Prepare your favorite drink, get comfortable on the couch and let the party begin.
When we want to relax from the everyday stress that surrounds us, we choose romantic series set in small towns with beautiful and calm natural landscapes that speak of strong friendships, love intrigues, but also about life dramas with a happy ending.
What can you watch on Netflix today for anti-stress therapy?
Virgin River
When nurse Melinda Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge) experiences a traumatic event, she decides to get away from it all and move to the isolated town of Virgin River in Northern California. Although the internet can be slow in small places, gossip spreads at the speed of light.
Not only does Mel become the talk of Virgin River overnight, but she realizes that moving won't solve any of her problems. He realizes that he will have to heal his emotional shoulder before he can start living a full life again. Jack (Martin Henderson), the charming owner of the local bar, can help her with this.
Virgin River is a fictional town written by Robin Carr, and based on his novel, two seasons have been filmed for Netflix so far. The third is eagerly awaited in 2021.
Sweet Magnolias
Divorce is not the end of the world, but an opportunity for a new beginning. Maddie Townsend (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), the main star of the series Sweet Magnolias, realizes this and, with her two best friends, Dana (Brooke Elliott) and Helen (Heather Headley), decides to renovate a large house in a small town in South Carolina that she owns. the purpose of turning it into a top spa center.
In this adventure, women discover why they keep choosing the wrong men, that it's never too late for new beginnings and love, and that there's no problem that a cocktail and a conversation with your best friends can't solve. The first season of the series, based on the books by Sheryl J. Anderson, can be watched in its entirety on Netflix.
Chesapeake Shores
Abby O'Brien-Winters (Meghan Ory) is a successful financial analyst at an investment firm in New York and the mother of two girls. At first glance, her life seems perfect, but she is deeply dissatisfied with it.
She will discover this when her younger sister Jess (Laci J. Mailey) calls her and asks for a favor for which she will have to return to her hometown - Chesapeake Shores. It's the place where her entire family lives, with whom she has several unresolved issues, as well as the place where her first love - Trace Riley (Jesse Metcalfe) - is still on her mind. How will Abby decide?
Chesapeake Shores is a made-for-Hallmark series that you can watch in its entirety on Netflix. Four seasons have been filmed so far.
Northern Rescue
John West (Billy Baldwin) is an experienced rescuer, used to preventing accidents in mountainous areas and other inaccessible places. But he can't do anything for his wife, who has been diagnosed with cancer.
When he loses her to this insidious disease, he has to provide for his family and three teenage children. They will move from Boston to a small town in Ontario to try to heal the trauma of losing the most important person in their lives. And it is a very difficult journey, full of tears, great pain, but also laughter and hope.
The first season of Northern Rescue, originally produced for CBS, is available on Netflix.
Gilmore Girls
The Midve with Mom series is always a good idea. There's something very comforting about watching the chatty characters from the idyllic town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, in their comfiest sweatpants and with a glass of their favorite drink in hand.
Author Amy Sherman-Palladino found inspiration for the series while traveling in the US state of Connecticut. She stayed in a motel in the middle of the town and noticed that all the residents knew each other and socialized. Within 24 hours of arriving in the city, she wrote the dialogues for the pilot episode of the series.
A total of seven seasons (and four 90-minute episodes) were filmed, taking us through the ups and downs of Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and her daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel).
