Sunday night on HBO starts with a burst of static, and for one Decider writer that sound is enough to promise prestige drama. This weekend it comes with a bonus: The Gilded Age is back.
Season 4 premieres on HBO and HBO Max on Sunday night, and it is the big comeback of a crowded streaming weekend. Two other arrivals share the billing. Dexter: Resurrection returns for a second season on Paramount+, and Apple TV has a new crime series, Nocturne.
Dexter in New York, again
Last season, Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) moved to New York City to find his son Harrison (Jack Alcott), who had taken up the family trade of killing killers. This year Brian Cox and Dan Stevens join the cast as two fresh killers keeping the Morgans busy. The new season premieres on Paramount+ on Friday, with one episode dropping each week.
A detective who wanted quiet
In Nocturne, Liev Schreiber plays Johan Lynn, a former Philadelphia homicide detective who relocates to a small town in search of peace. He doesn’t get it. Instead he ends up investigating a serial killer, played by Stephen Graham, the Adolescence star. Zazie Beetz co-stars in the ten-episode series, based on the Lazarus books by Lars Kepler. The first two episodes arrive Friday, then one a week.
Dinner-party warfare
If the Opera Wars were dramatic, Decider says, wait for the President Grover Cleveland Wars. As the president plans a visit to New York, George and Bertha Russell (Morgan Spector and Carrie Coon) are still on shaky ground after Bertha married their daughter off to a Duke last season. Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) has her whole reputation riding on hosting the commander in chief for dinner. Four seasons in, the writer notes, the biggest drama hinges on fancy dinner protocols, and loves it.
Also on the list
Netflix brings the Philippine series Balaraw: Blood Island, a live event called Beat Luke Littler, the South African series How to Ruin Diwali: Meet the Parents, and the documentary SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of. Prime Video has Thursday Night Football, NBA games, the original movie Apocalypse Z: New World and the second season of Last One Laughing Philippines.
Paramount+ adds a Ghosts Halloween special, the Peanuts special Bon Voyage Charlie Brown (And Don’t Come Back), and the Real Housewives of Orange County Season 20 finale. Its ad-supported Essential plan typically costs $8.99 a month, and the ad-free Premium plan, which includes Showtime titles and live CBS, costs $13.99.
Sources
- New Shows & Movies To Watch This Weekend: ‘The Gilded Age’ on HBO Max, ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ on Paramount+ and More
- 9 new movies and shows to stream this weekend on Netflix, Paramount+ and more (Oct. 9-11)
