Seven series as heartwarming and "cheesy" as a Christmas movie

Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel in the "Gilmore Girls" series.

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Morale in the socks because of the confinement?

On the occasion of the release of season 2 of

on Netflix this Friday,

filled up with series with terribly comforting universes and dripping good feelings.

Here are seven series as cheesy as a Christmas TV movie, to be streamed without moderation, snuggled up on the sofa under a good blanket, waiting for better days.

"Virgin River", available on Netflix

We dive into

like in a good hot bath after a stressful day!

Melinda (Alexandra Breckenridge, seen in particular in

,

and

) nurse of her state, arrives in a small town in northern California in order to make a new start.

She moves in to support the only doctor in town.

Alas, Doc Mullins (Tim Matheson) turns out to be a cranky old man.

And the promised quaint wooden house, a slum in need of major renovations.

Fortunately, Mel can count on the kindness of Jack (Martin Henderson, Dr Nathan Riggs of

), the owner of the only restaurant in the area, to marvel at the beauty of the lake and the surrounding mountains, and eventually become attached. to the warm inhabitants of the small community.

Mel and Jack will they end up together?

Everything is telephoned, stuffed with clichés and smells like a rosewater novel (and for good reason, it is the adaptation of the eponymous Harlequin saga in 20 volumes by Robyn Carr).

But that's precisely why it's so terribly cozy these days.

"Chesapeake Shores", available on Netflix

Not only does Hallmark Channel offer a host of romantic TV movies for every season of the year, but also series of the same ilk.

follows the adventures of Abby O'Brien, a New York businesswoman (Meghan Ory), divorced and mother of two little girls, returns to live with her family in her hometown of Chesapeake Shores, Maryland.

Obviously, it won't be long before she stumbles upon her childhood sweetheart, Trace (Jesse Metcalfe, Gabrielle Solis' famous gardener in

).

Obviously,

is even more of the postcard town than Capeside in

.

Obviously, it is sometimes difficult to live together with the O'Brien, but everything ends up working out like in

.

Yep, it's as syrupy as you want, but who doesn't need a little positivity right now?

"Gilmore Girls", available on Netflix

Gilmore Girls

is one of those soft toy series that you can eat like a big pot of spread.

The cult series from the early 2000s chronicles the complicit and special relationship of 32-year-old single mother Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) with her 16-year-old daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel) in the adorable little town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

If side intrigue, the series purrs in hackneyed romantic patterns,

is not the umpteenth American silliness that its candy pink packaging reveals.

The creator of the show, Amy Sherman-Palladino (

), raises the level thanks to dialogues, funny, delivered at 100 per hour and full of pop references.

Special mention to the lines full of irony and sarcasm from the grandmother and the zany of certain characters like Kirk, the jester of the absurd.

In short, a cocooning series to (re) see because, for a few hours, living in the utopian Stars Hollow allows you to forget 2020.

"Anne with an E", available on Netflix

A family series full of candor and love.

, an adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery's bestseller,

published in 1908, follows the adventures of Anne Shirley, an orphan who accidentally lands with the Cuthbert, Matthew and Marilla, a single brother and sister who were expecting a boy.

Full of vigor, lively and sensitive, gifted with an overflowing imagination, Anne, camped by the luminous revelation Amybeth McNulty, will have to adapt to her new life on the outskirts of the town of Avonlea, on the island of -Prince Edward.

Will Anne's pride blind him to the point of not seeing the sincere feelings of young Gilbert Blythe?

Beyond good feelings,

delicately tackles real subjects such as self-acceptance, racism, aboriginal rights or the relationship with nature.

A refreshing enchantment like the countryside of Nova Scotia in Canada.

"A Touch of Magic", available on Netflix

A marshmallow from Hallmark Channel, the official supplier of the sweetest Christmas movies.

In

,

a little too botoxed

Catherine Bell (

,

) plays Cassie, an herbalist who concocts herbal teas and other potions for the well-being of all the inhabitants of the charming little town of Middletown.

Widowed since the death of her husband Jake, Chief of Police, Cassandra Nightingale lives alone with her daughter Grace.

It all starts with the arrival in town of a new (and charming, of course) doctor, Sam Redford (played by

plumber James Denton

) and his son Nick, who move in right next door. Gray House, the guest house run by Cassie's family.

Will selfless Cassie and Sam end up together?

Do Grace's Intuition Remedies Hide Real Magical Powers?

Even if the plots are a bit crazy, who doesn't need a little bit of magic right now?

“Parenthood”, available on Prime Video

Loosely adapted from Ron Howard's film

released in 1989 and created by Jason Katims, kingpin of

,

tells in 6 seasons the daily life of three generations of a family, a clan as united as 'motley, bickering, having fun, and sticking together in the radiant California city of Berkeley.

At the heart of the clan, four adult siblings: Sarah (Lauren Graham, the mother of Gilmore Girls) who returns to the fold in search of stability, Adam (Peter Krause, the unforgettable Nate of

), the eldest a good father, Crosby (Dax Shepard), the eternal teenager who has trouble getting involved, and Julia (Erika Christensen), the working girl who struggles to juggle her role as a mother and her job.

With the parents, Zeek (Craig T. Nelson) and Camille (Bonnie Bedelia), the companions and the children of the siblings, it is the joys and sorrows intertwined with about fifteen characters that we follow.

From Sarah's trysts to Adam's son's Asperger syndrome,

describes with authenticity and accuracy, and without ever falling into pathos, the daily life of family relationships where we help each other.

In short,

is the poignant portrait of an imperfect but loving family, which foreshadows the immense

.

"Heartland", available on Netflix and Amazon

A family ranch, full of horses and love, at the foot of the Canadian Rockies.

is a peaceful place that welcomes traumatized equines thanks to Marion Fleming, who knows how to whisper in horses' ears.

When he died, his daughter Amy, 15, wanted to take up the torch.

Her sister, Lou, then decides to leave New York and return to Hudson, a fictional small town near Calgary, to help Amy and her old-fashioned and wise grandfather Jack manage the ranch.

Before dying, Marion Fleming had hired Ty Borden, a young man on probation.

Taken from the long saga (forty books published) for the youth of Lauren Brooke, the Canadian series 

deploying its family values ​​of mutual aid, essential in the rural world over 14 seasons!

That is to say 214 episodes of united family, magnificent landscapes and love stories.

A binge-watcher because horses heal all wounds.

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