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Starts This Friday: What to Watch This Weekend on Streaming
What just landed on Netflix, HBO Max, Prime, Hulu, Peacock and Paramount+, and whether it is worth your night. Three minutes, every Friday.
Week of October 16
Binge or Bail
Five new titles, one honest verdict each. Remy watched them so you don't have to.
01NetflixBINGEThe Diplomat, Season 4
4.5/5 Tom's Guide
Keri Russell is back as Ambassador Kate Wyler: one global crisis after another, and a marriage to Hal that somehow gets worse. Sharp, fast and funny, with the best dialogue on TV. Critics call it the best season yet. All eight episodes are out, so clear your weekend.
02Disney+BINGEVisionQuest
87% Rotten Tomatoes
Paul Bettany's Vision goes looking for what's left of himself, and James Spader's Ultron steals every scene he's in. Moody, strange and a real step up for Marvel TV. New episodes every week into late November, so pace yourself.
03PeacockBACKGROUND ITCrystal Lake
62 Metacritic
The Friday the 13th prequel: it's 1971 and Linda Cardellini's Pamela Voorhees runs the camp kitchen. She is genuinely unsettling and the kills are practical. The story wanders, though. Put it on, keep your phone in hand and look up when you hear screaming.
04NetflixBAILSacrifice
38% Rotten Tomatoes
Anya Taylor-Joy leads an eco-cult that takes Chris Evans hostage at a charity gala. On paper it's a wild satire. On screen it's muddled, slow and never decides what it wants to say. Two great stars, one skip.
05HBO MaxBAILunless you love JackmanThe Death of Robin Hood
Critics split
A24's grim, gritty take on the legend, with Hugh Jackman as an old, broken Robin. He is fantastic. The movie around him is slow and heavy, and it never lets you breathe. Jackman fans only.
Your weekend
The Diplomat tonight, VisionQuest one episode at a time, Crystal Lake on in the background. Skip Sacrifice.
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New on your apps
The Drop
- Netflix
- The Diplomat, Season 4
- Sacrifice
- Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald
- Love Is Blind: Boston
- Heat (1995)
- HBO Max
- The Death of Robin Hood (A24)
- Kate Berlant: Parmesan
- The Amateur (Sat)
- Prime Video
- Love of Your Life
- Masterplan
- Scream 7
- Disney+
- VisionQuest (weekly)
- KATSEYE: Wild Hearts
- Hulu
- Grey's Anatomy, Season 23
- 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Nashville
- The Hunger Games films
- Companion (Sun)
- Apple TV+
- Tenzing
- Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars, Season 2
- Peacock
- Crystal Lake, all 8 episodes
- Hot Spot
- Paramount+
- Tulsa King, Season 4
Coming next week on Netflix: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 (Tue), Nobody Wants This, Season 3 (Thu) and Lupin, Part 4 (Fri).
Last chance
Leaving Soon
Watch these before they disappear.
- Leaves Mon, Oct 19
Boyhood
Netflix
- Leaves Mon, Oct 19
The Room Next Door
Netflix · Almodóvar
- Leaves Tue, Oct 20
Go
Netflix · The '99 cult classic
- Leaves Wed, Oct 28
Gossip Girl, all six seasons
Netflix · XOXO, start tonight
- Leaves Thu, Oct 29
Deadwind, Seasons 1–3
Netflix
The Rewind · this week’s throwback
Heat (1995)
Pacino and De Niro across a diner table: the scene every crime show since has been copying. Michael Mann's Los Angeles at night has never looked better. Two hours fifty. Worth every minute.
NetflixRewind week
One 60-second throwback a day, a different decade each day, always something you can stream tonight. This week: the Halloween countdown.
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What is Starts This Friday?
A weekly what-to-watch show about streaming. Every Friday it covers what just landed on Netflix, HBO Max, Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, Peacock and Paramount+, and gives each new title one honest verdict: Binge, Bail or Background It.
When do new episodes come out?
A new episode comes out every Friday on YouTube and here on the site. Verdicts, clips and the daily Rewind throwbacks follow during the week on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
What do Binge, Bail and Background It mean?
Binge means it is worth your night, so start it now. Bail means skip it. Background It means it is fine to have on while you do something else, but it does not need your full attention.
Who hosts the show?
Remy Marlow, an AI-generated host. Her voice, face and photos are synthetic. The release dates, critics' scores and verdicts are real and checked before every episode.
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