If you haven’t watched “Red Oaks,” it happens to be one of the highly recommended series in the Amazon original line. This entertaining show features Paul Reiser as Mr. Getty, the president of a New Jersey country club. If you like feeling good while being entertained, this show may fit the bill. Here are five reasons why you need to be watching “Red Oaks.”
It offers optimism in a bleak world
“Red Oaks” is a television series that focuses on the good things in life. It delves into human nature and the positive aspect of developing crushes, forming relationships with people and then determining just what it is that you’d like to do with your life. It’s the good stuff of life itself and the life situations that explore romance and relationships is presented mostly in a positive light.
You can live stream all episodes
If you haven’t started watching “Red Oaks” yet, you can catch up on season one. It’s a good idea to watch it from the beginning so you’ll know everything about the show. You can catch it on Prime Video anytime you want. This way you’ll be ready to start with the premiere of season two and start watching the weekly episodes which air on Fridays. There are ten episodes in the first season so catching up and staying current won’t take a lot of time.
The show reinforces positive values
Although the series takes place in a country club setting in the 1980s era, there isn’t much on the show that would make anyone feel particularly sad. The country club group are not snobby. It is about the characters as people, their lives and the world around them. It shows how we can get it all, then lose it all even more quickly, but there is always hope and a measure of happiness. This is a rare type of show that genuinely makes people feel good about watching it.
It is nostalgic
Nostalgia is just what the people of this country need. The show offers a flash backwards in time to a prosperous period where things were much simpler. The show offers firm grounding for people who are looking for a dose of reality in a fictional setting. Viewers can relate to the characters and will be reminded of how things used to be and how people reacted to the situations that life presented. There is some sadness, but that’s not the major focus.
It offers a balance of emotions
“Red Oaks” is a series that looks at the lives of the characters in their entirety. There are relationship problems with their ups and downs, legal issues, and an excellent balance for viewers on an emotional level because of the infusion of humor. Watching the episodes is not work and it is far from boring. It’s not a shoot ’em up action drama, but it is a refreshing walk backwards into the’80s. The show borders on being melancholy, sweet and soothing at the same time. The writing is genuinely good. The show has nothing to prove because it stands on its own with an overview of the days when the world around us was a simpler place without the political unrest that is rampant today.
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