Table of ContentsTable of ContentsHarlan Cobens Missing You (January 1)American Primeval (January 9)Castlevania season 2 (January 16)With a new year comes new hopes, new fears, and new resolutions. While we all want to lose a little weight or be more active, my main resolution for 2025 is simple: watch more shows. Fortunately for all of us, Netflix is more than willing to help us achieve that goal.January 2025 has a lot of new shows to feast on, with the most prominent being the second seasons of the hit action series The Recruit with Noah Centineo and The Night Agent. But there are also three underrated shows on Netflix that deserve your time and attention.Recommended VideosNeed more recommendations? Check out the best new shows to stream this week, as well as the best shows on Netflix, best shows on Hulu, best shows on Amazon Prime Video, and best shows on Disney+.RelatedNetflixDont underestimate Harlan Coben. The bestselling murder mystery novelist has become his own franchise on Netflix, with his last show, Fool Me Once, becoming a monster hit for the streamer. That one was released in early January, so Netflix is hoping lightning strikes twice with the New Years Day release of Missing You, a new limited series based on the 2014 novel of the same name.Detective Kat Donovans fiance Josh went missing 11 years ago. Shes over it, at least she thought she was, until one night while surfing a dating app, she sees his picture on a profile. Is Josh alive? And if so, why did he go missing all those years ago? Kats ensuing investigations yields answers she may not understand or even want. But she has to know the nature of Joshs disappearance, and why she played a role in it.MISSING YOU | Official Trailer | NetflixSounds intriguing, right? Coben is a master of this sort of thing, and Netflix seems to have found a groove in churning out these adaptations. Like the others, the novels American setting has been changed to an English one, so those desiring a good British crime mystery wont be disappointed with Missing You. If youre still craving more of Cobens work, check out the excellent 2006 French-language adaptation of Tell No One.American Primeval | Official Teaser | NetflixAmerica, 1857. The young nation is still in its embryonic stage, but its already close to collapse. A civil war is coming, and on the frontier, blood is being spilled daily as settlers battle over land, religion, and honor. This is the setting for American Primeval, Netflixs new Western show from Friday Night Lightscreator Peter Berg.Glows Betty Gilpin stars as Sara Rowell, a widow who is trying to protect her young son from the dangers of the world around them. They team up with Isaac (Taylor Kitsch), an emotionally wounded man with a past hed like to forget, and Two Moons (Shawnee Pourier), a Native American teenager who has fled her village and is looking for a new home. Together, they form a found family as they explore the American West and evade all the dangers that come with it.Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 | Official Trailer | NetflixWhen it premiered in September 2023, Castlevania: Nocturne was welcomed with open arms by fans of the original Castlevania show. The sequel series contained all the superior animation and voice-over acting that the original had, and advanced the storyline of the Belmont family and its never-ending war on vampires. Now, Castlevania: Nocturne is back, and its poised to be the best season yet.France, 1972. At the height of the French Revolution, the Vampire Messiah is at full power, and Richter Belmont needs all the help he can get. Fortunately for him, hes teamed with Draculas son, the half-human, half-vampire Alucard, to stop Erzsebet Bthorys reign of terror before her bloodlust drowns France and its warring citizens in a river of blood.Editors Recommendations