whose comedy is bleak fits that heading only partly. [Rejecting C] The conclusion recommends one series without comparing it to the alternatives available under the same heading, so the case rests entirely on two descriptive claims — both of which characterise the show more gently than the show characterises itself.