The clock is ticking on the lazy days of summer, so now’s the time to squeeze in one last bit of travel before temperatures cool, school starts back up, and people expect you to reply to their emails on a Friday afternoon. There’s no better time to get out of town! 

Luckily, if you are limited by time, finances, or any inclination to actually go somewhere other than your couch, you’ve come to the right place — you can satisfy your wanderlust with a well chosen stream. No matter where you want to go, a movie or TV show is the ticket to get there, whether it’s a romantic comedy set halfway around the globe, a few docuseries that can keep you a little more local, or even a show that will transport you back and forth within time itself. Get ready for takeoff, because your final summer getaway starts right now. 

But first, what’s new on Netflix?

A grand finale. The fourth and final season of Steve Blackman’s superhero series The Umbrella Academy, based on Gerard Way’s comics of the same name, has finally arrived, and the Hargreeves siblings must join forces one last time to solve the many mysteries of their strange new timeline. Too much to wrap your brain around? Try a different headspace with Andy Mitchell’s new documentary Inside the Mind of a Dog, which takes you exactly there. Not how you want to spend these dog days of summer? Sweeten up your weekend with Blue Ribbon Baking Championship, an eight-episode series in which state fair winners from around the country bake their hearts out in pursuit of a $100,000 grand prize. 

If you have just a night … 

Save the date for a pair of rom-coms about Americans headed to far-off destination weddings. Jon M. Chu’s lavish 2018 hit Crazy Rich Asians revolves around a New York economics professor (Constance Wu) who finds out her boyfriend’s (Henry Golding) family is outrageously, unfathomably, crazy rich when she travels to Singapore to be a plus-one at his best friend’s big day. Go a little further south with Will Gluck’s Anyone But You (2023), in which two enemies (Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell) end up attending the same ceremony in Australia, where they call a reluctant truce to make the celebrations go smoothly. 

If you have a whole day … 

Fly domestic. Selections from four different global docuseries offer highlights of touring the good old USA. (Or you can choose some other destination, if you have the miles for it). First, former President Barack Obama narrates Our Great National Parks, which showcases the world’s natural majesty (Episode 4 will take you to the California coast). When you get hungry, sample the flavors of the nation with the diverse menu on display in the US edition of Street Food, all six episodes of which focus on different culinary capitals of the country. If you’re feeling a little morbid, Episodes 3 and 8 of Dark Tourist visit some of the most disturbing attractions from coast to coast. And finally, see America from the British perspective in Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father; the English comedian and his dad bring their odd-couple father-son banter to the Southwest in the two-part Season 3. 

If you have the entire weekend … 

Forget mere geography — try traveling through space and time. The title characters of Brad Wright’s Travelers didn’t just roll across state lines in an SUV to spend a few days hitting tourist traps; they came from a postapocalyptic future, sending their consciousnesses, and not their physical selves, to inhabit the bodies of people in the present day. Their mission? To avert the disastrous reality whence they came. Eric McCormack stars as the travelers’ team leader in the acclaimed series, which ran for three seasons from 2016–2018. 

Don’t forget, you have one last chance … 

 … to get found. Make yourself a marmalade sandwich and cozy up for one last viewing of Paddington, Paul King’s irresistible 2014 comedy inspired by Michael Bond’s stories of Paddington Bear (voiced by Ben Whishaw), who makes his way from the jungles of Peru all the way to London, where he finds a new life and family. After this weekend, it’ll take a train out of here. 

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