Oscar nominee Elle Fanning resorts to playing a space alien in sexy videos in the trailer for Margo’s Got Money Troubles. Fanning stars in the titular role in Apple TV’s new comedy based on Rufi Thorpe’s bestseller, premiering on April 15, 2026.
The first three episodes drop on April 15, followed by new episodes of the eight-episode season on Wednesdays.
The big-name cast also includes Oscar nominee Michelle Pfeiffer, Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, Emmy winner Nick Offerman, and Thaddea Graham. Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden, Emmy winner Greg Kinnear, Michael Angarano, Rico Nasty, and Lindsey Normington round out the ensemble.
Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning in ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ (Photo Credit: Apple TV)
Apple TV offers this description of the new series: “Margo’s Got Money Troubles is a bold, heartwarming, and comedic family drama following recent college dropout and aspiring writer Margo (Fanning), the daughter of an ex-Hooters waitress (Pfeiffer) and ex-pro wrestler (Offerman), as she’s forced to make her way with a new baby, a mounting pile of bills, and a dwindling amount of ways to pay them.”
David E. Kelley created the series and serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Additional executive producers include Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nicole Kidman, Dakota Fanning, Brittany Kahan Ward, Per Saari, Matthew Tinker, Eva Anderson, Boo Killebrew, and author Rufi Thorpe. Dearbhla Walsh executive produced and directed the pilot. Kate Herron and Alice Seabright also direct episodes of the first season.
Margo’s Got Money Troubles is produced for Apple TV by A24.
Zach Galifianakis as Bardolph and Billy Magnussen as Duncan in ‘The Audacity’ (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/AMC)
AMC’s The Audacity has been picked up for a second season ahead of its series debut. South By Southwest (SXSW) is hosting the world premiere of the Silicon Valley-set drama on March 14, 2026, followed by its premiere on AMC and AMC+ on Sunday, April 12, 2026.
“From the start, The Audacity exists because Kristin Dolan, Dan McDermott, and AMC Networks decided that ‘playing it safe’ is vastly overrated,” commented series creator, writer, and executive producer Jonathan Glatzer. “They’ve enabled me and our fearless cast to dive headfirst into the deep recesses of some beautifully flawed characters, all set against the backdrop of Silicon Valley, which only happens to have the power to shape how we work, argue, date, doomscroll, etc. And now, with this second-season pickup, AMC Networks has stood by their conviction with this wholly original satire. As The Audacity‘s creator, I could not be more grateful, but also as a fan of original and slightly dangerous stories, I am ecstatic.”
Season one stars Billy Magnussen, Sarah Goldberg, Zach Galifianakis, Lucy Punch, Simon Helberg, and Rob Corddry. Meaghan Rath, Paul Adelstein, Everett Blunck, Thailey Roberge, and Ava Marie Telek also star.
“Set inside the bubble of Silicon Valley, The Audacity takes on the warped dreams, outsized egos, and ethical lapses of the self-styled inventors of the future. In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs, and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO (Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power,” reads AMC’s synopsis. “The darkly comedic drama confronts reality, privacy, and the delusions fueling our ever-changing world.”
Gina Mingacci executive produces, and Lucy Forbes (This Is Going To Hurt, Eric) directed episodes one and two of the first season.
“Jonathan is one of the smartest, most talented, insightful, and human showrunners we’ve ever worked with,” said Chief Content Officer of AMC Networks and President of AMC Studios Dan McDermott. “He has created a series that is smart, witty, and nuanced, with dynamic characters, and something to say about our world, and this particular world that has such a huge impact on our culture, our economy, and the very lives we are all living. Season one is fantastic; season two can’t come soon enough. Thank you to Jonathan, Gina, and the incredible cast and crew of The Audacity, for bringing this story and these characters to life.”
FBI‘s Jeremy Sisto returns to guest star on CBS’s CIA episode three, “Bridge of Lies.” Directed by Peter Stebbings, episode three airs on Monday, March 9, 2026 at 10pm ET/PT.
“Bridge of Lies” Plot: When a deeply embedded U.S. intelligence officer is detained in Hong Kong, Nikki insists on traveling there to bring him home. But when her cover is blown, the team must work tirelessly to get her back to New York.
Tom Ellis stars as CIA Agent Colin Glass, Nick Gehlfuss stars as Special Agent Bill Goodman, Necar Zadegan plays Deputy Chief of Station Nikki Reynard, and Natalee Linez is CIA Analyst Gina Gosian.
When by-the-book FBI Special Agent Bill Goodman (Gehlfuss) is loaned out to a clandestine CIA/FBI task force, he finds himself teamed up with secretive and roguish CIA Agent Colin Glass (Ellis). Together they will work covert operations in New York, uncovering international plots, terrorist cells, and geopolitical secrets.
On CIA, Bill will learn the rules of this murky world on the fly as Colin leads him deeper into spy games where only one thing is clear—their work keeps America safe, even if no one will ever know what they did in the shadows.
CBS’s FBI heads to the hardwood with season eight, episode 13. Directed by John Behring, “Fanatics” will air on Monday, March 9, 2026 at 9pm ET/PT.
“Fanatics” Plot: After the son of a professional basketball team owner is taken for ransom, Jubal and the team race to catch the kidnappers. Soon, they discover the perpetrators have been planning a larger revenge plot that they must act quickly to stop.
Missy Peregrym stars as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki plays Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto returns as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, Alana De La Garza is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, John Boyd stars as Special Agent Stuart Scola, and Juliana Aidén Martinez plays Eva Ramos.
FBI is a fast-paced drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This elite unit brings to bear all their talents, intellect, and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep New York and the country safe. Born into a multigenerational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects.
Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, a West Point graduate via Bushwick who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, who operates under intense pressure and has undeniable command authority.
The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator, as well as Special Agent Stuart Scola, an Ivy League-educated Wall Streeter-turned-FBI agent. These first-class agents tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime, and counterintelligence.
CBS’s Tracker takes the action to Queens in season three, episode 11. “To the Bone” opens with Ben, a waiter, finishing up his shift and helping out his co-worker by letting her take off. She invites him for a night out with their coworkers, but Ben’s too tired to party.
He tosses out the trash just as a car pulls up fast in the alley.
(The following is a recap of season three, episode 11, and there are spoilers.)
Colter meets Ben’s parents, restaurant owners Stath (Joshua Bitton) and Antonia Pateras (Sarah Strange), and learns that they haven’t heard from Ben since his shift the previous evening. He hasn’t responded to calls and texts, and it’s not like him to ghost his parents or friends. The police aren’t investigating it as a missing person’s case.
Ben didn’t make the night deposit, and it’s possible he was robbed. The parents acknowledge there have been recent changes in his behavior, but they believe their 18-year-old son is a good person and something’s wrong.
Colter looks in Ben’s locker as Stath explains his son’s been spending a lot of time online in the evenings. Stath also reveals Ben’s not interested in the restaurant business; he’d rather fight injustice and help people.
Colter finds a spent taser cartridge in Ben’s locker, and his dad admits he didn’t know Ben owned one. Stath walks Colter through Ben’s normal nightly closing routine and Colter notices the restaurant has a security camera facing the alley. Unfortunately, it’s not working.
Colter finds Ben’s phone and spots an unhoused woman eating a meal from the restaurant. It’s not open yet, so Ben’s dad thinks his son left a meal outside for her after his shift. Colter questions the woman, and she confirms Ben left it outside the restaurant’s back door. She reluctantly explains she saw a dark-skinned man wearing a leather jacket drive up, and he and Ben were fighting. She also saw the man put Ben in his car and then leave.
The woman believes it was a Coupe DeVille and Stath says one of his former employees, Ellis Brawner, owns one. Stath let Ellis go because he was stealing. Randy’s research turns up that Ellis had theft, assault, and a drug charge on his record. Ellis and Ben exchanged calls last night before Ben was taken.
Reenie meets with Maxine (Kathleen Robertson), a potentially huge client who’s familiar with Reenie’s work and thinks she’s a “killer.” Maxine’s firm needs Reenie’s assistance working on a case against a real estate development giant. She describes Reenie’s potential role as a sniper helping to take down the real estate company. Reenie thinks it sounds more like grunt work, and Maxine promises more clients down the road if Reenie works with them on this case.
Reenie agrees to do her research and consider the case.
Randy and Mel (Cassady McClincy Zhang) start the research process knowing that Maxine is going to want Reenie to contact potential witnesses who could testify against the real estate company.
Ellis doesn’t answer when Colter knocks, so Colter breaks into his apartment. Colter discovers a desk with dozens of passports and what looks like the equipment to make even more. Ellis arrives, catches sight of Colter, and quickly flees. Colter’s much too fast and grabs Ellis, demanding to know where Ben is. Ellis swears he and Ben are friends/business partners, and he took the fall for something Ben did; that’s what got him fired.
Ellis admits he and Ben have an ID business, and last night Ben called him to come to the restaurant. Ellis was already in bed, so he was upset when he met Ben in the alley. Ben took some IDs and bought Ellis’s extra car. Colter wonders why Ben would have used the money from the restaurant to buy a car, and Ellis doesn’t have a clue. Ellis describes Ben as stressed about some girl he was talking to on the phone.
Ellis hopes Ben’s okay and agrees to let Colter take Ben’s laptop. Randy connects to it and is shocked that Ben wrote his own code to keep everyone out. It’s going to take a little longer to crack it. Meanwhile, he tracks Ben’s car and finds it on a traffic cam from one hour ago near a scrapyard. That location is Colter’s next stop.
Colter looks around the scrapyard and finds a car with what looks like blood. He breaks into it and opens the trunk. A woman’s dead body is inside!
Colter calls in the cops and learns the victim is a woman named Nadia from Romania in the US on an expired tourist visa. The detective wants to put out a BOLO on Ben, but Colter insists Ben had nothing to do with it. Two sets of tire tracks indicate someone drove Ben’s car in and then took off in another car. Nadia’s body was dragged through the dirt into the trunk of Ben’s car. Whoever took Ben has something to do with Nadia’s murder.
Randy cracks Ben’s laptop and finds photos of Nadia. It appears Ben was working on making Nadia a fake green card. Nadia must have been the girl Ben was worried about, but they don’t have a good address on her. Randy determines from the metadata her photo was taken at a location five miles from the scrapyard.
Reenie’s first attempt to meet with a witness named Simone is a shocker. The witness is already dead, and her mother accuses Reenie of being one of “those people” who just won’t leave them alone. Simone’s mom insists Simone wanted nothing to do with any lawsuits.
It’s pitch black and pouring down rain when Colter arrives at the location five miles away. He looks around the property and enters an unlocked house, gun drawn. One room has a deadbolt on the outside, and he breaks the door down. It leads to a large basement with makeshift rooms where women stayed. Each room has masking tape with the names of the women who stayed there written on it. Colter finds Nadia’s room, and it looks like it was set up to record videos. There’s a shattered mirror, and near it on the floor is a cap from Ben’s restaurant.
We’re shown Ben (Ben Krieger) gagged and taped to a chair. A man pulls back his head and a woman with a knife says, “Okay, Ben, let’s try this again.”
Colter describes the rooms to Randy, who is sure that predators lured girls from foreign countries there with promises of making them models. They were forced to work for these predators and couldn’t leave because their passports were taken. Nadia was probably killed as an example to the other women.
Nadia’s been dead a few days, so why was Ben just in the room? And who is Kendall? (Her name was next to Nadia’s on the door.) Randy quickly confirms Ben made an ID for Kendall just last night. The conversation Ellis overheard was likely between Kendall and Ben.
There’s a laptop and a webcam in the room and Randy hacks into it. The video shows Ben fighting a man while yelling at Kendall to run. After Kendall fled, the man threw Ben into the mirror and then dragged him out of view. Colter now believes that Ben was trying to save Kendall, not Nadia, and was taken.
Colter’s still in the house when a man arrives upstairs. The man notices the broken door, but Colter hears him coming. Colter tells him to drop his weapon, which leads to a fistfight. After Colter gets him under control, the man confesses he was told to keep Ben alive so they could find Kendall. Colter tortures him into giving up the names of the people in charge, Eliza and Nico Watts.
Randy pulls up info on the siblings and learns they are suspects in three missing persons cases. All the cases involved women on tourist visas. Kendall probably discovered they killed Nadia, and they need to find her before she goes to the police. They’re holding Ben because he might know where Kendall is hiding.
Colter takes the man’s wallet, which contains a business card for Celebrities. Randy quickly determines Celebrities is owned by the same shell company that owns the house where the women were kept.
Colter pulls up to Celebrities and follows a delivery inside. He sneaks through the building and follows a muscle dude into the basement. Colter gets the jump on the much larger, more muscular man, and it’s a tough fight. Colter’s got the advantage of taking him by surprise from behind and knocks him out.
Ben’s still taped to the chair, and Colter quickly frees him. But Ben refuses to leave; he needs to save Kendall. Eliza and Nico got Kendall’s location from his burner phone and are heading there now.
Colter and Ben break multiple traffic laws driving to the address, as Ben reveals Kendall found Nadia’s dead body in the closet. She was too scared to go to the cops. Ben insists the women are victims being held prisoner. Kendall told him all the details and he needed to help them escape. He made Nadia’s ID first. Ben’s sure Kendall is at the motel they’re heading to because she doesn’t have anyplace else to go that’s safe.
Nico and Eliza barely beat Colton to the motel, and he tracks them to the parking lot. Eliza threatens Kendall with a knife, demanding to know who she told about Nadia. Nico spots Colter and begins shooting, but Colter’s much more accurate. He kills Nico and forces Eliza to drop her knife.
Kendall’s safe but scared to death.
Randy informs Reenie that Colter solved the case and shut down a predator operation. Reenie confesses there’s something weird about this case she’s working on, and Randy doesn’t understand why Simone’s recent death didn’t appear in his search. Reenie’s not going to pass on the job, but she is going to look into it more.
Colter reunites Ben with his parents, and Ben apologizes before introducing them to Kendall. His parents agree she can stay with them for a while.
Ben’s dad blames himself for not being open enough with Ben, but Colter assures him that’s not the case. Colter thinks Ben’s a great kid. Stath hands over the reward and says they’re in his debt.
“Enjoy your family,” says Colter, smiling as he walks away.
Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan in ‘Outlander’ season 8 episode 1 (Photo Credit: Starz)
Starz’s Outlander season eight, episode one welcomes us back with an opening that deserves a trigger warning. The final season’s first episode begins with Claire and Jamie trying to find out more details about their daughter Faith’s life.
(The following is a recap of season eight, episode one, “Soul of a Rebel,” and there are spoilers.)
Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) anxiously await Sebastian Vasquez, a smuggler who thinks they’ve got 30 barrels of whiskey to sell in the north. The smuggler calls Jamie “Mr. Roy,” and Jamie explains that Mrs. Abbott gave him his name. Jamie and Claire’s actual plan is to find out about his connection to Faith’s daughters, Jane and Frances. Vasquez explains his crew boarded Captain Pocock’s ship and Pocock had his wife and two girls with him. He slit Pocock’s throat and took his daughters, one of whom was too young to sell for sex. However, he believed she’d grow into a beauty. The older daughter was mature enough to put to work, so he raped her before forcing her into a life of prostitution.
Pocock’s wife, Faith, tried to protect her daughters, so he tossed her overboard.
Claire’s been standing behind Vasquez, pretending to be a servant, and she can only take so much of this despicable man. She stabs him repeatedly in the back. Jamie kills Vasquez’s man before he can react.
Later, Claire’s enraged and frustrated with herself for killing Vasquez too quickly. She should have tortured him. Jamie insists the devil will take care of him for what he did to Jane, Frances, and Faith. Claire blames everything on Pocock, but Jamie demands to know how their stillborn babe turned out to be alive and with two daughters of her own. Claire believes Mother Hildegarde did something, but then she realizes it was likely Master Raymond since he asked for her forgiveness. The question is, why would they steal their baby?
Jamie and Claire have an incredibly difficult time accepting that their daughter lives without their knowledge. They try to picture her life, her smile, and even who helped her when she cried.
“What if she went through her whole life thinking that nobody wanted her when all we wanted more than anything in the world was her?” wonders Claire, distraught.
Jamie reminds her that she lost her parents as a child but then they found each other. “I am the true home of your heart,” says Jamie. He thinks it’s possible it was the same for their daughter. He’s sure she was loved.
Lauren Lyle, César Domboy, Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, and Florrie May Wilkinson in ‘Outlander’ season 8 episode 1 (Photo Credit: Starz)
Jamie and Claire Reunite with Fergus and Marsali
Savannah, Georgia, 1779 – Claire wakes to find Jamie’s already up after enduring a sleepless night. He couldn’t stop thinking about Faith. Fanny doesn’t remember much about her mother; she was only five when her mom was murdered. Claire doesn’t think they should tell her they’re her grandparents… at least not yet.
Jamie and Claire hear giggling outside their door and it’s their adorable grandkids. Welcome back Fergus (Cesar Domboy) and Marsali (Lauren Lyle)! Jamie’s eager to check out Fergus’s Fergus Fraser & Sons Printing & Books workshop and help with the printing press. Fergus confesses he’s been trying to keep on the good side of the British in his newspaper. Jamie thinks that’s a wise decision.
Jamie walks around the workshop, knocking on the walls until he finds a hidden compartment. Fergus has been secretly printing papers in support of a rebellion. Jamie reminds him how dangerous this is, especially since his family lives there too. Fergus understands the danger but is willing to die for something that matters. He promises to be careful.
The dining room table is crowded at breakfast, and Jamie explains that Ian wishes he was there, but Rachel’s pregnant so they headed back to Fraser’s Ridge. The talk is lighthearted, and it’s obvious the kids enjoy having their grandparents around.
After the kids head out to deliver papers, Marsali calls Fanny sweet, and Fergus points out that growing up in a brothel didn’t affect her. Jamie believes that’s because her sister protected her.
Jamie and Claire can’t stay because they promised Fanny they’d go home to Fraser’s Ridge. They’ll miss each other but promise it won’t be the last time they’re together.
Days later, Fanny (Florrie May Wilkinson) beams with joy as they arrive at Fraser’s Ridge.
Jamie and Claire show Fanny around where their home used to stand before the fire destroyed it. Ian (John Bell) runs up, a huge smile on his face, and pulls Claire in for a hug. Rachel hasn’t given birth yet, and Ian’s relieved that Claire’s back to help.
Ian leads Jamie, Claire, and Fanny to their new home that he built specifically for them, using the plans they made before they left. The Beardsleys, Lindsays, and other Ardsmuir men pitched in, and people from the Ridge donated furnishings. Claire’s compliments Ian on the beautiful home he built for them, and Ian’s pleased to announce he also staked out a garden for her.
Rachel (Izzy Meikle-Small) is positively glowing as she shows them around their new home. Wood from the stables was used, and there’s even a large office for Claire’s surgery with excellent lighting. Ian thought of everything!
Jamie takes Fanny upstairs and shows her an unfinished room that will be hers. He’s already thinking about the furniture he’ll build to fill her room, while Fanny’s just trying to wrap her head around having a room all to herself.
Jamie and Claire have their first quiet night in their new home, and Jamie insists that seeing her in the moonlight through the window reminds him of the night their Faith was conceived. He’s sure it was the night she first said she loved him at Lallybroch. Jamie recalls thinking at that moment that a piece of him would be inside her forever.
(It’s a beautiful, gentle, and sensual moment between our favorite couple, which makes it even more difficult to accept this is the final season.)
The following day Jamie and Claire are stunned to see how Fraser’s Ridge has grown in their absence. Amy McCallum (Joanne Thomson) and her young boys greet the Frasers, and she reveals she’s now married to Evan Lindsay (Gary Lamont). Jamie and Claire thank Evan for his help with the house, and Hiram Crombie (Antony Byrne) leaves his trading post to also welcome the Frasers back.
Crombie shows them around his store, which even has supplies Claire will need for her patients. Captain Charles Cunningham (Kieran Bew) is also in the store and Crombie introduces him as his business partner. Charles thanks them for Fraser’s Ridge, a place he and his mother now call home.
Jamie and Charles have a private chat, and Jamie advises his new acquaintance that he goes by mister now. (Charles had called him General Fraser.) Charles claims he still goes by Captain because he doesn’t like his given name, which earns a chuckle from Jamie. But the friendly chat turns a bit icy when Charles reveals he served 30 years in His Majesty’s Army. Jamie realizes he and Charles were on opposite sides at the Battle of Bemis Heights.
“War is a terrible thing. I am most happy to be done with it,” declares Charles. Jamie smiles and the tension subsides.
As they ride back home, Claire and Jamie agree they should try and get to know Charles better. Jamie knows he’s done with the war but worries the war might not be done with Charles.
Lizzie (Caitlin O’Ryan) delivers bees as a homecoming gift, and Jamie promises that when they have honey, they’ll bring some to her and Josiah and Kezzie. Claire holds Lizzie’s daughter, thrilled to meet her little namesake.
Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Richard Rankin and Sophie Skelton in ‘Outlander’ season 8 (Photo Credit: Starz)
Claire and Jamie are still discussing bees when Roger (Richard Rankin) calls out, “Hello, the house!” Claire can barely contain herself as Bree (Sophie Skelton) runs into her arms. She pulls her daughter in close as Jamie grabs up Jemmy while Roger tells his youngest, Mandy, that Jamie and Claire are her grandparents. It’s Jamie’s turn to hug Bree and she confesses they’re back because they couldn’t wait to come home.
As they cook a meal, Jamie assures Bree they can stay there until she and Roger build their own house. However, Jamie doesn’t reveal Fanny’s true identity. Instead, he says she’s an orphan that William entrusted them to take care of. Bree realizes William must know Jamie’s his father.
Jemmy asks Jamie to read from the book Roger brought with them, and it’s full of illustrations—something Fanny finds incredible. Jamie doesn’t stick to what’s written, adding his own touches to the story. Jamie realizes he knows this story and Claire reminds him she told him about it years ago.
Roger suggests the kids read in another room so the adults can catch up. Bree gives Claire a medical book she brought with her, and Claire can’t wait to learn about new medical discoveries. Bree also brought Jamie The Lord of the Rings because it’s one of Jem and Roger’s favorites.
Later that evening, Jamie and Roger have a heart-to-heart, and Roger confesses he’s no longer a minister. Jamie hopes Roger will introduce himself around town and tell him what he thinks about Cunningham. Claire and Bree join them, and Jamie still can’t get over the fact they’re all together again. Bree reveals she also brought back a book titled Soul of a Rebel: The Scottish Roots of the American Revolution by Frank Randall, which includes the research Frank was doing before he died. Bree hasn’t read it because she’d feel his loss all over again. Roger admits they felt the same about Jamie and Claire’s letters and had to space them out. There are still unopened letters because as long as they stayed that way, Jamie and Claire would still be alive.
Jamie understands something drastic must have happened to make them come back during a war. And Claire finally reveals the truth about Fanny and about Bree’s sister, Faith.
Jamie and Bree go out hunting and Bree fills her dad in on Robert Cameron. Bree doesn’t think Robert can time-travel, but she and Roger decided if no time is completely safe, they’d rather be with Jamie and Claire. Jamie decides he’ll move the gold so Cameron will never find it.
As they’re walking, they come upon two men strung up with GR carved into their foreheads. (It’s a reference to George Rex—King George.)
The Frasers have their first encounter with Captain Cunningham’s mom, an incredibly rude elderly woman who slaps Mandy and tells them they’re all going to hell. Mandy decides she’s the wicked witch of the west.
That night in front of the fire, Jamie opens Frank’s book and looks at his photo. He’s stunned that he looks just like Black Jack Randall. Claire never told him they looked alike, and she thinks that’s because once she got over the resemblance, she realized they were nothing alike. Claire thinks Jamie would have been upset to learn about Frank, and Jamie realizes it’s not important. He asks if Frank was honest, and Claire confirms he was for the most part. Claire is shocked when Jamie reveals that Frank brought him up at least 14 times in his book.
Frank wrote that a battle is coming to a place called King’s Mountain in a year. Jamie will die in it!
Charles Vandervaart and David Berry in ‘Outlander’ season 8 episode 1 (Photo Credit: Starz)
Lord John Grey’s Family Expands
Lord John Grey (David Berry) holds a fussy baby while he tries to explain to Lt. Graves (Paddy Duff) that the hungover man he’s taken into custody is in fact the ninth Earl of Ellesmere and a former captain in His Majesty’s Army. After Lt. Graves leaves, Lord John introduces the baby—Trevor Wattiswade Grey—to William (Charles Vandervaart). Trevor is William’s cousin Benjamin’s son.
A short while later, William’s in good enough shape to explain he was drinking with the rebels because he heard Ezekial Richardson might have been with them. William finally realizes who the baby is and can’t wait to see Ben. Lord John breaks the news that Ben died after being taken prisoner by rebels, and William’s devastated.
William demands to know how Ben was captured, but Lord John doesn’t have those details. Lord John hasn’t told his brother that his eldest and favorite son is dead yet because he fears the news will kill him. William doesn’t believe Ben was married or that he had a baby. He finds it strange a wife and child only showed up and introduced themselves after Lord John found out Ben had died.
Henry never mentioned to William that Ben was married, but Lord John thinks the bundle of love letters from Benjamin in her possession proves she was Ben’s wife. Also, Wattiswade is a family name that few others would know about.
Just then Ben’s widow pops in and Lord John introduces her as Amaranthus, Viscountess Grey (Carla Woodcock). Amaranthus overheard their conversation and dismisses William, calling him a drunkard and a fool. (She’s not wrong.)
Lord John helps William with his hangover and invites him to join him for a meal with General Prevost. He refers to the general as a decent soldier, and William realizes he’s trying to get him to rejoin the army. Lord John hopes he understands the British army isn’t to blame for Jane Pocock’s death. Both men want Richardson to pay for what he did, but becoming a drunkard isn’t how to go about it. And if William doesn’t want to rejoin the army, Lord John suggests he should head back to England.
William has no interest in returning to England and taking care of his estate. He’d rather renounce his title now that he knows he’s a bastard, but Lord John insists that’s not possible. Only rebelling against the crown would cause the king to strip him of his title.
Lord John is done with William’s pouting and rude behavior. He doesn’t care if William calls himself Ransom, Fraser, or Grey, he will not tolerate William being rude to Ben’s widow.
William actually does the right thing and apologizes to Lady Grey. She accepts and confesses she has a sharp tongue when she’s angry. William thinks the baby looks like Benjamin and Lady Grey’s happy to hear it. She hopes when Trevor grows up, William can tell him about Ben.
“I promise I shall do all I can for Trevor, and for you, Lady Grey,” says William.
New episodes of Outlander’s final stream on the Starz app on Fridays at 12am ET and linear on Starz at 8pm ET/PT.
Season three of Netflix’s The Night Agent racked up nearly a million views during its second week, proving popular enough to earn a fourth season. The streamer officially confirmed the action thriller will return for season four, which will be shot in Los Angeles.
Gabriel Basso will return as Peter Sutherland in the upcoming new season. Netflix hasn’t confirmed if any of season three’s cast will also be coming back. Louis Herthum, Stephen Moyer, Callum Vinson, David Lyons, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Jennifer Morrison, Albert Jones, Ward Horton, and Genesis Rodriguez starred in the third season, which premiered in February 2026.
“It’s been a wild ride filming The Night Agent in five countries across three continents to this point, and we’re so thrilled that the adventures of Peter Sutherland will continue into season four,” stated creator, executive producer, and showrunner Shawn Ryan. “Our writers, our cast, and our crew stand ready to answer the call to bring our incredible fans even more twists, turns, and thrills.”
Netflix did not issue an official synopsis for season four or announce a target premiere date. Season three’s synopsis reads:
“Coming off the explosive events of season two, Night Agent Peter Sutherland is called in to track down a young Treasury Agent who fled to Istanbul with sensitive government intel after killing his boss. This kicks off a sequence of events where Peter investigates a dark money network while avoiding its paid assassins, while putting him on a collision course with a relentless journalist. Working together, they uncover buried secrets and old grudges that threaten to bring the government to its knees—and get them both killed in the process.”
Season three was executive produced by Marney Hochman, Seth Gordon, Julia Gunn, James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, Nicole Tossou, David Beaubaire, Munis Rashid, Paul Bernard, Guy Ferland, and Seth Fisher.
Kong in ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2 Episode 2 (Photo Credit: Apple TV)
An angry Kong beats his chest and roars at the helicopters while they flee the island as Apple TV’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season two, episode two opens. Lee Shaw (Kurt Russell) is reeling from the effects of being in Axis Mundi and isn’t happy to learn they’re heading to Monarch Outpost 18. He reminds Keiko (Mari Yamamoto) they’ve seen this Titan before.
When the helicopter lands on the ship’s deck, no one onboard realizes a creature (known as a Scarab) hitched a ride. It scurries away, unnoticed.
Monarch tracks Titan X’s movements as it heads to the South China Sea. Tim (Joe Tippett) is now in charge since Verdugo is dead, but he doesn’t want the responsibility. Unfortunately, all the comms are down so he’s stuck being the guy making all the decisions. He’s shocked to learn no one has been told about Titan X. Tim’s day gets worse when Lee Shaw arrives in the control room, demanding to know why they’re not going after Titan X. There’s no time to wait for input from Washington; they’re heading into another G-Day if they don’t stop Titan X.
Tim and Lee yell at each other while work comes to a standstill. Finally, Tim decides to follow Titan X from a distance, ordering the team to keep working on getting comms up and running.
Kentaro (Ren Watabe) and Hiroshi (Takehiro Hira) are also at each other’s throats, arguing over their actions that lead to unleashing Titan X. Cate (Anna Sawai) overhears and runs off, and Hiroshi gives chase. He claims he doesn’t blame her and they need to move on. Hiroshi thinks he’s to blame for putting Cate into this situation in the first place.
A Monarch employee hears chittering in the medical bay. He looks up just as the Scarab launches itself at his face.
Comms are reestablished and Tim’s told by Director Barris to maintain contact with the new Titan. Tim confesses he doesn’t believe he’s the right man to lead, but Lee doesn’t agree. Tim reads another message from Barris ordering him to place Lee under arrest. Fortunately for Lee, that’s an order Tim has decided to disobey.
Joe Tippett, Mari Yamamoto and Kurt Russell in ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2 Episode 2 (Photo Credit: Apple TV)
A short while later, Titan X speeds up, and Monarch can’t match its speed. Tim says if they try, they risk overheating the engines. The radar lights up and they realize they’ve entered the Strait of Malacca, a busy shipping channel. Keiko is confused about Monarch’s mission, and Tim recites their mission statement: “Discovery and defense in a time of monsters.” She realizes those are Bill’s words and that defense didn’t work at Bikini Atoll. They moved on to discover what they could about monsters after that and committed to never stop chasing the truth.
Tim gives the order to increase their speed, thanks to Keiko.
Lee asks if they have any weapons, and the only thing they have on board is a drone. The specs show it has sonar for mapping and Keiko suggests that since they’ve seen this Titan before, they learned it responds to subsonic sounds below the range of human hearing. They could use the drone to emit a signal to distract it. Hiroshi thinks he can alter it to mimic the Titan’s frequency.
However, they’ve only got 20 minutes before it hits the ships.
Keiko and Hiroshi have a real mother-son bonding moment as they work on reconfiguring the drone. They complete the alterations and launch the drone, hoping it does what they intend it to.
Cate’s alone and blaming herself for Titan X when the Scarab scurries by. The quick movement catches her attention, and she sees a trail of blood all over the walls and ceiling. She spots it on the ceiling down the hall and tries to run but can’t open the door. Cate grabs a fire extinguisher and prepares for a fight.
The drone approaches Titan X as the Titan is just four minutes out from the shipping channel. Lee’s too impatient and orders the guy steering the drone to take it closer to the water’s surface. When he doesn’t, Lee grabs the controls. Titan X wipes out the drone with a tentacle.
Cate can’t get the fire extinguisher to work so she’s lucky that Kentaro and May (Kiersey Clemons) show up just as the creature’s about to attack. Kentaro shoots it twice with a flare gun and it screams out, sending sound waves throughout the ship and into the water. Titan X hears it and turns around, heading straight for Monarch’s ship.
Kentaro calls the control room and informs them of the Scarab, which is stunned, not dead. Cate describes it as the bug-thing from the rift on Skull Island. The control room pulls up footage from the hallway and Keiko and Lee realize Titan X is coming for the creature, not them.
Lee wants to turn the ship around and try to put distance between them and Titan X long enough to grab the Scarab and get it to the hatch. Lee gets it onto a boat and drives the creature away from the ship just as the ship’s engines finally reach their breaking point.
Titan X approaches and Keiko and Hiroshi watch from the deck as Lee lures it away from the ship. The massive Titan rears up out of the water and Lee tosses the Scarab overboard. Titan X doesn’t pursue Lee as he drives away. The Scarab swims up to Titan X as Monarch staff breathe a sigh of relief.
Titan X in ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2 Episode 2 (Photo Credit: Apple TV)
Lee and Keiko’s First Encounter with Titan X
Santa Soledad 1957 – Bill (Anders Holm) is fascinated with the cave drawings, while Keiko and Lee (Wyatt Russell) try to figure out why the waters surrounding the island are so rich in fish. Bill finally leaves the caves and insists it’s time to leave the island. He claims the drawings on the cave were a migratory map of the sea monster. It’s moved on already, but the map indicates it goes all over the world. Bill wants to return to Santiago and look through the archives for M.U.T.O. (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism) encounters near its path.
Keiko doesn’t want to leave because she’s busy collecting data, and Bill insists she can stay and keep working. Lee, on the other hand, thinks they all need to stick together. He’s outvoted and Bill takes off to track the sea monster.
Lucia’s told by the leader of the island that Lee and Keiko’s fates are sealed since they didn’t leave with Bill.
Lee and Keiko return to the cave and while discussing her relationship with Bill, she feels a vibration. Lucia and the leader join them, and Lucia explains that the villagers think with outsiders on the island, the fish will stay away. The leader invites them to their festival that evening and Keiko accepts. (Lee wants to leave.)
The festival gets underway and it’s in honor of the great god of the sea. As the drinking and dancing get underway, Lee realizes Cate seems off—like she’s been drugged. The islanders pull her into the dance, and Lee’s also grabbed as he begins to feel the effects.
They wind up standing in front of each other, aware there’s something strange going on but not sure what. The villagers chant as a massive fish is strung up by its tail. They begin stomping their feet but stop when the leader stabs the fish. He bloodies his hands and then places blood on Lucia’s face.
Lucia tells Lee and Keiko that the villagers’ secret “will remain a secret.” She warned them to leave but they didn’t. Keiko continues to feel the vibration and finally Lee does too. Thousands of Scarabs emerge from below ground and Keiko and Lee are forced to make a run for it.
They run toward the dock, but the creatures are heading the same way. Suddenly, Titan X appears and the Scarabs scurry toward it. Episode two ends with Titan X roaring and knocking Lee and Keiko down.
The Tulsa King spinoff, Frisco King, has added four actors to its cast. The newcomers join series star Samuel L. Jackson, who plays Russell Lee Washington Jr., a character who was introduced during season three of Tulsa King.
The just-announced new cast includes Asa Germann (Gen V, Scream 7), Kai Caster (Spider-Noir), Lilah Pate (Outer Banks), and Savanna Gann (English Teacher). The eight-episode season will begin shooting in Fort Worth this month. Series creator Taylor Sheridan is writing the first season and executive producing.
Paramount+ offered this description of the new characters:
Asa Germann will play Teddy, a sharp, savvy, entrepreneurial college dropout who gets Lee’s attention.
Kai Caster will play Keith, a polite valet at the local Sandman Hotel.
Lilah Pate will play London, a local cheerleading goddess recruited by Lee, who’s not afraid to use her good looks to get what she wants.
Savanna Gann will play Avery, a fellow cheerleader and friend of London’s who’s also recruited to join Lee’s crew.
The spinoff was originally developed as NOLA King before Sheridan shifted the action from New Orleans to Frisco, Texas.
Additional executive producers include Sylvester Stallone, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, Bob Yari, Christina Alexandra Voros, Michael Friedman, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, and Keith Cox. Voros and Friedman will direct the first season.
Frisco King is produced by Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios.
Netflix has given Alexander, based on Annabel Lyon’s bestselling novel The Golden Mean, a series order, with Heated Rivalry‘s Jacob Tierney on board to write, direct, and executive produce. Netflix has not confirmed the start date for production on Alexander, and it’s too early in the process for any casting details.
Netflix offered this synopsis: “Based on Annabel Lyon’s novel The Golden Mean, the drama begins as the Athenian empire is crumbling and the world’s greatest mind, Aristotle, arrives in Macedonia to tutor a volatile young prince, Alexander. Amid palace intrigue, forbidden love, brutal war, and ruthless ambitions, their unlikely friendship shapes an empire and alters the course of history.”
Additional executive producers include Brendan Brady, Michael Costigan, and Jason Bateman.
“I fell in love with Annabel Lyon’s book The Golden Mean years ago and have been dreaming of telling this story ever since,” stated Tierney. “Brendan and I couldn’t be more excited to be partnering with Aggregate and Netflix to bring this insanely compelling world to life.”
Jinny Howe, Netflix’s Head of US and Canada Scripted Series, added, “Jacob Tierney is one of the most exciting, in-demand creative voices working today, and we are thrilled to work with him on Alexander. We were immediately captivated by his vision for adapting Annabel Lyon’s acclaimed novel. This series reimagines the classic power struggle between mentor and protégé with a raw, modern energy that feels both epic and incredibly intimate. This high-stakes drama is poised to deeply resonate with our global audience, and we look forward to bringing it to life with the deftly talented Jason Bateman and the Aggregate Films team.”
