Like almost every other week of the summer, it’s another big week for TV. Thoughts and prayers for your watchlist.
On a bittersweet note, this week marks the finals of a few shows that could free up some spots in your TV rotation: The righteous gemson HBO and Max, is ending its third season, along with the Apple TV Plus throwback thriller hijack.
Then again, lots of new and exciting shows coming up this week (sometimes completely). Netflix sweetie Heart stopper returns for season 2 and shows Nick and Charlie what happens after they finally figure out their feelings. Reserve Dogs returns to Hulu for a third (and sadly final) season, with just a few episodes (but all very strong ones). And Rose Byrne is at it again Physicallyin an attempt to usurp a reigning fitness queen who blocks her business (played by Zooey Deschanel!).
All in all, a very exciting week on television. Here are all of this week’s major TV premieres and finales.
New series on Netflix
Hybrid!! season 2
Genre: Heavy metal dark fantasy anime
Date of publication: July 31, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Kazushi Hagiwara (manga)
In season 2, it’s really about to hit the fan: the Dark Rebel Army expands its power as it plots to resurrect the god of destruction. The kingdom of Metallicana is under attack by the Dark Rebel Army. And so Tia Noto Yoko must make a big decision: Should she resurrect the ancient great wizard who once conspired to rule the world (and is sealed within her childhood friend)?
Heartstopper season 2 download
Genre: YA romance
Date of publication: August 3, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Alice Osman
Form: Kit Connor, Joe Locke, William Gao, Yasmin Finney, Corinna Brown, Olivia Colman and more
Love is in the air in Season 2 of Heart stopperwith eventually Nick (Kit Connor) and Charlie (Joe Locke). together-together. Of course, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows – together, Nick and Charlie will have to navigate how to come out as a couple, how to deal with certain assholes around them, and how to take care of their own emerging relationship. That’s all before we get into the whole thing between Elle and Tao; things get spicy in season 2!!
The Lincoln Lawyer season 2 part 2 download
Genre: Legal procedural
Date of publication: 3 August
Showrunner/creator: David E Kelley
Form: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Neve Campbell, Becki Newton, Angus Sampson and more
If there’s one thing we know The Lincoln Attorney, it’s that Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) is going to practice law from his car (a Lincoln – you get it). Part 2 continues the story after the cliffhanger of Part 1 in early July: Mickey is attacked by two men in the parking lot on his way to his car to get a contract.
New shows on Hulu
Reservation Dogs season 3 torrent
Genre: Prestige comedy
Date of publication: August 2, with two episodes
Showrunner/creator: Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi
Form: Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor and more
The Rez Dogs are stranded in California! And they may even face bigger concerns when they’re back in Okern, as they face threats like college considerations, community healing, conspiracy theories, and more.
Breeders season 4
Genre: Comedy
Date of publication: July 31 with two episodes on FX; streaming the next day on Hulu
Showrunner/creator: Simon Blackwell
Form: Martin Freeman, Daisy Haggard, Oscar Kennedy, Zoë Athena, Jessie Williams, Alun Armstrong and Joanna Bacon
Are Breedersfourth and final season, picking up from where we left Paul (Martin Freeman) and Ally (Daisy Haggard) in season 3 – on the verge of breaking up. Now the two face major parental challenges, such as (as the season’s synopsis says) their oldest son dropping a bomb at Christmas dinner. Family, amirite?
Cruel summer season 2 finale
Genre: Twisty YA Murder Mystery
Date of publication: July 31
Showrunner/creator: Bert V. Royal
Form: Sadie Stanley, Lexi Underwood, Griffin Gluck, Sean Blakemore, KaDee Strickland and more
There’s still time to catch up on the twisty intrigue of Cruel summer Season 2. The anthology series jumped to a new story in its second season, following a cast of teens at three separate points in the year (the summers before and after their senior year, and the winter during the year) to find out: who has there murdered Lukas? And maybe he deserved to die?
New shows on Max
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Season 2
Genre: Sports history drama(tization)
Date of publication: August 6, with one episode
Showrunner/creator: Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht
Form: John C. Reilly, Jason Clarke, Jason Segel, Gaby Hoffmann, Rob Morgan and Adrien Brody
Season 2 of winning time is here just before the buzzer (not really – but it’s been a while!), detailing the professional and personal triumphs of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers. This season follows the period immediately after the 1980 Finals, from 1980 to 1984. Yes, sports fans: that means the first rematch of the biggest basketball stars of the era, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
The Righteous Gemstones season 3 finale
Photo: Jake Giles Netter/HBO
Genre: Comedy (usually)
Date of publication: August 6
Showrunner/creator: Danny McBride
Form: Danny McBride, Adam DeVine, Edi Patterson, John Goodman, Walton Goggins and more
The season 3 finale will also take place on Sunday (the day of the lord). The righteous gems, which means there’s a shortage of things like naked fights and high-level dick jokes. With only nine episodes, it feels like it’s over too soon; prayers up for season 4.
New programs on Prime Video
The Lost Flowers by Alice Hart
Genre: Family drama
Date of publication: August 4, with three episodes
Showrunner/creator: Sarah Lambert
Form: Sigourney Weaver, Alycia Debnam-Carey and more
Alice Hart (Alycia Debnam-Carey) comes from an abusive upbringing and is suddenly orphaned after her parents die in a mysterious fire. As a result, she goes to live with her grandmother (Sigourney Weaver) in a flower nursery – and suddenly Alice’s life changes quite dramatically.
New shows on Apple TV Plus
Physical Season 3
Genre: Historical drama
Date of publication: August 2 with two episodes
Showrunner/creator: Annie Weisman
Form: Rose Byrne, Rory Scovel, Dierdre Friel, Paul Sparks, Zooey Deschanel and more
It’s the last season of Physically, and Sheila (Rose Byrne) finds her place at the top of the fitness chain challenged by fitness celeb Kelly Kilmartin (Zooey Deschanel), who manages to get into her head (an already precarious place for Sheila). Who will take the crown for ’80s fitness queen?
Hijack season 1 finale
Image: Apple
Genre: Airplane thriller
Date of publication: August 2
Showrunner/creator: Jim Field Smith
Form: Idris Elba, Archie Panjabi, Christine Adams, Max Beesley, Eve Myles, Neil Maskell and more
We needed a solid thriller show, and Apple TV Plus delivered it hijack, the Idris Elba vehicle that was much more fun than it needed to be. But every plane has to land, and hijack is no exception. So, who wins in a fight: Elba’s Sam Nelson, or the group of terrorists holding the plane hostage?