another show like Bridgerton for this anxious mom to binge

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Anonymous wrote:These are not period dramas but fill a similar spot as Bridgerton:

Nashville
Everwood
Offspring
Friday Night Lights
Crash Landing

Offspring is my all-time fave but if OP thinks she couldn't handle Call the Midwife, I think she'd have trouble with Offspring.

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Lovesick

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Sanditon

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Not a TV show but the movie Conclave is this -- deeply engrossing, dramatic, meaningful storylines, but not violent.

Also second the suggestion for Gilded Age, despite the one violent incident in the second season. The rest of it is exactly what you're looking for, and to be honest the violent incident is more dramatic than upsetting.

When I'm in the mood you are in, I will sometimes find a lot of comfort in watching older movies or TV shows that I found really engrossing the first time but haven't seen in a while. Sometimes it's like they help me return to the headspace I was in when I first saw them, which was usually a simpler, easier time in my life. Some recent examples for me (though obviously depending on my past viewing history): the movies Contact, The Cutting Edge, and the Harry Potter movies, the tv show Sherlock (the Benedict Cumberbatch one), and the West Wing.

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Anonymous wrote:The Durrells in Corfu

THIS!!!! It’s soooooooo good!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are not period dramas but fill a similar spot as Bridgerton:

Nashville
Everwood
Offspring
Friday Night Lights
Crash Landing

Offspring is my all-time fave but if OP thinks she couldn't handle Call the Midwife, I think she'd have trouble with Offspring.

Omg LOVED offspring so much
Indian Summers is VERY GOOD too

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Lots of good ones already mentioned on this thread, but also Home fires is another good one.

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I have been watching the various Jane Austen adaptations with my tween, and the Kenneth Brannagh Shakespeare comedies.

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Psych
Person of Interest

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try the Gilded Age.

There was an assassination attempt this season- not sure if she meant no violence at all or light violence.

I just meant no constant violence…or, like, torture, etc.

Is Gilded Age violent or traumatic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try the Gilded Age.

The Gilded Age is SO stressful to watch. So many issues. I can't watch it because it stresses me out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try the Gilded Age.

There was an assassination attempt this season- not sure if she meant no violence at all or light violence.

I just meant no constant violence…or, like, torture, etc.

Is Gilded Age violent or traumatic?

No.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try the Gilded Age.

There was an assassination attempt this season- not sure if she meant no violence at all or light violence.

I just meant no constant violence…or, like, torture, etc.

Is Gilded Age violent or traumatic?

No.

TGA revels in problems. If you're looking for a stress free show, TGA isn't it. The Bridgertons is light and fluffy and fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Hacks
The Durells
The West Wing
Poldark
Victoria
Downton Abbey
Felicity
The Pursuit of Love
Starstruck
Lovesick
Master of None
All Creatures Great and Small
Crawford
Heartstopper
Pride & Prejudice (with Colin Firth)
Julia

I love Poldark but it’s got a lot of “harrowing” in it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call the Midwife

OP here and I watched this years ago before I had kids. It’s WAY too sad for me to watch now.

I loved it both before and after having kids. But when I would cry at every episode, I realized I wanted a third kid 😂