TV THIS WEEK: Vikings Valhalla on Netflix, The 355 on Peacock, Resident Alien
Michael A. Appel
7 min read
This week brings us sci-fi comedy, some game of thronesviking adventures, zombies and super espionage missions – not to mention a whole lot of superheroes in between.
Netflix has the premiere of its latest original series, the vikings prequel series Vikings: Walhallawhich could certainly fill this game of thrones-y empty while we wait for HBO to finally drop Dragon House Later this year. Peacock has the streaming premiere of the recent theatrical super-espionage thriller The 355and SYFY has new episodes of Foreign resident and Astrid & Lily. AMC is back with more The Walking Deadthe final season of, and The CW has the Arrowback in service verse with Superman & Lois, Legends of Tomorrow, Naomi and batman.
Digging deeper, TNT has a new snowdropsParamount Plus has a new Star Trek: DiscoveryApple TV+ has a new Breakupand HBO Max has a new Raised by wolves. There are also a few solid films worth checking out, including Blade Trinity on SYFY and Ivan Reitman’s Early 2000s Sci-Fi Movie Evolution (which is a great Reitman feature to revisit).
Check out the full recap below and let us know what you’ll be watching.
STRONG POINTS
The 355 (Peacock), Monday
STREAMING FIRST: A spy film starring Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz, Fan Bingbing, Diane Kruger and Lupita Nyong’o as a group of international spies on a deadly mission to recover a top secret weapon that will save the world. .. or have them killed .
Resident Alien (SYFY), Wednesday 9 p.m. – “Family Day”
Harry and Asta’s trip is interrupted by an uninvited relative as the town celebrates family.
Astrid & Lilly Save the World (SYFY), Wednesday 10 p.m. – “A-borg”
A haunting monster forces everyone to relive their worst childhood memory.
Vikings: Valhalla (Netflix), Friday – Season 1
SERIES FIRST: Set over a hundred years after the end of the original Vikings series, is a new adventure that blends historical authenticity and drama with realistic and immersive action. As tensions between the Vikings and the English royal family reach a bloody breaking point, three Vikings embark on an epic journey that will take them across oceans and across battlefields.
The Walking Dead (AMC), Sunday 9 p.m. – “New Haunts”
Heroes live Halloween in the Commonwealth; Daryl and Rosita undergo military training led by Mercer; Carol investigates Ezekiel’s condition.
MONDAY
The 355 (Peacock), Monday
See more in our “Highlights” section above.
Snowpiercer (TNT), Monday 9 p.m. – “A new life”
A series of terrorist attacks threaten to derail Layton and Zarah’s big day.
The Endgame (NBC), Monday 10 p.m. – “Pilot”
Recently captured international arms dealer Elena Fedorova is orchestrating multiple bank robberies across New York for a mysterious purpose, but she may have met her match with principled FBI agent Val Turner, who doesn’t will stop at nothing to foil his plan.
TUESDAY
Superman & Lois (The CW), Tuesday 8 p.m. – “Girl… You’ll Be a Woman, Soon”
Lana, Kyle and Sarah prepare for Sarah’s quinceañera, but things don’t go as well as they had hoped. Clark finds himself struggling with feelings of guilt over what happened to John Irons.
The Osbournes Want to Believe (Travel), Tuesday 8 p.m. – “Green Kids and the Devil”
Things get weird with footage of a suspected zombie, the elusive Ohio Grassman, and even the devil himself; Jack tricks his parents into believing in interdimensional green children; the Osbournes get the scoop on an alien connection.
Naomi (The CW), Tuesday 9 p.m. – “Shadow Ridge”
While Naomi is still shaken by her terrifying encounter with the bounty hunter, Dee continues to train her to control her thoughts and emotions and, therefore, her powers. the class embarks on an exciting week-long camping trip.
WEDNESDAY
Bad Boys for Life (FX), Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
NETWORK PREMIERE: Old school cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett team up with a new special tactics team to take down the vengeful leader of a drug cartel.
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (The CW), Wednesday 8 p.m. – “Too Legit to Quit”
Evil Gideon keeps trying to destroy the legends; trying to help, Gideon brokers a deal, but she breaks a major rule; the legends come up with another plan that could potentially solve all of their problems.
Resident Alien (SYFY), Wednesday 9 p.m. – “Family Day”
See more in our “Highlights” section above.
Batwoman (The CW), Wednesday 9 p.m. – “We’re All Mad Here”
Ryan, Sophie, and Jada reunite to formulate a plan to stop Marquis; Mary seeks to undo the harm she has done as Poison Ivy; Alice continues to spin out of control and struggles with her mental demons.
Astrid & Lilly Save the World (SYFY), Wednesday 10 p.m. – “A-borg”
See more in our “Highlights” section above.
THURSDAY
Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount Plus), Thursday – New Episode
Find the crew of the USS Discovery landing in an unknown future far from the home they once knew. Now living in a time filled with uncertainty, the crew of the USS Discovery, with the help of new friends, must work together to restore hope to the Federation.
Raised By Wolves (HBO Max), Thursday – “King”
Android’s partners Mother (Amanda Collin) and Father (Abubakar Salim), along with their offspring of six human children, join a newly formed atheist colony in the mysterious Kepler 22b tropical zone. But navigating this strange new society is only the beginning of their troubles as Mother’s “natural child” threatens to drive what little remains of the human race to extinction.
Blade: Trinity (SYFY), Thursday 8 p.m.
Blade (Wesley Snipes) and a pair of vampire slayers battle Dracula, the newly resurrected ancestor of the undead.
BattleBots (Discovery), Thursday 8pm – “Flip the Script”
Shocking upsets rock the entire competition, and with the World Championship looming, it’s the last chance for many teams to declare they belong in the knockout stages.
Ghosts (CBS), Thursday 9 p.m. – “Ghostwriter”
Sasappis offers to help Sam complete the B&B website so they can start taking reservations; Pete bonds with Jay at basketball, until Jay makes a new living friend; Flower tries to be Pete’s new basketball buddy.
Legacies (The CW), Thursday 9 p.m. – “The Story of My Life”
Cleo, MG and Jed work together on an unusual assignment; Alaric, Landon, and Ted find out what awaits them next; an unexpected source takes Hope by surprise.
FRIDAY
Vikings: Valhalla (Netflix), Friday
See more in our “Highlights” section above.
No Release (Hulu), Friday
FIRST CINEMA: Blocked by a blizzard, a young woman is forced to find refuge on a motorway service area with a group of strangers. Discovering a kidnapped girl in a van in the parking lot, she embarks on a terrifying mission to find out who among them is the kidnapper.
Severance pay (Apple TV+), Friday – “Forever”
Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have gone through a layoff procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in “work-life balance” is thrown into question as Mark finds himself at the center of an unfolding mystery that will force him to come to terms with the true nature of his job…and himself.
Geostorm (SYFY), Friday 8:30 p.m.
Some things were never meant to be controlled.
Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (Voyage), Friday 9 p.m. – “War With the Dead”
A soldier unknowingly awakens an ancient evil while stationed in Iraq.
SATURDAY
Free Guy (HBO), Saturday 8 p.m.
NETWORK PREMIERE: When a bank teller discovers he’s a background player in a video game, he decides to become the hero of his own story – a story he can rewrite himself. In a world without limits, he is determined to save the day before it’s too late.
The Maze Runner (SYFY), Saturday 9 p.m.
A teenager wakes up in a huge maze with other teenagers, with no memory of his past other than dreams about an organization known as WCKD. He hopes to escape by piecing together fragments of his past and clues he discovers in the maze.
SUNDAY
From (Epix), Sunday 9pm – “Way Things Are Now, The”
At Colony House, Tabitha and Julie grapple with their nightmarish new reality.
Killing Eve (BBC America), Sunday 8 p.m. – “Just Dunk Me”
SEASON PREMIERE: Eve sets out on her mission to throw a dagger into the hearts of the Twelve, even if it kills her; Villanelle tries to reform while living in a cloister, but faces rejection when she reaches out to Eve.
The Simpsons (Fox), Sunday 8 p.m. – “Pixelated and Afraid”
When Homer and Marge are lost in a frozen wasteland, they must push their limits to survive.
The Walking Dead (AMC), Sunday 9 p.m. – “New Haunts”
See more in our “Highlights” section above.
Evolution (MOMAX), Sunday 9 p.m.
A former government scientist (David Duchovny) teaching at an Arizona community college discovers rapidly growing organisms on a meteor.
Family Guy (Fox), Sunday 9:30 p.m. – “The Lois Quagmire”
At odds with Peter, Lois takes Quagmire to her high school reunion; the rest of the family must cover up the death of a pizza delivery boy.
* Information about TV listings via Zap2it, network listings and streaming listings.
