📺 The Curse, A Murder at the End of the World...

and Colin From Accounts, plus 4 new and returning shows to watch

Happy Friday Eve. We’ve officially reached the point in the year when 5pm feels like 10pm and Google searches for S.A.D. lamps spike. What a perfect time to check out a few new shows that you can cozy up to and embrace the darkness.

Speaking of cozying up, next week the team is taking a break from TV writing for the Thanksgiving holiday. Never fear though, a Sunday Edition will hit your inboxes at the end of the month, as scheduled. Happy Turkey Day in advance! Don’t forget to share Double Take with your fam ;)

In today’s edition:
Weekly Watchlist
Colin From Accounts (Paramount+)
The Curse (Showtime)
A Murder at the End of the World (Hulu)

— Jenni Cullen and Jess Spoll

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We keep an eye on all of the new streaming content that is set to premiere. Here’s a list of new shows and movies to watch this week.

• The Crown (Season 6, Part 1) — The last season of this period drama will follow Princess Diana’s final years.
  Watch on Netflix: November 16 (4 of 10 episodes, Part 2 on December 14)

• Julia (Season 2) — The critically acclaimed series about the remarkable rise of the iconic Julia Child returns.
  Watch on Max: November 16 (3 of 8 episodes, then weekly)

• Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Season 1) — The newest “MonsterVerse” project, this Godzilla vs. Kong spin-off follows two siblings as they explore their family’s connection to Monarch, the mysterious organization that’s been meddling with primordial titans. Father and son duo Kurt and Wyatt Russell star.
  Watch on Apple TV+: November 17 (2 of 10 episodes, then weekly)

• Fargo (Season 5) — Loosely inspired by the Coen Brothers film, this anthology series returns, this time following a housewife (Juno Temple of Ted Lasso) whose peculiar past unravels after she lands in trouble with local authorities. Jon Hamm, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Joe Keery, and Lamorne Morris also star.
  Watch on FX/Hulu: November 21 (2 of 10 episodes, then weekly)

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Our thoughts on brand new streaming content, and where you can watch.

Colin from Accounts

Photo: BBC

Keywords: Australian, comedy, irreverent
Watch if you like: Please Like Me, Frayed, Catastrophe
Jenni’s Rating: A

Colin from Accounts is an Australian comedy series (arguably my favorite genre these days) starring, created, and written by husband-and-wife team Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer. The full first season premiered overseas nearly a year ago, but the show began streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S. just last week.

The premise is fairly simple: two struggling and flawed, but endearing individuals, Ashley and Gordon, are brought together by a car accident and an injured stray dog that they name Colin. Despite efforts to resolve the situation quickly and go their separate ways, they remain in each others orbits and begin to bond through proximity, a joint sense of dark humor, and blunt honesty.

Brammall and Dyer have incredible on-screen chemistry, which — while likely informed by the comfort of their long off-screen partnership — still manages to feel fresh and true to their Colin from Accounts characters. They are hilarious together and only buoyed by the pitch-perfect performances of their supporting cast. From the understated plot to the witty writing and acting, everything in this series works well. The people feel real, the conversations are ones you want to be apart of, and the jokes are often laugh-out-loud funny. It’s a charmingly, wonderfully ordinary take on a comedy that I would bet is only going to get better with time.

— Jenni

Length: 30-min runtime, 1 season / 2 of 8 episodes out now, new on Thursdays
Watch on: Paramount+

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The Curse

Photo: Showtime

Keywords: Nathan Fielder, faux documentary, cringe humor, satire
Watch if you like: The Rehearsal, Barry, Paul T. Goldman