As I previously mentioned, an Amazon Prime membership can get you access to some of the best television available on streaming services and the new show The Romanoffs is one of the best examples of that. The show was created by Matthew Weiner, the genius who brought us Mad Men and The Sopranos. If you’ve watched either of those shows before (if you haven’t, please do) you know that Weiner has a knack for creating shows that you just can’t stop watching. While still just as captivating, The Romanoffs is very different from his previous shows. Rather than following one group of characters grow from season to season, every episode gives us a quick glimpse into the lives of the characters before moving on to a whole new group of characters in the next episode.

The one thing the episodes have in common is that at least one character is a descendant of the famous Russian Romanov dynasty. You don’t have to know a lot about the true history of the royal family to understand the show (a quick viewing of Disney’s Anastasia will suffice), but there are a few nuances you might pick up on if you do know the story. Still — even if you don’t know much about the family, the show will have you hooked from the beginning. Every episode is like its own film, filled with suspense and plot twists you’ll never see coming. Some of the episodes even switch between French and English and German, which in many shows can be annoying, but the all-star cast doesn’t have a problem executing the dialogue flawlessly. So far, there are only a few episodes, but I can’t wait to see what’s to come.