The Best TV Series to Stream This Week

If you're looking for a new show to watch this week, streaming has you covered. Some of them are even worth your time!

This is a particularly great week for television shows. Netflix's Eric is the choice for you if you're in the mood for something dark, or you love Benedict Cumberbatch. If you'd rather a breezy comedy that crackles with youthful energy, check out the second season of We Are Lady Parts on Peacock. Or you could dive into a new season of Vatican-based horror on Evil, make Prime's Outlaws your new favorite show just because Christopher Walken is in it, or check out a new cult documentary with Netflix's Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult.

Eric

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in this thriller series created by BAFTA and Emmy Award-winner Abi Morgan. Cumberbatch plays Vincent, a puppeteer who created the wildly successful kids' show Good Day Sunshine. But when his nine-year-old son goes missing on the way to school, Vincent's world unravels and he descends into a personal nightmare of guilt, anger, obsession, and madness. According to Morgan, "Eric is a dark and crazy journey into the heart of 1980s New York—and the good, bad, and ugly world of Vincent." Sounds good to me.

Where to stream: Netflix

We Are Lady Parts, season 2

We Are Lady Parts is my favorite show on streaming, and I'm not the only person who loves it: season one is sitting on a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. If you're not familiar, Lady Parts is a British comedy series about an all-female, all-Muslim punk rock band. How could you not love a show with this premise? Season two sees Lady Parts trying to record an album, dealing with local fame, and navigating the contrasts between their culture and their profession in charming, hilarious, awkward, and heart-warming ways.

Where to stream: Peacock

Evil, Season 4

Equal parts terrifying and thought-provoking, horror/thriller series Evil has been earning nearly universal critical and audience raves since its first season in 2019. The show follows a skeptical female forensic psychologist, a priest-in-training, and a blue-collar contractor as they explore the unexplained mysteries of the Catholic Church. This season, the trio will be confronting witches, possessions, robot dogs, and the anti-Christ itself—if it's even a real thing.

Where to stream: Paramount+

The Outlaws, season 3

Created by and starring Steven Merchant, co-creator of the U.K. version of The Office, The Outlaws serves up very British comedy with a side order of Christopher Walken. It follows a pack of minor scofflaws from different walks of life who come together to do community service for their crimes. Things get complicated when they discover a cache of hidden money and decide to keep it, angering the drug dealer it belongs to. Now is an excellent time to catch up on the first two seasons if you are unfamiliar.

Where to stream: Prime

Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult

At the time of this posting, Netflix hasn't released a ton of details about original documentary Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult, but the Instagram post announcing it by co-creator Katie Paulson describes the doc as shining a light on "the exploitation that occurs in Hollywood" by nefarious people preying on "talented dancers and entertainers." There's also mentions of a lawsuit to shut the documentary down, and there are hints of a huge, tangled mess of internet drama too. As a super-fan of cult-related documentaries, I am compelled to watch this one.

Where to stream: Netflix

Last week's picks

The Kardashians, season 5

The members of the Kardashian-Jenner family continue documenting their glamorous, beige-tinted, opulent lives in the fifth season of The Kardashians. According to Hulu, the Kardashians will “punch it into overdrive” for season five, adding, “From the big screen to baby bliss, the family continues to defy expectations in all their endeavors.” That’s not a lot to go on, but a highlight of the season is likely to be the story of Kourtney Kardashian-Barker's first child with Travis Barker. It is reality TV, so you don’t know what will happen—maybe they’ll all be abducted by aliens or something.

Where to stream: Hulu

Trying, Season 4

Forget Ted Lasso; this gentle British family dramedy is Apple TV+'s real hidden gem. At the end of Trying's third season Nikki (Esther Smith) and Jason (Rafe Spall) were granted full custody of their foster children Princess and Tyler. Season 4 flashes forward six years, and digs into the drama and comedy of raising teenagers. It's well-walked ground for a TV show, but Trying gets the details right, so its blend of wit and realism makes the familiar seem fresh. There's a reason it earned 93% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Where to stream: AppleTV+

Tires

I love Netflix's strategy of releasing smaller, more personal comedy series. Last month, it was Baby Reindeer. This month, it's Tires. Stand-up comic Shane Gillis stars in this six-episode comedy series about the crazy goings-on inside an auto repair shop in Valley Forge, PA. Gillis is also Tires' executive producer and co-creator, so this has the potential to be one of those idiosyncratic, sleeper-hit shows that streaming is made for.

Where to stream: Netflix

Stax: Soulsville USA

Stax was the greatest record label in music history, and Stax: Soulsville USA examines how it came to be. Through archival performances footage and interviews with musicians, producers and others that made up Stax, this four-part HBO original music documentary series explores the history and impact of the legendary Memphis record label that brought us Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, The Staple Singers, and many more iconic artists.

Where to stream: Max

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