A plane full of high school soccer girls crash-lands in the mountainous wilderness.

They navigate survival with tensions that existed pre-crash. Slowly, things devolve until someone becomes the next meal.

Pair all of that with blackmail and media scrutiny for the survivors in the present.

Yellowjackets is proper obsess-about TV. It opens with a mystery and builds and builds toward the conclusion, teasing out new layers in between. The characters are clearly defined, especially Misty, played by Christina Ricci in the present.

Thick glasses, a frizzy bob cut and nefarious morals all fueled by her yearning to be loved are her paint strokes.

Pay whatever you must to watch Yellowjackets.

-- Jennifer Bisset

Put simply, Arcane is a masterpiece. Don't let it go under your radar.

This Netflix series might be animated -- it might be based on a video game -- but its characters are more clearly drawn than about 90 percent of live-action TV.

They're so clearly drawn you can watch YouTube videos from psychologists dissecting exactly what happened in their backstories that led to who they are in the present.

In a nutshell, Arcane follows two sisters whose paths diverge as they're swept up in the politics of a city torn between progress and leaving its slums behind.

Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Purnell (from Yellowjackets) are among the voice cast. The animation is beyond special. Say yes to Arcane.

-- Jennifer Bisset

Oh, 2021.

You saved the best for last.

Station Eleven hit HBO Max in December and made the holidays all the better.

The sci-fi miniseries is based on Emily St. John Mandel's book. Mackenzie Davis stars as Kirsten, a memorable heroine who can throw daggers at attackers in the woods, take care of an adopted daughter and sonhaberial read Shakespeare to the remaining population of a post-apocalyptic Earth.