Blindspotting's Both Seasons Hit Netflix October 20

LOS ANGELES — One of the best shows you probably never saw is about to get a whole new audience. Both seasons of Blindspotting — 16 episodes total — arrive on Netflix in the U.S. on October 20, giving Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs' Oakland-set series the second life it always deserved.

THE SHOW — A spinoff of Casal and Diggs' acclaimed 2018 film, the series follows Ashley Rose (Jasmine Cephas Jones) as she navigates life in a rapidly gentrifying Oakland after her partner Miles is incarcerated — forced to move in with his mother (Helen Hunt) and half-sister. It's a mix of comedy and drama that breaks into spoken word, dance, and full music-video dream sequences without ever losing its footing. Variety called it "a lyrical series with so much to say that it sometimes stumbles over its words, but always with style."

THE NUMBERS — Here's the thing that stings: both seasons sit at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, with audience scores not far behind. Starz cancelled it anyway after two seasons. Netflix picking it up is the kind of move that can genuinely resurrect a show — a bigger audience, a real shot at cultural conversation, and maybe, just maybe, a door cracked open for more episodes down the line.

WHY WATCH — You don't need to have seen the film — the series stands on its own, though fans of the movie will get more out of it. If you missed it on Starz (most people did — that's the problem), October 20 is your chance to fix that. Sixteen episodes, zero filler, one of the most formally daring comedies of the decade. Clear your queue.