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From the creators of the acclaimed series Dark came the much-anticipated 1899, a drama mystery with a touch of sci-fi miniseries that became available on Netflix recently. The story follows a group of people traveling to America on a boat, each one with a hidden background, only for the events to unravel when the ship answers a call for help from another ship seemingly adrift.

Aside from the excellent acting by a diverse cast, the mysterious events keep viewers on their toes and embarks them on a journey of riddles, human behavior and the unconscious mind. And with a beautifully written script came many memorable quotes by the different characters on-screen.

“Things Will Turn Out Ok In The End, Meaning The End Won’t Be Here Till It’s Ok” Ling Yi And Yuk Je - Season 1, Episode 1

Ling Yi and Yuk Je start the episode seemingly as lady and her handmaid.

You can tell if somebody’s watched German Netflix series Dark by the furrow in their brow and the delirium in their eyes. The 2017 – 2020 time-travel mystery required a flip-chart of graphs and diagrams to explain, but proved a cult hit for Netflix and led to its creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar signing a deal with the streamer. 1899 (read our spoiler-free review here) is the result.

“Knowing that we did Dark, everyone can be assured that [1899] is going to be something weird and wild and crazy,” Friese promised Deadline about her and Odar’s new Netflix series. The writer-directors vowed not to repeat themselves with the new eight-episode period drama, but still to give their audience a fun puzzle that returns to the pair’s mystery roots.

Job done. 1899 is an addictive game for viewers to play. Set aboard a steam ship crossing from England to America at...

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In a dramatic moment at the Clara Shortridge Foltz courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, Scrubs executive producer Eric Weinberg was remanded into custody when presiding judge Virginia Wilson agreed with the prosecutor that he remains an active and credible societal danger. Through his attorney, Weinberg pleaded not guilty to 18 charges of sexual assault. He was previously free on 5 million bail.

Initially standing before the judge, Weinberg crumpled onto the wooden bench behind him as Wilson declared that “the defendant has engaged in a pattern of violence towards women for over six years.”

Weinberg stands accused of six counts of sexual penetration by use of force, four counts of oral copulation, three counts of forcible rape, two counts of sexual battery by restraint and one count each of assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury, attempted sexual penetration by use...