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What Would the Notorious Macduff Watch?

Just because our favorite legendary hero in Macbeth is usually caught up in solving the many murders and exposing the lies of Scottish royalty, whose to say Macduff wouldn't like to kick his feet up every once in awhile and enjoy a good Netflix-recommended list full of crime-solving and scandal as well? If Macduff was alive in present times, it's almost certain that his Netflix list would encompass shows and movies centered around bringing humanity's worst to justice. 

#1: Sherlock

BBC's Sherlock 

In this revamped version of one of British author Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous story lines, Sherlock follows Sherlock Holmes and his partner John Watson in their attempt to rid 21st-century London of crime and murder. Holmes, a brilliant but arrogant private detective, and Watson, an intelligent and patient retired war doctor of the Afghan War, team up and solve eccentric and extremely bizarre murder mysteries together. While Macduff is no detective by law, he does play the very important role in Macbeth by being the one to suspect that there was something more to Macbeth and that the King was suppressing a very dark side of himself. With London quite literally close to destruction by an ultimate criminal multiple times in the show, similar to how Scotland's caught up in the mess of Macbeth, it's likely Macduff could find a lot of similarities to himself and the status of his own country in Sherlock. 

#2: Criminal Minds

CBS's Criminal Minds

Following the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit and revolving around its most elite profilers, Criminal Minds focuses on the processes that are endured when investigating and breaking the darkest and most twisted murder cases. In the show, the BAU works intensely to analyze the crime scenes left behind from the killers to gain a better understanding of the murderer's behavior. This in turn allows the profilers to think like them and step into the shoes of the murderers in order to profile them and ultimately catch them. It's likely Macduff would love such a show that encompasses action, suspense, and adventure all while solving mystery murder cases. Macduff could feel inspired by the characters' hard work and dedication to stop notoriously bad people and relate to the situation these profilers are in, as he too is also trying to rid Scotland of evil by ending Macbeth. Macduff, a man of morality and humanity, feels for those that have either lost their lives or their loved ones to murderers, just like the profilers in the show.

#3: The Vampire Diaries 

The CW's The Vampire Diaries

Although not necessarily a direct crime-fighting show, and definitely fantastical, Macduff may find interest in the CW's The Vampire Diaries. The show revolves around a young girl named Elena Gilbert and her friends in the mysterious town with plenty of hidden secrets known as Mystic Falls, Virginia. She meets two 164+ year-old vampire brothers during high school who are polar opposites of one another, and at different times she falls in love with the both of them. She meets and loves Stefan Salvatore first, the widely-ruled "good" brother whose protective and valiant and largely feeds on animal blood. However, not too long into their relationship, his wilder, badder, and arrogant older brother Damon who feeds on human blood appears in Mystic Falls with bad intentions, and despite Elena's many attempts to hate him and stay away from him, the two fall in love and remain the main romantic relationship throughout the 8-season series. Because of her relation to the two, she is eventually brought into the supernatural world centered so nicely around her small town and discovers there is much more to this world than mere humans. Elena, the brothers, and the rest of her group of friends are prone to the interest of evil creatures, and become accustomed to fighting the hunters and supernatural beings chasing after them. Macduff may have an interest in this show given that it focuses on fighting evil supernatural influences, a main theme throughout Shakespeare's Macbeth as seen with the inclusion of the witches and their prophecies, and the show is accompanied by action, thrill, mystery, and drama -- all characteristics of the state of Scotland in the play. 

#4: Legacies 

The CW's Legacies

Legacies is a spinoff of the CW supernatural hit The Originals and its predecessor The Vampire Diaries, and centers around Hope Mikaelson, daughter of Klaus Mikaelson and Hayley Marshall. Hope is a renowned, previously impossible supernatural being, as she is a tribrid -- part werewolf, witch, and vampire -- and descended from some of the most powerful bloodlines in the world. The show follows her as she attends the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted, created at the end of The Vampire Diaries, a school where supernatural beings can learn about themselves and how to control their tendencies and powers. Macduff could be interested in this show, given that it gives power to young and good-hearted people, as a result of his appreciation and protection of the future generations of Scotland, including the young people like Siward, and the knowledge of what they can do if they stand up against the bad. 

#5: Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

Netflix

Dark yet intriguing, Conversations with a Killer took the world by surprise when it was released on Netflix in January 2019. The documentary is comprised of actual video recordings and footage of Ted Bundy, the serial killer that ripped through America in the 80s, as well as interviews with people that were closest to him. It attempts to explain the mindset of Bundy and expose to the world how he was unfortunately such a successful killer. Macduff would likely enjoy such a series as it really dives deep into Bundy's thought processes and what provoked him to become such a violent killer. Macduff would be interested in this aspect because he, during Macbeth, suspected that something was going on with Macbeth and that he was not the man he thought he knew. Macduff would be able to relate to this show and would give him insight into methods that he could use to crack Macbeth's case.