They Actually Had Netflix in 11th Century Scotland

So, what does Lady Macbeth watch?

NUMBER ONE: Heathers

Heathers is a story of a teenager Veronica who is trying to survive the struggles of high school. She becomes "friends" with the three most popular girls in school known as the "heathers." Veronica then meets a sociopath named JD who spins her life into a cycle of hate, unintentional murder and indifference, and revenge against her enemies, other wise known as her best friends. 

Basically, this is a story of a girl who wants revenge against her evil best friends, so she can be the most popular girl in school. Initially, her and JD are all about revenge and getting power, but later Heather realizes that JD is cray cray and wants to stop killing people. In the end, JD's crazy catches up with him and he gets himself killed.

So power hungry couple who ends up killing a lot of people, girl comes to her senses, guy still crazy and power hungry, guy kills more people, guy dies. Let's be honest, Lady Macbeth can totally relate to this, it's almost exactly what happened to her (minus the witches and suicide).

NUMBER TWO: Scandal 

Scandal is a show about a team of D.C. "fixers" who make scandals disappear. The show centers around Olivia Pope, a former white house employee who has left her post and started her own business "Olivia Pope and Associates." Olivia is considered a very influential person in Washington with even the President of The United States valuing her advice and opinions. While Olivia is never exactly in the spot light, she is pulling all the strings. 

Lady Macbeth can for sure relate to this. First off, she is also an extremely influential person in Macbeth. She calls most of the shots in her relationship with Macbeth and can manipulate him to do whatever she wants. This is essentially what Olivia Pope does with the President. This reveals how Lady Macbeth is driven by her power hungry nature, at least at the beginning of the play.

NUMBER THREE: Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl is a show about the upper east side of New York and a blogger who blogs about all the secrets within it. 

Lady Macbeth Specifically relates to the character Blair Waldorf, the queen bee of the upper east side. The only thing you need to know about Blair is that what Blair wants, Blair gets. God save the soul that dares to cross her. Blair surrounds herself with loyal followers and manipulates anyone to get exactly what she wants.

If Lady Macbeth was an upper east sider, she'd be Blair Waldorf. They are both manipulative and are willing to do whatever it takes to get what they want. 

NUMBER FOUR: The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street is based off of stockbroker Jordan Belfort, whose giddy career ended in federal prison. Essentially, it is a story off a power corrupted individual who screws over a lot of people in his path, including both of the women he is involved with.

This relates to Lady Macbeth, who gets screwed by Macbeth when he gets corrupted by power, like what happens to both of Jordan Belfort's wives. This reveals the later part of Lady Macbeth's character, when all the guilt gets to her and she eventually takes her own life.