The Guilty, Netflix
October 1st
This thriller takes place over the course of a single morning in a 911 call centre. Call operator Joe Baylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) tries to save a caller in grave danger. But when the details don’t seem to add up and nothing is as it seems, facing the truth is the only way out of a dire situation – and one that has to be handled with extreme caution.
The Chestnut Man, Netflix
September 29th
On a windy autumn morning in Copenhagen, police make a gruesome find. A young woman has been murdered in a playground and one of her hands is missing. Next to her lies a small man made of chestnuts. So begins The Chestnut Man, a new psychological thriller from the creator of The Killing. The detectives working the case soon connect the chestnut man to the earlier disappearance of a girl, who had been presumed dead until now.
You Season 3, Netflix
October 15th
Joe and Love are officially married and raising their son, Henry, in the Californian suburbs. Joe must juggle his dark side with the pressing demands of fatherhood. While he becomes obsessed with his neighbor Natalie, Love fights to ensure that her husband’s compulsions don’t destroy her perfect family.
MAID, Netflix
October 1st
Inspired by Stephanie Land’s best-selling memoir, MAID follows the story of Alex, a single mother who turns to housecleaning to make ends meet as she escapes an abusive relationship and overcomes homelessness to create a better life for her daughter, Maddy. Seen through the emotional yet humorous lens of a desperate but determined woman, this series is a raw and inspiring exploration of a mother’s resilience.
Succession Season 3, HBO
October 17th
Supposedly, we all want to live in a world where people treat others with kindness, but that’s not true; we want to live in a world where people treat others with kindness except for the members of the Roy family and everyone in their orbit. Based on the teaser for the much-anticipated third season of the Emmy-winning series, we can at least count on the latter, because the Roys will never be anything other than wicked, scheming wellsprings of greed made manifest in human form.
I Know What You Did Last Summer, Amazon
October 15th
The Lois Duncan YA novel about a killer stalking a group of teens involved in a hit-and-run accident was made into a movie in 1997, and now, 24 years later, it’s becoming a series. According to the logline provided by Amazon, this version will be a “modern” take on the thriller. We assume that means that, at some point, the phrase “I know what you did last summer” will be sent in text form.
Dopesick, Hulu
October 13th
Based on the book by Beth Macy, this limited series — written by Danny Strong and directed by Barry Levinson — examines the evolution of the opioid epidemic from myriad angles, including that of a doctor in a Virginia mining town (played by a fantastic Michael Keaton) who’s convinced by drug-company proxies that OxyContin is not addictive. Executive producer Michael Keaton plays that doctor, and he’s fantastic, as is the rest of this cast: Kaitlyn Dever, Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter Sarsgaard, Rosario Dawson, and Will Poulter, who’s giving off very, very strong Matt Damon vibes.
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