📺 TV This Week: Rick and Morty, CW Sherlock, and a PBS Crime Drama
Reviews of The Gilded Age, Rick and Morty S8, Patience, and Sherlock & Daughter. Plus, our weekly watchlist.
Happy Thursday. If you missed it on our last podcast episode, we’re taking a hiatus from the pod for the summer—but the newsletter will still hit your inbox every week with our latest reviews and recs. TV tends to slow down this time of year, but there’s still plenty to talk about: Rick and Morty is back with more multiverse adventures, The Gilded Age is our catch-up pick before Season 3 drops later this month, and two new detective dramas (Sherlock & Daughter and Patience) put their own spin on the classic procedural.
In today’s edition:
Weekly Watchlist
The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
Rick and Morty - S8 (Adult Swim)
Patience (PBS)
Sherlock & Daughter (The CW/HBO Max)
— Jess Spoll and Jenni Cullen
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Below is a selection of new shows and movies premiering this week on streaming. Our unabridged list of June releases, including 5 more movies and shows premiering this week, is available for premium subscribers.
Deep Cover (Movie) — An improv teacher and her students infiltrate the London underworld by impersonating criminals in this action crime comedy. Bryce Dallas Howard and Orlando Bloom star.
Watch on Prime Video: June 12FUBAR (Season 2) — Arnold Schwarzenegger and Monica Barbaro return as the father-daughter CIA duo in this action-comedy series.
Watch on Netflix: June 12 (all 8 episodes)Echo Valley (Movie) — Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney star in this thriller about a woman trying to make peace with her troubled daughter.
Watch on Apple TV+: June 13Resident Alien (Season 4) — Alan Tudyk returns as the socially awkward alien, trying once again to balance his mission to destroy humanity with small-town friendships.
Watch on Syfy/Peacock: June 13 (1 of 10 episodes, then weekly, one week delay on Peacock)Patience (Season 1) — An autistic police archivist teams up with a detective to form an unlikely and formidable crime-fighting partnership.
Watch on PBS: June 15 (1 of 6 episodes, then weekly)Love Me* (Movie) — Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun star in this sci-fi romance set in a post-apocalyptic world as a buoy and a satellite who fall in love online.
Watch on Paramount+: June 16 (*Streaming Premiere)The Buccaneers (Season 2) — Kristine Froseth and Alisha Boe return in Apple’s feminist twist on a costume drama, based on Edith Wharton’s final novel.
Watch on Apple TV+: June 18 (1 of 8 episodes, then weekly)We Were Liars (Season 1) — Based on E. Lockhart’s popular YA thriller, this adaptation from Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries) centers around a wealthy family haunted by secrets on their private island.
Watch on Prime Video: June 18 (all 8 episodes)
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The Gilded Age
Keywords: period piece, costume drama, opulence
Watch if you like: Downton Abbey, Sanditon, The Paradise
Jess’s Rating: 3.5/5 ⭐
Julian Fellowes’ follow-up to Downton Abbey trades the English countryside for 1880s New York, but the blueprint stays the same: upstairs-downstairs dynamics, social climbing, and a rotating door of beautifully dressed people. This time, though, it comes with an HBO budget and a stacked Broadway cast including Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Kelli O’Hara, and Michael Cerveris.
Carrie Coon (The White Lotus) leads as Bertha Russell, a nouveau-riche matriarch hellbent on forcing her way into New York’s old money elite. Around her, The Gilded Age sprawls: Marian (Louisa Jacobson) quietly rebels against the constraints of formal society, Peggy (Denée Benton) navigates life as a Black writer in a segregated city, and the Van Rhijns (Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon) hold fast to outdated ideals as the world changes around them. The show leans into opulence at every turn—cavernous ballrooms, lavish banquets, gilded opera houses—while occasionally brushing against class or political unrest. But for all its grandeur, the storytelling lacks any real urgency. Conflicts simmer but rarely boil over, and entire episodes pass where the biggest drama is who snubbed whose gala invitation.
It’s prestige television that often feels like comfort TV; you can throw it on knowing that it will be gorgeous and engaging, but the stakes remain (for the most part) blissfully low. The Gilded Age isn’t nearly as biting as it could be, but it’s a glossy watch with stellar performances. With Season 3 on the way (June 22), now’s the time to catch up.
— Jess
Length: 60-min runtime, 2 seasons / 17 episodes
Watch on: HBO Max
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Rick and Morty - Season 8
Keywords: adult cartoon, comedy, sci-fi
Watch if you like: Tuca and Bertie, Futurama, South Park
Jenni’s Rating: 3.5/5 ⭐
Sociopathic scientist Rick Sanchez is back with his portal gun and his signature “wubba lubba dub dub” catchphrase to drag his family through another round of chaotic interdimensional misadventures
After over a decade on the air, Rick and Morty has officially shifted from appointment viewing to “is this still any good?” territory, joining the ranks of The Simpsons or Saturday Night Live in the long-running hall of fame. As with any high-concept show, the ambition is there, but the results are uneven. With Season 8 now airing and Season 7 newly streaming on Hulu, it’s a good moment to dip back in and see where the Smith-Sanchez clan has landed. The last installment delivered some surprising character development and a twisted meta finale that proved the show can still pull off a wild swing when it wants to.
Season 8 continues in that vein: not reinventing the wheel, but still spinning it with some creative flair. If you’re already a fan, it's worth tuning in week to week, and if you're not, it might be best to cherry-pick the episodes that get folks talking. Either way, the multiverse isn’t going anywhere—and neither is Rick and Morty.
— Jenni
Length: 20-min runtime, 3 of 10 episodes out in Season 8, new on Sundays
Watch on: Adult Swim , HBO Max/Hulu (Seasons 1-7)
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Patience
Keywords: crime drama, odd couple, detective
Watch if you like: Sherlock, Bones, Ludwig
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