American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden — Relive the years of intelligence gathering and careful military maneuvering the U.S. government undertook to locate the Al Qaeda mastermind and bring him to justice. And by “justice,” I mean “a CIA safe house in Tulsa, where he remains to this very day.” (Netflix)
Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story — Over the course of two decades, English marrieds Fred and Rose West tortured, raped and murdered a confirmed dozen young women. Three documentary episodes will reveal how they managed to get away with it. (I’m betting their neighbors simply assumed they were American college students on an extended visa.) (Netflix)
Rhythm + Flow: Poland — The international hip-hop talent search alights in the land of dudes, Dudas and dudettes, with the nation’s most promising rappers competing for 500,000 złoty. Which is nice, but what they could really use now is some Tomahawk missiles. (Netflix)
Snakes and Ladders — An ambitious, ethically challenged Mexican teacher will stop at nothing to claim the top position at the institution of higher learning where she works. So what you’re saying is she’s willing to compromise her principals? (I’m sorry. I’m very, very sorry.) (Netflix)
Premieres Thursday:
Bet — Manga source material becomes live-action teen drama, as a Japanese exchange student relies on her gambling skills to make her popular at her new boarding school. Meanwhile, the kids who are good at D&D just get pantsed like always. (Netflix)
Duster — The American southwest of the early 1970s is the setting for a crime/thriller series about the first Black female agent in the history of the FBI. This is the sort of project you’d expect the current administration to have shut down by now, but they’ve got their hands full trying to get Ryan Coogler to tell them where the rest of the vampires are. (Max)
Love Death + Robots Volume 4 — This season’s shorts include an all-puppet, David Fincher-directed rendition of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 2003 gig at Slane Castle, Ireland. For crying out loud, if we’re not going to let Kraftwerk into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, they should at least have dibs on a show that’s about freaking robots! (Netflix)
Overcompensating — Online comic Benito Skinner, aka Benny Drama, adapts his 2018 solo stage show into a series about a college-age closet case. Supporting players include Connie Britton, Kyle MacLachlan, Charlie XCX and Bowen Yang. (Prime Video)
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives — Season 2 features the return of Miranda McWhorter, who was intimately involved in the partner-swapping scandal that set the events of this reality exposé in motion in the first place. See, the good thing about swapping with Mormon couples is that they throw in a year’s worth of canned goods to sweeten the deal. (Hulu)
SkyMed — A new chief nurse arrives in Season 3 of the high-flying Canadian medical drama, but not in time to prevent the shocking death of one of the main characters. Is this what they mean about Canadian healthcare making you wait until it’s just too late? (Paramount+)
Thank You, Next — Putting her practiced detachment on the back burner, Turkish single gal Leyla commits to a new relationship in Season 2. But what secrets are she and her new beau keeping from each other? Sounds like it’s somebody’s turn to fez the music. (Netflix)
Vini Jr. — As the documentary cameras roll, Brazilian soccer great Vinícius Júnior dribbles his way to the UEFA Champions League trophy while using his high profile to decry racism in the sport. And you? You’re just happy when you can remember to empty the trash and take your Lexapro in a single day. (Netflix)
Deaf President Now! — In 1988, students erupted in fury when a hearing person was appointed president of Gallaudet University, the world’s only institution of higher learning for the deaf. As this illuminating documentary illustrates, things only got worse when the board chair tried to smooth things over by reassuring the protesters “I have heard your concerns.” (Apple TV+)
Football Parents — When she signs up her son for the local soccer team, a Dutch mom discovers that the other parents are — are you sitting down? — a bunch of controlling loons. As the saying goes, it’s all fun and games until somebody demands a genital inspection. (Netflix)
Murderbot — Filmmakers Chris and Paul Weitz cast Alexander Skarsgård as a security cyborg who has to hide it from his human co-workers that he’s achieved free will. And it’s a comedy — just like it was when Grok told you you could cure the measles by slamming your junk in a Cybertruck door. (Apple TV+)
Rotten Legacy — Sorry if you saw the title and thought Johnny Lydon was finally getting even for that Steve Jones show. What we have here is actually a Spanish drama in which a Rupert Murdoch type struggles to rescue his brand from the loved ones who are running it into the ground. I dunno, that sure sounds like the Johnny Lydon story to me. (Netflix)
Premieres Tuesday:
Motorheads — Ryan Phillippe plays the adult mentor in a series about Midwestern high-schoolers who find a new hobby in street racing. Because somebody apparently saw the Fast & Furious movies and thought “How can we get kids more personally involved in this?” (Prime Video)
Sarah Silverman: PostMortem — Adding a note of the bittersweet to her trademark edgelady schtick, Sarah pays tribute to her parents, both of whom she lost within a two-week period in 2023. And when I say she lost them, of course I mean in a Trader Joe’s parking lot, because melancholy only goes so far. (Netflix)
Untold: The Fall of Favre — Hallelujah! The mighty hand of the streaming documentary is coming to smite Brett Favre. Not for stealing millions of dollars from the Mississippi welfare system, mind you, but for the sexting and harassment he got away with nearly scot-free 12 years earlier. This is where I’d ordinarily try to mollify you by reminding you that Al Capone was brought down over income tax evasion. But then I’d have to explain what income tax was. (Netflix)
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This article appears in May 14-20, 2025.