Now that Downton Abbey has bid us adieu, Netflix's grandiose aristocracy series The Crown is a more than suitable replacement. Although few things in this world can measure up to Lady Violet's sass, each episode of this show documenting a young Queen Elizabeth II's rise to power and the early days of her marriage to Prince Philip is more lavish than the next. It moves a little slow, but Claire Foy and Matt Smith give incredible, Emmy-worthy performances as Elizabeth and Philip that easily make up for it. Additionally, there are a few particularly stand out moments from Jared Harris (playing an ill King George VI) and John Lithgow (a pitch-perfect Winston Churchill), and with a rumored (and frankly jaw-dropping) $130 million budget, The Crown is visually spectacular.
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