What to Watch on TV: Pantheon, The Patient, Love in the Villa
Welcome to a new week and another round of What to Watch on TV for the week of August 28th! We’ll share our picks for what to watch this week, from marathons to big guest spots, and significant TV episodes to watch.
This week’s picks include the Animal Kingdom series finale, Pantheon‘s debut, and more.
Here are our recommendations for what to watch on TV this week:
Animal Kingdom – Sunday, August 28
It’s time to say goodbye to the Codys as they embark on a job that could potentially spell the end for one of them. Will everyone make it out alive? The Animal Kingdom series finale airs Sunday, August 28 at 9/8c on TNT.
Episode Description: The Cody boys embark on their most dangerous job yet; Andrew commits the original sin that destroyed the family.
The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family – Sunday, August 28
If you’re looking for more programming centering one of the more infamous women in European history, PBS has a miniseries for you! A combination of documentary and historical drama, the limited series shifts the focus from Anne Boleyn’s time at court to the family she was born into. The Boelyns: A Scandalous Family debuts Sunday, August 28 at 8/7c on PBS.
Series Description: Part documentary, part historical drama, this series follows the fortunes of the different members of the Boleyn family, ultimately made notorious for daughter Anne’s marriage to Henry VIII and execution.
The Patient – Tuesday, August 30
Dr. Alan Strauss, a therapist, is taken prisoner by one of his patients who reveals that he’s a serial killer. With one extreme request from his patient, will Dr. Strauss be able to do to survive the ordeal? The Patient debuts Tuesday, August 30 on Hulu.
Episode Description: Dr. Alan Strauss, a therapist mourning the death of his wife, takes on an enigmatic new client. As the two men wrestle with very different, individual problems, their professional relationship is transformed by a choice that binds them deeply together.
Rap Sht* – Thursday, September 1
The ladies are ready to hit the road with their music. But will everything go off without a hitch? Rap Sh*t’s season finale airs Thursday, September 1 on HBO Max.
Series description: Two estranged high school friends from Miami reunite to form a rap group.
Pantheon – Thursday, September 1
AMC+’s latest series takes viewers to a world where your consciousness can be uploaded. Maddie learns that her deceased father’s consciousness is seemingly within the body of a stranger. Pantheon debuts Thursday, September 1 on AMC+.
Series Description: Bullied teen Maddie begins receiving messages from a mysterious stranger that claims to be her recently deceased father, David; his consciousness has been uploaded to the cloud after an experimental brain scan, and it turns out he’s not the only one.
Love in the Villa – Thursday, September 1
Kat Graham and The Umbrella Academy’s Tom Hooper star in this seemingly charming romantic comedy following a pair of people stuck sharing an Italian villa. Love in the Villa drops Thursday, September 1 on Netflix.
Movie Description: A young woman takes a trip to romantic Verona, Italy, after a breakup, only to find that the villa she reserved was double-booked, and she’ll have to share her vacation with a cynical British man.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Friday, September 2
After unending speculation and anticipation, it’s finally here! Set a thousand years before the original story, this series embarks on a tale of riches and ruin, darkness, and the fight to persevere. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power debuts Friday, September 2 on Prime Video.
Series Description: Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness. Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.
Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul – Friday, September 2
Tinitie Childs is the first lady of a Baptist Mega Church, and she is determined to rebuild her and her husband’s congregation. Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul debuts Friday, September 2 on Peacock.
Movie Description: In the aftermath of a huge scandal, Trinitie Childs, the first lady of a prominent Southern Baptist Mega Church, attempts to help her pastor-husband, Lee-Curtis Childs, rebuild their congregation.
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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.