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7 Shows You Should Watch If You Like Netflix’s Warrior Nun
You could say that Netflix’s new supernatural series Warrior Nun came right when the country needed it most, aka when everyone was being urged back inside after another concerning spike in coronavirus cases. The comic book-based series hit the streaming service earlier this month and follows Ava (Alba Baptista), a young woman who is given a second chance at life when an angel’s halo embedded in her back revives her from the dead. She then becomes part of an elite and secret order of nuns tasked with tracking down and killing demons on Earth. In short, the crazy 10-episode first season was the perfect escape.
If you’re like us and you’ve already blown through the entire first season and are looking for something similar to watch while you wait to find out if the show will be renewed for a second season, we’ve curated the perfect post-Warrior Nun viewing list. If you like Warrior Nun, these are the shows you should watch next.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Watch it on: Hulu
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Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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If you’ve already watched and fallen in love with Warrior Nun, there’s a good chance you’ve already seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which set the bar for subverting tropes about young women in genre shows and/or chosen ones with predetermined destinies. However, if you haven’t yet seen this iconic piece of popular culture, it parallels Ava’s story in that as the Slayer, Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) has special skills she uses to fight the powers of darkness, predominantly vampires, but plenty of other baddies show up along the way as well. What made Buffy special — her role as the Slayer, of which there was only one in every generation — alienated her much like the halo alienated and burdened the Halo-Bearers who possessed it. Buffy would eventually also rise up against her destiny like Ava, however, this destiny and the experiences it led to are what also allowed Buffy to find a family of her own.
Wynonna Earp
Watch it on: Netflix
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Melanie Scrofano, Wynonna Earp
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We already told you that if you liked Syfy’s Wynonna Earp you’d like Warrior Nun, and that obviously goes both ways. A supernatural Western based on the comic book series of the same name, the show follows Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano), a whiskey-loving hot mess who also happens to be the descendent of legendary lawman and gunslinger Wyatt Earp. Thanks to a family curse, she is tasked with sending revenants — the men and women Wyatt killed who became demons upon his death — back to Hell with her gun, named Peacemaker. Much like Ava, Wynonna also has a loyal group of friends who help her, including her sister, Waverly (Dominque Provost-Chalkley), an immortal Doc Holliday (Tim Rozon), and a man-lizard hybrid who’s also a U.S. Marshal (Shamier Anderson).
Sweet/Vicious
Watch it on: Amazon Prime (to buy)
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Sweet/Vicious
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Although Sweet/Vicious doesn’t have a supernatural bone in its body, the critically acclaimed MTV series shares Warrior Nun‘s empowering feminist spirit. The dramedy stars Eliza Bennett and Taylor Dearden as Jules and Ophelia, two young women who deliver vigilante justice to accused rapists on their college campus when the system fails victims of sexual assault. The series, which was created by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, gives voice to survivors of sexual violence, and it handles the topic with great care, but it doesn’t do so at the expense of comedy, either. Plus, by highlighting the systemic shortcomings of institutions that have procedures in place to protect victims but rarely do, the series gives a big middle finger to patriarchal society, which has fostered misogyny, sexism, and bigotry. It’s a shame the series only ran for one season, but that also means it’s a quick binge.
Crazyhead
Watch it on: Netflix
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Crazyhead
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