What to watch this weekend.
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A mysterious murder on a yacht. Dragons flying high above a stormy sea. A comedy conspiracy thriller about a chair company. These and more great TV shows and movies head to streaming this week, and I have quite the list for you to peruse below, including both brand new content and all the best shows currently airing on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV and the bevy of other streaming services we all subscribe to these days.
In the entertainment world, we had the NYC Comic-Con this week. I didn’t attend, but there were some very cool trailers released. Critical Role’s new show The Mighty Nein got its first full trailer and it looks like a worthy successor to Vox Machina.
The upcoming Game Of Thrones spinoff, A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms, also got its first full trailer and it looks absolutely phenomenal. I’m so excited for this one, even with all my disappointment surrounding these shows (and books).
On the flipside, the new trailer for Netflix’s The Witcher Season 4, with Liam Hemsworth taking over the role of Geralt of Rivia from Henry Cavill, looks utterly dreadful. Just atrociously bad. Such a shame. What ought to have been a brilliant new fantasy series fell so quickly to ruin.
Check out more TV show recommendations in my Top Shows Of 2025 Part 1 video below:
For more viewing recommendations, check out the 20 movies on Netflix in October according to Rotten Tomatoes right here. Lots of great stuff on that list.
As always, I have scoured the internet for the best movies and TV shows on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Apple TV, Disney+ and everywhere else. It’s October and there’s a lot of new stuff out, and plenty of older movies recently dropped on Netflix and other streaming apps.
If you have any tips or I missed something, shoot me a message on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. You can check out last weekend’s streaming guide right here. Let’s dive right in!
New Shows & Movies This Weekend
The Chair Company (HBO Max)
Tim Robinson, who I’m familiar with from the very wacky and hilarious sketch series I Think You Should Leave, heads up this new comedy on HBO Max about a slightly unhinged man named Ron Trosper who investigates what he believes is a “vast criminal conspiracy” after he suffers an embarrassing incident at work. This premieres Sunday and looks excellent. The season’s 8 episodes will air weekly.
The Woman In Cabin 10 (Netflix)
Keira Knightley plays a journalist who witnesses a someone being thrown overboard from a yacht. When she reports the incident, she’s told that passengers and crew are all accounted for and her concerns are dismissed. So she starts investigating on her own. The film is based on the novel by Ruth Ware. While the premise sounds intriguing, the Rotten Tomatoes score is bleak.
Boots (Netflix)
Boots is about new US Marine recruits navigating boot camp and a military that is not exactly friendly to gay people. The comedy series follows Cameron Cope, a bullied teenager who impulsively joins the Marines and finds new meaning and resilience in one of America’s toughest institutions. Based on the memoir The Pink Marine by Greg Cope, the inspiration for Cameron’s character. This is getting very solid reviews.
Maigret (PBS / Masterpiece)
This new British mystery — set in France — follows Parisian Chief Inspector Jules Maigret (Benjamin Wainwright) and is based on the popular Maigret detective novels by Georges Simenon, which happen to be the second-best-selling detective series of all time behind Sherlock Holmes. The novels have been adapted many times, including the 1960s BBC series starring Rupert Davies and the 1990s series starring Michael Gambon. A French version aired in the 90s and 2000s. This time around, Maigret investigates a rash of bank robberies—and a murder.
Karen Pirie — Season 2 (BritBox)
This Scottish mystery series actually debuted last week, but didn’t make my list. The story follows the titular character after her promotion to Police Scotland’s Historic Cases Unit, where she begins investigating cold cases. I only just learned about this series despite it being one of my favorite genres (UK cold cases mysteries!) and taking place in one of my favorite countries. I have to watch Season 1 before I can get to Season 2, of course, but after the disappointing turn Unforgotten has taken in its later seasons, I’m in need of another cold cases series. (Dept Q was very good also, by the way).
How To Train Your Dragon 2025 (Peacock)
The live-action adaptation of How To Train Your Dragon is one of my favorite films of 2025, and far better than any of Disney’s live-action remakes. Not only is it a faithful adaptation, it’s just a beautiful sight to behold. I purchased the 4k Blu-ray immediately, which in my hierarchy of movie endorsements is very high up there.
John Candy: I Like Me (Prime Video)
I grew up on John Candy movies like Uncle Buck and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. His brief appearance in Home Alone was so memorable. His final completed film was the hilarious parody, Canadian Bacon. This new documentary tells his story. I realized, as I was reading about it, that Candy was only 43-years-old when he died. I turned 44 this year. That makes me feel . . . not old, exactly. But it’s weird.
The Substance (HBO Max)
I got a lot of hate for it, but I really passionately disliked The Substance, the horror arthouse darling of 2024 starring Demi Moore (who won some awards for this one) and Margaret Qualley. It’s about an aging celebrity who takes a mysterious substance and “births” a younger self, only for things to go very wrong. Lots of gross body horror that’s done very well in a plot that is on-the-nose and nonsensical. I know, I know. I’m an uncultured heathen and a terrible writer and human being for saying so. You can be the judge yourself now that the film is on HBO Max.
The Conjuring: Last Rites (VOD)
I’ve never gotten into The Conjuring series, but it’s quite popular and a good pick for this spooky season as Halloween approaches and the days get chillier and the nights grow longer. It’s about haunted houses and the people who investigate them, with some jump scares and creepy paranormal horror. This is also (supposedly) the last Conjuring film, but once you’ve made nine movies, why stop there?
TRON: Ares (In Theaters)
I remember, as a kid, watching the original TRON movie and it was so cool and so trippy, almost like being in a dream about a video game. The special effects have aged poorly, but it sure was cool back then. I never really got into the new movies, despite being a huge fan of Jeff Bridges. Jared Leto takes the lead in TRON: Ares which is faring much better with audiences than critics.
Anemone (In Theaters)
Another entry that’s been out for a week but which I didn’t include in last week’s guide, Anemone stars Daniel Day-Lewis in his first film in years across from Sean Bean (who probably dies in the movie). The film was directed by Ronan Day-Lewis, Daniel Day-Lewis’s son. It looks like a pretty depressing character study, though more depressing are its middling reviews.
One Battle After Another (In Theaters)
I’m hoping to go see this one this weekend, as I was traveling for work when it hit theaters last weekend. Paul Thomas Anderson is one of modern cinema’s best film directors and there are very few Leonardo DiCaprio films that aren’t excellent. It’s quite the winning combination and it appears both critics and audiences agree.
What’s Streaming Weekly
We have a couple big series finales this week
Slow Horses — Season 5 (Apple TV+)
I’m currently rewatching Season 2 of Slow Horses with my son. We burned through Season 1 and he’s completely enraptured by the show, having never really seen anything like it before. It’s useful to rewatch these earlier seasons as Season 5 airs. Season 5 is very good, but it’s not as good as this show’s first four seasons and I’m still trying to figure out why. It’s far from bad, far from a major dip in quality, but it just isn’t as strong a story. Still one of the best things on TV, of course. Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb will never get old.
The Lowdown (FX/Hulu)
The Lowdown is a fun crime dramedy from Reservation Dogs director, Sterlin Harjo. Ethan Hawke stars as citizen journalist and “truthstorian” Lee Raybon as he goes toe-to-toe with local corrupt businessmen and white supremacists, seeking truth and justice and maybe just a bit of glory on the way. I’m a bit behind on this one, but so far it’s a lot of fun. Read my review here.
Task (HBO)
We have just two episodes left in HBO’s excellent miniseries, Task, starring Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey. It’s a bit of a cat-and-house crime drama but while the investigation angle is exciting, it’s the characters who make this show the best thing on TV at the moment. You can read my review here.
Peacemaker — Series Finale (HBO Max)
The finale of James Gunn’s Peacemaker Season 2 dropped this week and I have mixed feelings. I’ve really enjoyed this season, but last week felt more like a finale to me and this week feels more like a setup for Season 3—and there’s no word on whether a third season is even happening or if this is actually just setup for the wider DC universe and a possible Checkmate series. The latter seems likely. It seems likely we’re getting a “Salvation Run” arc as well, which is cool. That DC comics series was based on a pitch by George R.R. Martin, actually. I just think this entire season was too short and too stuffed with ideas that never got enough screen-time. It ought to have been twice as many episodes, and this should have been the mid-season finale.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — Season 3 (AMC+)
I started and then stopped last Sunday’s episode of Daryl Dixon. When Daryl meets the lepers in the hills of Spain I just rolled my eyes so hard I found myself watching another show entirely. I have some catching up to do, in other words, if I’m going to keep covering this season. It’s just all so goofy and hard to watch, but I’ve only given up on one TWD spinoff: The World Beyond.
Gen V — Season 2 (Prime Video)
I am still debating whether to keep watching Gen V, the young adult spinoff of The Boys. Young adult, not as in appropriate for YA readers, but as in the show follows college-aged “Supes” at university. I thought Season 1 was pretty good, but then Season 4 of The Boys really turned me off and now I’m struggling to get back into the franchise. I probably will, since I have every intention of covering the fifth and final season of the main show. I have to see how it all plays out, after all. Homelander wins, doesn’t he?
Only Murders In The Building — Season 5 (Hulu)
Only Murders In The Building is one of my favorite cozy mysteries and I adore both Martin Short and Steve Martin but wow, Season 5 is a hard slog to get through. The writing has fallen off a cliff. The mystery is boring. The focus on billionaires feels trite and uninspired. The humor misses far more than it lands. I can’t see how they’ll tie up in any of the myriad loose ends from previous seasons, and they’ve basically thrown the entire podcasting angle out the window. What happened? I feel like they had an entirely different story ready for Season 5 and then binned it and came up with a totally new script. It’s so weird. I’m so disappointed.
Outlander: Blood Of My Blood Season Finale (Starz)
The finale of the Outlander prequel series is upon us this weekend. I gave up on this show (at least for now) because it felt too derivative and mostly just fan-service. I don’t even think those are inherently bad things, but I guess I was expecting more for some reason. Still, if you’re really interested in Jamie and Claire’s parents and their own time-traveling story, the finale is upon us. Here’s my review.
Abbott Elementary — Season 5 (Hulu)
The popular mockumentary style series Abbott Elementary is airing its fifth season on Hulu currently. The sitcom follows teachers and staff at a Philadelphia public school as they navigate the pitfalls of education and workplace drama. It’s an uplifting story about public servants facing down the odds, and we need all the uplifting stories we can get in these troubled times.
Billy The Kid — Season 3 (MGM+)
I do love a good Western, but I still haven’t watched Billy The Kid on MGM+ yet, probably because it’s on MGM+ (though I have watched the excellent FROM and the not-so-great The Institute on that streaming service). In any case, the third season is airing weekly now.
Tulsa King — Season 3 (Paramount+)
Sylvester Stallone stars in this Taylor Sheridan mafia series. I keep meaning to start this one, but I keep not having time. I need so much more time! Where does it all go? I have heard positive things about it from many of my readers, but I have to admit I’m just not loving a lot of what Sheridan is putting out these days. I think he’s stretched himself too thin.
Be sure to check out last weekend’s streaming guide right here.
And that’s all folks! Let me know what you’re watching and if I missed anything you think I should add to this guide. If there’s anything upcoming on your radar, let me know about that as well! You tell me: What else did I miss? What should I put on this list or add to my backlog? Let me know on Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky or Facebook.
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