The Post-‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Void Is Real — 10 Shows to Binge While You Wait for Season 2

If you’ve watched the season finale of ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ and you’re already staring at your screen wondering what to do with yourself, the struggle is completely valid. The Apple TV series holds a 97% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 64 critic reviews, with its consensus praising its attention to emotional detail, authentic performances, and brilliant storytelling. That kind of television leaves a mark.

The series premiered at the SXSW Film and TV Festival in March and released its first three episodes on April 15, before new episodes dropped weekly through May 20. The good news is that ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ has been renewed for a second season, but the wait is going to feel long. Here are ten shows that capture everything that made this one so addictive.

Shows That Nail the Same Chaotic, Unfiltered Protagonist Energy

‘Fleabag’ is the obvious first stop for anyone who fell hard for Margo’s brand of messy, honest, and disarmingly funny storytelling. Available on Prime Video, the series offers a portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, grief-riddled woman trying to make sense of the world. Written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, it perfected the art of making a deeply flawed woman impossible to look away from long before Margo showed up on Apple TV.

HBO’s ‘Starstruck’, which has already drawn comparisons to ‘Fleabag’, follows Jessie, a New Zealander living in East London who connects with a man on New Year’s Eve, only to discover the morning after that he is a super famous actor she hadn’t recognised the night before. Jessie’s blunt nature is reminiscent of ‘Fleabag’s’ main character, and the show’s bite-sized half-hour episodes make it one of the most effortlessly bingeable things on streaming. It’s warm, funny, and over before you’ve realised you’ve watched the whole thing.

Netflix’s ‘Dead to Me’ rounds out this trio with the same emotional whiplash that ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ delivers so reliably. Starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini as two women whose unlikely friendship forms in the aftermath of grief and guilt, the black comedy goes to places you won’t see coming. Three full seasons are sitting there ready to destroy your evening plans in the best possible way.

Apple TV Originals That Hit Those Same Emotional Notes

‘Bad Sisters’, Sharon Horgan’s acclaimed Apple TV dark comedy, returns in its second season set two years after the accidental death of Grace’s abusive husband, with the close-knit Garvey sisters thrust back into the spotlight as past truths resurface and suspicions reach an all-time high. If ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ hooked you on women who protect each other even while making a complete mess of everything, ‘Bad Sisters’ is your next compulsory viewing.

Both seasons are now available to stream, and the show rewards its audiences with precisely the same mixture of sharp humour and genuine heartbreak that made the Millet family so compelling to watch. It operates in that specific register where you’re not entirely sure whether to laugh or cry, and it lands both every single time.

‘Hacks’ on Max is the other essential pick here, following the complicated creative partnership between a legendary stand-up comedian and her younger, entitled writer. The Rotten Tomatoes consensus for its final season notes that ‘Hacks’ takes a triumphant bow, keeping the pace and jokes right on par with its previous installments and bidding farewell to Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels with all the flair and care this world deserves. Jean Smart’s performance alone is worth every minute.

Binge-Worthy Shows Dominating Streaming Right Now

‘Beef’ Season 2 landed on Netflix on April 16, moving on from the one-on-one battle of its first season and pivoting to a much more complex interpersonal conflict involving dueling couples competing for the favor of the billionaire owner of the country club where they work.

Newly engaged Ashley and Austin are set against their boss Joshua and his spouse Lindsay, with a single encounter triggering chess moves and manipulations that ripple far beyond the country club. Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, and Cailee Spaeny make this one of the year’s most watchable and most talked-about shows.

Creator Lee Sung Jin returns as showrunner, and the show continues to prove he possesses an undeniable magic touch when it comes to this specific blend of class anxiety, dark comedy, and genuinely unsettling human behaviour. Like ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’, it understands that rage and financial desperation are among the most dramatically fertile subjects television has to offer.

Prime Video’s ‘Off Campus’, which debuted on May 13, adapts Elle Kennedy’s beloved college hockey romance novel series into a show that takes the best parts of the books and deftly translates them into a series bursting with chemistry and charm. Already renewed for a second season, it delivers something for everyone, and for anyone who loved the book-to-screen nature of ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’, the appeal is immediate.

Shows That Mix Family Chaos With Real Emotional Stakes

‘Dying for Sex’, a Hulu miniseries, is one of the most unexpectedly powerful watches of the past year. Based on a podcast, it follows best friends Molly and Nikki, played by Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate, after Molly receives a terminal cancer diagnosis. It earns every laugh and every gut punch it throws at you, and its portrait of female friendship under extreme pressure hits with the same force as Margo’s relationship with Susie.

‘Schitt’s Creek’, available in full on Netflix, follows a wealthy family that suddenly loses its fortune and must start a new life in a small, remote town, standing out for its remarkable evolution over its run as it shifts from lighthearted comedy to a genuine exploration of family relationships with real emotional depth. If the Millet family’s brand of dysfunctional, fiercely loyal chaos was what pulled you in, the Rose family will feel immediately familiar and comforting.

‘The Bear’ on Hulu, with its 30-minute episodes, deals with intense issues including substance abuse, mental health, family trauma, and grief wrapped inside what appears on the surface to be a show about running a restaurant. Like ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’, it understands that the most chaotic love is often family love, and that the people who push you the hardest are usually the ones you can’t walk away from.

If Margo’s custody battle had you convinced that emotionally complex, brilliantly crafted television about people desperately trying to hold things together is exactly what you need right now, ‘The Bear’ will prove that point all over again, so tell us in the comments which of these picks you’re loading up first while counting down to Margo’s return.