‘ after approaching the circular spaceOuter Range‘, ‘The Anatomy of a Scandal’, or reread the ‘feminist fable’.Roar‘, great news awaits us this week and some resounding returns. Below are all of our bets.
1. ‘You better call Saul (S6, chapter 1)’, the beginning of a familiar end
Two years after the end of season five, it’s finally the sixth and final stage (first half) of ‘Better Call Saul’, the ‘side-episode’ of ‘Breaking bad’ about Jimmy McGill transforming into the weird criminal lawyer Saul. In new episodes, our (anti)hero tries at all costs to disappear from the radar of gangster Lalo Salamanca. In principle, he is followed by Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), who leaves the firm to accompany him in his misfortunes. Movistar Plus + from Tuesday the 19th.
2. ‘Don’t Quit’ is a great series about a big scam
Of the thousands of recent dramas about crooks of various lines (from ‘Super-pumped’ to ‘WeCrashed’ to ‘Who’s Anna?’), ‘Don’t Quit’ has to be by far the best: a portrait that’s both hilarious and hilarious. Nuanced by Elizabeth Holmes (a wonderful Amanda Seyfried), a biotech entrepreneur who managed to lure investors and scientists into a blood-testing project with little real basis. Liz MeriwetherThe creator of ‘New girl’ masterfully manages the project. Disney+, Wednesday, the 20th.
3. ‘Russian doll (T2)’, from loop to time travel
More than three years after its startling first episode, this series co-created, starred, and partially directed this series. Natasha Lyonne, this time sacking Leslye Headland (busy in ‘star wars’ series ‘helper’) as ‘showrunner’. Video game engineer Nadia Vulvokov is no longer stuck in a ‘Time Trap’ style loop anymore, instead she travels back to the 1980s to solve a family mystery, sort of like Marty McFly. Netflix, Wednesday, 20.
4. ‘Heartstopper’, big LGTB love to fuel passions
This new British Netflix series (not just) reeks of teenage phenomenon. original web comic Alice Oseman She already has a lot of fans, but starting next week, many more will fall in love with the leading love couple. Two boys from Truham Boys’ School: Charlie Spring (Joe Locke), thin, shy, openly gay and high school rugby star and supposedly straight Nick Nelson (Kit Connor). Netflix, Friday, 22nd.
5. ‘Gaslit’, Watergate from an unconventional perspective
Example of a recent podcast (“Slow burn”) translated into images, this production by Sam Esmail (“Mr. Robot”) is an approach to Watergate from little-known perspectives. Most notably, Martha Mitchell’s (Julia Roberts), wife of John N. Mitchell (Sean Penn), who was Nixon’s attorney general. He was the first to raise the alarm about Nixon’s role in the scandal. Matt Ross (“Captain Fantastic”) directs all six episodes. Starzplay, Sunday the 24th.