Finals have been haunting you since before Thanksgiving break. You know the feeling: that impending doom of not only having to take your final exams and write those final papers, but actually having to sit down for hours on end to study for them. But sure enough, finals week comes and goes, and break finally arrives! And what better way to spend your break than binge watching a new series? Especially if your school is on the quarter system and you get back a week or two before all of your friends finish suffering through finals, you'll have plenty of time to spend all day in bed or on your couch absorbed in a new show. Here are a few great ones that you should check out this break!

1. The Fall

This Netflix original has 3 seasons (or 'series', as the UK calls them), about 5 or 6 episodes per season, and each episode is an hour long! Every episode takes you on a thrilling ride, and who doesn't adore Gillian Anderson?

2. Shameless

This SHOWTIME series is a bit more of a commitment (though you won't regret it!). With 6 seasons on Netflix and the seventh currently airing new episodes on TV, you'll want to set aside plenty of time to invest in the lives of the show's complex characters.

3. Stranger Things

If you haven't hopped on this bandwagon yet and you're wondering who Barb is, this is the show for you! Netflix has only released one season so far of 8 episodes, so get on it before you fall too behind!

4. Sense 8

With a second season underway, this Netflix original about eight individuals around the world who can telepathically experience one another's lives is exhilarating and will keep you wanting more.

5. Easy

Each episode of this Netflix original follows the life of a different Chicagoan dealing with the difficulties that come with "love, sex, technology and culture."