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If you have plans to go out this weekend, you should probably cancel them.
There’s a good reason why – Netflix, HBO Max and other streamers just dropped hours and hours of high-quality shows.
Watch With Us are huge fans of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones books, so it’s no surprise our top pick is House of the Dragon, which returns for season 3 on Sunday.
If you need a good spy show to watch, we have two we can recommend: Paramount+’s The Agency, starring Michael Fassbender and Richard Gere, and The Capture, a British TV series about deepfake technology gone wrong.
Last but not least, Netflix just premiered its latest Harlan Coben adaptation, I Will Find You, and it’s just as bingeworthy as the author’s previous crime thrillers.
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 – HBO Max
It’s been way too long since we’ve seen epic dragon fights and devious royal backstabbing that only the citizens of Westeros can dish out. After a two-year absence, House of the Dragon returns for a third season filled with feuding siblings, illicit affairs and brutal battle sequences.
Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and her Team Black squad continue their quest to take back the Iron Throne from half-brother Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) and his ruthless Team Green supporters, which include his mother – and Rhaenyra’s former bestie – Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke). The season premiere chronicles the infamous Battle of the Gullet, which changes the course of the war and sets up the final endgame for all involved. In addition to the returning cast member, new faces join this season, including former Grantchester vicar James Norton as Ormund Hightower, who helps Team Green fight back against their deadly usurpers.
‘The Agency’ Season 2 – Paramount+
In 2024, Paramount+ debuted the excellent spy series The Agency, which starred Michael Fassbender as a CIA agent who risks his career and life to help the woman he loves. The show was enough of a success to bring it back for a second season, which drops all of its 10 episodes on June 21. It’s a good thing they’ll all be available at once because you probably can’t stop yourself from watching more than one episode at a time.
After last season’s events, Brandon Colby (Fassbender) is now a double agent working for MI6. His No. 1 priority, however, hasn’t changed – to get back his lover, Samia (Jodie Turner-Smith), at any cost. That’s going to be difficult as she’s a political prisoner in Sudan. To free her, Colby will have to take on Viking (Clayne Crawford), a powerful mercenary who is as smart as he is ruthless. How far will Colby go to get what he wants? After season 2 is over, we can safely say the answer is pretty damn far.
‘The Capture’ Season 3 – Peacock
Peacock is also getting into the spy game this weekend with the return of the British series, The Capture. After exposing her corrupt employers in season 2, Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger) is now the head of a Counter Terrorism Command unit and oversees the launch of a new mass surveillance program, Operation Veritas. When a mass shooting occurs in London, Rachel sees the shooter in real-time – but it’s not the same person identified by Veritas. Who is manipulating the surveillance system to hide in plain sight? And what do they want with Rachel?
The Capture blends standard-issue spy thrills (expect lots of fancy gadgets and tech talk) with a not-so-subtle commentary about the dangers of technology in the age of Big Brother. All six episodes of The Capture season are available to stream right now.
‘I Will Find You’ Season 1 – Netflix
Another season, another Harlan Coben Netflix mystery series for you to binge. After hits like Fool Me Once and Missing You, the streamer just premiered another Coben mystery series that’s sure to be its most popular one yet. I Will Find You stars Sam Worthington as David Burroughs, who is in prison for the murder of his 3-year-old son, Matthew. He claims he didn’t commit the crime and that the real killer is still out there. After five years have passed, his whole world is turned upside down when his ex-wife shows him a photo of an 8-year-old boy who looks exactly like Matt. David knows that’s his son, but the only way to prove it is by breaking out of jail and finding Matt himself.
That’s a hell of a premise, but it’s also a classic Coben setup that sets the stage for an array of red herrings, crazy plot twists and a shocking ending. Hey, if the formula works, why not use it again and again? Like previous adaptations, I Will Find You boasts an impressive cast that includes Madeleine Stowe, Milo Ventimiglia and Britt Lower as Rachel, who helps David find out who is behind Matt’s disappearance. All eight episodes of I Will Find You are available to stream right now.
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