Netflix’s teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein was narrated by Victor Frankenstein from his perspective. The official trailer switches that up, allowing the Creature to tell his story. “My maker told his tale. And I will tell you mine,” says Jacob Elordi (Saltburn) as the Creature.
The trailer continues with the Creature revealing he sees the memories of many different men whose bodies were used by Victor to piece him together. He seeks his maker, saying, “I demand a single grace from you. If you are not to award me love, then I will indulge in rage.” The two-minute trailer ends with the Creature advising his maker, the real monster, to run.
Oscar Isaac (Dune) stars as Dr. Victor Frankenstein and Mia Goth (the X trilogy) plays Elizabeth Lavenza. Felix Kammerer (All Quiet on the Western Front), Lars Mikkelsen (The Witcher), David Bradley (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio), Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth), Charles Dance (Game of Thrones), and Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) also star.
“Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation,” reads Netflix’s synopsis.
Guillermo del Toro adapted Mary Shelley’s classic horror novel, directs, and serves as a producer. Additional producers include J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber.
Frankenstein opens in select theaters on October 17, 2025 followed by a release on Netflix on November 7.
Kaitlin Olson and Daniel Sunjata in ‘High Potential’ season 2 episode 3 (Disney/Jessica Perez)
A well-dressed man is attacked as he waits for a special lunch date as ABC’s High Potential season two episode three opens. The café isn’t hidden away, but his table happens to be the closest to the alley.
(The following is a recap of season two episode three, which means there are spoilers ahead.)
Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) serves the kids toaster waffles while they discuss hiring someone to help Ludo out. She asks what they want out of a new helper, and Elliot wants to visit the morgue. Ava (Amirah J) just wants news about her dad, and Morgan promises to check in with Lt. Soto. (Morgan’s deliberately keeping Ava out of the loop until she finds out real information.)
Detective Oz Osman (Deniz Akdeniz) fills Morgan and Detective Adam Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) in on their new case. The victim is Nathan Gould and he was found by the café hostess behind the restaurant with a plastic bag taped around his head. Nothing was stolen and the EMTs were able to get a heartbeat back, but he’s unconscious. He might be brain dead.
An EMT reveals Nathan had a history of “suspicious injuries.” But he was a good guy and the EMTs hope they find out who did this. The hostess is shaken up but confirms he seemed nervous and excited to be meeting someone special. When she returned to the outside tables, he was gone but the pin he brought for this lunch date was still there.
Morgan looks around and deduces the other tables were deliberately left messy to make sure Nathan sat by the alley. The hostess seated him around 7:45am and found him in the alley after hearing ducks quacking.
Morgan didn’t see any signs of duck activity and doesn’t know what the hostess heard. (I’m guessing it was his cell phone’s ringtone.) His apartment indicates he was into sports, but they can’t figure out what team(s) he actually supported. Nathan has a stack of overdue bills, so apparently, he wasn’t a sports fan; he was a sports gambler. That would also explain his weird injuries. He wasn’t paying his bookie.
A man tries to break in as they’re still looking around. He attacks Adam and makes a run for it as Morgan calls Lt. Soto for backup. Soto doesn’t pick up, and Morgan notices the getaway driver outside. She calls down that the cops are coming and he drives off, leaving the perp without a ride. Adam tackles him and places him under arrest.
His name’s Marco DeLeon (Charlit Dae) and Adam thinks he and the getaway driver work for someone Nathan owed money. That person probably ordered the hit on Nathan this morning. Adam recovers a needle in his pocket, but nothing to inject and no weapons. Morgan thinks they’ve misjudged Marco.
Adam and Morgan meet with Marco’s boss, Ray, who doesn’t want to talk to cops. He’s got a crowded card room in the back of his barbershop, and Morgan points out every table has the same ultra-electric card shuffler. Before she can say more about the shufflers, Ray sends everyone out of the room. The shufflers allow the house to stack the odds.
Anyway, the syringe was empty, which meant Marco was going to inject air into Nathan’s bloodstream to kill him. If Ray ordered the earlier hit that should have killed Nathan, he wouldn’t have sent Marco over. Also, the air bubble death would have looked accidental and Ray, given his reputation, would have wanted it to look like a murder. Unless he could profit off Nathan’s natural death, which he would because Nathan made him the beneficiary of his life insurance policy.
Ray claims it was all Nathan’s idea.
Adam and Detective Daphne Forrester (Javicia Leslie) question Nathan’s daughter, Jessica, the previously named beneficiary of the life insurance policy. Jessica claims she had no idea he even had one. Her parents were divorced, and she wasn’t close to her dad. A few months back he reached out and told her he was going away. He wanted to make things right, so they’ve seen each other more in the last few months than when she was growing up.
Nathan had a ladybug pin with him when he was attacked. It turns out that was his nickname for her when she was a kid. Jessica’s tears are obviously genuine as she confirms she was supposed to meet him that morning, but he wasn’t there. She claims they were supposed to meet at a completely different location, not Dudley Market in Venice.
The team gathers, and Oz reveals Nathan hadn’t made any travel plans before he was attacked. They conclude he was going to kill himself, and that’s why he reconnected with his daughter, told her he was going away, and gave away his dog. So, why would someone kill a guy who was about to kill himself?
Adam and Morgan head to the hospital and learn Nathan is brain dead. Jessica’s with him and is shocked to learn he was planning to commit suicide. But that would explain him giving her his dog. She doesn’t know any of his friends or who he would have spoken with about his plans. Morgan has figured out that Jessica’s pregnant and Jessica says her dad was really excited about that. They bonded over doctor visits; he’d been seeing a cardiologist recently for scans. However, he said he was fine.
Amirah J and Kaitlin Olson in ‘High Potential’ season two episode three (Disney/Christine Bartolucci)
The following morning Morgan tells Ava about her dad possibly being alive in Nevada. Morgan shows her daughter Arthur’s card and explains she didn’t want to tell her earlier because she was afraid that she’d get her hopes up.
Over at the station, Daphne discovered an email to Nathan claiming to be his daughter changing their meeting location. Morgan looks at his alarm settings, and the ringtone is quacks. (I was right!) It was set for 8:00am, which indicates someone wanted Nathan’s body found at that time—late enough to be brain dead but not dead dead. Morgan believes he was killed for his heart.
Lt. Selena Soto (Judy Reyes) and Adam speak with the EMTs who picked up Nathan, asking about the timeline. After noting that someone just stole more of their albuterol, they confirm the call came in around 8:01am and they were on scene about five minutes later. Nathan’s heartbeat came back about three minutes later. Selena asks how long it would have taken for him to be brain dead and learns it would take 11 minutes.
Adam returns to the station and fills Morgan in on what they learned. She was right; Nathan was turned into an organ donor on purpose. Morgan now believes Nathan was in on it and that’s why he had his heart checked out with the cardiologist. However, when he found out he was going to be a grandfather, he changed his mind. The hired killer murdered him anyway because they needed his heart. They need to find out who his heart is going to. If they find them, they find the killer.
Morgan and Selena question the hospital’s transplant coordinator and she claims not to know who’s getting the heart, which is weird since that’s her job. Adam, Selena, and Morgan get the feeling something’s up because the transplant surgeon also seemed freaked out about the question. Someone powerful is making them stay quiet. The team has until tomorrow to find out where the heart’s going since Nathan’s organs will be removed then.
Morgan gets a call that Ava’s been arrested for vandalizing one of her father’s murals. Adam goes with her to the location and the owner of the building wants to press charges. Adam’s willing to smooth it over with the guy, but Morgan escalates the situation when the officer refuses to remove Ava’s cuffs. Morgan picks up the paintbrush and adds more paint to the mural … and to the officer’s uniform. She winds up taking a seat in lockup next to her daughter until Adam’s able to get them both released.
Later at home, Ava apologizes, and Morgan apologizes too. She didn’t consider the impact of dropping the info right before Ava went to school. Ava confesses that knowing her dad has been alive one state over this whole time is worse than anything she imagined. Morgan doesn’t know why he stayed away but she’s sure there’s a good reason.
Morgan has photos from Nathan’s case laid out on the coffee table and explains she’s looking for someone who needs a heart among the hospital’s largest donors. Ava thumbs through them and spots a photo of Hollywood producer Carson Wood posing at an old movie premiere. He’s been posting old photos and acting like they’re more recent, which means he hasn’t been seen in public in months. Carson could be hiding that he’s sick.
Morgan’s proud that her daughter figured this out.
Daniel Sunjata, Deniz Akdeniz, Kaitlin Olson, and Javicia Leslie in ‘High Potential’ season two episode three (Disney/Jessica Perez)
Adam and Daphne pay a visit to Carson Wood as he’s being wheeled out by nurses. He’s hooked up to oxygen and looks close to death. Carson claims he’s never heard the name Nathan Gould and is on his way to get a heart transplant. Carson admits he might have pressured St. Clare Hospital to bump him to the top of the list, but the heart he’s receiving is in Utah. St. Clare doctors told him Nathan’s heart wasn’t a good match.
Morgan calls Adam and Daphne to report someone stole Nathan’s heart from the hospital. The hospital confirms everything went normal with the removal, and they packed it for transport. It was stolen after that. The heart can only be outside of the body for six hours before it’s no longer viable.
Someone who knew the procedure must have taken the heart. The team only has four hours left and Selena brings the transplant coordinator in for questioning. She claims not to have had a choice about bumping Carson Wood to the top of the list. It turns out Nathan directed his heart be given to someone, but the hospital committee invalidated his request to give it to Carson Wood. Unfortunately, she deleted the name of the original designated recipient and confesses she never even looked at it.
Adam and Morgan look at all the people on the recipient list who reside in the southwestern US. The heart only has two hours left and Morgan determines some of them live too far away. Others have the wrong blood type and people with the wrong body size are also out. That narrows it to just six, and Morgan thinks from the remaining possibilities she’s figured out who the killer is.
70-year-old Rosemary Caferri at Eaton General is the recipient. She’s the only one on albuterol, which is the drug the paramedics said was being stolen. Morgan discovered one of the paramedics, Christopher Bishop, is Rosemary’s son. Christopher and Nathan got to know each other because of Nathan’s injuries, and he must have offered to give his heart to Rosemary. When he changed his mind about killing himself, Christopher murdered him.
Adam alerts Eaton General about the situation. Morgan realizes this means Rosemary won’t get the heart.
Adam breaks the news about what Christopher did to his mom. Christopher’s already dropped off the heart at the hospital, but he returned when the hospital texted him that they needed him back as the next of kin. He’s currently in custody, but Adam allows Rosemary to see her son. Informed she’ll go back on the waiting list, Rosemary admits she doesn’t care about that anymore.
She gives her son a hug and they apologize to each other.
Later, Morgan gives Jessica the ladybug pin that her dad meant to give her. Jessica believes it’s for her baby. Morgan asks why Jessica let her dad back into her life, and Jessica says it’s the way her mom raised her.
Adam informs Morgan that a 17-year-old girl got the heart instead of Rosemary. It did not go to waste.
Investigation Discovery has set an October 28, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT premiere date for Hunted by My Husband: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper, a two-hour documentary on the killing spree that shook Maryland, DC, and Virginia. The documentary explores the DC Sniper case with insight from the convicted killer’s ex-wife, Mildred Muhammad.
ID offered this description of the true-crime documentary:
“Hunted by My Husband reveals the story of the DC Sniper and places Mildred Muhammad—the ex-wife of convicted DC Sniper John Muhammad—at the center of the narrative. Her testimony reveals the chilling reality that the violence that gripped the D.C. area in 2002 was not a series of random killings but part of a calculated plan rooted in manipulation, control, and domestic abuse driven by a single, dark obsession: John’s relentless desire to murder his ex-wife so he could have custody of their three children. The documentary reveals the harrowing torment Mildred endured and the lengths to which her abuser would go to kill her, even at the cost of innocent lives.
In the documentary, Mildred bravely shares her story of survival and the years of emotional, financial, and psychological abuse that preceded his murderous rampage. Through exclusive interviews, never-before-seen home video of the Muhammad family, and commentary from domestic violence experts and law enforcement officers who worked tirelessly to track and identify the snipers, the documentary explores how the justice system, media, and public perception missed critical warning signs of abuse and coercive control and challenges our society as a whole to rethink what we know of domestic violence.”
Hunted by My Husband: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper is part of ID’s fourth annual No Excuse for Abuse campaign in support of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. ID describes the campaign as part of their “unwavering commitment to shedding light on the multifaceted and complex dynamics of intimate partner violence with resources and programming initiatives.”
“By shining a light on the hidden realities of domestic violence in all its forms, our annual No Excuse for Abuse campaign is designed to empower survivors, educate viewers, and help break the silence that allows abuse to persist,” stated Jason Sarlanis, President of ID. “Through our on-air programming and network initiatives, ID fosters awareness, empathy, and action—and a reminder to survivors and their loved ones that they are not alone and help is available.”
Poster for ‘Hunted by My Husband: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper’ (Photo Credit: ID)
A scene from ‘IT Welcome to Derry’ (Photo Credit: Brooke Palmer/Max)
HBO and HBO Max are diving into the twisted world created by Stephen King with IT: Welcome to Derry, premiering on October 26, 2025. Other new October 2025 offerings include the comedy series The Chair Company starring Tim Robinson and Lake Bell, and a special starring Adam Pally.
HBO Max adds documentaries The Alabama Solution, Country Doctor, and Armed Only With A Camera: The Life And Death Of Brent Renaud to its roster in October. Plus, Bring Her Back, The Substance, and Sorry, Baby join HBO Max’s lineup.
New on HBO Max in October 2025
October 1
2 Days in New York
50 First Dates
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Alan Partridge
All Eyez on Me
Beetlejuice
Big, Beautiful Tariffs: A Fareed Zakaria Special (CNN Originals)
Broken English
Bronson
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Christine
Confidence
Crime in the Streets
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Drag me to Hell
Edward Scissorhands
Enemy
Fay Grim
Firestarter
Freaks
Freddy vs. Jason
Friday the 13th (2009)
From Hell It Came
Gone Girl
Gremlins (1984)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Halloween: Resurrection
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Hereditary
Highway 301
House of Wax (1953)
House on Haunted Hill (1958)
I Died a Thousand Times
I Give it a Year
Indestructible Man
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Insidious: Chapter 2
Insidious: Chapter 3
Interview with the Vampire
Intruder in the Dust
Isle of the Dead
It’s Complicated
Krypto Saves the Day: Halloween Havoc
Lady in the Lake
Los Cronocrimenes
Macabre
Marcel the Shell with Shoes
Mirror Mirror
National Velvet
Nora Prentiss
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
Page One
Pearl: The X-Traordinary Origin Story
Phenix City Story
Poltergeist (1982)
Practical Magic
Pride
Scooby-Doo (2002)
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Shame
Talk to Me (2023)
Tension
The Black Scorpion
The Brothers McMullen
The Cyclops
The Disembodied
The Exorcist (1973)
The First Monday in May
The Gangster
The Harvey Girls
The Lobster
The Monster
The Mummy (1959)
The Mummy (2017)
The Mystery of the Wax Museum
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Return of Doctor X
The Shining
The Sixth Sense
The Steel Jungle
The Switch
The Tattooed Stranger
The Unfaithful
The Walking Dead (1936)
The Watch
The Witch
Tickled
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Trick ‘r Treat
Uncut Gems
War for the Planet of the Apes
X
You Can’t Get Away with Murder
Zombies on Broadway
October 2
Air India Crash: Declassified (Discovery, 2025)
E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web, Season 1
Mysteries of the Abandoned, Season12 (Discovery)
The Friday the 13th Murders, Season 1 (ID)
The Real Murders on Elm Street, Season 2 (ID)
Jonah Wren Phillips and Sally Hawkins in ‘Bring Her Back (Photo credit: Ingvar Kenne / A24)
October 3
Bring Her Back (A24)
Where We Call Home, Season 4 (Magnolia Network)
October 6
SMILING FRIENDS, Season 3 (Adult Swim)
October 7
Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: It Doesn’t Have to Hurt (CNN Originals)
One Day in October, Season 1
October 8
Alex vs America, Season 5 (FOOD Network)
Baylen Out Loud, Season 2 (TLC)
October 9
Vgly, Season 2 (Max Original)
October 10
Bugs Bunny Builders, Season 2G (Cartoon Network)
Homes With a View, Season 1 (Magnolia Network)
Lu & The Bally Bunch, Season 1D (Cartoon Network)
The Substance (MUBI)
The Alabama Solution (HBO Original) – In 2019, filmmakers visit an Alabama prison to film a revival meeting. Off camera, incarcerated men whisper a message: terrible things are going on here and being kept secret. This sparks an immersive six-year investigation to discover the reality behind the walls of one of the nation’s deadliest prison systems. Through unprecedented direct access and video shot on contraband cell phones, the filmmakers learn from the men inside about a suspicious and violent death.
The story unfolds in real time, revealing it isn’t an isolated incident and that the official version appears far from the truth. What follows is a shocking story of brutality, corruption, and a system in collapse. As the men fight for their own survival, they embark on a campaign of resistance against all odds.
October 11
Bering Sea Gold, Season 19 (Discovery)
Impractical Jokers, Season 12A (truTV)
Sophia Lillis, Lake Bell, Will Price, and Tim Robinson in ‘The Chair Company’ (Photo by Virginia Sherwood / HBO)
October 12
The Snake Catcher, Season 1 (Animal Planet)
The Chair Company, Season 1 (HBO Original) – After an embarrassing incident at work, a man (Tim Robinson) finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy. Starring Robinson, Lake Bell, Sophia Lillis, Will Price, and Joseph Tudisco. Lou Diamond Phillips recurs.
October 15
7 Little Johnstons, Season 16 (TLC)
Graveyard Carz, Season 20
Mother May I Murder?, Season 2 (ID)
Pan
October 17
Baby Assassins Everyday!, Season 1
Beach Cottage Chronicles, Season 5 (Magnolia Network)
Ignite, Season 1
La Grande Maison Tokyo Special
La Grande Maison Tokyo, Season 1
Light of My Lion, Season 1
Love is for the Dogs, Season 1
Mr. Mikami’s Classroom, Season 1
Please Die My Beloved, Season 1
The Thaw, Season 3 (Max Original)
True Beauty, Season 1
Until I Destroyed My Husband’s Other Family, Season 1
Vivant, Season 1
Who Saw The Peacock Dance in the Jungle?, Season 1
An Intimate Evening with Adam Pally (HBO Original) – Equal parts stand-up, documentary, and rock concert, Adam Pally plays with the truth – and his guitar – in a one-time-only performance. Performed and written by Adam Pally, and directed by Brent Hodge.
October 19
Anything But Gray, Season 1 (Magnolia Network)
October 20
Haha, You Clowns, Season 1 (Adult Swim)
October 21
The Simril(l)s: A Family in Black and White, The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Originals)
Armed Only With A Camera: The Life And Death of Brent Renaud (HBO Original) – On March 13, 2022, filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed by Russian soldiers—the first American journalist to die while reporting on the war in Ukraine. His younger brother and collaborator, Craig Renaud, recovered Brent’s body and his final recordings from Ukraine and brought them back to their childhood home in Arkansas.
As Brent’s journey to his final resting place unfolds, the film chronicles the years he and his brother spent covering some of the world’s most dangerous conflicts. Unflinching in its depiction of death, loss, and the toll of war, the film is Brent’s ultimate testament to the critical value of wartime reporting and a tribute to journalists providing on-the-ground, life-threatening coverage of world events.
As journalism becomes one of the most dangerous professions in the world, Armed Only With A Camera: The Life And Death of Brent Renaud is dedicated to Brent and all the devoted journalists who use their cameras to work for truth and understanding.
October 22
Holmes Family Rescue, Season 3 (HGTV)
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
October 23
Expedition X, Season 10 (Discovery)
Dangerously Obese, Season 2 (TLC)
October 24
Lakeside Retreats, Season 1 (Magnolia Network)
Teen Titans Go!, Season 9D (Cartoon Network)
October 26
IT: Welcome to Derry, Season 1 Premiere (HBO Original) – Set in the world of Stephen King’s IT universe, IT: WELCOME TO DERRY is based on King’s IT novel and expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films IT and T Chapter Two. The series stars Jovan Adepo, Taylour Paige, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Madeleine Stowe, Rudy Mancuso, and Bill Skarsgård.
October 27
Naked and Afraid Brazil XL, Season 1 (discovery+)
October 28
The United States vs. Harvard, The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Originals)
Country Doctor (HBO Original) – Since 2010, over 140 hospitals in rural America have closed, leaving just one doctor for every 2,500 people. Country Doctor follows Dr. James Graham in Fairfax, Oklahoma (population 1,263) as he fights to provide adequate healthcare for his community amid staff shortages and uncertainty for the future.
October 29
American Monster, Season 13 (ID)
Survival of the Beast, Season 1 (Animal Planet)
October 30
Fatal Engineering, Season 1 (Science)
Sorry, Baby (A24)
October 31
House Hunters: Volume 10, Season 246 (HGTV)
Jonathan Ross Haunted Homecoming, Season 1 (Travel)
Old Home Stories, Season 1 (Magnolia Network)
CBS’s FBI returns for an eighth season, the first in a few years that’s not followed by spinoffs FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International. Season eight makes the move from Tuesdays to Mondays, with new episodes airing at 9pm ET/PT after the new comedy DMV and before season two of Watson.
Season eight premieres on October 13, 2025.
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, and John Boyd stars as Special Agent Stuart Scola.
“Takeover” Plot: After a federal judge disappears, a routine investigation takes a dark turn as the team uncovers that the judge had been searching for his missing son on a secluded island on the city’s edge, where authority has crumbled. Meanwhile, reality weighs heavy on Jubal as he takes on a new leadership role. Mike Weiss wrote the script and Alex Chapple directs.
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.
Lainey Wilson to host the 2025 CMA Awards (Photo Credit: CMA/ABC)
Nine-time CMA Award winner Lainey Wilson has agreed to host The 59th Annual CMA Awards set for Wednesday, November 19, 2025. This year’s show will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on ABC at 8pm ET/PT (tape-delayed on the West Coast).
Wilson’s returning as host for the second year in a row and is tied for the most nominations this year with Ella Langley and Megan Moroney. CMA will announce confirmed performers and presenters closer to the awards show.
“I grew up watching the CMA Awards like it was the Super Bowl, so to be hosting for a second year is a true honor,” said Lainey Wilson. “I’m humbled that CMA has trusted me with this role, and I can’t wait to love on this genre that has given me so much.”
Per CMA: “CMA Awards nominees and winners are determined by over 7,000 professional voting members of the Country Music Association, representing every sector of the industry. This peer-voted recognition holds unique significance, celebrating the creativity and dedication of those whose contributions continue to shape the genre and inspire fans around the world.”
Alan Carter will serve as director and Jon Macks is the head writer. Robert Deaton is the executive producer.
Donna Murphy as Dr. Muriel Landon and Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf in ‘Brilliant Minds’ season 2 episode 2 (Photo by: Pief Weyman/NBC)
Dr. Oliver Wolf and his team help a woman who believes she’s on a reality TV show on NBC’s Brilliant Minds season two episode two. The episode opens with a woman answering an off-camera interviewer and then trying to stop filming when the questioning gets too personal. She injures herself by falling into a class table.
(The following is a recap of season two episode two so there are spoilers ahead.)
Oliver (Zachary Quinto) shows his mom, Dr. Muriel Landon (Donna Murphy), the long letter his dad wrote before he left, and she apologizes he had to go through this again. She’s also sorry that she was right about his dad, and Oliver seems to realize the blame rests solely on his dad’s shoulders.
Dr. Carol Pierce (Tamberla Perry) practices her interview with the hospital board, using Dr. Josh Nichols (Teddy Sears) as a sounding board. Josh is pretty harsh in his questioning, reminding Carol that the board will try and break her. Carol confesses that she believed her actions were acceptable. The conversation finally circles around to Oliver and Josh’s relationship, and Josh thinks that whatever Oliver’s feeling, he’s putting into his work.
Speaking of Oliver, he’s keeping busy helping out in the ER. Since his dad’s gone, his schedule has opened up and his interest is piqued when a woman arrives frantically searching for her sister, Lauren. Dr. Anthony Thorne (John Clarence Stewart) explains that Lauren came in claiming she just escaped from a reality show set. He suspects drugs or a psych issue is involved.
Dr. Ericka Kinney (Ashleigh LaThrop) is heading to the emergency room when Dr. Dana Dang (Aury Krebs) jokes that it’s too Zero Dark Thirty without Jessica Chastain and with too much Dr. Thorne in the ER. Dana hates all the yelling and really doesn’t want to go. After she walks off, Ericka quickly takes her meds just as the nosey Dr. Charlie Porter (Brian Altemus) pops in. Ericka hurries off, barely paying him any attention.
Oliver asks Lauren (Molly Bernard) questions while Ericka and Dana examine her injuries. Dana wonders what show Lauren is on, and Oliver is totally confused when she lists her favorites. As Oliver talks, Lauren starts imagining his hair gently blowing in a breeze and that his tone is super flirty. She thinks this ER visit is still part of the show, the hospital isn’t real, and that she’s still being filmed—even though she told the show she wanted out. Lauren points out hidden cameras (that don’t exist) and Oliver plays along and yells, “Cut!”
Oliver tells Dana, Ericka, and Anthony that he thinks she’s experiencing Truman Show Syndrome, and it’s the first time he’s treated it. Charlie shows up out of nowhere and agrees with Anthony that it’s probably meth-induced. Oliver doesn’t think so; while the name is new, the syndrome goes back hundreds of years. Anthony listens to Oliver’s history lesson and doesn’t see the point to a backstory. (He’s in full ER mode.)
Dana suggests it’s possible Lauren is actually on a reality show and that they’re trying to break her.
Oliver sends his team off to try and get blood work, and Lauren can’t believe the show’s recruited her sister, Harper, to make her stay. Lauren believes Oliver and his team are actors … and not even good ones. She actually nails their types, pointing out Oliver’s the broody one, Ericka’s the brainy one, and Dana’s the comic relief. And Charlie’s too hot to be a doctor so he must be intended to be her love interest.
Lauren is in pain but won’t let these fake doctors take her blood.
The team has Harper take a seat in the waiting room while Charlie suggests that since he’s the love interest, Lauren might let him take her blood. When he jokes that he attracts the “crazy one,” Ericka schools him about using that word.
Meanwhile, Oliver and Carol chat over lunch and Oliver insists he’s okay with his dad leaving. Carol admits Josh was annoyingly right when he quizzed her this morning and Oliver thinks he was probably looked hot while doing it. Carol confesses she might have to lie to get her job back.
Molly Bernard as Lauren Brooks in ‘Brilliant Minds’ season 2 episode 2 (Photo by: Pief Weyman/NBC)
Later, Anthony shows Oliver footage of Lauren in the back of a cab. It’s Lauren’s same responses as the opening scene and shows her injuries occurred while breaking the cab’s window trying to escape. Anthony wants to immediately start her on meds.
Lauren races through the hospital trying to get out, knocking over employees while trying to find an exit. She suddenly stops when she comes to a room where a live audience is assembled. Lauren’s actually behind the nurses’ station and the audience is just the waiting room. Harper tells her it’s okay, but Lauren starts crying. She’s grabbed by nurses, and Dr. Thorne takes her away while she begs her sister to make them stop.
Lauren is locked in a seclusion room, and Oliver tells the team Anthony did the right thing. It’s necessary since she almost hurt herself. Anthony wants to wait for Carol’s replacement in psych to check Lauren out, but Oliver thinks the replacement (a potato with a clipboard) will just push meds.
Since her brain is basically on fire right now, Oliver wants to cool the room and cool down their response. He brings painter’s tape into the room and places pieces over the imaginary hidden cameras as well as the real security camera.
The scene shifts to seeing the room through Lauren’s eyes, and it looks like a set. He introduces himself as Oliver W. and Lauren confirms it’s a reality dating show. Oliver says everyone watching is rooting for her. She’s the fan favorite, and Oliver thinks that means she needs to keep playing, which includes taking her medications and letting the doctors take blood. Lauren agrees, even though he’s not a real doctor.
“You’re right. I just play one on TV,” replies Oliver.
Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf and Teddy Sears as Dr. Josh Nichols in ‘Brilliant Minds’ season 2 episode 2 (Photo by: Pief Weyman/NBC)
Oliver passes Josh in the hallway and invites him to grab a drink. Josh agrees!
Carol is questioned by the board and doesn’t lie. She admits she continued treating Alison after she learned about Alison’s relationship with her husband. Carol explains she sees herself in her patients and fights for them every time. She always does the best she can. If she’s fired, her patients will lose that commitment.
Later, Oliver thanks Josh for being there helping him celebrate getting Lauren to take her meds. They kiss, but Josh shifts the mood by asking if Oliver’s okay. Carol told him Oliver’s dad left, and Oliver insists he wants everything to go back to how it was before his dad showed up. Josh doesn’t want to be jerked around and thinks Oliver’s house isn’t in order just yet.
Oliver’s forced to cut the conversation short when the hospital buzzes him. Lauren is screaming in pain, and when Oliver arrives, Charlie explains that her abdomen was extended, and she was experiencing shallow breathing. Wolf wonders if she has internal bleeding, which is weird. Charlie thinks they’re missing something.
(Charlie didn’t wake Ericka when he saw she slept through the page to report to Lauren’s room. Instead, he took her place.)
Ericka arrives, apologizing, as Anthony says the ultrasound shows fluid in her lower pelvis they can’t explain. Anthony rushes her into the OR as Ericka tells Charlie she doesn’t miss her pages. He advises her to take it easy on the benzos from now on.
Dana and Oliver look at the ultrasound and confirm Lauren’s ovaries are enlarged. Dana believes she’s been injecting herself with hormones. Oliver pieces together the clues and thinks she’s injecting herself for in vitro fertilization. The bleeding is connected to a recent egg retrieval.
Ericka tries to make up for missing the page by taking care of all of Oliver’s discharges. Plus, she found a case of a man who might have schizophrenia, or it could be something else. Oliver understands her concern, but they can’t force care onto someone who doesn’t want it.
Lauren’s out of surgery and reveals that her boyfriend left, so she picked a sperm donor. It was super expensive and she had to work overtime to pay for it. The lack of sleep and hormonal changes created a mental break since the brain can only take so much. Unfortunately, as they’re talking, Lauren thinks she sees another camera. Oliver suggests that it’ll take time for the brain to heal but it will happen.
Ericka and Dana share the good news that three embryos made it through the fertilization process. Lauren claims she wants them discarded. She just wants to rest and even sends her sister away to be with her family.
As Lauren finally sleeps, Oliver informs Harper the meds should help her heal. She can be discharged soon if she has support. Harper’s pregnant and due in two months, plus she has a toddler at home.
Clinical Director Amelia Frederick (Bellamy Young) from Hudson Oaks Psychiatric Facility interrupts and suggests they can help with Lauren. She thinks they can ease the burden on the hospital and Harper, but Oliver wants to talk it over privately with Harper first.
Tamberla Perry as Dr. Carol Pierce in ‘Brilliant Minds’ season 2 episode 2 (Photo by: Pief Weyman/NBC)
Muriel tells Carol the vote was split three yes to three no. So, Muriel tendered her resignation as Chief of Staff, telling the board she advised Carol to continue treating Alison. Carol’s stunned when Muriel says she can return as head of psych. She can’t believe Muriel did this, and Muriel insists she decided that because it’s best for the hospital to have Carol back on staff.
Muriel’s leaving the hospital but not Oliver. She’s aware there will come a point when he realizes he’s not fine, and he’ll need Carol more than ever. Muriel confesses she’s been contemplating retirement anyway and is ready for a break.
Harper and Lauren decide it’s best to recover at Hudson Oaks. Before Lauren signs, Oliver says he understands how it feels to be a burden for loved ones. He asks if she’s sure and she confesses she’s not. Oliver spots Carol and wants a second opinion.
Carol confirms inpatient care can be the right decision and that psychotic episodes are just like any other illness. Lots of people have them and can resume normal lives. Carol doesn’t think she has permanent psychosis. Lauren still wants to freeze her embryos, and Carol thinks people who’ve gone through something like this can be fierce protectors of their own kids.
Josh welcomes Carol back and shares the news that Alison testified on her behalf. Alison told the board Carol saved her life. Also, it turns out Alison wasn’t the one who reported her in the first place.
Oliver helps Muriel box up her office and thanks her for sticking around in his life, especially when his dad made it so difficult. He thinks it’ll be nice to have her as his mom, not his boss.
Oliver’s voiceover suggests it’s hard to predict what will break a person. “Sometimes what breaks you has been lurking inside you all along, waiting to shatter your world,” says Oliver.
The episode ends with a flash-forward six months. Oliver’s at Hudson Oaks and Clinical Director Amelia Frederick informs him he’ll stay there for an observation period. She thinks even those who give care need care sometimes. Carol’s with him as he’s handed the paperwork to sign himself in. She believes it’s for the best.
Netflix is celebrating the spooky season with the premiere of Monster: The Ed Gein Story, a documentary series on paranormal activity executive produced by James Wan (The Conjuring franchise), and a special Halloween edition of Is It Cake?.
The streamer’s October 2025 lineup also includes Boots, a coming-of-age story set in a Marine boot camp, and season three of the critically acclaimed drama The Diplomat. Nobody Wants This returns for season two, Love is Blind is back for season nine, and nature documentaries get a Halloween-ish twist with Nightmares of Nature: Lost in the Jungle.
New to Netflix in October 2025
October 1
Love Is Blind: Season 9 – NETFLIX SERIES
Denver singles shake up their search for “the one” and step into the pods, braving twists, turns and love triangles to find their soulmate sight unseen.
RIV4LRIES (IT) – NETFLIX SERIES
At a middle school in Pisa, no one has ever challenged the cool kids—until new girl Terry arrives with bold ideas and the rivalries begin.
About My Father
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop III
Blue Crush
The Book Club Murders
Casper
The Christmas Contract
Coach Carter
Coming to America
Daddy Day Care
Death Becomes Her
Dirty Dancing
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Dracula
Eddie Murphy: Raw
Elysium
Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades Freed
Fifty Shades of Grey
Friends with Benefits
The Goonies
Hacksaw Ridge
Halo: Seasons 1-2
The Hurt Locker
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Law Abiding Citizen
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Mask
Meet Joe Black
Molly’s Game
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
NCIS: Seasons 18-19
Pineapple Express
Point Break
Red Dragon
Scarface
Sinister 2
Sister Act
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Slender Man
The Strangers
Taxi Driver
Training Day
The Way Home: Seasons 1-2
When a Stranger Calls
The Wrath of Becky
October 2
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Dudes (DE) – NETFLIX SERIES
Four close-knit friends in their 40s do their best to face a new world of modern masculinity—but even their best tends to make things worse.
The Game: You Never Play Alone (IN) – NETFLIX SERIES
A career-driven game developer fights back against misogynistic expectations after she becomes the target of brutal attacks online and in real life.
The Martian
Rockstar: DUKI from the End of the World (AR) – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Argentine trap star Duki gives an intimate look at his past and career, from early rap battles to his rise as a verified hitmaker, in this documentary.
October 3
Genie, Make a Wish (KR) – NETFLIX SERIES
After a millennium, a flamboyant genie returns to grant wishes to a stoic woman. Can his magic turn her routine-bound world into one of love and fantasy?
Monster: The Ed Gein Story – NETFLIX SERIES
The shocking tale of Ed Gein, the infamous murderer and grave robber who inspired many of Hollywood’s most iconic on-screen killers.
The New Force (SE) – NETFLIX SERIES
An understaffed police district in 1950s Sweden launches a bold experiment to introduce its first group of female officers. Inspired by true events.
Old Dog, New Tricks (ES) – NETFLIX SERIES
Cash-strapped vet Antón takes a job at a fancy pet store, going from treating rural farm animals to peddling premium treats for pampered pooches.
Rhythm + Flow France: After the Beat (FR) – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
This exclusive documentary features iconic “Rhythm + Flow France” participants and follows their efforts to build music careers after the competition.
Steve (GB) – NETFLIX FILM
Over one intense day, the devoted head teacher of a last-chance reform school strives to keep his students in line while facing pressures of his own.
October 4
Angel Has Fallen
Night of the Living Dead
Ranma1/2: Season 2 (JP) – NETFLIX SERIES
The mayhem continues at the Tendo Dojo as Akane and Ranma deal with a spatula-wielding fiancée, fowl-tempered rival, and lecherous martial arts master.
October 5
Despicable Me 3
Ip Man
Ip Man 2
Ip Man 3
Ip Man 4: The Finale
October 6
Dr. Seuss’s Horton! – NETFLIX FAMILY
When their friends in the jungle need help right away, Horton and Samson promise to help save the day. Elephant’s honor… bird’s word!
Poster for ‘True Haunting’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)
October 7
Matt McCusker: A Humble Offering – NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
From wife logic to locker-room shame, Matt McCusker offers witty takes on manhood, marriage, and raising daughters in a world he barely understands.
Nurse Jackie: Seasons 1-7
True Haunting (GB) – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Through immersive reenactments and present-day interviews, this chilling series details paranormal encounters from the viewpoint of those who lived them.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
October 8
Caramelo (BR) – NETFLIX FILM
After a life-changing diagnosis, a promising chef finds hope and humor with the help of a fur-midable dog friend in this heartwarming drama.
Is It Cake? Halloween – NETFLIX SERIES
Cake or fake? Trick or treat? Skilled bakers whip up hyperrealistic Halloween cakes in this seasonal special edition of the hit competition series.
Néro the Assassin (FR) – NETFLIX SERIES
France, 1504. A ruthless assassin goes on the run with his estranged daughter in his quest to protect her from deadly enemies and evil forces.
October 9
Boots – NETFLIX SERIES
BOOTS is a one-hour comedic drama that delivers an irreverent, off-beat take on the coming-of-age story. Set in the tough, unpredictable world of the 1990s US Marine Corps—when being gay in the military was still illegal—the series follows directionless, closeted Cameron Cope (Miles Heizer) and his best friend Ray McAffey (Liam Oh), the son of a decorated Marine, as they join a diverse group of recruits.
Together, this ensemble navigates the literal and metaphorical landmines of boot camp, forging unlikely bonds and discovering their true selves in an environment designed to push them to their limits. With sharp wit and plenty of heart, BOOTS is about friendship, resilience, and finding your place in the world—even when that world seems determined to keep you in line or leave you behind.
The Maze Runner
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: Death Cure
The Resurrected (TW) – NETFLIX SERIES
Two grieving mothers resurrect a scam ringleader to avenge their daughters — but as painful truths emerge, justice slips from their reach.
Victoria Beckham (GB) – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
VICTORIA BECKHAM, a three-part documentary series, gives all of us a front row seat as Victoria prepares for the fashion show of her life. From the teenager who restyled her school uniform to the Spice Girl who fought to be accepted by a notoriously demanding fashion industry, Victoria Beckham is the story of resilience, reinvention, and self-discovery.
October 10
Kurukshetra: The War of Mahabharata (IN) – NETFLIX SERIES
Told through unique perspectives over 18 days of war, this animated series depicts the epic battle of Kurukshetra between the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
My Father, the BTK Killer – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Raised by a man leading a monstrous double life, the daughter of the BTK serial killer shares her chilling story in this true crime documentary.
Old Money (TR) – NETFLIX SERIES
Nihal’s affluent life comes under threat when a self-made tycoon with an eye for money—and an even sharper one for love—shakes up Istanbul’s elite.
Swim to Me (CL) – NETFLIX FILM
A domestic worker and the girl she cares for grow very close over a turbulent summer, until the gap between their worlds sparks a tragic turn.
The Woman in Cabin 10 – NETFLIX FILM
On a lavish yacht for an assignment, a journalist sees a passenger go overboard. But when no one believes her, she risks her life to uncover the truth.
October 11
Typhoon Family (KR) – NETFLIX SERIES
Amid the 1997 financial crisis, a carefree son inherits his father’s struggling business—growing from wild youth to rookie boss as he learns adulthood.
October 14
Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead (TH) – NETFLIX FILM
Two bank employees steal a fortune from a dead client’s account, and unwittingly provoke a group of ruthless criminals, who want the money back.
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch – NETFLIX SERIES
In the shadowy world of espionage, Sam Fisher is a rumor and a legend. Pulled back into action, he must help a new recruit unravel a global conspiracy.
October 15
Held Hostage in My House
Inside Furioza (PL) – NETFLIX FILM
In the wake of murder, new Furioza leader Golden claims the reins of his violent and formidable hooligan gang and takes on a new focus across borders.
No One Saw Us Leave (MX) – NETFLIX SERIES
Amid divorce, a mother faces stigma and a painful separation when her husband takes her kids in a conflict that shapes her life. Inspired by a true story.
Six Kings Slam 2025 – NETFLIX LIVE EVENT
The world’s top-ranked players take the court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a star-studded tennis showcase with ultimate bragging rights on the line.
The Diplomat: Season 3 – NETFLIX SERIES
Caught in a whirlwind of crisis diplomacy, Kate must navigate a fragile new administration and a deadly threat with world-shaping consequences.
Romantics Anonymous (JP) – NETFLIX SERIES
A brilliant chocolatier who’s afraid of making eye contact meets an heir who can’t touch others — but somehow, they’re immune to each other.
Starting 5: Season 2 – NETFLIX SPORT SERIES
This riveting series follows Jaylen Brown, Kevin Durant, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyrese Haliburton, and James Harden throughout the 2024-25 NBA season.
The Time That Remains (PH) – NETFLIX FILM
Surrounded by a string of deaths, an older woman relives her romance with a mysterious, ageless lover as an inspector closes in on their dark secret.
October 17
27 Nights (AR) – NETFLIX FILM
When a woman is admitted by her daughters to a psychiatric clinic for her carefree ways, an expert must judge if she is ill or simply wants to enjoy life.
Good News (KR) – NETFLIX FILM
When hijackers seize a Japanese flight and demand to fly to Pyongyang, a mysterious mastermind hatches a zany scheme to reroute the plane to Seoul.
The Perfect Neighbor – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Using bodycam footage from dozens of police visits, The Perfect Neighbor bears witness to a tight-knit community navigating one neighbor’s relentless harassment. But her hostility takes a sinister turn when it escalates into a fatal crime.
She Walks in Darkness (ES) – NETFLIX FILM
A young agent leaves everything behind to pose as a member of ETA, risking her life to uncover the terrorists’ hideouts in the south of France.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Turn of the Tide: Season 2 (PT) – NETFLIX SERIES
Rabo de Peixe is no longer the same. As old friends and enemies return to find a shift in power, new contenders emerge for control of the drug trade.
Turn of the Tide: The Surreal Story of Rabo de Peixe (PT) – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
In June 2001, hundreds of kilos of cocaine washed up in a Portuguese village. This gripping documentary reveals the long-lasting impact on the community.
The Twits – NETFLIX FAMILY
When the meanest, nastiest villains pull a trick to take over their town, two brave children team up with a family of magical animals to bring them down.
October 18
Don’t Say a Word
October 21
Michelle Wolf: The Well – NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
Michelle Wolf gets real about white women, serial killers, and adjusting to motherhood in this sharp, unfiltered stand-up special.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: Season 2
Who Killed the Montreal Expos? (CA) – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
An investigation into the downfall of the Montreal Expos, Canada’s first Major League Baseball team—and who was ultimately responsible.
October 22
Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY SERIES
A brutal mob war between John Stanfa and Joey Merlino plunges ’90s Philadelphia into chaos and bloodshed in this captivating true-crime series.
The Monster of Florence (IT) – NETFLIX SERIES
As a serial killer targets couples and strikes terror in Italy, authorities explore a case from 1968 that may be key to finding The Monster of Florence.
October 23
The Elixir (ID) – NETFLIX FILM
An elixir unleashes the undead in a village. A family at odds with one another must unite and fight to survive as their hometown collapses.
Nobody Wants This: Season 2 – NETFLIX SERIES
Joanne and Noah’s whirlwind romance encounters some turbulence as they deal with family drama, career struggles, and one very big looming question.
October 24
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE – NETFLIX FILM
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
Parish: Season 1
October 25
The Dream Life of Mr. Kim (KR) – NETFLIX SERIES
October 27
The Asset (DK) – NETFLIX SERIES
A young agent goes undercover to befriend a drug smuggler’s wife. But the closer she gets to her target, the more complicated her mission becomes.
Dark Winds: Season 3
Sliding Doors
October 28
Babo: The Haftbefehl Story (DE) – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Personal interviews with Haftbefehl and those closest to him reveal the story behind the German rap icon as he takes a brutally honest look at his life.
Mo Amer: Wild World – NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
Mo Amer returns for his third Netflix stand-up special, Wild World. In this timely and fiercely honest hour, the comedian celebrates his Palestinian heritage, relives the birth of his son, takes aim at the TSA and much more.
Nightmares of Nature: Lost in the Jungle – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Chilling tales of survival unfurl in this documentary series that captures the drama, danger and dark beauty of nature from the perspective of its prey.
October 29
Ballad of a Small Player (GB) – NETFLIX FILM
Amid the glittering casinos of Macau, a gambler running from his past—and his debts—becomes fascinated by an enigmatic woman at the baccarat table.
NOS4A2: Seasons 1-2
Rulers of Fortune (BR) – NETFLIX SERIES
A young man aspires to rise through the ranks of Rio’s gambling underworld—unaware of the dangerous game of betrayal, lust and blood that awaits him.
Selling Sunset: Season 9 – NETFLIX SERIES
The O Group agents are back for an explosive season. New faces bring new feuds and as the pressure turns up in their personal and professional lives, some might not have what it takes to keep their seat at the brokerage. As the landscape in Los Angeles quickly changes, everyone will have to adapt to a new reality.
Liam Hemsworth in ‘The Witcher’ season 4 (Photo Credit: Netflix)
October 30
Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers (GB) – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Aileen Wuornos remains a rarity: a female serial killer. From childhood abuse to death-row revelations, this documentary revisits her life and crimes.
Amsterdam Empire (NL) – NETFLIX SERIES
When Jack’s affair comes to light, his wife Betty hatches a bitter plan to strip him of the thing he loves most: The Jackal, his coffee shop empire.
Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will (MX) – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Rare videos and exclusive interviews reveal the genius, sacrifices and duality between the public and private lives of iconic singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel.
Son of a Donkey (AU) – NETFLIX SERIES
Theo comes up with chaotic schemes to save his impounded car. Meanwhile, his dying dad will stop at nothing to find himself a new kidney.
The Witcher: Season 4 – NETFLIX SERIES
After the continent-altering events of Season Three, Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri find themselves separated by a raging war and countless enemies. As their paths diverge, and their goals sharpen, they stumble on unexpected allies eager to join their journeys. And if they can accept these found families, they just might have a chance at reuniting for good…
October 31
Bad Influencer (ZA) – NETFLIX SERIES
A single mother—and luxury bag counterfeiter—finds herself teaming up with a self-obsessed influencer to sell her bags and scrape her way out of debt.
Breathless: Season 2 (ES) – NETFLIX SERIES
The hospital’s privatization ushers in a new supervisor and pushes the staff closer to the edge, as Patricia and Jésica battle between life and death.
Rhythm + Flow France: Season 4 (FR) – NETFLIX SERIES
The duel is on! Rap legends SCH and SDM go head-to-head as the competition introduces new challenges and two sides battling for a single shot at glory.
9-1-1 premiered in January 2018 and its first spinoff, 9-1-1: Lone Star, arrived in January 2020 and ran for five seasons. 2025 serves up a new addition to the franchise with 9-1-1: Nashville, premiering on October 9, 2025. New episodes of the drama will air on Thursdays at 9pm ET/PT on ABC.
Chris O’Donnell stars as Don Hart, Jessica Capshaw plays Blythe Hart, Kimberly Williams-Paisley is Cammie Raleigh, and LeAnn Rimes plays Dixie Bennings. Hailey Kilgore stars as Taylor Thompson, Michael Provost is Ryan Hart, Juani Feliz is Roxie Alba, and Hunter McVey plays Blue Bennings.
ABC offers this brief description of the newest entry of the franchise: “9-1-1: Nashville is a high-octane procedural about heroic first responders, as well as their family saga of power and glamour set in one of America’s most diverse and dynamic cities.”
Rashad Raisani guides the series as showrunner, writer, and executive producer. Additional executive producers include Chris O’Donnell, Brad Buecker, Brad Falchuk, and Angela Bassett. 9-1-1 co-creators Ryan Murphy and Tim Minear also serve as writers and executive producers.
Episode 1 Plot: When a powerful tornado tears through Nashville and endangers a country music festival, Captain Don Hart leads Fire Station 113 on a harrowing rescue mission. Meanwhile, the Hart family contends with the fallout when a long-held secret is revealed.
Chris O’Donnell and Michael Provost in ‘9-1-1: NASHVILLE’ episode 1 (Disney/Jake Giles Netter)Hunter McVey in episode 1 (Disney/Jake Giles Netter)Chris O’Donnell and Michael Provost in episode 1 (Disney/Jake Giles Netter)Jessica Capshaw and LeAnn Rimes (Disney/Jake Giles Netter)Jessica Capshaw and Michael Provost in episode 1 (Disney/Jake Giles Netter)
Indy in Ben Leonberg’s ‘GOOD BOY’ (Photo Courtesy of Ben Leonberg – An Independent Film Company and Shudder Release)
Since the early 2000s, movies about ghosts have been a bit stale. Even when they’re good, as with The Conjuring or Insidious, they’re almost as played out as zombies. Until this year. Earlier this year, we got Presence, a ghost story from the ghost’s point of view. Well, now Good Boy is here to one-up it. Good Boy is a ghost movie from the point of view of the faithful canine companion.
Good Boy is about a dog named Indy (played by himself) who is brought to an old cabin in the woods by his owner, Todd (Shane Jensen). The cabin belonged to Todd’s Grandfather (Lerry Fessenden), and it comes with a history of ghosts, a fact which Indy is sensitive to. But the ghosts are not the only threats in the cabin. Todd has a few demons of his own that Indy must deal with as well.
Right off the bat, let’s spoil the one thing about Good Boy that needs to be spoiled. Indy doesn’t die. The movie is equal parts horrifying and heartbreaking, but Indy makes it the whole way through to the end.
Now that that’s out of the way, Good Boy was directed by Ben Leonberg from a script he co-wrote along with Alex Cannon. It’s Leonberg’s first feature, and it was clearly a passion project for the young filmmaker. Indy is his dog, and it just seems as if he wants to show off what a good boy his good boy is in Good Boy.
The concept that Leonberg cooked up to showcase his pup is sound, even solid. It’s said that animals, particularly pets, are more attuned to paranormal activity and supernatural presences, so the fact that Indy would react as he does to the haunting makes a lot of sense. Good Boy is not shown through Indy’s eyes so much as the camera follows him around as he explores and figures out what’s going on around him. Which is better, because Indy is one cute dog, and we want to see his furry face.
Good Boy is not just a ghost story. It’s a human story as well. Todd is dealing with more than just the ghosts of Grandpa’s old house, and Indy, like most dogs, absolutely loves his human. He wants to both protect and comfort Todd, even when Todd doesn’t want to be protected and comforted. Indy deals with both internal and external issues, fights enemies both foreign and domestic. And the audience is along for the ride.
And by the way, Indy is not just a pretty face. He is amazing in Good Boy. I have always said (and I’m saying it again) that there should be an Oscar for Best Animal Performance, and right now, Indy would be the favorite. The amount of emotion demonstrated by this dog is incredible. And he is basically in every single scene of the movie, so he’s the anchor. In fact, the humans’ faces are never even seen clearly, always obscured in shadow or just out of frame. This is Indy’s movie, and he’s up for the task. He gets the audience not only on his side but actively rooting for him. Heck, even if there’s not an Animal Performance category, let’s nominate Indy for Best Actor in general.
Of course, Good Boy is a gimmick movie, but it’s a gimmick movie that works. And the movie knows it’s a gimmick. Leonberg keeps it at the perfect running time (73 minutes) to keep the gimmick fresh without letting it overstay its welcome. Any longer, it would start repeating itself and would get stale. One of the best things about Good Boy is that it knows when to get out.
Overall, Good Boy is a breath of fresh air. It may use typical ghost movie tropes, but its approach is fresh and unique, so even the old spooky stuff is new again. It’s a welcome addition to the ghost movie subgenre. And maybe, just maybe, it will lead to more movies with talented animal leads in the future. Maybe even enough to get our Oscar category.
GRADE: A
Release Date: October 3, 2025
Rating: PG-13 for bloody images, terror, and strong language
Running Time: 1 hour 13 minutes
