Months after Stranger Things wrapped up, another fantastic sci-fi gem produced by The Duffer Brothers has become an instant hit on streaming, with millions of views over the past week. Created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, The Boroughs premiered on Netflix on May 21, 2026, to rave reviews, including a laudable 96% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes. The series is set in an eponymous, picturesque retirement community where a group of retirees bands together to stop an otherworldly being from stealing the one thing they don’t have — time.
Despite being a hit with both critics and viewers, that unfortunately wasn’t enough to propel the series to the No. 1 spot on Netflix last week. Claiming that position instead was the 92% Rotten Tomatoes crime drama, which has often been described as a worthy replacement for NBC’s The Blacklist. Co-created by Power‘s very own Courtney A. Kemp and Tani Marole, Nemesis premiered on May 14, 2026, to a positive global reception. In it, viewers see a relentless LAPD cop become obsessed with taking down the master thief behind a string of daring heists, with only one able to come out on top.
Last week, Nemesis continued gaining traction on Netflix, surging nearly 61% from its debut to rack up 11.4 million views between May 18 and 24, according to new reports. It easily topped the streamer’s weekly English TV charts, outperforming competitors that included The Boroughs. The sci-fi drama landed in second place with a modest 5.6 million views, a figure many would consider underwhelming for its debut weekend.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
06
What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
What Else Ranks on Netflix’s Ratings List?
Elsewhere in TV, Worst Ex Ever, executive-produced by Jason Blum, snagged the No. 3 spot with 3.6 million views. The true-crime docuseries, which is a spin-off of Worst Roommate Ever, returned for a second season on May 6, 2026, two years after its August 28, 2024, debut on Netflix. As for the other rankings, The Roast of Kevin Hart came in fourth with 3.1 million views, while the global streaming sensation Man on Fire, starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, remained at No. 5, rounding out the top of the list with 3 million views; that’s down from 5.5 million views the week prior.
