Slightly dirty, looking (almost too old to be a rat boy) TV hunk, Scott Speedman stars as R.J. Decker. A disgraced newspaper photographer and ex-con who starts over as a private investigator in the colourful world of South Florida.
Across nine episodes, viewers follow RJ tackling cases that range from slightly odd to outright bizarre with the help of his journalist ex, her police detective wife and a shadowy new benefactor — a woman from his past who could be his greatest ally … or his one-way ticket back to prison.
R.J. Decker is inspired by the novel Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen.
Earlier this month, the Disney+ show was renewed for a second season.
Alongside Speedman, Weruche Opia (later to be replaced by Station 19's Jaina Lee Ortiz), Kevin Rankin, Adelaide Clemens, & Bevin Bru joined the main cast.
Dexter, Dexter: New Blood and Dexter: Resurrection's David Zayas also plays Jaina Lee Ortiz's father.
While Stephen Bishop also stars, in this fairly lean, new TV world smaller cast network TV series.
This was an easy, breezy nine episode, Florida watch. With no Dexter in Florida anymore, there are few shows set in the sunny state now.
ABC really gave this series a second shot with a second run to stream/air later in 2026. One of their only scripted series to air later this year, I am predicting early, this will be a two and done series.
The fact it was their last show to get renewed, the fact they are giving The Rookie a second chance with a second spin-off. The first Niecy Nash's The Rookie: Feds was cancelled after one season. They are also apparently investing in another Grey's Anatomy untitled Texas spinoff. So it's spin-off central at ABC.
9-1-1 has one, Grey's Anatomy's getting another (following the above mentioned Station 19's recent conclusion) and The Rookie gets a second bite at the spin-off cherry.
With no cancellations last season, two new entires this season and some strong comedy content. One drama is ripe for the cancellation. My money is on R.J. Decker.
If you want to catch up with it though, all episodes stream now on Disney+.
Sheriff Country is the first spin-off of the Fire Country franchise. Apparently CBS has others in the works. In Australia this streams on Paramount+.
Starring Morena Baccarin, Christopher Gorham, Michele Weaver, Matt Lauria, plus W. Earl Brown.
Last December, the series was renewed for a second season.
Sheriff Mickey Fox (Baccarin) investigates criminal activity in Edgewater County, CA, while contending with her ex-con father, Wes, and her wayward daughter, Skye. An early plot line focuses on the murder of Skye's ex-boyfriend, Brandon, a recovering addict.
Baccarin was introduced as the police spin-off series to Fire Country. The back-door pilot episode landed in season two of the parent series.
The episode, Alert the Sheriff introduced Baccarin's character, Edgewater County Sheriff's Sergeant Mickey Fox.
Since then, episode 13 and 14 this season was also a crossover.
With Max Thieriot as Bode Donovan, Diane Farr as Sharon Leone, True Blood's Kevin Alejandro as Manuel "Manny" Perez, along with Jules Latimer as Eve Edwards.
The finale left on a bit of a cliffhanger after a fairly action packed episode 20. Apparently the mothership show will get an episode cut next season, however Sheriff Country appears to be untouched for their episode count.
Apparently there is also a second spin-off in the works. Featuring Jared Padalecki who played Camden Casey in season three.
This was a more enjoyable series than the OG show. There were some sexy characters and Morena Baccarin is very good. I'll be happy to see some more of Ian Quinlan as Deputy Hank Iglesias, along with Matt Lauria as Nathan Boone.
Likely to return in October. This is one of three CBS finales over the next few days. I need to get through Y: Marshalls and the mothership, Fire Country's finales. Also landed on Paramount+, the latest season Canadian series, SkyMed, along with another Yellowstone spin-off, Dutton's Raunch.
The fifth & final season of The Boys, has finally streamed on Amazon. Based on the comic book series of the same name, which commenced back in 2019. The series has now officially concluded. It's spin-off Gen V was also cancelled. Where some of the character actually crossed over in this season.
Returning cast, Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Nathan Mitchell, Colby Minifie, Susan Heyward, Valorie Curry, and Cameron Crovetti, with Snowpiercer Daveed Diggs, joining as a religious nut job.
This season, the Boys and Billy Butcher, who possesses a virus capable of killing all Supes in the world, join forces one last time to try to end Homelander's reign, who now threatens to become immortal with the discovery of the first version of Compound V, the V1.
The season received critical acclaim with praise towards its action sequences, character development, social commentary, humour, storyline, performances (particularly Urban, Starr, Fukuhara, & Ackles), and having a satisfying conclusion, though some criticised its pacing and claimed the season suffered from a lack of focus.
Vought Rising , is the next spin-off series, which will star Ackles and Cash reprising their roles as Soldier Boy and Stormfront, respectively.
Vought Rising will be set in the 1950s, apparently set to stream in 2027.
In the series finale, The Boys bury Frenchie as Homelander prepares a national address proclaiming his godhood from the Oval Office.
After provoking Kimiko into testing her new power on her, Sage is rendered powerless and departs the Boys to live an ordinary life.
Once the Boys successfully infiltrate the White House with Ashley's help, Annie fights the Deep while Hughie and M.M. lure Oh Father away so Butcher and Kimiko can face Homelander.
Oh Father and the Deep are killed while Ryan aids Butcher in restraining Homelander, enabling Kimiko to blast them all and neutralise the Compound V in their blood.
A now powerless Homelander begs for his life but Butcher kills him. Subsequently, Ashley is removed from office and Edgar once again becomes Vought's CEO. Overcome with despair after being rejected by Ryan and learning of his dog's death, Butcher goes to Vought Tower to release the virus but is killed by Hughie before he can do so.
After the Boys disband, M.M. renews his marriage vows and takes in Ryan; Kimiko goes to France; and Hughie and Annie prepare to become parents.
It was a slightly random, neat finale. But it worked. Homelander had to die, I wish Frenchie didn't in the previous episode.
Whilst I think Gen V could have had a better ending, a possible third and final season, I am looking forward to Vought Rising in 2027.
Another bi series finale next week, Hacks. If episode nine is anything to go by, it's gonna go out with a BANG!
Margo's Got Money Troubles is the latest series from David E. Kelley. Based on the 2024 novel by Rufi Thorpe, starring, Elle Fanning, Nick Offerman, Greg Kinnear, Thaddea Graham, Michael Angarano, Michelle Pfeiffer, plus some Nicole Kidman.
The eight episode first season (I originally thought it was a miniseries) landed on Apple TV mid-April. Margo received positive reviews from critics, with the series then gaining a renewal for a second season.
Margo's Got Money Troubles centres on Margo Millet (Fanning), the daughter of a Hooters waitress, Shyanne (Pfeiffer), and a former professional wrestler, Jinx (Offerman). After becoming pregnant by her English professor (Angarano), Margo turns to OnlyFans to support herself.
Reconnecting with her estranged father, who shares wisdom gleaned from his wrestling days, Margo achieves remarkable success on OnlyFans.
In the finale, Lock and Load, all Margo's issues come to a head. The episodes ends like it could have been a miniseries, however Apple TV & A24 had different ideas.
Where will season two see Margo (Fanning) and her son Bodhi end up. Time will tell. If having Kidman and Pfeiffer on the show, we may have a wait!
Both Apple TV & A24, have excelled recently. Apple TV is also getting lot's of love for Widow's Bay and the new Wednesday series, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed.
Honestly the $25 dollars I pay a month for my Apple Music and TV is so worth it. Not an ad. But damn. I used to pay $30 a full album back in my youth at HMV, Erina Fair! Now I get unlimited music and premium TV content. Damn. Some things are cheaper in 2026!
Have an ace weekend. The Boys finale incoming. Not to mention on the weekend, Fire Country and Sheriff Country also both conclude on Paramount+. With SkyMed also returning. Paramount+ is also a content champion right now.
Alert: Missing Persons Unit is a procedural drama about the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons’ Unit (MPU).
Across the 30 episode run, each episode features a heart-pounding, life-or-death search for a missing person that runs alongside police officers Jason Grant (Scott Caan, Hawaii 5-0) and his ex-wife Nikki Batista’s (Dania Ramirez, Devious Maids) season one long quest to find out the truth about their long-lost son.
Which is all neatly resolved by the end of season one. No spoilers here if you are late to the party. Like me.
The series is created by John Eisendrath and Jamie Foxx. Which originally landed on FOX back in January, 2023. Back in June 2025, the series was canceled after three seasons. With the very last episode airing last May.
A procedural show, during these uncertain times, can be very calming. Every episode has a strict formula to follow. Every episode a new missing person (s). However the lose of a main character at the start of the season three, leaves the show a little lost.
Adeola Role, Ryan Broussard, & Graham Verchere join Ramirez and Caan as the main series regulars. Don't worry about Caan being out of a job. Following an episode on NCIS: Los Angeles, next TV season he joins NCIS: New York. Which in turn has bumped NCIS: Sydney to a midseason, ten episode run next season.
Stan has all thirty episodes streaming right now, after acquiring the series well after it concluded.
2024–25 TV season was cruel at FOX. Alongside Alert: Missing Persons Unit, we also farewelled, 9-1-1: Lone Star, the spin-off with way more heart than the OG. The Cleaning Lady which had a promising start, but grew increasingly tedious, The Great North & Baywatch wannabe series, Rescue: HI-Surf. Funny that got cancelled, next TV season Baywatch is legit being rebooted.
With a mild cliffhanger, Alert: Missing Persons Unit sails off into the TV graveyard. Could a fourth season have worked? I think it ended just well enough. Unfortunately in the US, some network shows (9-1-1) have outstayed their welcome. Jumped the shark. Or just become so average. I'm looking at you Grey's Anatomy.
Mother Mary is a musical/psychological drama-thriller film written and directed by David Lowery.
Starring Anne Hathaway & Michaela Coel, with the music was composed by Daniel Hart, with original songs provided by musicians Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX. FKA Twigs also provided an original song.
The soundtrack album Mother Mary: Greatest Hits was announced in March, whilst being released in April. It includes seven original songs, all performed by Hathaway. Alongside the announcement, the lead single Burial was released.
Hunter Schafer, Sian Clifford joined Hathaway & Cole, playing smaller roles. Whilst FKA Twigs also had a small role in the film.
Mother Mary follows a pop star whose reunion with her former costume designer forces her to confront her past.
The film has received mixed to positive reviews from critics and was a box-office disappointment, grossing only $3 million against its $20 million budget.
With names like Charli XCX, Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel and FKA Twigs involved, this would be disappointing for A24. They are on such a roll with TV and film. With Margo's Got Money Troubles one of the most impressive TV series streaming right now.
I enjoyed this different look at fame and life in the spotlight. A massive star with wardrobe issues.
It was a little random at times, however this is my second Anne Hathaway film this weekend and I'm back in love with her performances. I did like her as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises.
I read very little about this film, nor watched the trailer ahead of seeing a Sunday session of this film. I could almost tell part one through this has FKA Twigs name all over it.
I will pass this as I did feel in the middle it sort of lost it's way a bit.
2.5 Stars. Big TV finales this week and next week. Chat soon. Bye!
Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, & Stanley Tucci return to show that printed press isn't dead yet! The Devil Wears Prada 2, has been slaying in cinemas recently, with Lady Gaga x Docehii's hit Runway smashing the charts & streaming platforms.
Gag also stars in the hit film, which has received generally positive reviews from critics, whilst grossing $453 million against a $100 million production budget. This makes The Devil Wears Prada 2, the fifth highest-grossing film of 2026. Thus far! We are only halfway through May 2026 people!
Almost 20 years after making their iconic turn as Miranda, Andy, Emily and Nigel—Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci return to the fashionable streets of New York City and the sleek offices of Runway Magazine. Spoiler alert I never saw the original film.
Yes I a bad gay! A terrible gay some may say!
The film reunites the original main cast with director David Frankel and writer Aline Brosh McKenna, and introduces an all-new runway of characters including Kenneth Branagh, Simone Ashley, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, Aussie Patrick Brammall, Caleb Hearon, Helen J. Shen, Pauline Chalamet, B.J. Novak & Conrad Ricamora.
Tracie Thoms and Tibor Feldman also reprise their roles as “Lily” and “Irv” from the first film.
Set two decades after the events of the first film, it follows Andy Sachs (Hathaway) as she helps Miranda Priestly (Streep) navigate a new media landscape and corporate threats to the survival of Runway magazine.
As media dies in 2026, this film takes aim at the dying art of journalism, with its impacts on the new media, along with fashion media!
It's all about the fashion scene in this film. The fashion, the gay anthems played through the film. This is clearly aimed at the gays and their allies lol. It is Eurovision weekend after all.
Even though I never say the OG Devil Wears Prada film, you can just slide into this easy, breezy, popcorn film.
Honestly the storyline is very easy to keep up with.
Hathaway excels in this film, while Streep is effortless.
I enjoyed every minute of this escapism from fuel crisis, wars, the rise of One Nation and the news cycle in general. Which in a way this film is telling you to care about.
Enjoy the fashion, enjoy the Gaga, enjoy the luxury. The Devil Wears Prada 2 is pure, simple fun.
Obsession is the latest supernatural/horror film of 2026.
How ironic the week of the federal budget, we get yet (another) horror film.
In Obsession, we follow Bear (played by Michael Johnston), a music store employee who buys a supernatural toy and wishes for his childhood friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette) to fall in love with him.
Alongside Johnston & Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter also star in this love story, turned into a nightmare! The film received critical acclaim, with praise directed towards Navarrette's performance. Currently on Rotten Tomatoes, the film is scoring in the high 90's! That's almost unheard of now, with the sheer volume of horror films landing in 2026.
I jumped multiple times. Shit got real about thirty or so minutes into the film. The film is close to tow hours but gets seriously messed up as the run time goes on.
The whole audience in the sold (peak) Friday evening session in, inner Sydney was laughing, yelling out and getting behind the film's leads.
This was a real experience. Honestly there were real moments were people yelled or laughed out loud.
Cinema was back baby. Sold out Devil Wears Prada 2, Michael and more. I got the last two tickets in the back row (similar to Mortal Kombat II last week) for this session.
It's rare now that these horror, mixed with a supernatural film, get such a good reaction.
I enjoyed this. Bring on the return of the cinema in 2026.
DMV followed the workers at the East Hollywood DMV. Collette, a driving instructor, tackles workplace problems, romance, and interpersonal connections with her coworkers.
The show is a fictional account of the DMV, but makes the jokes that most people have when going to renew licenses and forms. Sadly for the cast and crew, back in March, the series was canceled after one season. With the series finale streaming yesterday on Binge. This is one of the only CBS series to air away from Paramount+. Oh well it didn't stream for long, just 20, twenty minute episodes.
Aussie Harriet Dyer and hunky Kiwi, Alex Tarrant, with Tim Meadows, Molly Kearney, Tony Cavalero, Gigi Zumbado, and Jessica Camacho.
With Dyer on board, what could go wrong you ask?
Well a lot. It just wasn't that funny. Don't expect another Colin From Accounts. They ain't one F bomb in this network series. Or rude sex joke. Most jokes just fell a little or lot flat!
In the last ever episode, the consultants choose in two days which DMV will close, for good. Kinda like the shows fate!
Noa passes his driver’s test and they throw a party after work and Collette finally kisses Noa.
Colette realises there’s no chemistry with Noa after the bad kiss and Ceci helps her see how much she’s grown since starting to work at the DMV.
Barb finds out Ray Henderson is embezzling money from the pensions.
The consultants accidentally hit Barb with their car and decide to keep the branch open and shut down the North Hollywood branch.
Ray gets fired and the new head of the DMV is Beau Young. Played by the lovely, Randall Park. So we may have got more Park if season two would have gone ahead. Oh well. Not to worry.
Abbott Elementary for me, is still the network gold comedy standard. This just wasn't it. Still, I am looking forward to Dyer's, Colin From Accounts apparently also streaming on Binge, soon.
NCIS: Sydney the Aussie spin-off of NCIS franchise.
Starring Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance, Sean Sagar, Tuuli Narkle, Mavournee Hazel, Claude Jabbour & William McInnes.
Back in January, NCIS: Sydney was renewed for a fourth season.
The team is back for a bigger, bolder, and even more explosive third season, which streams locally on Paramount+.
After their croc-fuelled Top End adventure, the team are back in the glistening Harbour City, but something even more dangerous is coming back to bite them… their own pasts.
Blue (Hazel) is hunted down by her so-called “family” who harbour a shocking ulterior motive; while DeShawn (Sagar) is forced to admit he concealed a crucial piece of evidence in a court-martial to protect someone very close.
JD (Lasance) must deal with the fallout from a Faustian pact to keep the team intact within the context of a crumbling relationship… while Evie (Narkle) tentatively embarks on a new one; and Doc Roy (William McInnes) must decide if he’s ready to let go.
Against a backdrop of adrenaline pumping cases, our beloved team are put to the test like never before, involving an outback alien abduction, a nano-tech assassin, a true crime podcast cold case, a journey to Antarctica, a swashbuckling treasure hunt, and an international conspiracy with links to… Mackey (Swann).
This season features special local guest stars including Doris Younane, Simone Kessell, Fayssal Bazzi, Stephen Peacocke, Lincoln Lewis, Anthony Hayes and more. Stephen Peacocke & Lincoln Lewis are everywhere!
Actually I wish Lincoln Lewis was in more places!
With a minor cliffhanger in the final scenes, we may be waiting longer, for a shorter fourth season.
Announced midseason. The fourth season's episode count will be halved back to ten episodes next season.
Likely to arrive in early 2027.
CBS has a solid line up in-coming next season.
The Amazing Race—Renewed for a thirty-ninth season
Boston Blue—Renewed for a second season
CIA—Renewed for a second season
Elsbeth—Renewed for a fourth season
FBI—Renewed for a ninth season
Fire Country—Renewed for a fifth season (also getting shorter season, nest season)
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage—Renewed for a third season
Ghosts—Renewed for a sixth season. No word on the Australian second season yet :(
Harlan Coben's Final Twist—Renewed for a second season
Y: Marshals—Renewed for a second season. More Yellowstone incoming.
Matlock—Renewed for a third season
NCIS—Renewed for a twenty-fourth
NCIS: Origins—Renewed for a third (also a shortened season)
NCIS: Sydney—Renewed for a fourth season
Sheriff Country—Renewed for a second season
Survivor—Renewed for a fifty-first and fifty-second season
Tracker—Renewed for a fourth season
Tomorrow, the axed CBS series, DMV, here we come. Till then. BYE!
9-1-1: Nashville is the second spin-off of the 9-1-1 franchise, following 9-1-1: Lone Star, which concluded last February.
Back in March, the series was renewed for a second season. This follows the failure of Doctor Odyssey last season, being scrapped after one season.
That said, this soapy 9-1-1 spin-off, did give full midday movie vibes at times. Even with the addition of country music star, LeAnn Rimes as Dixie Bennings, Blue's mother and Don's ex-girlfriend, who is a singer.
So what's it all about?
As with 9-1-1, the series follows the personal and professional lives of first responders and 911 dispatchers.
The series primarily follows the staff of Station 113 of the Nashville Fire Department and their families, including Captain Donald "Don" Hart (Chris O'Donnell), his wealthy wife Blythe (Jessica Capshaw), and Cammie Raleigh (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) a Nashville 911 dispatcher who is Blythe's sister-in-law.
Also starring Hailey Kilgore, Michael Provost, Juani Feliz, Hunter McVey, Gregory Alan Williams, MacKenzie Porter, plus Tim Matheson. Ryan Phillippe joined the cast as a series regular for the second season, likely to come later in 2026.
ABC (American Broadcasting Company) will announce their 2026-2027 schedule next week. With all series now being renewed. RJ Decker, the last to be renewed was officially given a second run yesterday.
Leading into the finale Intrusive Thoughts, Dixie (Rimes) gets advice from her grandmother and writes a diss-track about Blythe.
The 113 responds to a woman choking on an engagement ring. On another call, the men who were dynamite fishing in a previous episode sabotage the break lines on a fork lift which starts crushing one of their coworkers. Roxie keeps sabotaging her meetings and dates with Elena.
Dixie’s song comes between Blythe and Don’s marriage as she keeps making songs about an anonymous woman.
It was super trashy! The finale, sort of leaves on a cliffhanger/bitch fight. It felt like an old school Melrose Place cat fight. Honestly this wasn't the highest quality or engaging drama that previous 9-1-1: Lone Star gave us. 9-1-1 OG is bat shit crazy, it never had the heart Lone Star did, but Nashville, it's just kinda pure trashy soap.
Onto RJ Decker, it also feels a little AI from a source novel.
I am not sure how ABC will move forward for the next TV season. With smaller episode counts and less main characters on their ageing series likely. As long as the brilliant Abbott Elementary continues its quality, I will be happy.
Mortal Kombat II is a the sequel to 2021's Mortal Kombat, the fourth instalment in the Mortal Kombat film series.
Returning cast members Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Lewis Tan, Damon Herriman (in a different role), Chin Han, Tadanobu Asano, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada, with Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, and Tati Gabrielle joining the sequel, filmed in QLD.
In the sequel, martial arts actor Johnny Cage is recruited by the thunder god Raiden and Sonya Blade to join his fellow Earthrealm fighters in a tournament against the Outworld warriors and stop the tyrannical emperor Shao Kahn, with the help of Edenian princess Kitana.
Fan favourite champions, now joined by Johnny Cage himself, are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn. There is blood, violence, with a sequel also set to be in the works.
The Boys, Karl Urban stars as Johnny Cage, taking a break from starring in the final season as Billy Butcher.
The cinema was sold out on a Friday screening on the video game sequel. The trailers also included a reboot of Street Fighter and a new live action He-Man film. Talk about my 80's, 90's childhood coming to a cinema near you.
I had, had a huge week. This was just what I needed. Some big, dumb action.
I honestly didn't hate this, but can only just pass it as some of the dialogue was not great.
And just like that, the rebooted second season of Daredevil: Born Again just wrapped on Disney+.
Blind vigilante Matt Murdock/Daredevil gathering allies to resist Wilson Fisk, who is the mayor of New York City, and his Anti-Vigilante Task Force (AVTF). Born Again is a revival and continuation of Marvel Television and Netflix's Daredevil (2015–2018).
Charlie Cox reprises his role as Matt Murdock / Daredevil from Marvel's Netflix television series and prior Marvel Studios productions, starring alongside Vincent D'Onofrio (Fisk), Deborah Ann Woll, Margarita Levieva, Tony Dalton, Michael Gandolfini, Nikki M. James, Arty Froushan, Genneya Walton, Zabryna Guevara, Clark Johnson, Ayelet Zurer, Wilson Bethel, and Elden Henson.
New additions this season, include Scream vet, Matthew Lillard, Lili Taylor, Toby Leonard Moore, & Krysten Ritter.
The second season is part of Phase Six of the MCU. A third season was confirmed in September 2025. Apparently this will stream in 2027. It was great seeing the return of Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones. Also Mike Colter returns briefly as Luke Cage. Maybe he and the Iron Fist will return for more in season three.
This has received critical acclaim. Following the world of the superhero falling a little off the cliff. If you are scared of spoilers or not up to date, don't read below the trailer.
The finale commences, as McDuffie is cross-examining Glenn, Murdock returns to court and summons Fisk for questioning on the Northern Star incident. Murdock presents Savva's video testimony which implicates Fisk, before publicly revealing his identity as Daredevil to corroborate the testimony and prove Fisk's abuses of power; the judges dismiss the case against Page.
Nearby, Dex takes out AVTF officers and an impersonator ordered to assassinate Murdock before targeting Fisk. Cashman takes the bullet, provoking Fisk to lock down the courthouse as Daredevil's supporters surround the building.
AVTF officer Cole North betrays Powell and allows the protesters into the courthouse. An enraged Fisk leaves the courtroom and slaughters numerous protestors, while Murdock, Jones, and Angela incapacitate AVTF officers guarding the building as both parties converge in the central chamber.
Fisk attempts to make a final appeal to his constituents as protestors rush him, but Murdock disarms the mob and persuades Fisk to accept a plea deal, exiling himself from New York.
Consequently, Murdock is incarcerated for his years of vigilante activities as Daredevil, while Jones reunites with Cage, who was dismissed by Mr. Charles in favour of Dex.
BB is hired by the New York Bulletin for her work in uncovering Fisk's activities, while Glenn puts on Muse's mask.
Bring on season three I say. This has been the best thing Marvel have streamed in a hot minute. Up next, the 9-1-1: Nashville finale airs on Saturday morning. See you then!
Abbott Elementary just concluded its fifth season. Like the previous seasons, the season stars Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, William Stanford Davis & Sheryl Lee Ralph. This season contained 22 episodes. Back to normal following the COVID and writers strike.
Creator Brunson stars as Janine Teagues, a perpetually optimistic second-grade teacher at the underfunded Abbott Elementary, a fictional predominantly black public school in West Philadelphia. Back in March, it was announced that the series was renewed for a sixth season. Most likely to return later this year.
Like FOX, here is an update of where ABC (series stream in Australia on Disney+) are up to for their 2026-2027 season.
9-1-1—Renewed
9-1-1: Nashville—Renewed
Abbott Elementary—Renewed
Dancing with the Stars—Renewed
Grey's Anatomy—Renewed for a twenty-third season!
High Potential—Renewed
ABC Hockey Saturday—Renewed
Monday Night Football—Renewed
The Rookie—Renewed for a ninth season, a new spin-off The Rookie: North, looking good to commence, following The Rookie: Feds scrapped after one season in 2023.
Scrubs—Reboot renewed
Shifting Gears—Renewed
Will Trent—Renewed
The only series yet to be renewed, RJ Decker. Which will drop on Disney+ in full this coming week. Hopefully I can clear some space to smash that one. News of a second season, should drop the second full week of May.
Now back to the conclusion of season five of the wonderful, comfort viewing of Abbott Elementary. This is the best of network TV comedy.
When I say comfort TV, this is just like a warm hug. Sheryl Lee Ralph as Barbara Howard. Particularly in the April Fools episode.
This show has been a joy this fifth season. Honestly the show is not slowing down with the non-stop laugh out loud moments.
In the finale, the teachers head to Miami for the conference, all the various teachers are alarmed that the district plans on shutting down 20 schools, including Abbott.
The teachers panic abut what their next career moves could be, but rally everyone that night to have one last party. Gregory tells O'Shon he was getting ready in his life plan to propose to Janine.
The next morning Jacob tries to talk to the new superintendent, but is rebuffed. The district spares Abbott as Jacob pointed out they have a new furnace which means financially Abbott should stay open. To prepare for the influx of students coming, Ava will need an Assistant Principal and chooses Gregory, actualising his dream.
O'Shon offers to help get him a discount on a ring.
Meanwhile, at school, Mr. Johnson accidentally washes away the parking spot lines. Causing an entertaining last minute scene as the teachers return to Abbott Elementary ready for season six.
This show just gets better and better. I hope ABC announce its early return so as a Christmas gift, Disney+ delivers part one of season six for the holidays.
If you were late to the party, get onto Abbott Elementary NOW!
Australia does an action/revenge film. Like a Liam Neeson revenge film, similar to John Wick. Gender reversed of course!
Radha Mitchell is a retired sniper in hiding on an Australian ranch must reunite her elite kill squad when a vengeful warlord threatens her daughter.
After retiring from her lethal career, elite sniper Kris Hendricks (Mitchell) takes refuge on an Australian ranch with her rebellious 15-year old daughter, Anja.
But as a vengeful warlord named The Dragon (Tim Roth) tracks her down, she enlists her old team of elite killers to protect herself and her daughter to take out his deadly pawns one by one.
When the true reasons for The Dragon’s revenge become clear, the deadly game of cat-and-mouse reaches an excruciating climax with unimaginable consequences for Kris and Anja.
Alongside Roth & Mitchell, Ryan Kwanten, Ioan Gruffudd, Lee Tiger Halley, Annabel Wolfe, Bianca Wallis, Pacharo Mzembe, Charles Cottier, plus Damien Ryan all star.
This film was fairly edge of your seat style action.
On a remote property, the body count builds up over the 90 minute run time.
It was good seeing True Blood (former Home & Away) hunk Ryan Kwanten, back in something with bite.
I enjoyed the film. It wasn't too graphic with the violence, the plot twist was a little predictable, but isn't every plot in a revenge film.
This was a fun Saturday morning film. Also good to get out and see an Aussie picture, that isn't deep. OK, so to the score. I'm giving this a solid 3 locally sourced stars.
Till next time. Daredevil and 9-1-1: Nashville call it quits for their respective seasons next week. Bye!
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters just concluded its second run. Following two years off our screens, the Apple TV series stars Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto, Anders Holm, Joe Tippett and Elisa Lasowski, alongside Wyatt Russell and Kurt Russell in the shared role of Lee Shaw.
Based on the Monsterverse from Legendary, this dramatic saga — spanning three generations — reveals buried secrets and the ways that epic, earth-shattering events can reverberate through our lives.
There is no news yet on season three, however season two leaves us hopeful that in another two years, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters will return to Apple TV.
So how'd the season finale go down? Spoilers below the trailer. You have been warned!
In 2017, Kentaro explains Isabel's theory that he might be able to rescue the version of Hiroshi from 2014, when he was trapped in Axis Mundi. Keiko learns about Shaw's interaction with his younger self, before they meet up with Tim's team.
Cate escapes from Isabel's base as Kong arrives and battles Titan X. Keiko rescues Cate, while Tim and May enter Isabel's base; they are unable to deactivate the overloading neural implants, but are able to pacify Titan X and disable the implants by returning her egg, which ends the fight. Shaw steals one of Isabel's helicopters and picks up Cate, Keiko, Tim and May, while Isabel and Kentaro leave on another helicopter. Cate leads Titan X to the Hollow Earth tunnel entrance, and Titan X returns to Axis Mundi with her egg.
In the process, Shaw and Keiko have a brief vision of Shaw's younger self.
Six weeks later, Hiroshi is added to a memorial for deceased Monarch employees, while Barris recruits May, Keiko and Cate into Monarch alongside Tim, and assigns them to the task of tracking down Kentaro and Isabel. Meanwhile, Shaw is already following the pair; he meets up with an old friend, A-Wut, and is led to a volcano where he encounters Rodan.
So it really leaves everything up in the air. Or up in the volanco.
This show looks a million bucks. It has a real cinema feel.
Apple TV continue to impress. Bring on Cape Fear next month! Also how good is Margo's Got Money Troubles? It just gets better and better. Week on week. Right?
I'm also keen to try new series, Widow's Bay. So much to watch, so little time!
WOW! Apple TV delivers again. Based on Araminta Hall’s novel of the same name, Imperfect Women examines a crime that shatters the lives of three women in a decades-long friendship. The unconventional thriller explores guilt and retribution, love and betrayal, and the compromises we make that irrevocably alter our lives.
As the investigation unravels, so does the truth about how even the closest friendships may not be what they seem.
Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington, lead with an ensemble cast starring Kate Mara (House of Cards), Joel Kinnaman (For All Mankind), Corey Stoll (House of Cards), Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton), Audrey Zahn (Wildcat), Jill Wagner (Special Ops: Lioness), Rome Flynn (With Love), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary), Violette Linnz (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty), Indiana Elle (The Housemaid), Jackson Kelly (The Pitt), Keith Carradine (Madam Secretary), Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty) & Wilson Bethel (All Rise).
So it's a damn strong cast, lead by the OG Handmaid herself Elisabeth Moss. This gives Liane Moriarty vibes. Big Little Lies, with some seriously badly behaved men.
Moss just slays on screen, whilst Kate Mara is truly fab, as we piece together the story of Nancy.
I enjoyed all eight episodes of this tasty, at times trashy miniseries.
It wasn't too hard to see where the finale was going. I did enjoy this though. It continues a solid year for Apple TV. Building on that, Ted Lasso's return was announced today. Returning in early August. Praise be, Apple TV, you have hits, hits and more hits.
Now this is done, Wednesdays will get my full focus on The Testaments (more Moss) and the other Apple TV hit, Margo's Got Money Troubles.
Animal Control is lead by hunky 50+ lead, Joel McHale, Michael Rowland, Grace Palmer, Vella Lovell & Ravi Patel. In season four, Kyla Pratt joined the series as Daisy Cannon.
I binged seasons one to three last year, so this was the first season I watched week-to-week.
This season had a weird release schedule with the first episode held in Australia to be released along side the second episode mid-January.
Was an interesting tactic in the USA to release one episode around Christmas, have a few weeks off then return. Only to then be off during the Winter Olympics. Then return for a bit, then be off for half of March.
By doing this, you lost rhythm of the whacky group of municipal animal control workers in Seattle, filmed in beautiful Vancouver.
Amid all the scheduled breaks and Winter Olympics, the series was renewed for a fifth season.
Which will most likely return in early 2027.
FOX will release their upfront details next month, with Baywatch their highly anticipated new series. Following the cancellation of Rescue: HI-Surf after one season.
Alongside Baywatch, FOX have another new spy drama scheduled to start next season, The Interrogator. Along with the list of series below.
American Dad!
Animal Control—Streams on Binge in Australia
Best Medicine
Bob's Burgers
Doc—Streams on Stan in Australia
Family Guy
Fear Factor: House of Fear
The Floor
Krapopolis
MasterChef
Memory of a Killer—Streams on Stan in Australia
Next Level Chef
The Simpsons
Universal Basic Guys—Streams on Stan in Australia
In coming days/weeks, I will release further details of the other big four US network plans for 2026-2027. The CW has completely dropped out with their final original series, All American streaming on Stan from July.
Nice to have a winter network series to binge.
ABC will have more finales soon with Abbott Elementary returning to Disney+ soon with a dump of new episodes, alongside new series, 9-1-1: Nashville wrapping in a couple of Saturday's.
CBS are continuing with the traditional network format of all series concluding mid-May. ABC, FOX have broken wraps and almost shut up shop early this TV season.
NBC have no current series which peak my interest.
So until next time, if you need a twenty minute workplace comedy to calm the nerves, Animal Control has cute animals and a hunky Joel McHale, who is no stranger to removing his shirt!
Enjoy another long weekend Australia. Next stop, the Kings Birthday!
In the thrilling second season of Idris Elba's Hijack, a Berlin underground train and its commuters are taken hostage, while authorities scramble to save hundreds of lives. Sam Nelson (Elba) is at the heart of the crisis on board, where one wrong decision could spell disaster.
Season two reunites its ensemble cast of stars including Elba, who was honoured with an Emmy Award nomination for his season one performance, Christine Adams, Max Beesley and Archie Panjabi, & welcomes Christian Näthe (“Ballon,” “Soloalbum,” “Schule”), Clare-Hope Ashitey (“Seven Seconds,” “Top Boy,” “Doctor Foster”), Lisa Vicari (“Django,” “Dark”), Toby Jones (“Mr Bates vs The Post Office,” “Detectorists,” “Empire of Light”), Karima McAdams (“Dune: Prophecy,” “Deep State,” “Soulmates”) and Christiane Paul (“Counterpart,” “FBI: International,” “Parlement”).
From planes to trains, Hijack returns after originally set out as a miniseries, the first seasons success, left Apple TV wanting more Elba, less plane, more train! In Germany too.
So yes, there is subtitles for season two. I know right. After a long day in front of endless Teams meetings, sometimes you just need to watch an episode of DMV or Animal Control.
So how'd it wrap up last month? Yes I am behind. I know right. So many shows, so little time! Apple TV is also on a roll! Imperfect Women, Shrinking, along with Monarch: Legacy of Monsters currently streaming.
SPOILERS AHEAD....
Sam tells Thatcher the handover must continue until Marsha is safe. Atterton is revealed to be the main orchestrator, wanting to eliminate Bailey-Brown so he can become head of the Cheapside Firm. He calls Lang and demands that Bailey-Brown be handed over or Lang will not get paid. The police identify Jess as a former Moroccan soldier.
Faber finds Linder's body and determines that Lang (ex-military who worked with Jess as a mercenary) is the orchestrator. At the Britz-Süd depot, Sam releases the passengers.
Lang and Bailey-Brown get on to complete the handover, but Sam and Otto drive the train away. Bailey-Brown tells Sam he did not kill Kai and that Lang has manipulated him. Lang incapacitates Sam, flees the train, and detonates the bombs. Believing Sam and Bailey-Brown dead, he calls Atterton to demand a higher share of the fortune made from the KA29 hijacking short. However, Sam and Otto survive. GSG-9 pursue Lang and shoot him dead when he makes a sudden movement.
Marsha makes a bonfire to signal a police helicopter, which finds her and forces Gold and Mansell to surrender. Atterton's machinations are discovered, and he is apprehended in prison, with O'Farrell confirming that Sam and Marsha are alive. Thatcher gives Sam his phone to call Marsha, confirming she is safe.
It doesn't end with all issues tied up. I wonder whether a third season will be announced by Apple TV? I feel this series was wonderful and original in its first season, however (like many shows) the second series struggles to deliver the same suspense and impact of the first season.
That said, it was highly addictive viewing again. Until next time. Bring on the long weekend!
undertone is a Canadian supernatural horror film written and directed by Ian Tuason, in his directorial debut.
Starring Nina Kiri as Evy, a woman who hosts a paranormal podcast with her friend Justin (Adam DiMarco), where she is the skeptic to his believer. After Evy moves back home to become the caregiver to her dying mother (Michèle Duquet), she and Justin are sent recordings of a married couple (Keana Lyn Bastidas and Jeff Yung) experiencing paranormal noises in their home, drawing Evy into fear and paranoia.
Evy and her mother are the only characters to be shown on-screen in the film. All other characters are heard as off-screen voices, thus conveying the film's horror through its sound design.
It's a unique idea if you ask me. Via creating horror via sound, rather than visuals. You still get the old fashioned jump scares though. As at times, this slow burn has some real tense, scary moments!
undertone premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 27, 2025, before getting a cinema release, recently.
It's another A24 success story, receiving generally positive reviews from critics, whilst being a box office success, grossing $20 million against a budget of $500,000.
That is one small budget!
undertone was an interesting take on horror. A seriously religious, dying mother upstairs. A horror podcast being recorded at 3am downstairs. I still hear the bumps in the night.
The movie also leaves you guessing a little. What actually does the ending mean?
I kinda like a film that leaves you thinking, long after you leave the cinema.
This won't be everyone's cup fo tea, however I enjoyed this. Another horror film in the bag for 2026. 3 Stars.
Big Mood is back on Stan! The British dark comedy-drama series returns after a two year break. However in the show... it’s been a year since Maggie (Nicola Coughlan) and Eddie (Lydia West) last saw each other, without any contact between the best friends.
When Eddie suddenly returns for a wedding, she isn’t alone – Maggie has competition, in the form of an infuriatingly positive spiritual healer named Whitney. Can Maggie and her special brand of chaos find space in Eddie’s new life? Or will Maggie lose Eddie forever?
Starring: Nicola Coughlan, Lydia West, Hannah Onslow, Rupert Everett, Robert Gilbert, Eamon Farren, Niamh Cusack, Amalia Vitale, Luke Fetherston, Rebecca Lowman, Stephen Sobal, Kate Fleetwood
The Channel 4 series confirmed the second season back in February 2025. This was released last week. Let's wait and see if a third season gets confirmed. I'm not putting bets on this returning or being cancelled.
This was one of those random shows I picked up on Stan when I hadn't nothing else really to watch. Also I was attracted to the interesting first season's premise. Now I feel this is one of the shows that has a great first season idea, however struggles to get out of first gear, in the second season.
That said, if you are fans of the leads, you may enjoy this.
Until next time, Animal Control concludes this week, plus tomorrow, I'm back at the movies. Yep, another horror film.
Get ready to get mucked! It's term 4 (aka final season) at Hartley High and things are getting out of hand.
As the students hit the final stretch toward graduation - chaos, secrets and mistakes look to get in the way between school and the real world. Heartbreak High, concluded on Netflix, late last month.
Over three seasons, Heartbreak High, was sort of Australia's answer to Euphoria (which is also back. Episode one sucked, hard) as well as a soft reboot of the 1994 series (itself a spin-off of the 1993 feature film The Heartbreak Kid).
Over three seasons, it has followed the students and teachers of Hartley High as they navigate racial tensions in Australia, high school romances, and all sorts of teen angst.
Over its run Heartbreak High has received universal acclaim from critics, with performances and costumes in all three seasons were met with praise. It has received numerous accolades, including an International Emmy Award and six AACTA Awards (of 15 nominations).
All this said, the third season was a bit of a hard slog.
Season one was gold, season two kind of struggled to keep the standard of the first, then this one felt like the regular Netflix quantity over quality.
Sadly Netflix (of all the streamers) definitely churns out loads of content (including a load of B grade films, which in the old days would have been straight to video/DVD) some good, some awful. Some just to keep people's subscriptions.
Emily in Paris, is cruisey and an easy watch, however the quality is highly questionable.
Heartbreak High is one of few locally produced series that were longer than an Aussie miniseries. Boy Swallows Universe, Apple Cider Vinegar & The Survivors all were shorter runs and received solid reviews, plus loads of award nominations.
Sadly Heartbreak High went off on a low, not a high like HBO series Succession and Six Feet Under.
Sometimes some shows should just end on a high before they jump the shark. This series just got too woke and too diversity tick boxing. Much like Sex & The City sequel, And Just Like That...
I am all for diversity and inclusion, however come on, not EVERY box needs ticking. Please. This is why the better side of politics lost to people like Trump, or whoever is running Tasmania and the NT.
Well until next time. More Aussie content on the way from ABC, with Kitty and Anne Edmonds teaming up for Bad Company and an NZ favourite, Urzila Carlson show landing soon. Praise be. Speaking of, how good is the Handmaid's Tale sequel, The Testaments! Well done Hulu!
Fuze is my second NOT another streaming Movie post for a week, given there were no TV finales or time for binges this week. That said, I'm almost at the end of Heartbreak High's final season. So with less TV time, a 90 minute Friday film was perfect!
The British crime/thriller heist film directed by David Mackenzie and written by Ben Hopkins.
Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, & Aussie Sam Worthington. Taylor-Johnson is such a rat bag! Also remember how hot Theo James was in White Lotus season two?
Such a thirsty cast! And also the return of Sam Worthington!
Set in contemporary London, Fuze unfolds after an unexploded World War II bomb is unearthed at a busy construction site, forcing a massive citywide evacuation.
Amid the escalating tension and chaos, a daring criminal operation is set in motion—one that uses the evacuation as cover for a meticulously planned heist. As authorities race against time to contain the crisis, alliances blur and moral boundaries are crossed, the film deftly propels audiences through a series of calculated twists delivering a wildly entertaining ride.
I really enjoyed this piece of escapism on a Friday night after a hectic week.
There was no time to waste in this action heist. With plot twists and turns. I was glued. Not just for the eye candy!
If you are looking to escape the real world this weekend. Fuze is a lot of fun.
Project Hail Mary is one of the most talked about films of 2026. People at work have been telling me to go for weeks. Given it was a combo of Easter/school holidays, there were limited films to see this previous weekend gone.
The science fiction film produced & directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller & written by Drew Goddard, based on the 2021 novel by Andy Weir.
Starring box office king, Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz, & Lionel Boyce.
Project Hail Mary follows Ryland Grace, a man who awakens on an interstellar spacecraft with no memory of how he got there.
Project Hail Mary has received positive reviews and has become a box office success, grossing $511 million, becoming the third highest-grossing film of 2026.
I feel it may still be one of the highest grossing films of 2026 by years end.
This film was long, but feel good. In a world full of instability, sometimes you need feel good entertainment. This is exactly that feel good, fun and well made.
Gosling is excellent in this lost in space, meets mission impossible film. Huge stakes, huge drama. Project Hail Mary was a good time.
If you are one of the few people I have talked to that haven't seen it, see it now. A friend also said it needs to be seen at the cinema. He was right. Speaking of I went to Lux at Broadway for a tasty late Sunday morning session.
They now have seat warmers (just in time for the cooler days/nights to arrive) and phone charging facilities. Wireless charging. Love it!
Project Hail Mary is a rocky (get it) ride it. 4 Stars. Fun.
High Potential, marks the second network series (I watch) to conclude, somewhat early. Usually these series end mid May, however this year. These shows are either starting later (like in October, rather than September) and ending around a month earlier.
The ABC series is based on the 2021 Franco-Belgian television series HPI : Haut potentiel intellectuel.
Starring Kaitlin Olson as Morgan Gillory, an intellectually gifted cleaning woman who becomes a police consultant. Also starring are Daniel Sunjata as Morgan's partner Adam Karadec and Judy Reyes as Selena Soto, the head of their unit.
Last month, the series was renewed for a third season. We will find out next month whether it stays on Tuesdays or moves nights. In Australia this series streamed on Disney+.
Adding five episodes to its second successful run. The eighteenth episodes saw, a woman who is one half of a TV celeb couple is found dead by the pool of a hotel, which happens to be the same hotel that Lucia works.
Morgan is not sure that Karadec can stay objective when Lucia is suspected of being involved. It's later revealed the murderer was a con-artist and Lucia's ex-boyfriend; Lucia is arrested as an accessory due to hiding evidence of the murder.
Meanwhile, Morgan and Wagner meet with Quinn and Wagner Sr. to gain information on Roman. Quinn warns Morgan about what she's getting into, but gives her a file that Lyla Flynn, the FBI Agent that Roman worked with, was actually dirty, and planned on coming clean, but was killed by Roman.
At home, Ava needs an idea for an art project, and tears up pieces of Roman's art to make it. While at Ava's art show, Morgan gets called by Wagner to meet a possible informant.
A shadowy figure watches Ava from a distance, as Morgan goes to meet Wagner, only to find him bleeding from a bullet wound in his back.
Cliffhanger alert. Who murdered Shameless star Steve Howey as Nick Wagner? Why was he only in the show for one long season?
Time will tell when High Potential (maybe ABC's most successful drama) returns most likely later this year. Will it be September or October? Time will tell. CBC have their upfronts announcement next week. With the majority of their series concluding in October.
Shrinking has just concluded its (equally) longest season. Even though its once less episode than the previous season, episode one was close to an hour! For a comedy! That's lengthy!
Lead by Jason Segel, the grieving therapist who decides to become drastically more involved in his patients' lives.
Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams, Christa Miller, Michael Urie, Luke Tennie, Lukita Maxwell, & Ted McGinley also star.
Back in January, Shrinking was renewed for a fourth season. Apparently there will be changes to the story next season. However the cast will remain the same.
This was one of my favourite series when it first debuted back in 2023. However like all comedies, sometimes the main elements of the series just become a little stale. The acting is on point in this series. It also tackles serious, big issues, which at times makes it hard to laugh at Parkinson's. Or the death of Jimmy's (Segel) wife.
Season three opens up as Paul's Parkinson's symptoms have worsened; he befriends a patient, Gerry, while waiting in the neurology clinic. Paul's neurologist Dr. Sykes amicably ends her sexual relationship with Sean.
Jimmy has been regularly meeting Louis on a park bench to discuss their lives.
Liz and Derek's older son, Matthew, moves back home.
Brian and Charlie, preparing for their baby to arrive, have still not discussed what role Ava will play in their lives; Brian initially admits to wanting a closed adoption, but changes his mind after meeting with Ava and agrees to let her visit regularly.
Alice is visited by the Wesleyan University women's soccer coach at her latest game. The coach offers her a scholarship, but Alice turns it down, anxious about moving away from her loved ones; she later accepts the offer at Jimmy's encouragement.
As Paul and Julie get the former's affairs in order, Jimmy impulsively suggests they get married, which they realise will solve their problems; Gaby arranges a wedding ceremony for them in Jimmy's backyard, with Jimmy giving a heartfelt speech. Paul sees Gerry in his kitchen afterwards and talks with him, but Julie does not see him; Paul realises it was a hallucination.
So there was a lot going on in this first episode of the 11 episode run.
I enjoyed the show. The laugh out loud moments weren't the same as they were in season one. However, Harrison Ford continues to impress, embracing a role in comedy.
He also plays the role so well. Michael J. Fox as Gerry was also a realistic touch, to Ford's touching storylines. Which again make this hard to laugh sometimes. The show touches you and makes you feel, whilst also trying make you lol.
It did achieve this well in seasons one (and to an extent) season two. However I am hoping there is a nice refresh in season four. That said this is still one of Apple TV's shining gems.
Years in Apple TV is absolutely killing it. With a line up currently of Imperfect Women, Monarch, Shrinking just concluding and the returning, Your Friends & Neighbours, they truly do have a solid line up.
Memory of a Killer just got renewed by FOX on the buzzer ahead of the finale Tuesday night. Wow all this Easter viewing, finales, The Boys and The Testaments returning/starting wow! I need more public holidays.
The crime thriller/drama streaming locally on Stan, is based on the 2003 Belgian film De Zaak Alzheimer and the 1985 novel of the same name.
Patrick Dempsey leads, alongside Michael Imperioli, Richard Harmon, Odeya Rush, Daniel David Stewart, Peter Gadiot, Michaela McManus & 9-1-1 Lonestar queen Gina Torres all star.
Angelo Doyle (Dempsey) is a contract killer and family man struggling to keep his two lives separate. His worlds begin to collide when an attempt is made on his pregnant daughter's life. Angelo often visits his Alzheimer's-ridden brother in a memory care facility, while there are signs that the disease is starting to affect Angelo as well.
Angelo Ledda lives two totally separate lives — fearsome NYC hitman and sleepy upstate Cooperstown photocopier salesman and father. Both of them are threatened when he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a disease he already lost his older brother to.
Memory Of A Killer premiered on another public holiday earlier in the year, concluding on Easter Tuesday. The tight ten episode order worked well. I'm not sure how a 22 episode order network series would work. Come to think of it not sure how season two will work. Either way though, it's renewed, likely to stream next January. On Stan.
Network TV has been fairly safe this season in the US. Loads of returning series. Basketball heavy on NBC. The CW ditching dramas (almost entirely) and FOX (where Memory of a Killer) having limited dramas (one is a Canadian co-pro) with a large number of animated comedies, with a side of a few live action comedies.
Like Animal Control (which annoyingly) streams on Binge. It will conclude a little later this month. It has also been renewed.
Next week CBS will announce their upfront announcement with a solid returning roster. Including new Yellowstone spin-off Y: Marshalls. Which is damn fine. Also the production quality is a lot higher than most other network series.
Memory of a Killer started strong, however with the main characters storyline, I feel this could be limited. Like Found and a number of other network series of recent years.
For now, this was decent. My parents like it. It looks better than some of your run of the mill, budget network series. It feels (without the swearing and sex) like it could be a streaming series original. That's a compliment by the way.
OK so back on April Fools Day I posted my 2026 Q1 streaming favourites. Ranked and RATED.
Now I will combine the last, long six months of summer. Yes that's right. March was OMG hot, April has been warm again after some cooler days. November is shorts/t-shirt weather and October/May can be warm too.
US network TV drama season is wrapping up. Some early this year. FOX, ABC both have seasons wrapping up this month. CBS after a winter olympics break and March Madness, will continue with the old fashioned May finales. Some later than usual like NCIS: Sydney.
These will be covered in my new series, Public Holiday Fest Streaming 26'.
Move over HBO, Amazon takes out the top spot, with local series, Deadloch. Paramount+ is also strong at numbers three and seven. However Paramount+ also got the worse series of the last six months, with the forgotten miniseries, The Serial Killer's Wife.
ABC (Australian) & STAN did well again. Bot earning local titles in the top ten. It was also Ryan Murphy season with three titles in the top 20. Meaning Disney+ had a decent summer.
If you do however need some further shows to add to your watchlist, you can view all my previous lists click through the links HERE
1. Deadloch - Season Two (AU) 2. Heated Rivalry - Season One 3. Landman - Season Two 4. All's Fair - Season One 5. Dear Life - Miniseries (AU) 6. The Madison - Season One 7. Down Cemetery Road - Season One 8. Loot - Season Three 9. Dog Park - Season One (AU) 10. The Last of Us - Season Two 11. Malice - Miniseries 12. The Beauty - Season One 13. Platonic - Season Two 14. Steal - Miniseries 15. The Day of the Jackal - Season One 16. Slow Horses - Season Five 17. Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette 18. Industry - Season Four 19. Chad Powers - Season One 20. Black Bird - Miniseries 21. Gen V - Season Two 22. RFDS - Season Three (AU) 23. Blue Murder Motel - Season One (NZ) 24. Trigger Point - Season Three 25. Reasonable Doubt - Season Three 26. Paradise - Season Two 27. Task - Season One 28. Bel-Air - Season Four/Series Finale 29. Spartacus: House of Ashur - Season One 30. Reckless - Miniseries (AU) 31. The Assassin - Miniseries 32. Fallout - Season Two 33. All Her Fault - Miniseries 34. The Better Sister - Miniseries 35. Mother & Son - Seasons One - Two/Series Finale (AU) 36. Homebodies - Miniseries (AU) 37. Goolagong - Miniseries (AU) 38. Sunny Nights - Season One (AU) 39. Return to Paradise - Season Two (AU) 40. 9-1-1 - Season Eight 41. I Love LA - Season One 42. Run - Miniseries (AU) 43. He Had It Coming - Season One (AU) 44. Ghosts (Australian TV series) - Season One (AU) 45. Hotel Costiera - Season One/Series Finale 46. Dept. Q - Season One 47. Squid Game 오징어 게임 - Season Three/Series Finale 48. The Copenhagen Test - Season One 49. It's Florida, Man - Season Two 50. Hostage - Miniseries 51. The Night Manager - Season Two 52. The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Miniseries (AU) 53. The 'Burbs - Season One 54. Watching You - Miniseries (AU) 55. His & Hers - Miniseries 56. English Teacher - Season Two/Series Finale 57. The Chair Company - Season One 58. ted Season Two/Series Finale 59. Peacemaker - Season Two/Series Finale 60. Animal Control - Seasons One - Three 61. Long Bright River - Miniseries 62. Only Murders in the Building - Season Five 63. The Imposter - Miniseries (AU) 64. Morning Wars - Season Four 65. Happiness - Season One (NZ) 66. The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox - Miniseries 67. Tulsa King - Season Three 68. Power Book IV: Force - Season Three/Series Finale 69. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - Season One 70. Sirens - Miniseries 71. The Nowhere Man - Season One 72. Murdaugh: Death in the Family - Miniseries 73. It – Welcome to Derry - Season One (Chapter One) 74. Agatha Christie's Seven Dials - Miniseries 75. Monster: The Ed Gein Story 76. Atomic - Miniseries 77. Red Eye - Season Two 78. The Rainmaker - Season One 79. Tell Me Lies - Season Three/Series Finale 80. School Spirits - Season Three 81. Talamasca: The Secret Order - Season One/Series Finale 82. Film Club - Miniseries 83. Wonder Man - Season One 84. Boots - Season One/Series Finale 85. Girl Taken - Miniseries 86. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season Three 87. Palm Royale - Season Two/Series Finale 88. The Lowdown - Season One 89. 56 Days - Season One 90. This City Is Ours - Season One 91. The Serial Killer's Wife - Miniseries
The Drama is selling out sessions over the Easter long weekend. If Project Hail Mary was already a box office supertstar, The Drama is the new romantic black comedy-drama film written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli that had sessions full this weekend at Broadway.
Starring Zendaya plus Twilight's Robert Pattinson, this has real star power ahead of the return of Euphoria and the second Pattinson Batman film.
The Drama has thus far received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. It is really nothing like the trailer suggests.
I went in with fairly medium expectations. However when it was revealed what Zendaya as Emma Harwood, the film took a turn.
I mean, best friend Alana Haim as Rachel (yes from the hit band, Haim) was shocked! With the wedding incoming, Pattinson as Charlie Thompson had serious questions about his upcoming marriage.
This film went to some dark places. It tackled issues the US does not often like to talk about.
I was fully immersed for the near two hour run time.
I was loving the drama, plus how the film dealt with a real hot button issue. I am not sure this will go over with some Americans, however it needs to be discussed. I'm not telling you what the worst thing Emma ever did. However, it's not what you expect it to be.
This felt original, well acted and stuck to a good run time. I was impressed. 4 Stars.
If you are looking for a film this Easter, go on, support your local cinema.
Bait is yet another Amazon binge for me whilst being on Easter leave. Gosh pre-Easter, the full moon, it was a lot!
This British limited 6-part television series created by + starring Riz Ahmed. Now Ahmed was in one of the best miniseries of all time on HBO (in my mind). The Night Of was incredible. HBO at its best. In it's 2016 prime!
Now on Prime, or Amazon, Ahmed is a struggling British Pakistani actor as he auditions for the role of James Bond amid public backlash and family relationships.
Bait had its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, being released for streaming late last month. Thus far, Bait ha received positive reviews from critics. What did I think? Check out a brief public holiday/long weekend take below the trailer.
An actor (Ahmed) in London suffers an existential crisis while auditioning for the role of James Bond. Alongside Ahmed, Guz Khan, Sheeba Chaddha, Aasiya Shah, Ritu Arya, Weruche Opia & Sajid Hasan also star in the six episode limited series.
This is also a rare 20-30 minute series on Amazon. The last I loved was axed after one season. Dick Wolf's On Call.
I wanted to like this. Amazon has been on a roll. Deadloch was incredible. Cross was a fun ride. The Boys final season starts next week.
So I was a little sad to be disappointed by this.
I love Ahmed, I liked the meta concept, however I just didn't find it that funny.
That said, I may not be the target market. Either way, critics love it, so check it out now on Amazon. If you are keen for some long weekend streaming.
Public Holiday Fest Streaming 26' is the new TV series right up until the new financial year on July 1st.
Now I live in NSW. We have very limited public holidays. However, over the next three months we got:
Good Friday - Today
Easter Monday - Next week
Anzac Day make up day - Monday 27 April
Kings Birthday - Monday 8 June
So it doesn't seem like a lot but July - September, there are none. When I lived in British Columbia, Canada, we had like one a month! So April is exciting AF!
So this allowed me to catch up on some Amazon series (like back in Fiji). Cross (which concluded last month) was first up!
Based on the Alex Cross novel series written by James Patterson, starring Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, & Juanita Jennings.
The second season was released back in mid-February, airing episodes weekly. Unlike most Amazon series which of late however been a binge affair.
Last month, the series was renewed for a third season. Upon the second season renewal announcement, Jeanine Mason. Along with Wes Chatham, Matthew Lillard & Michelle C. Bonilla.
Amazon does these Jack Ryan, Reacher, male lead crime/action series well. Cross has a few more twists, with less action sequences. However its still damn fine TV.
Aldis Hodge is hot AF! He fits into every outfit like a glove. Then when he has his shirt off. LORDY!
Season one was a big hit on the service. This is the third incarnation of Alex Cross in films or on television. Season two expands on that and gets deeper than season one did.
Season two gets more in-depth on Cross (Hodge), Kayla Craig (Alona Tal), and John Sampson (Mustafa).
Each of the three main characters in season two have their own agendas and storylines that they’re involved in. As always, each season of the show is based on an original that was inspired by the book series.
This season is based on another original story. Pieced together with story elements from season one. This serialised season is broken up to focus on all of the main characters. Each of their stories are very effective in helping to develop their characters and move them forward.
The main story featuring Alex Cross is about a corrupt businessman named Lance Durand (Lillard), the CEO of Crestview Industries. He has a seed that can grow anywhere so he can help people in any country grow food to help starvation and low income families in poor areas of the world. The problem is that he’s using child labor to do his work in his factories around the country.
To get such a lofty lifestyle, he had to leave some collateral damage in his wake. Which in turn, caused some people to want to seek revenge for that collateral damage. It’s an investigation he’s working on with Kayla Craig from the FBI once again. This is a far-reaching investigation that goes to Chicago, the Texas/Mexico border, and Sunrise, Florida. It’s the kind of story that I’ve loved regarding this character.
Two supporting stories revolve around Tal’s character and Simpson’s characters. One deals with something from her path that has creeped up through the cracks and could threaten her career. The other is about a family member who has come back into his life after thought gone for years. The problem is this thought gone family member was arrested for murder and her relative has to investigate said murder to try to prove her innocent, but that doesn’t change their relationship at all. Which is very complicated at best.
The two subplots support the main story very well. They all intertwine together to give the show a well layered experience. Throw in a third with Hodges’ character and the series ups the antenna from season one.
If you like crime thrillers, Cross is 100% for you!
See you for another Amazon series Bait real soon. Bye for now and drive safe, stay safe, this glorious long weekend!
Hows that humidity? Along with nearly 30 degree days everyday. So much for autumn in March. I'm happy with my Scorchin' Summer Streamin' 26 assessment for the last three months in TV.
Aussie content wise, the first three months of the new year have been big, with Sunny Nights and Dear Life on Stan, Goolagong and Dog Park on ABC & Run on Binge.
Q2 is looking big too, with catch ups on the final season of Heartbreak High, Bad Company and Urzila Carlson's sketch series both landing on ABC soon.
This quarter (helped along by Fiji streaming) was even bigger than part one of summer streamin'. 46 series this quarter! SHIT! Some catch ups but a lot of content dropping and smashing this summer.
Amazon has continued its dominance. Scoring another number one, with local series Deadloch's second NT based season. I am halfway through Cross and Bait, with a catch up lined up for Scarpetta and The Boys final season kicking off soon. Plus the Legally Blonde. Elle series incoming!
Australian titles from Stan, ABC, SBS and Binge did well making the top 20 this season. Apple TV, gave some of the best (Down Cemetery Road) and worst (Palm Royale) of TV these past few months. With the latter getting served a cancellation. It should have always been the proposed OG miniseries idea if you asked me.
Either way, here is my full list of this steamy, humid, nasty ass summer streaming below.
So until those series debut, here is a look at the past three months. Before that, go waste your time with my previous quarterly RATED's!
1. Deadloch - Season Two (AU) 2. Landman - Season Two 3. Dear Life - Miniseries (AU) 4. Down Cemetery Road - Season One 5. Dog Park - Season One (AU) 6. The Madison - Season One 7. The Beauty - Season One 8. Steal - Miniseries 9. Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette 10. Industry - Season Four 11. Black Bird - Miniseries 12. Blue Murder Motel - Season One (NZ) 13. Spartacus: House of Ashur - Season One 14. Homebodies - Miniseries (AU) 15. Paradise - Season Two 16. Fallout - Season Two 17. The Better Sister - Miniseries 18. Goolagong - Miniseries (AU) 19. 9-1-1 - Season Eight 20. Run - Miniseries (AU) 21. Sunny Nights - Season One (AU) 22. Dept. Q - Season One 23. The Copenhagen Test - Season One 24. It's Florida, Man - Season Two 25. Squid Game 오징어 게임 - Season Three/Series Finale 26. Hostage - Miniseries 27. The Night Manager - Season Two 28. The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Miniseries (AU) 29. The 'Burbs - Season One 30. ted Season Two/Series Finale 31. Long Bright River - Miniseries 32. His & Hers - Miniseries 33. Power Book IV: Force - Season Three/Series Finale 34. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - Season One 35. The Imposter - Miniseries (AU) 36. Happiness - Season One (NZ) 37. Agatha Christie's Seven Dials - Miniseries 38. The Nowhere Man - Season One 39. Red Eye - Season Two 40. Tell Me Lies - Season Three/Series Finale 41. Monster: The Ed Gein Story 42. School Spirits - Season Three 43. Wonder Man - Season One/Renewed for Season Two, not a Miniseries 44. Girl Taken - Miniseries 45. Palm Royale - Season Two/Series Finale 46. 56 Days - Season One
Paradise just concluded its second run starring Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, & guest James Marsden.
The post-apocalyptic political thriller has received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for its premise, writing, and performances (particularly those of Brown, Nicholson, and Marsden). At the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, the series received a nomination for Outstanding Drama Series and acting nominations for Brown, Nicholson, and Marsden.
Earlier this month, the series was renewed for a third season.
Season two was never just about the bunker! Xavier searches for Teri out in the world and learns how people survived the three years since ‘The Day’. Back in Paradise, the social fabric frays and new secrets are uncovered about the city's origins.
I did love the first season. The second season was highly enjoyable, with a third season potentially planned as the finale. These shows with bir premises seem to have a short life span. Also unlike a lot of streaming series, this one was back after less than a year.
This is rare in this day and age. So how'd the big finale go down? Doom scroll below for more. Be warned! Season two also saw, Shailene Woodley, Thomas Doherty, Michael McGrady, Timothy Omundson, Ryan Michelle Bathe & Patrick Fischler joined the cast.
Before the disaster, Dylan presents Miller with an AI quantum supercomputer, which Redmond helps to develop. However, the AI, named after Miller’s ill wife Alex, begins to manipulate time and Miller requests for the project to be shut down.
In the present, Redmond learns that Alex has started to make correct predictions about events, with the next predicted event being her own death. With Redmond gone and the militia approaching, Torabi orders the doors to be opened in order to stabilise the reactors. However, the cooling systems explode, killing Anders and injuring Robinson, and Torabi is forced to order the bunker’s evacuation.
The militia enters and aids the evacuation, and Collins and Teri reunite with James. Dylan helps Redmond and Collins in rescuing their daughters, Geiger dies trying to fix the cooling system, and the militia rescues Robinson and Jeremy.
Dylan and Collins experience nosebleeds after seeing each other, and Collins persuades Dylan to abandon Alex after revealing that his and Annie’s daughter is with them. Redmond tells Dylan that she is his mother, and she asks Collins to head to a second bunker containing Alex, before sacrificing herself to contain the reactors’ explosion inside the bunker doors.
Collins narrowly avoids the doors closing and reunites with his family, while Dylan meets his daughter for the first time.
Bring on season three. Let's hope it continues the release flow and lands early 2027. Can you believe we are talking about 2027 already! Shit! That concludes the Scorchin' Summer Streamin' 26 series.
