Three TV shows to watch in May
From HBO’s I Know This Much Is True to the return of Amazon Prime Video’s Homecoming and Netflix’s Dead to Me, Eddie Mullan picks the programmes worth seeing this month.
Homecoming
The slow-burn thriller returns, without its original lead Julia Roberts but with multi-talented popstar/actress Janelle Monáe taking her place, as a character who wakes in a rowboat on a lake with no memory of who she is or how she got there. Her search for the truth will lead her to the Geist Group, the unconventional wellness company that was at the heart of the first series. Stephan James (If Beale Street Could Talk) reprises his role as traumatised military veteran Walter Cruz, still trying to successfully transition back to civilian life following the traumas of war. Watch the trailer here. Premieres 22 May on Amazon Prime Video (Credit: Amazon Prime Video)
Upload
A co-creator of both the US Office and Parks and Recreation, Greg Daniels has not one, but two shows released this month, the first of which is this sci-fi rom-com, set in a future with hologram phones and 3D-food printers. We follow app developer Nathan Brown (Robbie Amell), who has a decision to make following a self-driving car accident – because luckily in this imagined future, anyone who is near death can be uploaded into a virtual afterlife of their choosing. So after a rushed deliberation with girlfriend Ingrid (Allegra Edwards), Nathan is uploaded to her family’s luxurious afterlife. There, he meets charismatic concierge Nora Anthony (Andy Allo), who helps him navigate this new digital extension of life. Watch the trailer here. Premieres 1 May on Amazon Prime Video (Credit: Amazon Prime Video)
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Space force
Daniels’ other series – co-created with its star Steve Carell – provides an unusual spin on the workplace comedy. Carell stars as general Mark R Naird (Carell), a decorated pilot with dreams of running the Air Force, who is amazed when he finds himself called up to lead the newly formed sixth branch of the US armed forces: the titular Space Force. After Mark and his family are moved to a remote base in Colorado, he and a team of scientists and ‘spacemen’ are tasked by the White House with getting US boots on the Moon once again. John Malkovich, Lisa Kudrow, and Ben Schwartz also star. Premieres 29 May on Netflix (Credit: Netflix)