Netflix just handed us the ultimate binge gift: all five seasons of this Cornish masterpiece, ready to sweep you off your feet and wreck your sleep schedule.

Aidan Turner’s Ross Poldark returns from the American War like a storm—brooding, windswept, shirt half-unbuttoned (yes, that scythe scene lives rent-free forever). He finds his estate in ruins, his love Elizabeth playing hard-to-get with his cousin, and Cornwall’s class lines drawn in blood and tin. Enter Eleanor Tomlinson’s Demelza—fiery kitchen maid turned soulmate—who steals the show with grit, heart, and a voice that could calm the Atlantic.

This isn’t polite Austen tea parties. It’s raw 18th-century survival: brutal mine collapses, smuggling runs under moonlight, courtroom showdowns, and revolutions simmering in every tavern. Love triangles burn slow and painful, betrayals cut deep, and every triumph feels hard-won against a society that wants the Poldarks broken.

The Cornish coast is a character itself—crashing waves, golden cliffs, fog rolling like secrets. The chemistry between Turner and Tomlinson? Electric. The supporting cast (Heida Reed, Ruby Bentall, Jack Farthing’s slimy Warleggan) is flawless.

All five seasons streaming now. Clear your calendar, stock the cider, and let the tide pull you in—you won’t want to come up for air.

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