The Darkest Shows You'll Find On Netflix

Right around the time America went into lockdown, its bored, isolated citizens discovered Animal Crossing and Tiger King. Some people also baked bread, but for the most part, no one wrote a great American novel or did anything useful because Animal Crossing and Tiger King. Animal Crossing isn't a Netflix show, but we can talk

Right around the time America went into lockdown, its bored, isolated citizens discovered Animal Crossing and Tiger King. Some people also baked bread, but for the most part, no one wrote a great American novel or did anything useful because Animal Crossing and Tiger King. Animal Crossing isn't a Netflix show, but we can talk about the dark and totally addictive documentary that riveted the world for like less than a day because that's how long it takes to binge-watch all eight episodes when you're in lockdown.

Tiger King is so bizarre and unbelievable that some people were confused as to whether it was actually a mockumentary, because, let's face it, it runs a bit closer to Spinal Tap than The Fog of War. The show follows the train-wreckishly charismatic Joe Exotic, his collection of big cats, his polygamist spouses, and the part where he tries to hire someone to kill Carole Baskin, an animal rights activist who's got something against poor Joe and his entire tiger kingdom or whatever it is. 

Weirdly, Joe Exotic — who was actually convicted of the murder-for-hire plot and is now serving 22 years in prison, per Slate — gets played up as a sort of anti-hero while Baskin gets drawn as the villain. And yet, this became one of the most binged shows of 2020 because everyone loves a train wreck, and when it's a polygamist, tiger-owning would-be murderer, well, pass the popcorn.

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