If you're looking for a new show to watch this week, the vast landscape of streaming networks will provide plenty of them. Some of them are even good!
The Diplomat, season 2
If you're thinking, "Oh, great, a television drama about global politics and diplomacy—sounds fascinating," you're not getting what people liked about the first season of The Diplomat. Yes, Keri Russel plays the U.S. ambassador to the UK, but the show is a pot-boiler packed with snappy dialogue that uses geopolitics to raise the stakes on over-the-top situations. In other words, it's fun, I swear.
Streaming on: Netflix
Special Ops: Lioness, Season 2
In Taylor Sheridan's Special Ops: Lioness, Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, and Laysla De Oliveria play agents of the Lioness Program, an all-female CIA operation designed to infiltrate global criminal organizations. Season 2 begins with a new mission: A Texas congresswoman is kidnapped and taken to Mexico. Expect more of the morally murky, "who are really the bad guys here?" action that made season one a hit with critics and fans alike.
Where to stream: Paramount+
Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5
Star Trek is awesome, but its best-and-brightest starship crews full of infinitely capable officers with straight white teeth make me ask: "Aren't there any screw-ups in the future?" Enter Star Trek: Lower Decks. This canonical animated series adds much needed irreverence to the Star Trek's sometimes self-serious universe. It follows the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos, the ship where Starfleet sends its problem children to make "second contact" with alien lifeforms. This is Lower Decks' final season, so check it out while it lasts.
Where to stream: Paramount+
Last week's picks
What We Do in the Shadows, Season 6
The supernatural comedy series What We Do in the Shadows has been putting out weird, funny episodes for five seasons and built up a loyal fanbase of weirdos eagerly awaiting every one. Sadly, season 6 marks the end of the series, but happily, we have these new episodes to look forward to. This season sees Nadja facing the horrors of the corporate world, and the ghoulish gang getting a new roommate, Jerry, who's been sleeping since 1976.
Where to stream: Hulu
Somebody Somewhere, Season 3
In a television landscape dominated by larger-than-life character and situations, it's cool that there's room for a gentle, emotional dramedy about regular folks and their regular lives. It's even cooler that people like it: Somebody Somewhere's second season earned a rare 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The show tells the story of Sam (Bridget Everett), a middle-aged woman with no superpowers, and her deep friendship with Joel (Jeff Hiller), who is not a billionaire with a tragic secret. Instead of unraveling international conspiracies, Sam cares for her aging parents and tries to figure out how to live her life with grace. Nothing explodes.
Where to stream: Max
Before
Is there anything Billy Crystal can't do? America fell in love with him as Mitch Robbins in City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold, and now, he's playing a straight role as Eli, a child psychiatrist, in the 10-episode supernatural drama Before. Eli is a recent widower whose new patient, Noah (Jacobi Jupe), has some serious psychiatric issues and a strange connection to the Eli's past. Intriguing! Before also stars Judith Light and Rosie Perez.
Where to stream: Apple TV+
Beauty in Black
Tyler Perry's new series shows what happens whens worlds collide. In Beauty in Black, Taylor Polidore Williams plays Kimmie, a struggling exotic dancer at Atlanta's Magic City strip club. Mallory, played Crystle Stewart, is the head of a hair care dynasty and matriarch of a very wealthy family. When these two cross paths, their fates become entangled and things get sexy and dangerous.
Where to stream: Netflix
Breath of Fire
I have an equal level of respect for all religious and spiritual traditions, even the brand of "Kundalini yoga" taught by Guru Jagat (aka Katie Griggs), whose mastery of social media propelled her to the heights of fame and wealth to which all spiritual leaders aspire. This HBO docuseries portrays Jagat as a master manipulator who lied as easily as she assumed the lotus pose, so watch Breath of Fire for all the dirt on Jagat and Kundalini yoga itself.
Where to stream: Max
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