We change a blanket and a sofa for ice cream and a swimsuit with the best summer series of all time. Or some of them. Although they are not the best you will see in your life, they will serve to keep us entertained now that the heat is back and summer love is back.
How many times have you hummed the tune of Verano Azul right at the start of your vacation? They are light, fresh, they do not make us think and they usually have protagonists who spend their lives near the sea (California, Hawaii…) or love affairs full of clichés. Even so, they are a good option to escape from forty degrees in the shade and throw yourself on the sofa to watch chapter after chapter. Summer camps, policemen in swimsuits and even sirens that pretend they are. Friends, vacations and the best summer series to cool off at the best time of the year.
blood line
Bloodline is one of the best summer options you can see, and it has one major difference from most on this list: it’s no more than ten years old. An original Netflix series that tells us the story of the Rayburn family, who owns a hotel in the Florida Keys. His eldest son, the troublesome Danny, has just come home threatening to expose family secrets and Bloodline turns darker. Far from the usual happiness and good vibes, Bloodline is actually a family suspense thriller.
A series with three seasons and 33 episodes that you can watch on Netflix if you want a marathon summer. Very different from the others: there are no policemen on bicycles or lifeguards or summer loves. But much more drama and darkness. Although yes, beach is not lacking. Bloodline is a suspenseful family drama with good performances and a plot that can hook us: secrets, family and relationships. But also flashbacks and all kinds of surprises that will appear in its episodes. If you are looking for something to get hooked on, stay with this one.
Platform: netfix
Year: 2015
chapters: Three seasons, 33 episodes
Duration: About 60 minutes per chapter
Theme: Police
Age: For people over 16 years old
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O is a remake of the original series, released in the late 1960s and which ran for more than ten years. This new version is modernized and now has nine seasons and more than 200 episodes available in which, like others on this list, we will meet a police force to fight against evil and against all kinds of serious problems.
Hawaii Five-O is a summer series because it tells the story of the special unit of the state police in Hawaii. And if the story takes place in Hawaii, it is difficult for us to be invaded by the spirit of summer. In addition, the locations will make it worthwhile for us to spend some time watching this series. Of course, there is much more than simple walks chasing thieves or lifeguards in swimsuits. This series tells us about investigations that begin with the murder of Steve McGarret’s father, a former marine officer who is now a police officer and who will go to Oahu to find out what has happened. He will finally stay on the island to chase crime in Hawaii starring in a light, fresh and perfect series for the summer. Although, once again, don’t expect the best series of your life.
Platform: SkyShowtime
chapters: Nine seasons, over 200 episodes
Duration: About 40 minutes per chapter
Theme: Police
Watch Hawaii Five-O on SkyShowtime
The OC
The OC may not be a typical summer series, but it is a fresh, light series with a lot of sea, beach, California and vacations. A series that tells us the story of Ryan, a young man adopted by a high-class family in a high-class neighborhood, the Cohens. One of the great classics that you have surely seen at some time and you can see it again today on HBO Max in its entirety with almost a hundred chapters. The OC takes place in Newport Beach, in Orange County in California (hence it fits us as a summer series) and shows us all kinds of betrayals, relationships, rivalries, culture clash between families and neighbors, materialism against idealism… A classic series, a summer series that you can watch again now, more than fifteen years later.
Platform: HBO Max
chapters: Four seasons, about 90 episodes
Duration: About 40 minutes
Theme: Teen drama
Malibu vigilantes
A series with the spirit of the classic Baywatch but renewed, with new actors and ‘made by Netflix’. Los vigilantes de Malibú tells us the story of Los Besugos, a group of teenagers who have just trained as youth guards and elite lifeguards and who now have to face the beach, the bathers and all their dangers. The Malibu vigilantes is a Netflix movie that now has its own series with eight episodes in which we will meet these young people and their first steps as lifeguards. Young teenagers in a light series, for the whole family, that will fully immerse us in the summer atmosphere of Malibu but also in the competitiveness, rivalry and adventures of its protagonists.
Platform: Netflix
chapters: One season, 8 episodes
Duration: Between 20 and 25 minutes
Theme: Teen series
Watch Malibu Watchmen on Netflix
H20: Mermaid Adventures
H2O was one of the biggest hits in the lives of 90s kids. But Netflix has its own original series that tells us the story of H20, the usual one, in an animated version. A summer series but in animated format that tells us the story of Rikki, Emma and Cleo just like the original series but as cartoons. Two seasons and more than twenty episodes that tell us this story of the three girls who will have to avoid the water to avoid being mermaids. If you want to see something different with your family, this is an option. For the little ones in the house or for everyone. A cartoon summer series, a refreshing series with water everywhere to beat the heat during the holidays. A good option for children, for all audiences, with short and entertaining chapters.
Platform: Netflix
chapters: Two seasons, 26 episodes
Duration: Between 20 and 25 minutes
Theme: Cartoon
