📺 What to Watch: Expats, Slow Horses, The Woman in the Wall, Ted...

plus 5 upcoming series & 1 new movie

Good afternoon. Yesterday, Netflix announced a 10-year $5 billion agreement with WWE, marking the company’s closest brush with sports streaming after years of saying they weren’t interested in sports rights. They seem to be hoping to move toward more live entertainment in general — the platform will be hosting the 30th annual SAG Awards show in February and a tennis match between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in March.

In today’s edition:
Weekly Watchlist
The Woman in the Wall (Paramount+ with Showtime)
Ted (Peacock)
Expats (Prime Video)
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

— Jess Spoll and Jenni Cullen

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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.

• Griselda (Limited Series) — This cartel drama chronicles the real life of savvy and ambitious Colombian business woman, Griselda Blanco, who created one of the most profitable cartels in history. The limited series reunites the creators of Narcos and stars Sofia Vergara.
  Watch on Netflix: January 25 (all 6 episodes)

• Sexy Beast (Season 1) — This series serves as a prequel to the 2000 movie of the same name and explores the origins of Gal and Don’s complicated relationship as they find themselves descending into the seductive madness of the London criminal world during the vibrant and volatile 1990s.
  Watch on Paramount+: January 25 (3 of 8 episodes, then weekly)

• Masters of the Air (Limited Series) — Serving as a companion piece to The Pacific and Band of Brothers and also produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, this limited series chronicles the true story of a group of brave Air Force pilots who fought during WWII. Austin Butler, Barry Keoghan, and Ncuti Gatwa star.
  Watch on Apple TV+: January 26 (2 of 9 episodes, then weekly)

• Expats (Limited Series) — Created by Lulu Wang (The Farewell) and starring Nicole Kidman, Expats adapts the 2016 novel “The Expatriates” by Janice Y. K. Lee and follows an international community in Hong Kong whose lives are bound together after a sudden tragedy.
  Watch on Prime Video: January 26 (2 of 6 episodes, then weekly)

• The Underdoggs (Movie) — In this upcoming sports comedy, former NFL player Jaycen Jennings (played by Snoop Dogg) agrees to coach a youth football team in order to avoid going to prison, as he tries to relaunch his career.
  Watch on Prime Video: January 26

• FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans (Season 2) — Ryan Murphy's docudrama anthology series returns, this time following the fallout after Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) publishes a thinly-veiled account of the scandalous activities of a group of NYC socialites. Naomi Watts, Chloë Sevigny, Calista Flockhart, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, and Diane Lane star.
  Watch on FX/Hulu: January 31 / February 1 (2 of 8 episodes, then weekly)

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

The Woman in the Wall

Photo: BBC

Keywords: psychological thriller, crime drama, Irish miniseries
Watch if you like: Sharp Objects, The Sinner, Mare of Easttown
Jenni’s Rating: B+

After only one episode, I am already deeply invested in unraveling whatever dark truth is at the core of this drama. The Woman in the Wall opens on a small Irish town where Lorna Brady (Ruth Wilson) is plagued by bouts of sleepwalking that leave her unsettled and confused. While lightly troubling, it’s mostly harmless until she wakes to discover a corpse in her home with no recollection of how it got there. When the murder of a priest in Dublin leads a ‘big city’ detective to her door that same week, Lorna is forced to confront lingering trauma from the time she spent at one of the Magdalene Laundries — notorious asylums for unwed mothers run by the Irish Catholic Church.

Wilson is captivating in her role as the traumatized, sleep-deprived, possibly mad Lorna, while the supporting cast brings subtle, lived-in texture to the small-town setting. Daryl McCormack (Bad Sisters) is similarly effective as the Dublin detective frustrated by the slow pace of the community he now needs answers from.

There are surprising moments of levity in The Woman in the Wall so far, but on the whole, horror elements drive the story forward. With several mysteries, a historical backdrop, and a gothic conspiracy at play, I’m totally immersed and ready to find out what happens next.

— Jenni

Length: 55-min runtime, 1 season / 1 of 6 episodes out, new on Fridays
Watch on: Paramount+ with Showtime, Prime Video (limited time)

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Ted

Photo: Peacock

Keywords: raunchy, crude humor, Seth MacFarlane, prequel series
Watch if you like: Ted (the movie), Horrible Bosses, Bupkis
Jess’s Rating: B-

Serving as a prequel to the 2012 movie of the same name, Ted follows a teenage John Bennett (previously played by Mark Wahlberg) as he navigates high school and deals with his dysfunctional family in the suburbs of Boston. The original creator, Seth MacFarlane, reprises his role as creator and as the voice of the titular anthropomorphic teddy bear.