As we prepare for the influx of TV shows to come in November, including major releases like The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, there are a few noteworthy entries this week to keep you occupied while you wait. For genre lovers, there’s Nocturne, Apple TV’s crime drama series starring Stephen Graham, the star and co-creator of Adolescence. There’s also the second season of Dexter: Resurrection, continuing the story of the sympathetic serial killer Dexter Morgan, with Michael C.
Balaraw: Blood Island caps things off, with the horror series exploring terrifying Filipino folk tales. Other noteworthy additions include The Gilded Age, HBO’s smash hit. Written by Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downton Abbey, his new series swaps the UK for the US, following different families in New York City during the late 1800s economic boom of the Gilded Age.
Reality TV and documentary enjoyers have a few picks too, including The Mob, a new reality competition series hoping to cash in on The Traitors' popularity, and The One About Matthew Perry, a three-part documentary exploring the late actor’s life and his struggles, all through the lens of his time on the set of Friends. Based on Lars Kepler's crime novels and riffing on The Silence of the Lambs, Nocturne follows retired homicide detective Jonah Lynn (Liev Schreiber), who comes out of retirement when a young boy thought to be dead reappears. Lynn reopens the case in hopes of finding the boy’s missing sister, with his young protégé Saga Bauer (Zazie Beets) tasked with extracting answers from Jurek Walter (Stephen Graham), the imprisoned serial killer suspected of killing the siblings.
In Nocturne, the devil is, of course, Jurek. Much like Mads Mikkelsen reimagined Hannibal Lecter as a sophisticated, highly intelligent cannibal serial killer rather than a lunatic, Graham does the same with Jurek, making him feel like Hannibal the Cannibal’s twin. Jurek is smaller and more muscular to fit Graham’s frame, but in retrospect, neither detail matters — Jurek’s presence, felt even when he is absent, is what counts.
Graham more than delivers. With every tilt of his head or high-pitched chuckle, you’re left feeling as though someone just walked over your grave. Dexter: Resurrection is the latest iteration of Dexter Morgan’s story (Michael C.
Hall), which includes the original award-winning series, a prequel (Dexter: Original Sin), a sequel (Dexter: New Blood), and... a threequel? Resurrection picks up after Dexter’s been shot by his son, Harrison, and follows him to New York City, where he's trying to reconnect with his son. Meanwhile, his former co-worker, Detective Bautista, begins to track him down.
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