Something to Stream Every Day This Week; ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season Finale, ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Premiere, More
It’s always a little harder to start a work week after a holiday weekend. But one of the best things about the rise of on-demand streaming is that TV seasonality is essentially a thing of the past. There’s almost always something new to watch on streaming services, be it a new reality series or a blockbuster movie that just left theaters.
If you’re dreading the return to work on Thursday, check out my list of new titles coming to a streamer near you this week. Hopefully, you’ll find something awesome to fight the Monday scaries, or to look forward to as your short week goes ahead!
Monday, May 27
‘90 Day Fiancé’ Season 3 Premiere | Max
Loved-up Brits and their long-distance partners have a limited time to see if it’s the real deal or if they’ve made a big mistake and should call the whole thing off. Cultures clash and worlds collide as the couples put it all on the line for love.
This season, fans will get to know couples Louise and Jose, Taher and Nichole, Sprite and John, Charlotte and Johan, Tony and Nui, Ali and Sam, and Jamie and Kathleen. Who will find true love, and who will have their heart (and possibly dreams) shattered into a million pieces?
Tuesday, May 28
‘The Veil’ Season Finale | Hulu
“The Veil” is a tense, high-stakes spy thriller that examines the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a duty to reveal it at any cost, before countless lives are lost.
The Veil
Two women play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, mission controllers at the CIA and French DGSE must put differences aside and work together to avert potential disaster.
In the season finale, Imogen (Elisabeth Moss) finally succeeds in getting Adilah (Yumna Marwan) to England to see Michael (James Purefoy), in the hope that she will finally receive the answers she’s traveled thousands of dangerous miles to learn. Max (Josh Charles) and Malik (Dali Benssalah) must work together and follow as her only back up.
Wednesday, May 29
‘Camden’ Series Premiere | Hulu
From music documentaries like “The Beach Boys” on Disney+ to this new docuseries about a tucked-away corner of London that has welcomed some of the world’s most influential musical acts, Disney streamers are really stepping up the amount of biographical music content they house.
“Camden” will explore this artist’s haven through the eyes of musicians who have produced there, such as the show’s executive producer Dua Lipa, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Little Simz, Yungblud, Questlove, and so many others. Through archive footage, observational filming and interviews, this limited series will bring the world to Camden in a way that has never been possible before.
Thursday, May 30
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Series Finale | Paramount+
The crew of the U.S.S. Discovery has made a home for themselves in the 32nd century, but they are still Starfleet officers with a duty to preserve and defend the galaxy. When an 800-year-old mystery shows the way to a power that could threaten all life in the universe, the crew of Discovery did not hesitate to step in.
Now, Captain Burnham is close to unraveling the secret of the Progenitors’ technology. But the Breen are too close for comfort, and if they get their hands on the power hidden so carefully by its guardians all those centuries ago, the threat to the galaxy would be catastrophic.
Friday, May 31
‘The Outlaws’ Season 3 Premiere | Prime Video
Christopher Walken lends his considerable talents to this hilarious ensemble cast portraying a group of community service workers forced together by circumstances none of them could foresee. At the end of Season 2, the gang managed to put the ruthless drug kingpin known as The Dean behind bars once and for all, but that doesn’t mean they get to live out their lives quietly from here on out!
A wrench gets thrown into their domestic tranquility when they’re called upon to help dispose of a corpse by one of their own. How did that person wind up dead, and what will our group of antiheroes do about it? You’ll just have to watch Season 3 on Prime Video to find out…
Saturday, June 1
‘For Love and Honey’ | Hallmark Channel, stream with a seven-day free trial of Philo
Austen (Andrew Walker) is an American archeologist following a lead in Malta in hopes of securing a project that will guarantee his tenure. Eva (Margaret Clunie) is a local Maltese beekeeper who has followed in her later mother’s footsteps in running her family apiary. When a “bee-mergency” compels Eva to head to the local library, she and Austen discover that the spot where the hive is hiding could hold the clues to a huge archaeological mystery.
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Austen is thrilled at what could be the find of the century, but his work must not impact the legally-protected bees or their hive. Eva is tasked with watching him closely, but as the two spend more and more time together they find the bees aren’t the only thing buzzing. Will love win the day, or will history keep these two sweethearts apart?
Sunday, June 2
‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 3 Premiere | Paramount+
Jeremy Renner returns to the screen after a horrific snow plow accident in “Mayor of Kingstown” Season 3. The show follows the McLusky family – power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption, and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither.
This season, a new threat comes to Kingstown that promises to upset the balance of power. A Russian mob has burrowed its way into the heart of the town while inside the walls of the prison, a stewing drug war threatens to boil over. An old face from Mike McClusky’s past threatens to upset the fragile balance of power the mayor is trying to establish, and he’ll have to fight tooth-and-nail to secure the future of his city.