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The 4th of July is primarily a holiday to celebrate America, but it’s also a time to cherish all the great new TV shows that are streaming this weekend.
Streamers like Netflix, Apple TV and Prime Video are dropping intriguing new series that will leave you breathless but always entertained.
Supergirl might have killed your desire to watch superheroes, but Disney+ is here to revive the genre with the excellent X-Men ‘97, which returns for a second season full of mutant mayhem and inappropriate age-gap romances. (Rogue and Magneto, I’m looking at you.)
Watch With Us are huge fans of Silo, so we’re pumped to dive into season 3 and figure out what the hell is going on with Rebecca Ferguson’s character, Juliette Nichols.
Netflix may have just lost Gilmore Girls, but it gained Human Vapor, an odd sci-fi crime thriller about a killer who – you guessed it – turns into vapor.
Speaking of Stars Hollow, just where did Lorelai and Rory end up? Prime Video is now streaming all seven seasons of the beloved WB show, so you’d better buy some biscotti and brew some coffee to get through all 153 hour-long episodes.
‘Silo’ Season 3 – Apple TV
If you don’t have an Apple TV subscription, you’re missing out on some of the best TV shows currently streaming. Widow’s Bay, Cape Fear, Star City … the list goes on and on. Near the top of that list is Silo, an excellent sci-fi series that gives Rebecca Ferguson a rare leading role to shine in.
She plays Juliette Nichols, an engineer working and living in Silo 18, one of the few underground bunkers containing the remnants of humanity. A mysterious event had wiped out most of surface life, forcing the survivors to live in “silos” of communities where everyone knows everyone – or so they think. When Rebecca’s lover is found dead, she’s not buying the official story that no foul play was involved. What the heck is going on in Silo 18?
Season 3 is split into two narratives: one set in the present, chronicling Juliette as she deals with her memory loss from season 2, and another set in the past, revealing the crisis that led to humanity’s downfall and the creation of the silos.
‘X-Men ‘97’ Season 2 – Disney+
If you told me a revival of a kids’ cartoon from the 1990s would be the best thing Marvel released post-Avengers: Endgame, I wouldn’t believe you. But facts are facts: X-Men ‘97 was a big hit with critics and audiences when it dropped in 2024, and nerds like me eagerly anticipated what a second season would bring.
Well, the wait is over, and it’s apparent X-Men ‘97 is a superhero saga for the ages. In season 2, our heroes are separated by space and time, with Cyclops (Ray Chase), Jean Grey (Jennifer Hale), Storm (Alison Sealy-Smith), Morph (JP Karliak) and Wolverine (Cal Dodd) stuck in a dystopian future and Professor X (Ross Marquand) and Magneto (Matthew Waterson) in the distant past. They have to reckon with a new threat – Apocalypse (Marquand), who is rumored to be the first mutant to ever exist – and the strongest foe the X-Men have ever faced.
‘Gilmore Girls’ – Prime Video
OK, Gilmore Girls isn’t exactly new. The show debuted when I was in high school, and I’m old as f***. But it remains a streaming staple, especially on Netflix, where it generated consistent ratings during its 12-year run. Well, that run is now over, and Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel) now have a new streaming home to eternally talk … and talk … and talk, dear God, those gals liked to chatter.
All seven seasons are now available to stream on Prime Video, so you can watch Rory make some pretty awful life choices, just like her mother. Season 3 is generally considered the best, and while I enjoyed the love triangle between Rory, Jess (Milo Ventimiglia) and Dean (Jared Padalecki), I prefer season 5. I always thought Logan (Matt Czuchry) was Rory’s best boyfriend, and the season ended with mother and daughter at each other’s throats.
‘Human Vapor’ Season 1 – Netflix
A killer is stalking Japan, and he’s not like any criminal who has terrorized the country in the past. He’s brazen enough to announce his targets beforehand, letting them sweat it out as they count down to their inevitable demise. In addition, he also likes to execute people in full view of the public, on live TV and online streams. He also appears to literally turn into vapor to commit his crimes. Who is this Human Vapor (UTA)? And can anyone stop him?
Detective Kenji Okamoto (Shun Oguri) and reporter Kyoko Kono (Yu Aoi) think they can. A remake of the cult 1960 film The Human Vapor, this eight-episode series hails from Yeon Sang-ho, who is famous for directing the zombie thriller Train to Busan. This series promises more of those same thrills, with an intriguing detective story accentuated by sci-fi elements and a bizarre antagonist.
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