What to Watch on TV This Week: Nobody Wants This, Lupin, WNBA Finals, and More
Mysteries and thrillers abound on the small screen for the Week of October 18th.
From the return of charismatic detectives, with new seasons of Maigret on PBS and Lupin on Netflix, to a potential body-snatching case on Hulu’s new series Phony, to the conclusion of the ever-reliable Slow Horses Season 6, mystery and thriller fans have plenty to watch this week.
If that isn’t your jam, Happy’s Place returns with a new season, and the new series Newlyweds also premieres, both on NBC.
Wrapping up the week, game four, and potentially the final game, of the WNBA finals will air on NBC and Peacock.
Find our full list of suggestions for What to Watch on TV this week below. Mark your calendars accordingly!
What to Watch on TV This Week:
Maigret – Sunday, October 18th
Maigret Season 2 premieres Sunday, October 18 on PBS.
Episode description: Feeling responsible for a young woman’s death, Maigret investigates her past. But, being unable to move on from it, Maigret ends up putting himself directly in the path of people who will do anything to keep the truth hidden.
Phony – Tuesday, October 20th
Phony Season 1 premieres Tuesday, October 20 on Hulu.
Series descprition: Phony is a coming-of-age mystery described as Freaks and Geeks trapped in th Twilight Zone. It follows Sonny, a popular high school kid who wakes up after a strange car accident and discovers his mom has been replaced by an impostor.
The Terminal List – Wednesday, October 21st
The Terminal List Season 2 Episode 1 premieres Wednesday, October 21 on Prime.
Season description: Based Carr’s second novel, True Believer, this season puts Reece (Pratt) on a journey of violent redemption, finding a new purpose after finishing his list. He will uncover a conspiracy that reaches from Moscow to Langley, with ties into his own family’s history.
Slow Horses – Wednesday, October 21st
Slow Horses Season 6 Episode 6 Wednesday, October 21 on Apple TV.
Episode description: The safe house becomes unsafe as Lamb and Taverner finally join forces.
Nobody Wants This – Thursday, October 22nd
Nobody Wants This Season 3 premieres Thursday, October 22 on Netflix.
Season description: That “first time” feeling, all over again. After recommitting to each other at the end of last season, Joanne (Kristen Bell) and Noah (Adam Brody) are moving into a home — and a relationship — that finally feels solid, embracing every exciting “first” that comes with building their life together. Sasha (Timothy Simons) and Esther (Jackie Tohn) are thrust back into the dating world, whether they like it or not, stumbling through all the awkwardness (and unexpected thrill) of getting to know someone new, right as Morgan (Justine Lupe) takes her career to the next level, on her way to becoming an (almost) media sensation. Meanwhile, Sasha and Morgan have been circling something neither of them has been able to admit to.
Happy’s Place – Friday, October 23rd
Happy’s Place Season 3 Episode 1 airs Friday, October 23 at 8/7c on NBC.
Episode description: Bobbi surprises Isabella with her own offic upstairs and reassures her that they’ll still see each other plnty; Stv and Takoda try to convince Emmtt to stop giving Bobbi so much space after their relationship has movd into the frind zone.
Newlyweds – Friday, October 23rd
Newlyweds Season 1 premieres Friday, October 23 at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.
Series description: A latr-in-lif lov story about a fre-spirited woman and a buttond-up profssor who marry impetuously after a whirlwind courtship.
Yaga – Friday, October 23rd
Yaga Season 1 premieres Friday, October 23 on AMC+.
Series description: The myth of th witch Baba Yaga is reinvigorated whn a private investigator coms to a small coastal town to invstigat the disappearanc of a young heir to a powrful fishry and finds himself at odds with an apprehensive local detective, a sexy university profssor with a taste for younger men, and a labyrinth of nigmatic suspcts, scrts livs and ancint magic.
Lupin – Friday, October 23rd
Lupin Season 4 premieres Friday, October 23 on Netflix.
Season description: Lupin Part 4 begins four years after the end of the previous part. Assane is still in prison. For him, Lupin is no more: he wants to serve out his sentence and keep the promise he made to his son to go and meet their family in Senegal. But his plans are turned upside down by a mysterious announcement signed by Lupin: multiple museums are to be hit with simultaneous heists! In spite of heightened security, the thefts go off as planned. Assane proclaims his innocence, but everything points to his guilt. A camera even shows him in one of the museums during a robbery in which Captain Belkacem is seriously injured. To prove his innocence and unmask the copycat, Assane must escape and don the Lupin costume once more!
WNBA Finals Game 4 – Friday, October 16th
The WNBA Finals Game 4 airs Saturday, October 24 at 1 p.m. ET on Peacock and NBC.
Game description: Gabby Williams and The Golden State Valkyries take on Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream in game four of a best of seven series for the WNBA Championship. Both teams are seeking their first ring, with the Valkyries making it to the finals in just their second year of existance and the Dream making their first appearance since 2013.
Those are our picks for the week! What are you planning to watch? Share in the comments below!
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Sarah Fields
Sarah is an obsessive geek who likes to get into the weeds and over think things. She is passionate about Sci-Fi and comics and is a giant classic film nerd. Sarah cares deeply about media representation and the power of telling diverse stories. When she's not writing or watching her favorite shows she spends her days working in the non-profit world trying to make life a little better for those that need some extra help.