Ah Autumn, the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, sweater weather, porridge for breakfast, the GBBO final, red wine, fruit crumbles and, erm, Netflix and/or boxset binges. Am I right?!

Now the nights are drawing in, once dinner’s out of the way, the dishes are done and the bags are packed for the next day, it feels perfectly acceptable to hunker down, fire up the iPad and watch an episode, or three, of whatever series is my current addiction. After a summer of watching very little television at all I have to start getting my money’s worth out of my Netflix subscription, it’s simple economics. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.

I’ve just finished watching Bloodline and quite frankly I’m feeling bereft. If you haven’t watched it yet and you like a high quality drama I highly recommend that you get on it. It’s a Netflix original drama from the people behind Damages, another highly addictive drama that’s also worth a watch. Anyway, back to Bloodline, which is set in the Florida Keys where it’s always hot, even when it’s chucking it down, and it always seems to be cocktail hour (my kinda place, apart from the rain).

The series focuses on the Rayburn family who, at least initially, appear to be fine upstanding members of their Florida community. There’s Robert and Sally who run a hotel in an idyllic setting right on the beach and their grown up children, policemen John who’s married with two kids, Kevin who runs a boatyard and is married to Belle and lawyer Meg (my current TV crush, played by the excellent Linda Cardellini) who’s living with Marco (fellow American police drama fans will recognise him as Danny from Without A Trace, he also plays a policeman in Bloodline, typecast much).

Life couldn’t be better until Danny the oldest sibling and the black sheep of the family, returns and long-buried family secrets start to emerge, loyalties are tested and every member of the seemingly perfect family is revealed as all kinds of dysfunctional.

The entire cast is excellent and it’s shot beautifully. As a viewer you know from the get go that the series is leading somewhere quite dark and, after a slowish start, the show picks up pace, ramps up the drama and hooks you in to the point where you’re calculating how little sleep you need to be able to function the next day and how late you can set your alarm and still make it to work on time.

Apparently there’s going to be a second season (how?!) but until then I need a new series to bridge the gap. What are you watching? What’s got you rushing home from work to watch Just. One. More. Episode? And then, oh go on then, another one? Any and all suggestions (very) gratefully received!