"The Diplomat" returns Thursday on Netflix Credit: courtesy Netflix

Premieres Wednesday:

Inside Furioza — The sequel to the 2021 crime drama Furioza has a new kingpin taking hold of the Polish underworld, with plans to extend its reach into other countries. At press time, a confused Stephen Miller had ordered the arrest of Doda. (Netflix)

Loot — Molly and Arthur are stranded on a desert island at the top of the long-awaited Season 3, which is finally hitting screens after a hiatus of nearly a year and a half. See, for a while there, it looked as if star Maya Rudolph was going to be busy playing Kamala Harris. Isn’t it great when we can be two previews into one of these things and you already want to put the gun in your mouth? (Apple TV)

Murdaugh: Death in the Family — Jason Clarke plays Alex Murdaugh, the “it” killer of 2023, in a drama series that was announced two months before he even went to trial. What were they going to do if he was acquitted, retcon him as a K-pop demon hunter? (Hulu)

No One Saw Us Leave — The Mexico of the 1960s is the setting for a reality-based drama in which a couple’s divorce becomes needlessly complicated when the husband kidnaps the daughter. That’s a niche market for the lawyers all right, but I understand their billboards are the s***. (Netflix) 

Six Kings Slam 2025 — Plant yourself in front of the screen for three days of men’s tennis from Riyadh, but think very carefully: Do you really want to spend that much time in a country even Shane Gillis wouldn’t visit? (Netflix)

Premieres Thursday:

Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy — The humane approach is the modus operandi of an eight-episode dramatization that’s so determined to avoid exploitation it doesn’t reenact a single one of the infamous Gacy’s murders — or even show his victims interacting with him in any way whatsoever. As Derek Smalls would say, that’s a cozy 10 minutes. (Peacock)

The Diplomat — As Season 3 commences, the sudden death of the American president elevates a psychopathic vice president into the top job. Listen, we’d take it. (Netflix)

Romantics Anonymous — A chocolatier who has trouble making eye contact falls in love with a customer who doesn’t like touching people. Which explains why their meet cute is her throwing a bag of truffles at his head and missing by a mile. (Netflix)

Starting 5 — The quintet of NBA greats profiled in Season 2 includes James Harden, No. 1 point guard for the Los Angeles Clippers. Or as I knew him until five minutes ago, that guy whose side eye I use to respond to every one of James Woods’ tweets. (Netflix)

“The Perfect Neighbor” on Netflix Credit: courtesy Netflix

Premieres Friday:

27 Nights — The life of Argentinian artist and writer Natalia Kohen inspired this probing drama about a woman whose daughters have her committed, even though what looks like mental illness on her part might simply be eccentricity. It’s more complicated than it seems, because she was born four decades too early for the Tylenol defense. (Netflix)

Good News — A black-comic take on the 1970 hijacking of a Japanese commercial flight, with the authorities exploring a bunch of zany strategies to restore order. Bright idea No. 1 is having Johnny in the control tower just unplug everything. (Netflix)

Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam — Former friends and even his ex-wife explain how they were taken in by Zach Horwitz, a struggling actor who fraudulently claimed to hold the foreign distribution rights to various big Hollywood films. Investors were seduced by fake contracts with Netflix and HBO — documents that were later ruled phonies because they didn’t include a single notification of coming subscription hikes. (Prime Video)

Mr. Scorsese — Fellow filmmaker Rebecca Miller salutes the great Martin Scorsese with a five-part documentary that chronicles the great man’s life and work. Follow his entire creative evolution, from his early days as a student filmmaker at NYU to his later years as Kevin Feige’s No. 1 troll. Cinema! (Apple TV)

The Perfect Neighbor — Bodycam footage is used almost exclusively to document the racial tensions that culminated in a 2023 shooting in Ocala. Or you could just plug your Nextdoor feed into Google Photos and hit “animate.” (Netflix)

She Walks in Darkness — A Spanish secret agent risks her life to spend years undercover with the terrorist group known as ETA. But how dangerous can they be if they’re never totally sure when they’re going to get anywhere? (Netflix)

The Thaw Season 3 — The six-episode third season of the Polish crime drama has widowed detective Katarzyna Zawieja (Katarzyna Wajda) investigating a drug ring run entirely by teenagers. Well, it’s a better return than they used to get from delivering Gritski, Poland’s family newspaper. (HBO Max)

Turn of the Tide Season 2 — Eduardo returns to his Azores neighborhood three months after the events of Season 1, to find the local drug trade controlled by a new and intimidating enemy. Careful, Eduardo! Those Polish teenagers will f*** you up! (Netflix)

Turn of the Tide: The Surreal Story of Rabo de Peixe — Learn the true story behind today’s returning crime drama in an accompanying documentary that shows how a humble fisherman’s life was turned upside down by the washing ashore of a massive shipment of cocaine. For one thing, he sure could gut those fish faster! (Netflix)

The Twits — This animated adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book about “the meanest, smelliest, nastiest people in the world” features new songs by David Byrne. “No comment,” say Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison. (Netflix)

Premieres Sunday:

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards — Presenters in the 27th annual tribute to the best in horror cinema will include Ryan Coogler and GWAR. Expect the state of the art in bloody decapitations. And I’m sure GWAR have something fun planned as well. (Shudder)

Premieres Tuesday:

Who Killed the Montreal Expos? — Two decades later, Canada is still wondering how it lost its first MLB team to Washington, D.C. Which only goes to show that country is ahead of us in everything, because America is currently wondering how it lost everything to Washington, D.C. (Netflix)

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This article appears in Oct. 15-21, 2025.