Rhea Seehorn in 'Pluribus' on Apple TV Credit: image courtesy Apple TV

Premieres Wednesday:

Heweliusz — A dramatic miniseries recreates the 1993 sinking of a ferryboat in what was the Polish equivalent to Titanic. Great, and now you have to spend the next 12 years worrying that you’re going to be subjected to the Polish equivalent to Avatar. (Netflix)

Just Alice — A Colombian woman dances with danger by secretly marrying a former priest even though she’s already married to a writer. Look for it under the alternate title Seriously, Not a Single Soul Wants This. (Netflix)

Premieres Thursday:

All Her Fault — Succession’s Sarah Snook portrays a mother who gets plunged into a nightmare when her child disappears after his very first playdate. As opposed to Peter Bogdanovich, who should have disappeared after his very first Playmate. (Peacock)

The Bad Guys: Breaking In — Get a front seat to budding larceny in a prequel series that shows how filmdom’s most beloved criminal critters made their rep. I’m going to go out on a limb and predict it was selling digital subscriptions to the Sentinel. (Netflix)

Death by Lightning — Because you couldn’t get enough of Paul Giamatti as John Adams, here’s Michael Shannon in the role of James Garfield, the president who was shot and killed after only six months on the job. Matthew Macfadyen plays the assassin, setting up a possible spinoff about the founding of Antifa. (Netflix)

The Vince Staples Show — At the outset of Season 2, Vince is gingerly avoiding the consequences of having murdered White Boy in the last season’s shocking finale. Odds are he’ll get away with it, since White Boy wasn’t actually white. (Netflix)

Premieres Friday:

As You Stood By — One Korean woman agrees to help another get rid of her abusive husband, but a mysterious fourth player is out to ensure their plan hits a few snags. SPOILER: That mysterious player is an Army recruiter, and his big idea is to keep the husband safe by sending him on combat drills with BTS. (Netflix)

Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films — Look ahead to the upcoming Fire and Ash while learning how the miracles of motion capture brought the citizens of Na’vi to life with an authenticity pure CGI can’t equal. Yes, you’ve lived long enough to see James Cameron feted as some sort of Luddite. Hey, that would be a good name for an alien race too! (Disney+)

Frankenstein — Guillermo del Toro puts his romantic imprint on yet another classic monster, casting Jacob Elordi as the tortured creation that didn’t ask to be assembled from a stack of spare parts. Listen, if Cher can suck it up, so can he. (Netflix)

Groom & Two Brides — A Kuwaiti man has a lot of juggling to do when he finds himself engaged to both his childhood sweetheart and his boss’s daughter. Even worse, neither of them will let him sample the goods, because they both say they’re Kuwait-ing for marriage. (Netflix)

Mango — Denmark makes its entree into Hallmark Channel territory with the story of a hotel manager and her romantic awakening at the hands of a Spanish mango farmer. Is he really all that, or is she just relieved his operation has nothing to do with Chris Kattan? (Netflix)

Maxton Hall: The World Between Us — Hooking up at Oxford has heartbreaking consequences for Ruby in Season 2 of the German YA series. Meanwhile, there is no statue at UCF for everybody who got ghosted after doing a handy in the stacks. (Prime Video)

Pluribus — Breaking Bad visionary Vince Gilligan reunites with his Better Call Saul muse, Rhea Seehorn, casting her as the one person immune to a worldwide virus that’s caused mass contentment among the human population. Among the medical profession, her condition is known as Leonard Cohen Syndrome. (Apple TV)

Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 — Six animation studios offer fresh adaptations of some vintage manga that Chainsaw Man creator Fujimoto authored between his late teens and early 20s. I don’t know about you, but when I was that age, the only thing I was authoring was bogus prescriptions. (Prime Video)

The Worst Trip Around the World — Mexican internet personality Juanpa Zurita makes like Phileas Fogg by attempting to visit four continents via light plane. Disney+ is acknowledging up front that a spectacular flameout awaits — which is awfully considerate of them, considering that they gave us no warning whatsoever about Secret Invasion. (Disney+)

Premieres Saturday:

2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — This livestream is your chance to watch David Letterman induct Warren Zevon as a musical influence. Because that consolation prize is the only way decent acts can get into the Hall anymore, especially if they’re dead. “What more do we have to do?” wail the New York Dolls. (Disney+)

Premieres Monday:

Bat-fam — The 2023 animated flick Merry Little Batman becomes a full-fledged series, with the Caped Crusader, Alfred and Damien opening up the doors of Wayne Manor to a bunch of supposedly reformed baddies. Before you scoff, Bane would like to let you know that Nazi tattoo was merely a youthful indiscretion. (Prime Video)

Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth — Learn the sad story of the Love Island U.K. host, who killed herself in 2020 rather than stand trial for assaulting her boyfriend. Or so Prince Andrew would have you believe! (Hulu)

Marines — The docuseries format puts us up close and personal with America’s fighting forces as they head to the Pacific to test their readiness and fortitude. In a last-minute stroke of genius, each episode ends with Pete Hegseth making a pitch for Ozempic. (Netflix)

Sesame Street — Season 56 changes up the format by devoting each episode to a single storyline. The approach pays particular dividends in the finale, a Rashomon-style mystery titled “Who Offed Rocco?” (Did I mention each installment is only 11 minutes?) Also available on PBS and PBS Kids, if you still have those in your hoity-toity sanctuary city. (Netflix)

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This article appears in Nov. 5-11, 2025.