Watch out, Netflix: 10 Amazon original series you should be watching

Everyone is going through changes in the Pfefferman family, though perhaps not ones quite as big as what patriarch Maura is going through. When Maura (Jeffrey Tambor) reveals to her family that she wants to live as the woman she always believed herself to be, the Pfeffermans begin re-evaluating their own lives and happiness as well, to sad and hilarious results.

Miss Sons of Anarchy? While Amazon doesn’t have a sequel to the motorcyle club drama, it does have this series about corruption starring actor Ron Perlman as corrupt judge Pernell Harris, who is suffering from hallucinations after a mental breakdown. When a crime that hits close to home is committed, Harris decides to take justice out of the hands of the law and into his own. 

Bosch, a police procedural, stars Titus Welliver as Los Angeles Police detective Harry Bosch, a detective who, unlike most rogue cops on TV, actually seems to have some respect for policy. The series is based on Michael Connelly’s novels, with the first two seasons adapting different books in the Harry Bosch series. The third season reportedly will adapt 1992’s The Black Echo and 2001’s A Darkness More Than Night.

This dramedy, based on oboist Blair Tindall’s 2005 memoir, stars Lola Kirke as Hailey, a musician who must learn to navigate the world of elite orchestras under the watch of Rodrigo (Gael García Bernal), an eccentric and charming conductor. If you’re a classical music fan, you’ll adore the soundtrack of this quirky series.

What would have happened if the Nazis won World War II? That’s what The Man in the High Castle, a TV retelling of Philip K. Dick’s award-winning novel, explores. The Man in the High Castle isn’t merely a story of revisionist history: Evidence of a world in which the Allies win the war exists in this universe, and very bad people will do anything to destroy it. 

Good Girls Revolt currently has only one episode on Amazon, but its pilot is so good that it deserves an early recommendation. Set at the end of the ’60s, the Amazon series follows a group of journalists at the fictional News of the Week, a paper that allows women to be researchers but not real reporters. Good Girls Revolt examines how this group of women fight the power, while documenting real-life events like the riot at the Altamont festival.

If movies like Caddyshack or Dazed and Confused were your thing, you’ll love this ’80s throwback series about a young tennis player named David, who gets a job at a fancy country club during his summer break from college. Bonus? Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey plays Judy, David’s mother.

Based on Meg Wolitzer’s novel of the same name, The Interestings currently has only a pilot episode out on Amazon, but it’s one worth checking out. Lauren Ambrose plays Jules, a woman desperate for a more interesting and fulfilling life — a life her friends already seem to be leading. Though Amazon has not yet picked up The Interestings for a full season order, the streaming network accepts reviews of the pilot, which will allow them to garner whether the show deserves an order.

This partial remake of a British TV series of the same name, Mad Dogs tells the story of a group of middle-aged friends who visit their wealthy pal at his vacation home in Belize. Unfortunately their relaxing getaway soon becomes the vacation from hell when they realize their friend hasn’t made his money in the most legal of ways. The first (and, unfortunately, only) season is available for streaming.

The New Yorker Presents is like reading your favorite magazine via TV show. The program features a variety of programs in each of its 30-minute episodes, which include short documentaries, mini narratives and interviews. You’ll turn off the show feeling inspired and a little bit more knowledgable about the world — especially the weirder stuff on the fringes.