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Netflix users are “wasting their membership” if they keep scrolling past one of the  streaming service’s TV mini-series.

Eccy Reviews, who watches and rates movies and TV shows for a living, has urged people to check out a 2019 series on Netflix.

He says it’s the “best series ever released on Netflix” – and this has been backed by its 31 award wins and 78 nominations.

The four-part show, When They See Us, follows “five teens from Harlem who become trapped in a nightmare when they’re falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park”.

Based on a true story, Eccy says it’s “one of the most important stories you will ever come across,” and that it left him “traumatised” and in floods of tears.

He said on TikTok: “I have recommended this to every person I know because I truly believe this is the greatest show I’ve ever come across on Netflix.”

Commenting on his post, one user said: “I’ve seen it. It’s really sad but brilliant.”

Another user added: “And they say racism doesn’t exist in the USA – this is living proof.”

A third user said: “Nothing I’ve watched has ever affected me as deeply as this did – heartbreaking.”

One more user wrote: “Seen this, it’s really good.”

On IMDb, one reviewer also said: “The only bad reviews I have seen are by conservative commentators who see it as a political diatribe. It isn’t.

“It’s the brutally honest story of a horrible tragedy and the racial discrimination of the time, exemplified in a nationally known case.

“Unfortunately for conservatives, if it’s a story about racial discrimination – which has existed throughout history and continues to exist today – it’s considered a liberal agenda, even though it is not. It’s a story of injustice, and an excellent one at that.”

Another added: “The acting in this series, especially by the kids and young adults, really pulled me in. I haven’t gotten this emotional watching anything in a long time.

“The last episode had me in tears multiple times, and I hope viewers withhold judgment until they see the whole thing. This is still so relevant 30 years later.”