TV viewing can get a little slow in the summer, especially for drama lovers - many networks and streamers don't launch their big, prestigious shows until fall.

That makes August the perfect time to catch up on series you may have missed - like Station Eleven , a fantastic drama that some of us on the Watch With Us team skipped when it debuted in 2021. (The show is about a pandemic, and at the time, it hit a little too close to home.)

But we highly recommend watching this limited series on HBO Max in August 2025 - here's why.

It Depicts a Post-Apocalyptic World That Feels Real

Station Eleven takes place in two timelines - at the very beginning of a flu-like pandemic and 20 years later. The virus is similar to COVID-19, causing cold and flu-like symptoms and spreading rapidly - bu

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