When Eddie, played by the handsome Theo James, inherits a dukedom, he soon learns that there is a huge grow operation under the property. He wants out of the drug business, but is drawn into one caper after another as he tries to extricate himself. Very gory, often funny, full of strange characters, double crossing, …
This incredibly bingeable show with its half-hour episodes caused me to make bad decisions about how late to stay up. I couldn’t wait to find out what would happen next. Serious, studious Emma and playboy Dexter meet on graduation night in 1988 and spend the night and part of the next day together. Despite their …
In London, a call to police sheds doubt on whether the right man was convicted in the murder of a woman several years previously. A young, Black Detective Sergeant is given the routine task of looking into it, and so she approaches the original investigating officer, DCI Hegarty, ably portrayed by Peter Capaldi. After getting …
Based on the excellent Hugh Howey novel, Wool, a subterranean city is carved deep into the earth. No one knows why they are there, but they believe that outside is a poisonous wasteland. Anyone who says that they want to go out is put in a suit and sent out the door, where they appear …
An up-and-coming British politician and his family are rocked when an office romance becomes public. However, it soon becomes more than that when he is accused of rape. The prosecutor, played by Michelle Dockery, pursues the case with a zeal that almost seems personal. His wife, Sienna Miller, stands by him, but she too is …
This political thriller got mixed reviews, but I’m not sure why – I loved it. The premise is that Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) is a career state department fixer and doer – she works best behind the scenes, making things happen. Her husband, Hal (Rufus Sewell) is a career ambassador, charming and connected. For Reasons, …
This show has every batshit crazy thing anyone could think of – motorcycle chases, Excalibur, doughnuts, Jesus, AI that basically runs the world, a quest for the Holy Grail, Margo Martindale . . . whatever you can imagine – it’s probably in here. Funny and exciting, this show follows a nun in her fight against …
At first I thought, “not another zombie show,” but this one is different. Twenty years after a pandemic that turns the infected into zombie-like creatures, smuggler Joel is given the task of delivering teenage Ellie (who is immune to the infection) to people who may be able to use her immunity to devise a cure …
Octavia Spencer stars as Poppy, a NY Times journalist turned true crime podcaster. Poppy has recently returned to the Bay Area, where she grew up and where her family lives, and each season presents a different mystery that she aims to solve. Poppy can be a frustrating character – she has a tendency to fixate …
Natasha Lyonne stars in this episodic mystery of the week show. She’s on the road, for reasons that are developed in the first episode, and somehow, wherever she goes there happens to be a murder to solve. She has the ability to tell if someone is lying, and by the end of each episode she’s …