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Stanley Tucci’s Near-Perfect Spy Action Show Is Your Next Weekend Binge
It’s much of the same at the top of the U.S. Prime Video charts. Karl Urban‘s Billy Butcher, Jack Quaid‘s Hughie Campbell, Antony Starr‘s Homelander, and more continue to take the #1 spot, as Eric Kripke‘s The Boys Season 5 proves one of the best options on all streaming platforms. Superheroes remain the order of the day on Prime, as the animated series Invincible holds strong in the charts, despite the fourth season finale having debuted over three weeks ago. However, a new rival has finally fought its way into the battle for supremacy, and it makes up one of three Prime Video shows you need to binge this weekend.
For more recommendations, check out our list of the best shows and movies on Prime Video.
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‘Citadel’ (2023–Present)
Rotten Tomatoes: 51% | IMDb: 6.2/10
Of course, the first and biggest recommendation for this weekend is Citadel, the pulse-pounding Prime Video favorite that has finally returned for a second mainline season, three years since the first. With that in mind, there is no better time to catch up on the entire series than now. Game of Thrones favorite Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas star as two spies who must fight in the midst of the downfall of a global spy agency.
Citadel hasn’t exactly been quiet these past few years. Although the main series has taken years to return, international spin-offs, such as Diana and Honey Bunny, have emerged instead. However, neither has quite reached the heights of the original. Chopra Jonas and Madden return for Season 2 alongside Stanley Tucci‘s Bernard for seven new episodes, all dropped at once on Wednesday, May 6.
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‘Criminal Minds’ (2005–Present)
Rotten Tomatoes: 82% | IMDb: 8.1/10
Although it’s one of the most popular police procedurals on television, for those who have yet to watch Criminal Minds, its 18 seasons and counting could pose a daunting prospect to would-be viewers. Take this as your call to action, as you have the time to catch up on at least some of this iconic crime show before its return later this month.
Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) and his team of agents have faced an array of exciting, tense, and strange cases in the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico across the years, with no episode of Criminal Minds proving dull. You can expect easy-to-watch procedural television that doesn’t sacrifice quality while achieving a huge quantity of episodes. Proof of the show’s popularity can be seen via the outcry of frustration when it was initially cancelled in 2019, leading to a fan demand-inspired revival in 2022.
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‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ (2022—2025)
Rotten Tomatoes: 79% | IMDb: 7.2/10
Late last month, it was confirmed that The Summer I Turned Pretty‘s feature-length next chapter had officially entered production. However, if it wasn’t for the popularity of the show’s third season last summer, perhaps the next installment wouldn’t exist at all. If you’re yet to experience this YA romance in all its twisting, endearing glory, why not dive headfirst into the best love triangle in modern television this weekend?
Belly Conklin’s (Lola Tung) love is caught between two brothers, Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalengo), as the ups, downs, and in-betweens of teenage romance are explored against the gorgeous backdrop of the fictional Cousins Beach. Based on the books by Jenny Han, this indulgent drama perfectly transitions like young love from sweet in its first season to tense in its third, as a trio of teens on the cusp of adulthood discovers who they are.
- Release Date
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2022 – 2025-00-00
- Network
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Prime Video
- Directors
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Erica Dunton, Jesse Peretz, Jeff Chan
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Lola Tung
Isabel ‘Belly’ Conklin
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Christopher Briney
Conrad Fisher
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