What to Watch on TV: Gordita Chronicles, The Umbrella Academy, Wellington Paranormal
Welcome to a new week and another round of What to Watch on TV for the week of June 19th! We’ll be sharing our picks for what to watch this week, from marathons to big guest spots, and significant episodes of TV to look forward to.
This week’s picks include The Umbrella Academy’s return to an altered world, Gordita Chronicles debuts, Wellington Paranormal has new cases to crack, and more.
Here are our recommendations for what to watch on TV this week:
Hotel Portofino – Sunday, June 19
PBS’ latest period drama takes viewers back in time to the aftermath of the first World War as everyone in the picturesque town of Portofino must find a path forward. Hotel Portofino debuts Sunday, June 12 at 8/7c on PBS.
Episode Description: Rose and her mother arrive at the hotel to evaluate a prospective marriage with Lucian, the war veteran son of the hotel’s proprietors. Lucian’s mother, Bella, finds herself vulnerable to extortion from a local politician.
Flatbush Misdemeanors – Sunday, June 19
Dan and Kevin are back and ready to deal with the fallout of last season as Dan is working to get his teaching job back while also trying to track down an MIA Kevin. Flatbush Misdemeanors returns Sunday, June 19 at 11/10c on Showtime.
Episode Description: Dan seeks to clear his reputation so he can be reinstated as a teacher – but Kevin has left town and is ignoring his calls; Drew struggles to get Zayna back in school.
Mind Over Murder – Monday, June 20
The latest true crime docuseries follows the strange story of the “Beatrice Six,” a murder and investigation that upset a small town, and the fascinating and horrifying concept of “recovered memories.” Mind Over Murder drops Monday, June 20 at 10/9c on HBO.
Documentary Description: MIND OVER MURDER chronicles the bizarre and psychologically complex story of six individuals who were convicted for the 1985 murder of a beloved 68- year-old grandmother, Helen Wilson, in Beatrice, Nebraska. Despite five of the individuals originally confessing to the crime, the “Beatrice Six” as they became known, were exonerated by DNA evidence in 2009, a turn of events which divided the rural town and incensed the family of Helen Wilson. As the filmmakers track the case from the murder, through investigation, trial, exoneration and two civil suits, shifting perspectives cloud the truth; a stranger-than-fiction tale emerges that raises salient questions about the reliability of confessions and memory in criminal cases. MIND OVER MURDER explores the phenomenon of “recovered memories” that can in turn lead to false admissions of guilt and examines the unorthodox methods of law enforcement officials. The series also excavates the mindsets of the defendants, several of whom were emotionally and mentally susceptible to psychological suggestion, while shedding light on faulty investigative and forensic errors that convinced a jury of guilt and satisfied a small-town’s demand that crimes be neatly solved and duly punished.
Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual – Tuesday, June 21
Fresh off his turn on Hulu’s Fire Island, Joel Kim Booster brings a mix of comedy, cultural insight, and sex advice with this comedy special. Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual debuts Tuesday, June 21 on Netflix.
Special Description: Filmed at Catch One in Los Angeles, Joel Kim Booster makes his Netflix comedy special debut with Psychosexual. In a uniquely crafted three set act; Booster discusses learning the cultural nuances of being Asian as he gets older, shares his preference for threesomes with tips for successful masturbation and his fascination for human sexuality and much more.
The Umbrella Academy – Wednesday, June 22
Though they stopped Doomsday from happening, their present day offers cold comfort as they come face to face with the Sparrows, an AU version of themselves — only more competent and popular. The Umbrella Academy returns Wednesday, June 22 on Netflix.
Season Description: After putting a stop to 1963’s doomsday, the Umbrella Academy return home to the present, convinced they prevented the initial apocalypse and fixed this godforsaken timeline once and for all. But after a moment of celebration, they realize things aren’t exactly (okay, not at all) how they left them. Enter the Sparrow Academy. Smart, stylish, and about as warm as a sea of icebergs, the Sparrows immediately clash with the Umbrellas in a violent face-off that turns out to be the least of everyone’s concerns. Navigating challenges, losses, and surprises of their own – and dealing with an unidentified destructive entity wreaking havoc in the Universe (something they may have caused) — now all they need to do is convince Dad’s new and better family to help them put right what their arrival made wrong. Will they find a way back to their pre-apocalyptic lives? Or is this new world about to reveal more than just a hiccup in the timeline?
Wellington Paranormal – Wednesday, June 22
O’Leary and Minogue are back and ready to take on their latest case as they face off against something they can’t quite see. Wellington Paranormal Season 3 premieres on Wednesday, June 22 at 9/8c on The CW.
Episode Description: Officers Minogue (Mike Minogue) and O’Leary (Karen O’Leary) are back on the case for the season three U.S. premiere…this time hunting down a monstrous invisible force.
The Bear – Thursday, June 23
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Shameless’ Jeremy Allen White stars as a chef whose professional life takes a turn as he finds himself returning to his hometown, trading in all things fine dining for his family’s sandwich shop. The Bear debuts Thursday, June 23 on FX on Hulu.
Series Description: A young chef from the fine dining world returns to Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop.
Gordita Chronicles – Thursday, June 23
The Castelli’s make the big move to the states from Santo Domingo and the youngest, Cucu, is trying to make it work in this coming-of-age series. Gordita Chronicles debuts Thursday, June 23 on HBO Max.
Series Description: The year is 1985 and Cucu “Gordita” Castelli (Olivia Goncalves) has just said goodbye to all her friends and family in Santo Domingo and moved to Miami with her marketing executive father Víctor (Juan Javier Cardenas), bold and vivacious mother Adela (Diana Maria Riva), and suddenly status-obsessed older sister Emilia (Savannah Nicole Ruiz). While life in America is far from what they imagined, the Castellis are determined to take charge of their strange new world. A uniquely funny coming-of-age series, GORDITA CHRONICLES is about family, opportunity, love, resilience, and boldly defying the status quo in pursuit of the “American Dream.”
Chloe – Friday, June 24
A young woman’s fixation with the social media presence of a childhood friend takes a turn for the eerie and obsessive in the face of her sudden death in this psychological thriller. Chloe debuts Friday, June 24 on Prime Video.
Series Description: Chloe is a psychological thriller that follows Becky Green (Erin Doherty), who is obsessed with stalking her childhood friend Chloe Fairbourne’s (Poppy Gilbert) perfectly curated social media presence. Chloe’s charmed life, adoring husband, and circle of high-achieving friends are always just a click away, and Becky can’t resist peering into a world that contrasts so starkly with her own, as she cares for her mother, who has early onset dementia. When Chloe suddenly dies, Becky assumes a new identity and infiltrates the enviable lives of Chloe’s closest friends to find out what happened to her. Through her alter-ego Sasha, Becky becomes a powerful, transgressive heroine; a popular, well-connected “someone” with a life–and loves–that are far more exciting and addictive than the “no-one” she is as Becky. However, the pretense soon obscures and conflates reality, and she discovers Chloe’s real life had not been as perfect as it was portrayed online. As Becky gets deeper into her con, and Chloe’s inner circle, she risks losing herself completely in the game she is playing.
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Brianna Martinez
Brianna spends her time away from briefs, legal research, and pleadings, watching TV and writing about it. She generally has a lot of feelings about TV, which you can read about here and on Twitter.