My Top 5 Obsessions This Week
Greetings to all my semi constant readers. There is a crispness in the air , a hint of cooler weather to come and and the thrillers, horror and suspense has already been gearing up for a promising Halloween season streaming and at the movies. I am ready are you?
1) American Horror Story Apocalypse on AMC has started off with a bang...literally!! Missiles have been launched and hit all across the world ,living up to the name of the dynamic new season. Already we see some of our favs like Kathy Bates , Lesley Grossman and the ever amazing Evan Peters and Sarah Paulson, ( the only two actors who have appeared in every season) battling for survival in this horrific new world. The ultimate survivalist Joan Collins -regal as ever in an Elizabeth Taylor ensemble has made it to safety in and underground bunker with the rest while the dust and radiation settles. There is something out there unseen and the plot of this new installment has been shrouded in secrecy and i have such high hopes for Emmy and Golden Globe winning auteur Ryan Murphy to make this one of his best seasons ever.
2) Mr. Mercedes, the second season out on the Audience Network based on the best selling trilogy from Stephen King is everything we want from the books. This series has all the elements I am missing from Castle Rock ( that I still want to see live up to its potential). An amazing story that is played out in the real world and the dark mind of Brady Hartsfield ( Harry Treadaway). The season picks up where last season left off with Brady and Bill Hodges ( Brendan Gleeson) in the hospital recovering from the near disaster that was diverted by Holly (Justine Lupe) who saved thousands of concert goers from Brady's plan to blow up the arena. Treadaway, Gleeson, Lupe and Holland Taylor ( love her) all pull amazing performances in this supernatural/crime hybrid in no small part to the mind of David E. Kelley. The horror has taken on a whole new level as Brady has awakened from his coma with extraordinary abilities thanks to the new experimental drugs he was secretly given. This is a high recommend.
3) You on Lifetime and based on the best selling book of the same name by writer Carolyn Kepnes is the ultimate stalker story for the millennial generation. Playing off his good boy image from Gossip Girl Penn Badgley is the perfect creep Joe Goldberg. Elizabeth Lail is great as Guinevere "Beck" the object of his desire. Through a chance meeting at the bookstore he manages , he starts his mission to have her and stealing her phone he follows her every post, text and instagram photo and with all that information manifests himself as the perfect "boyfriend".
4) Ozark- got even darker this season - if that was even possible. The Byrdes are in trouble and in even more peril as they dig deeper to find their way out of the deals they have made with the drug cartel, the Kansas City mob and the evil Snells. As always Justin Bateman and Laura Linney are fascinating to watch. But Julia Garner as Ruth Langmore steals every scene she is in with the hint of a smile or a lift of an eyebrow.
5) Manifest a promising new fall series on NBC could either be a Lost or a Touched by an Angel, right now it is too early to tell. I am intrigued with anything that features possible time travel and this one has a supernatural aspect to it. The passengers of flight 828 heading to New York from Jamaica experienced a bit of turbulence in the air and suddenly they are transported 5 years in the future without aging at all. Family , friends and loved ones have been dealing with the loss for 5 years but to our passengers it has only been hours. As some of the "souls" from this flight try to deal with their new situation they start experiencing voices in their heads that command them to listen and take direction. Either Sci-Fi or Religious, it remains to be seen. Starring Josh Dallas and Melissa Roxburgh as brother and sister and Jack Messina as his son Cal as well as some other familiar faces. The jury is still out for me but I am interested....
