The Best TV Series to Stream This Week

If you're looking for a new show to watch this week, the vast landscape of streaming networks will provide plenty of them. Some of them are even good! At the top of the week's best-of list is season 2 of Apple TV+'s dystopian sci-fi series Silo and the premier of detective series Cross.

Silo

For the uninitiated, Silo is sci-fi series set in a gigantic underground structure housing 10,000 people who have never seen the surface. The air up there is poison and the ground is toxic (at least, that's what they say). Season one of the series impressed critics with its bleak vision of the future and the cast's solid performances. Look for season 2 to answer some of the lingering questions, and pose new ones.

Where to stream: Apple TV

Cross

Based on a series of novels by James Patterson, Cross tells the story of forensic psychologist and D.C. Metro Detective Alex Cross. Played by Aldis Hodge, Cross uses his big brain, training, and unique insight into the human mind to solve cases no one else can. But mucking around in the psyches of serial killers takes a toll, especially when his work life starts to threaten his family. Starts streaming November 14.

Where to stream: Prime Video

Cobra Kai (Season 6 - Part 2)

This season of Cobra Kai will conclude the series, and I'd be willing to bet the scrappy teens of the Miyagi Do karate school will do well at the Sekai Taikai international hi-YAH competition, where they'll face off against the greatest teen martial artists on the planet. As I've seen a Karate Kid movie before, I have a good feeling about their chances. Even though the Americans are underdogs and their karate school is rife with internal conflict, I think they'll rise to the occasion in a surprisingly uplifting way, and take home the trophy or the black belt or whatever the prize in a karate tournament is.

Where to stream: Netflix

Arcane (Season 2)

You wouldn't think a cartoon series based on the online game League of Legends would be a critical favorite, but the first season of Arcane earned a perfect 100% fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes. Season 2 picks up where 1 left off, with League of Legends champions Vi and Jinx on different paths in the looming showdown between Piltover and Zaun. This is the final chapter of Arcane, and it will be arriving in three acts, on Nov. 9, 16, and 23.

Where to stream: Netflix

The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth

We're past the 50th anniversary of the notorious Stanford Prison experiment, in which undergraduates were tasked with creating an ad-hoc prison in a supposed attempt to explore how societal roles influence behavior. Whether the experiment shined a light on a source of human evil, or was a meaningless sham depends on who you ask, but everyone agrees it was wildly unethical. This documentary series examines the longterm effect of the experiment on its participants and questions the motives of its organizer.

Where to stream: Hulu

It's All Country

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first country record release, Hulu is streaming It's All Country, a six-episode docuseries hosted by country singer Luke Bryan. The aim is to explore the people, moments, and cultural impact of country music on America and the rest of the world, so if you're into pickup trucks and cowboy hats, park yourself in front of the TV for a 100-year history lesson, son.

Where to stream: Hulu

Last week's picksLike Water for Chocolate, Season 1

In this adaptation of Laura Esquivel's magical realism novel, Irene Azuela and Azul Guaita play Tita de la Garza and Pedro Muzquiz, lovers who are kept apart by their families' customs. Tita uses cooking to fight her oppression, creating recipes so powerful they act as spells on the people who taste them. If you're a sensualist, you'll want to clear time to watch Like Water for Chocolate.

Where to stream: Max

Eat Slay Love

Celebrity BFFs Nivea, Eva Marcille, Tammy Rivera, and London Hughes decided to celebrate Nivea's birthday with a trip to Vietnam and brought back a three-episode mini-series to document their adventures. More than just a "four fishes out of water" goof, according to the Eat Slay Love's official description, the spirituality and beauty of Vietnam will help the famous four-pack "heal from heartache, strengthen friendships, and reevaluate their priorities back home." I'm all about the redemptive power of travel, so I'm giving this one a shot.

Where to stream: Peacock

Every Minute Counts

This Amazon original series dramatizes the 1985 earthquake that devastated Mexico City. Prime Video Latin America's most expensive production ever, Every Minute Counts is an intense look of the hours after the 8.1 on the Richter scale quake shook the city apart, following a doctor and his nurses working to rescue the unfortunate souls trapped underneath the rubble of the General Hospital.

Where to stream: Prime

America's Cutest Puppies, Season 1

You can turn on Hulu right now and binge an entire season of America's Cutest Puppies! I have a feeling a lot of us need some cute puppies this week.

Where to stream: Hulu