CBS’s CIA used season one’s penultimate episode to reveal the identity of the mole and to introduce a character thought to be dead. More surprises are in store when the first season wraps up with episode 12, “Broken Glass,” airing on Monday, May 18, 2026 at 9pm ET/PT.
“Broken Glass” Plot: After the identity of the mole is revealed, Colin and Bill race to stop a nefarious operation from covering up intelligence theft. Also, the team tracks down Colin’s old partner, Toni. The season finale was written by Mike Weiss and directed by Ken Girotti.
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.
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.
Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton and Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler in ‘Dutton Ranch’ (Photo Credit: Emerson Miller / Paramount+)
Paramount+’s Dutton Ranch episode two takes a step back, opening eight days after the fire. Rip, Beth, and Carter are living in a motel, like many of the displaced fire victims, when Rip learns from Walker about an opportunity in Rio Paloma, Texas. There’s a ranch with 175 Black Angus cattle and 5,000 acres, and, more importantly, the possibility of a new future.
It’ll take all their money to buy it, but it’ll give them a fresh shot at life. Dillon has nothing left to offer them, and although Montana will always be home, Texas is offering a shot at building a new life.
(The following is a recap of Dutton Ranch episode two, “Earn Another Day,” and there are spoilers.)
They make it to Rio Paloma and the ranch owner, Jeanie Edwards (Harriet Sansom Harris), wants to sell to people who will love it as much as her family did. She refuses to sell it to 10 Petal’s Beulah Jackson and makes Rip (Cole Hauser) promise that he’ll fulfill her husband’s dream. She just wants one last ride around the ranch before turning over the keys.
Carter (Finn Little) and Rip head off to saddle the horses, and Jeanie confesses she knows about Beth’s dad and thinks he was similar to her husband. Beth (Kelly Reilly) promises she and Rip will honor Jeanie’s family’s memory.
Jeanie asks that they continue to employ Azul Ramos.
The action picks up six months later with Beth pointing out Beulah (Annette Bening) at an auction house. Rip and Beulah bid on the same Black Angus bull. Rip overpays because Beth won’t let Beulah win.
Rob-Will (Jai Courtney) leads his brother, Joaquin, to Wes’s grave in the dead of night. Surprise…it’s empty! Rip must have moved Wes after discovering his dead body. Joaquin reminds Rob-Will that he’s taking him to rehab tomorrow.
Beulah’s ranch hands are antsy, angry over Wes’s sudden disappearance. Joaquin’s arrival with a message for Chet (Hart Denton) is the only thing that calms the situation.
Beulah knows Chet was with Rob-Will when he shot Wes, and she wants him to take over the foreman job. She orders him to keep control of the bunkhouse and stop the rumors.
Rip waits outside a jail and calls over a just-released inmate. The man, Zachariah Moss (Marc Menchaca), confirms he’s a cowboy and claims he’s done with alcohol. Rip offers him a job, thanks to Azul’s suggestion.
Over at the 10 Petal, Wes’s wife, Whitney (Olivia Rose Keegan), demands to know where her husband is. Joaquin (Juan Pablo Raba) claims he doesn’t know where Wes went, but rumors suggest he’s with another woman. Whitney refuses to believe that Wes would ever walk out on his son.
Beth visits Dr. Everett McKinney (Ed Harris) and asks if there are any slaughterhouses around that aren’t owned by Beulah. He knows one, and she doesn’t take no for an answer when she asks him to head there now to introduce her.
Everett and Beth get to know each other on the long drive to his friend’s slaughterhouse. He reveals he was a naval aviator a long time ago. Beth believes he should be proud of his service, and that seems to impress him.
Rip drops Zachariah off at the barn and Zachariah’s happy to see Azul (J.R. Villarreal). They hug and Zachariah thanks him for the job. Azul warns him that Rip doesn’t suffer fools, and Zachariah understands and says he can handle it.
Rip joins them to move the heifers since they’ve got a new bull coming to the ranch.
It’s tense over at the 10 Petal as the cowboys argue over what happened to Wes. A fight breaks out and Chet hits one of the men with a metal branding iron. He continues to hit him until he can’t fight back. Apparently, Chet took Beulah’s instructions to heart.
Everett introduces Beth to Claudio, and he agrees to slaughter her cattle. He shows Beth around his butcher shop and Beth tells him she needs cuts that are going to impress buyers. They understand each other and strike a deal.
Oreana shows up outside of school with beer and an offer to skip algebra. Carter decides school can wait. They stop for target practice and Oreana’s impressed with his skills.
Juan Pablo Raba as Joaquin and Annette Bening as Beulah Jackson in ‘Dutton Ranch’ episode 2 (Photo Credit: Lauren “Lo” Smith/Paramount+)
Joaquin informs Beulah that Wes’s dead body is missing and that Rob-Will’s in rehab. Beulah insists he take care of all these problems, even though none of this is his fault.
Speaking of Wes, Whitney arrives at the sheriff’s office to file a missing person’s report. She talks Sheriff Handy Wade (Josh Stewart) into taking a report and he warns her that suggesting someone at the 10 Petal of knowing what happened is a serious accusation.
Carter asks Oreana out, but she turns him down since she has a boyfriend. She heads home and it’s revealed she’s Rob-Will’s daughter and Beulah’s granddaughter. Oreana doesn’t seem to like her family; she’s a rebel and resents Beulah for making her dad the man he turned out to be.
Joaquin shows up at Whitney’s place with Wes’s pay plus an additional two weeks. Whitney refuses to take it and warns him that she’s told the sheriff Wes is missing.
Beth joins Rip and Carter, pleased that she’s found a slaughterhouse that’ll work with them. After dinner she takes Rip to a bar and introduces him to Everett. Everett confesses he was going to put the mare down, but Beth talked him out of it. He used to tend to the animals on the ranch Rip and Beth bought and knew Jeanie and Billy well.
The singer calls Everett onto the stage and he joins her for a song. Rip and Beth dance, relaxing for one of the few times since they’ve moved to Texas. (We aren’t treated to Ed Harris’ singing skills.)
Meanwhile, Whitney hurriedly packs her clothes while crying, fully aware that something’s wrong.
Rip waits until Beth’s asleep and visits the barn. He unlocks a freezer with Wes’s body and loads it into his truck. Zachariah is also awake and watches as Rip drives off.
Beth wakes with a start and realizes Rip is gone.
Rip seems to be starting a Texas version of the train station, dumping Wes’s body into an unsafe mine shaft.
Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton and Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler in ‘Dutton Ranch’ episode 1 (Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+)
Paramount+ launched Dutton Ranch, the latest spinoff in Taylor Sheridan’s universe Yellowstone, with an episode that explained what Beth and Rip have been up to since leaving the Yellowstone Ranch. As you’d expect for the fan-favorite couple, life hasn’t gotten much easier since saying goodbye to the Dutton family’s beloved ranch.
The following is a recap of episode one, “The Untold Want,” and there are spoilers ahead.
Beth (Kelly Reilly) saddles her horse and walks outside the barn, pausing a moment to admire both the beauty of her new ranch and Rip (Cole Hauser) on horseback. They ride for hours, enjoying the peacefulness, finally ending with a shared flask under a starry sky. Beth asks if Rip ever imagined they’d have this quiet in their lives, and Rip admits he didn’t.
They’re free of all the chaos of the Yellowstone for the first time in their lives. She’s content and hopeful that their future in Dillon, Montana, will remain this peaceful. So, of course, their relaxing night snuggled under the stars ends with a thunderstorm sparking a massive wildfire that’s headed straight to their ranch.
The skyline is ablaze as Beth rides home and yells at Carter (Finn Little) to pack up. Rip’s out with the herd, cutting fences. Beth and Carter grab what they can and then load the horses in the trailer.
The cattle are straining against the barbed wire as the fire approaches. Rip’s able to free them and herds them away from the flames.
Beth and Carter pause for a brief moment as the fire nears the house. They’re barely down the road when the house goes up in flames.
Rip rides the fire line to look for stray cattle and hears a calf bellowing. He risks his life jumping the flames to try and rescue it.
Those who’ve been forced to flee gather at an evacuation center, and Beth senses something’s wrong when a helicopter flies overhead. She promises Carter she’ll be right back. Beth’s nearly at the ranch when she spots Rip with a calf draped over his horse. He’s exhausted and apologizes that everything is gone.
Beth replies, “It doesn’t matter. We start again.”
And all this destruction is before the opening credits even roll! Nothing is ever easy for Beth and Rip. Trouble seems to follow them.
Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler and Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton in ‘Dutton Ranch’ (Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+)
The action moves to Rio Paloma, Texas, and fast-forwards six months. It’s unbearably hot, even though it’s 4am when Beth joins Rip on the front porch. He confesses to missing the mountains.
We’re introduced to two new characters, Rob-Will (Jai Courtney) and Chet (Hart Denton), who are up to something shady. Someone’s been asking questions and seems to be onto whatever illegal activities they’re up to. Rob-Will steps inside a bunkhouse and fetches Wes (Nakoa DeCoite), lying that they need his help with a calf.
Instead, Rob-Will takes him out to the herd and accuses him of being a snitch. When Wes doesn’t immediately deny it, Rob-Will shoots him in the head. Rob-Will snorts coke as Chet fetches a tarp.
Beth and Rip’s cattle are doing well on their new ranch, and Rip heads out to fetch supplies with his foreman Azul (J.R. Villarreal), who’s lived in town all his life.
10 Petal Ranch owner Beulah Jackson (Annette Bening) rides out to check on a wild hog trap and isn’t pleased to see it’s full. She has Tommy (James Eddie) and Miguel (Berto Colon) kill the hogs before they can cannibalize each other.
Beulah wonders where her ranch hands are and her foreman Lou can’t find them. In particular, Rob-Will isn’t answering his phone. She looks through the big house and he isn’t in his room, and she orders her other son, Joaquin, to get someone to handle the 75 cattle sitting in the sun.
Back at Beth and Rip’s new ranch, Carter doesn’t understand why he needs to do algebra. Beth answers by having him figure out all the supplies they need around the ranch, based on pounds and feet. Point proven, she asks Carter for his honest opinion of their new town. He seems okay with it and might even be making friends.
Rip and Azul stop to get gas at the same place Rob-Will and Chet pulled into. Rob-Will gives Azul a hard time and Azul ignores him, which pisses Rob-Will off. It’s not until Rob-Will calls him a wetback that Azul speaks, reminding him his family’s been there longer. Rip orders Azul to get in the truck, and Rob-Will keeps shooting off his mouth. His joke about hand jobs doesn’t go over well. And stepping up on Rip while showing off his gun gets him disarmed and punched in the face.
Chet fetches Rob-Will as Rob-Will warns Rip that the next punch will cost him. Chet apologizes to Rip as Rob-Will speeds off without him. Rip gives him Rob-Will’s gun after unloading it and orders him to leave.
Joaquin picks up Chet, who’s freaked out about Rob-Will killing Wes. Joaquin warns him not to talk to anyone else about it.
Beth’s also having a rough time with Rob-Will’s mom. Beulah owns 10 Petal meats and if Beth wants to have her cattle slaughtered there, she’ll have to cut Beulah in on a share of the profits. At least until she’s got a big enough herd (150 cattle). Beth points out that’s extortion and Beulah doesn’t disagree. The first face-off between these two powerful women ends with Beth deciding she’d rather cut up her steer than deal with Beulah.
Back on the new Dutton Ranch, Azul spots a copperhead among the herd and kills it with a stomp of his boot. Azul points out that feral hogs will be coming around soon, and Rip tells him to kill them too. Azul thanks Rip for sticking up for him and Rip replies, “I don’t like racist a**holes.” Rip wants to hire more hands, but Azul advises him that the 10 Petal snatches all the workers.
Beth’s at a bar nursing a beer when Hoyt (Kyle Dondlinger) walks in and asks for something the bartender, Carol (country music artist Morgan Wade), doesn’t have. Dr. Everett McKinney (Ed Harris) walks in right after Hoyt and puts him in his place when he tries to give Carol a hard time. Beth’s impressed and they have a friendly exchange before Beth leaves.
Kelly Reilly as Beth in ‘Dutton Ranch’ episode 1 (Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+)
Beth’s returning home when she’s advised the two-lane road is closed due to an accident. Beth’s fine with going past the accident but then sees a horse in terrible pain in the field next to it. The sheriff claims he’s not paid to put it out of its misery. Beth’s ready to take matters into her own hands but instead of shooting it, she comforts the poor creature. McKinney walks up and assures her he’ll take care of it. He sings as he prepares to inject it, but suddenly Beth stops him. He claims he’s a good vet and Beth wants him to do his job. If the horse only has 1-in-1000 odds, then that one is all they need.
If Beth’s got the money, McKinney is willing to try and save her.
Carter shows up at the rodeo that evening, happy he has a date and bringing her flowers for no reason. She wants a drink and asks him to buy it, even though Carter’s not old enough to legally purchase it. She tells him where to meet her, and it turns out she’s with her friends who made fun of him for looking old at school. It wasn’t a date; she just used him to purchase alcohol for her and her friends.
They take off to party and don’t invite him. Poor Carter!
Later, Beth visits the horse at the hospital and finds out the T-post missed her lung. She’s going to recover but will have a lengthy rehab period. Beth notes that the horse has spirit; she’s fine with whatever she needs to do to help her heal.
Carter’s leaving, dejected, when he sees Hoyt grabbing his date, Oreana (Natalie Alyn Lind), when she tries to get away from his truck. Carter punches Hoyt and kicks him in the ribs. He’s delivering a series of blows when a sheriff arrives and arrests him.
Rob-Will returns home and Beulah’s glad he’s back. He confesses that he messed up and Beulah doesn’t want to know what he did. Instead, she advises him to talk to his brother.
Joaquin can’t believe his mom doesn’t want to know what Rob-Will did. He thinks his brother needs to go to rehab far from the ranch. They also need to hire a new foreman since Wes is gone.
Beth makes it home and she’s got blood on her hands. Before Rip can react, she explains that it belongs to a horse. And that horse is theirs now and is in the hospital. Beth warns her hubby they need to find a new slaughterhouse and her brief explanation earns a grin from Rip. He knows his wife well and jokes, “Glad you’re making friends, honey.”
Beth confesses she misses her dad and isn’t sure life is going to work out in Texas. Rip believes they can make it work. She thinks John never got to be happy because of the weight of the world on his shoulders. Beth wants things much simpler, but Rip knows that’s not possible. She wants a peaceful life, and Rip says that’s something they can make, not chase.
Carter’s locked up and wondering what’s next when Sheriff Wade lets him go without charging him. Oreana’s in the lobby and confirms she bailed him out. She hands him back the hat he lost and reveals she told the sheriff that he saved her. They shake hands and she formally introduces herself.
Meanwhile, Rip helps Beth wash off the day in the shower.
The following morning, Rip lets Beth sleep in and relax while he rides out to check on the herd. There’s a single yellow rose in a vase in the kitchen that brings a smile to her face.
Rip hears hogs while he’s out riding and shoots one. When he goes to check on what they were interested in, he finds Wes in a shallow grave.
Investigation Discovery has set a Wednesday, June 2, 2026 premiere date for the new true crime series Bodies in the Water. The six-episode season explores murders involving watery deaths in Michigan, New York City, Seattle, Missouri, Ohio, and Washington.
New episodes air on Tuesdays at 10pm on ID.
Poster for ‘Bodies in the Water’ (Photo Credit: ID)
Bodies in the Water Episode Guide
The Deep End of Envy
Premieres Wednesday, June 2
In the premiere episode, on a peaceful summer day in Pontiac, Michigan, two teenagers stumble upon a bloodied dock where something terrible had clearly occurred. Hours later, a body is pulled from the water: it’s a beloved former high school athlete. A trail of digital breadcrumbs leads police to a new group of friends his family barely recognized along with cryptic messages pointing to a late-night meet-up the last time he was seen. The deeper they dig, the more tangled the story becomes. To find the truth, they sort through a web of deception and dive deep into the final hours of a young life that ended far too soon.
Horror on the Hudson
Premieres Tuesday, June 9
A New York City boat captain spots something drifting near Chelsea Pier in the Hudson River. As he gets closer, he sees it’s the body of a pregnant young woman, first responders race to the scene, but despite their frantic efforts, they are tragically unable to save her or the unborn child. There are no obvious signs of trauma. No blood. No bruising. But the autopsy reveals just one small clue hidden beneath her braided hair: a single bullet wound. As detectives begin piecing together her final hours, they uncover more than just her identity—they expose a hidden life filled with secrets and an eerie pattern of disappearing women.
The Blue Room
Premieres Tuesday, June 16
Teens playing a social media scavenger hunt game stumble across a suitcase on the rocky shores of Elliott Bay in Seattle, and curiosity quickly turns to terror when they discover human remains inside. As police scramble for answers, another suitcase surfaces along a nearby river carrying two bodies. With help from an unlikely witness and the rivers as both crime scene and confessional, detectives expose a killer hiding in plain sight—and a city forced to confront what lies beneath its picturesque surface.
Lady in the Lake
Premieres Tuesday, June 23
In the close-knit town of Nixa, Missouri, a popular 20-year-old goes missing one summer night. Her beloved black sports car is found abandoned and soaked in blood on the side of the road, leaving her community shaken to its core. Four days later, her body is discovered in Lake Springfield, and a chilling murder mystery begins to unfold. With few clues and rising pressure, the town’s young sheriff refuses to give up, even as years turn into decades. For 22 years, the man responsible lives his life thinking he would get away with murder—until the case is finally cracked, and justice catches up to him at last.
Still Waters, Silent Killer
Premieres Tuesday, June 30
In Delaware County, Ohio, a man collecting garbage near Alum Creek Reservoir spots a large plastic tub bobbing in the water—with what looks like a human leg sticking out. The victim is soon identified as a local father who vanished just days earlier. As detectives trace his final hours—talking to roommates, scouring bar surveillance, and inspecting the tote—an ordinary barcode leads them to a chilling discovery: footage of the brutal murder itself. The case breaks open, but questions multiply.
Blood in the River
Premieres Tuesday, July 7
Camas, Washington is a town of rivers and quiet charm—until police recover a gold SUV from the nearby Lewis River. Soon after, a kayaker makes a chilling find in the Washougal River: a body floating in the current. As detectives begin to piece together the timeline, they uncover a small-time deal between neighbors that spiraled into deadly territory – ending in a brutal murder. With the recovery of the vehicle and body, the truth slowly comes into focus, leaving behind a grieving daughter and a town in shock.
Water is more of a pressing problem than fire on CBS’s Fire Country season four, episode 19. Directed by Ruben Garcia, episode 19 – “Rain Check for Tomorrow” – will air on Friday, May 15, 2026 at 9pm ET/PT.
“Rain Check for Tomorrow” Plot: When a volatile blaze at the Pineville Dam triggers a cascading infrastructure failure, Station 42 races to execute a series of perilous rescues.
Max Thieriot stars as Bode, Kevin Alejandro is Manny, Diane Farr is Sharon, Jordan Calloway plays Jake, and Jules Latimer stars as Eve.
Fire Country stars Max Thieriot (SEAL TEAM) as Bode Leone, a young convict who sought redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison release firefighting program in Northern California, where he and other inmates were partnered with elite firefighters to extinguish massive, unpredictable wildfires across the region. It’s a high-risk, high-reward assignment, and the heat is turned up when Bode was assigned to the program in his rural hometown, where he was once a golden all-American son until his troubles began.
Billy Idol honored by the American Music Awards (Photo Courtesy of CBS)
The 52nd American Music Awards will honor Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Billy Idol with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Idol will deliver his first-ever performance on the AMAs stage and accept his honor during the Monday, May 25, 2026 awards show.
This year’s AMAs, hosted by Queen Latifah, will air live from the MGM Grand in Vegas on CBS and Paramount+ beginning at 5pm PT/8pm ET.
Per Dick Clark Productions and CBS, Idol is receiving the honor “in recognition of his incomparable career, body of work, and unparalleled contributions to music, honoring his lasting legacy and continued influence on generations of artists and fans. Idol’s distinctive career has impacted musicians and fans alike in the decades since he first emerged onto the scene.”
“Billy Idol is a true rock legend whose influence has transcended generations and genres. From his groundbreaking music to his electrifying stage presence, Billy has left an indelible mark on popular culture and the music industry,” stated executive producers Barry Adelman, EVP, Television, and Alexi Mazareas, SVP, Programming & Development, Dick Clark Productions. “We are thrilled to honor him with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd American Music Awards and celebrate his legacy with what promises to be an unforgettable performance.”
Previously announced performers include KAROL G, Hootie & the Blowfish, KATSEYE, Keith Urban, Maluma, Riley Green, SOMBR, Teddy Swims, Teyana Taylor, and Twenty One Pilots.
Taylor Swift leads the 2026 AMAs nominations list with eight. Morgan Wallen, Olivia Dean, Sabrina Carpenter, and SOMBR each earned seven nominations. Voting is still open for this year’s Social Song of the Year and Tour of the Year at VoteAMAs.com.
Mohana Krishnan, Sam Nivola, Aidan Laprete, and Sophie Telegadis star in ‘Driver’s Ed’ (Photo Courtesy of Vertical)
Four seniors. One stolen driver’s ed car. No cell phones. Sounds like a coming-of-age comedy straight out of the ‘70s or ‘80s, or a really weird twist on The Blues Brothers. Bobby Farrelly (There’s Something About Mary) directs Driver’s Ed, an homage to teen road trip comedies of the past. The ‘70s-inspired vibe gives the R-rated comedy its base, while Thomas Moffett’s script paves a new route into the well-traveled subgenre.
Driver’s Ed opens with Jeremy (The White Lotus‘ Sam Nivola, convincing as the lovesick lead) landing in the office of Principal Lucy Fisher after being called out over embarrassing texts in his French class. Played with manic, way too hyped-up energy by SNL’s Molly Shannon, Principal Fisher is one tiny step away from a professional breakdown. Fisher has a potty mouth and no time for Jeremy’s shenanigans, handing down a week’s detention.
Jeremy’s day continues its downward spiral when his girlfriend, Samantha, calls from her dorm at Chapel Hill, drunk and delivering a near-death blow to their relationship by suggesting things will never be the same. He’s still obsessing over the call when he shows up for a driver’s ed class taught by Mr. Rivers (Kumail Nanjiani, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), a substitute with two arm casts and a surprisingly zen outlook on life.
A cryptic text from Samantha sends Jeremy over the edge. He makes the incredibly rash decision to “borrow” the driver’s ed car and head to Chapel Hill. Reluctantly joining him on his impulsive, desperate mission are his driver’s ed classmates: the high-strung, scholarship-chasing Aparna (Mohana Krishnan, It Lives Inside); the coolly observant Evie (Sophie Telegadis, One Stupid Thing); and Yoshi (Aidan Laprete, Swiped), the school’s mellow resident drug dealer.
Driver’s Ed’s comedy revs up when the foursome accidentally toss their phones into a river. It’s a smart narrative choice, as it strips away the digital safety net, forcing the foursome into a world of paper maps and actual conversations. What begins as a desperate mission to save a failing long-distance relationship shifts gears into a hilarious exploration of identity, love, loss, and the unexpected bonds formed in the confinement of a stolen car.
The four leads have decent chemistry, and their arcs feel (relatively) authentic for this sort of wild, occasionally raunchy, mostly heartwarming coming-of-age comedy. Moffett’s screenplay has enough originality to forgive the few Hollywood tropes it employs. Whether it’s Yoshi opening up about a traumatic loss or Aparna finding the courage to be her true self, the character arcs are grounded in authentic emotion.
The supporting cast of adults adds a layer of hyper-realistic humor, with Nanjiani and Shannon sharing an eccentric subplot as they bond over the mess Jeremy causes by stealing a driver’s ed car. The inclusion of a three-legged cat and a therapy-dog-owning lesbian love interest keeps the journey unpredictable. And even a bizarre detour involving fur coats and a shootout at a restaurant manages to serve the story, acting as a catalyst for Jeremy and Evie to realize their own love connection.
What started as a road trip to rescue Jeremy’s relationship moves beyond that and into a more mature examination of letting go. The ultimate resolution, though predictable, is satisfyingly chaotic. Despite all the strange circumstances the foursome encounters along the way, Farrelly and Moffett wisely recognize that the real heart of the story remains in the car.
Driver’s Ed treats its characters like real teenagers and not just stereotypes that lend themselves to easy punchlines. It’s sweet, surprisingly deep, and serves as a reminder that sometimes you have to get a little lost to find out where you’re actually going.
GRADE: B
Rating: R for sexual references, alcohol use, language throughout, brief graphic nudity, and teen drinking
Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
Release Date: May 15, 2026
Distributor: Vertical
Big Mistakes and Running Point have picked up renewals, along with My Life with the Walter Boys and Quarterback. Netflix announced the renewals during its 2026 Upfront presentation in New York. The streamer also announced it has greenlit the drama Barbaric, based on the best-selling Vault Comic; The Retrievals, inspired by Susan Burton’s award-winning New York Times podcast; and Calabasas, inspired by Via Bleidner’s novel, If You Lived Here, You’d Be Famous By Now: True Stories From Calabasas.
“Very grateful and beyond excited to continue the Big Mistakes adventure and my creative collaboration with Netflix. Season 2 is already in the works and it’s going to be WILD,” stated Dan Levy, commenting on the renewal announcement. “I can’t wait to get it out there to everyone as soon as humanly possible.”
Big Mistakes premiered in April 2026, and season two will again be shot in New Jersey. In addition to Levy, season one stars Taylor Ortega, Laurie Metcalf, Abby Quinn, Boran Kuzum, Jack Innanen, Elizabeth Perkins, Mark Ivanir, Ilia Volok, Jacob Gutierrez, and Joe Barbara.
Running Point starring Kate Hudson premiered in February 2025 and season two debuted in April 2026. Hudson, Drew Tarver, Scott MacArthur, Brenda Song, Fabrizio Guido, Chet Hanks, Toby Sandeman, Uche Agada, and Justin Theroux are series regulars.
My Life With the Walter Boys‘ season four renewal comes ahead of the release of season three later this year. “I know I speak for the writers, the cast, and the crew when I say that it is beyond exciting to be returning to the world of Silver Falls for a fourth season,” commented showrunner and executive producer Melanie Halsall. “Our characters continue to grow and evolve, and we have so many delicious, romantic, sexy, and messy stories to tell – I can’t wait to share them with our amazing audience, who have shown so much love for this show. We are all incredibly grateful and are thrilled to dive in.”
The upcoming third season of Quarterback focuses on the Washington Commanders’ Jayden Daniels, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Baker Mayfield, the Tennessee Titans’ Cam Ward, and Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco, currently with the Cincinnati Bengals. Season three premieres on July 14, 2026.
The first teaser for Netflix’s East of Eden limited series features Florence Pugh’s voiceover as Cathy Ames. The latest adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel comes from Zoe Kazan, whose grandfather Elia Kazan directed the 1955 adaptation starring James Dean and Jo Van Fleet. The 1955 film earned four Oscar nominations, with Van Fleet winning in the Best Supporting Actress category.
The seven-episode limited series will premiere this fall.
In addition to Florence Pugh, the series stars Christopher Abbott as Adam Trask, Mike Faist as Charles Trask, Hoon Lee as Lee, Tracy Letts as Cyrus Trask, Ciarán Hinds as Samuel Hamilton, Martha Plimpton as Faye, Joseph Zada as Cal Trask, and Joe Anders as Aron Trask.
Netflix’s synopsis reads, “This modern interpretation of Steinbeck’s masterpiece will explore the multigenerational saga of the Trask family, focusing new attention on its indelible antihero, Cathy Ames.”
Zoe Kazan is the writer and executive producer and serves as co-showrunner with Jeb Stuart. Additional executive producers include Stuart, Florence Pugh, Antoine Douiahy, Zack Hayden, Steve Golin, David Levine, and Jill Arthur. Garth Davis and Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre serve as directors and executive producers.
Poster for ‘East of Eden’ starring Florence Pugh (Photo Credit: Netflix)
CBS’s Sheriff Country welcomes Grammy winner Maren Morris for episode 19, “Compromised.” Morris plays Skye’s sponsor, Hazel, in the new episode airing on Friday, May 15, 2026 at 8pm ET/PT.
“Compromised” Plot: Sheriff Mickey Fox aids a federal investigation into a high-stakes case involving alleged interstate crime and a web of local land deals. Episode 19 was written by Mark Bruner and directed by Tara Miele.
Morena Baccarin leads the cast as Mickey Fox, Matt Lauria plays Nathan Boone, W. Earl Brown is Wes Fox, Michele Weaver plays Cassidy Campbell, and Christopher Gorham stars as Travis Fraley. Executive producers include Fire Country star Max Thieriot, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Matt Lopez, Jerry Bruckheimer, and KristieAnne Reed.
Morena Baccarin stars as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Cal Fire’s division chief Sharon Leone (Diane Farr of Fire Country). She investigates criminal activity while she patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater, contending with her ex-con father, Wes (W. Earl Brown), who is an off-the-grid marijuana grower, and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter.
