Netflix debuts tech-bro drama The Altruists on Thursday 19 November, leading a streaming week that also brings the final season of Paramount+’s Yellowjackets and a new docuseries follow-up to Brett Ratner’s Melania Trump documentary on Prime Video.
Netflix has cast Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison and Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried in a retelling of the pair’s real-life love affair and the rise and fall of cryptocurrency platform FTX.
While the production borrows from recent headlines, the inclusion of references to Tony Blair and Harry Potter gives the series a slightly dated feel. Even so, the cautionary tale about extreme risk-taking arrives as a timely examination of myopic tech idealists.
- Netflix drops the FTX drama The Altruists on Thursday 19 November, starring Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle.
- Paramount+ launches the fourth and final season of Yellowjackets on Friday 20 November, adding new cast members June Squibb and Molly Ringwald.
- Prime Video releases the penultimate run of religious drama The Chosen on Sunday 15 November, featuring a crucifixion finale.
The hallucination-heavy, cannibal plane-crash saga returns for a fourth and final series on Paramount+, though questions linger over whether the writing team can successfully tie together past and present timelines. As the teen survivors restart their old lives, new additions June Squibb and Molly Ringwald join original cast members Christina Ricci and Melanie Lynskey.
The series faces the challenge of sticking the landing on its intricate puzzle box narrative. The Guardian said that it remains difficult to escape the feeling that the writers’ room has been winging it since the early seasons.
In an unlikely scheduling overlap, the BBC offers a second Celtic comedy about care workers in recent weeks with Rewarding on BBC iPlayer. Centered on overwhelmed Belfast support workers Francis and Sinead, played by Vittorio Angelone and Hannah McClean, the sadcom casts disabled and neurodivergent actors in authentic roles.
Meanwhile, HBO Max debuts the opioid crisis documentary The Hotline on Thursday 19 November. The project looks at the Never Use Alone helpline, where volunteers stay on the line with callers using drugs to prevent accidental overdoses.
Prime Video streams the penultimate season of Christian historical drama The Chosen on Sunday 15 November, covering the crucifixion of Jesus with a cast led by Jonathan Roumie. Across platforms, Amazon MGM Studios releases a follow-up series to Brett Ratner’s documentary Melania, consisting of two episodes titled Family and Trust and Pride and Honor on Friday 20 November.
Rounding out the week, Disney+ brings season three of Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Friday 20 November. Based on Rick Riordan’s book The Titan’s Curse, the fantasy epic follows Walker Scobell’s character as he works to rescue girlfriend Annabeth, played by Leah Sava Jeffries, from the villain Kronos.
