The three-part murder mystery series Towards Zero, which originally aired on BBC One last month, premiered yesterday in the US on Britbox. The series, directed by Sam Yates, was adapted by Rachel Bennette from Agatha Christie's 1944 novel of the same name. In England in 1936, after a high-profile divorce, tennis star Neville Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and his ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland) shock everyone when they decide to spend the summer together at Gull’s Point, the seaside estate of his aunt, Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston). The situation is complicated by the presence of Neville’s new wife, Kay (Mimi Keene), and a house full of eccentric guests, including a lady’s companion (Anjana Vasan), Neville’s mysterious valet (Adam Hugill), a resentful cousin with a grudge (Jack Farthing), a seasoned lawyer (Clarke Peters), a curious orphan (Grace Doherty), and a French con man (Khalil Ben Gharbia). Tensions rise and simmering jealousies soon erupt, and when murder strikes, a troubled detective (Matthew Rhys) must unravel a tangled web of secrets and lies before another the killer strikes again.

Recently, stars Jackson-Cohen and Hyland spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the series, including building their characters’ relationship and how it was partially inspired by the relationship of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, working with costumes, and more.

The series Grosse Pointe Garden Society, which was created by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs, revolves around four members of a suburban gardening club in the affluent Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. These members share a dark and murderous secret, which they must keep hidden while navigating their personal and professional lives. The main characters include Birdie (Melissa Fumero), the newest member of the garden society; Catherine (Aja Naomi King), a married real-estate agent; Brett (Ben Rappaport), a divorced father and manager of the gardening club; and Alice (AnnaSophia Robb), a high-school teacher.

Ford, who is portrayed by Felix Wolfe, is Birdie's biological son, who she gave up for adoption when she was just a teenager. As part of her community service after a DUI, but also a way to see Ford, she offered him a scholarship for college and has been trying to get to know him without telling him her true identity.

In the most recent episode, which aired Friday on NBC, Ford confronts Birdie, having realized she likely is his biological mother, and he asks her the truth, but she still holds back, making him angry.

The second episode of the season of Doctor Who, “Lux,” which was once again written by Russell T. Davies, takes the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda (Varada Sethu) on their next adventure together when the TARDIS spits them out in Miami 1952. Still unable to figure out why they can’t return Belinda to the time she left, she agrees to take a detour and check out what it can be like traveling with the Doctor.

On exiting the TARDIS they happen upon the abandoned cinema, the Palazzo Picture Palace, where fifteen people have vanished never to be heard from again. Investigating, they discover an enemy that isn’t as two-dimension as he seems, when the cartoon, Mr. Ring-A-Ding (voiced by the marvelous Alan Cumming), steps out of the screen.

Blending a cartoon villain with real people can go either way, but overall, to me, the episode was a positive experience. The adventure was so much fun, and there was a lot to really enjoy about this episode. Doctor Who is often quirky and this episode is exactly that, and it’s something very different. There were some bits with them escaping the cartoon, while corny it had me chuckling. Also, as a fan, there were parts of this episode that I absolutely loved, because one scene is full to the brim with Easter eggs, like so many my head was spinning, and I plan to break down all of them after the episode airs. Aside from the in jokes, I also was pleased to see continuity in the episode, pulling in some pieces from season one and the previous specials that I won’t spoil.

The American crime drama Godfather of Harlem returns tomorrow to MGM Plus. The series stars Forest Whitaker as Bumpy Johnson, a 1960s New York City gangster who returns from ten years in prison to find his neighborhood in shambles and must fight for control of Harlem against the mafia families of New York.

Rome Flynn, who joins the cast as a new gangster, Frank Lucas, comes in as someone new for Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker) and Joe Colombo (Michael Raymond James) to contend with in the fourth season. Like Bumpy and Joe, Lucas was a real-life gangster who later became a famous kingpin. This season, Lucas is just starting out in the "big time" and grappling with who he is and what it might cost him to continue in his life of crime.

Flynn started out in his acting career playing Zende in the CBS daytime soaps The Bold and the Beautiful for two years, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award.  He went on from there to various featured roles in ABC's How to Get Away with Murder, OWN's The Haves and the Have Nots, NBC's Chicago Fire and Netflix's Raising Dion.

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The Doctor’s quest to get Belinda home takes the TARDIS to Miami in 1952, where an abandoned cinema is hiding a terrifying secret. Can the Doctor uncover Lux’s power?

Below is a trailer from the second season episode of Doctor Who, "Lux." Doctor Who airs Saturdays at midnight PT/3:00am ET on Disney+. Check it out below.

Tonight, the second season of The Last of Us, which was created by Craig Marin and Neil Druckmann and was based on the video game of the same name, premieres tomorrow on HBO and Max. Before watching the premiere, catch up with our quick guide below that tells you everything you need to know before diving into the premiere, and tune in tomorrow night at 9pm ET/6pm PT.

Be sure to check out our Youtube channel for our live reviews and breakdowns of The Last of Us each week. You can currently watch our review/breakdown for season one.

***The following is a detailed recap of the episode “The Robot Revolution,” and it contains major spoilers for the episode. You can also read our spoiler-free review here.***

Seventeen years ago, Alan Budd (Jonny Green) sits with his girlfriend, Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) looking at the stars. He gives her a birthday gift, a certificate for ownership of a star. She questions if it has to say “Miss” with her name. He asks her if she’s married, and she tells him she’s not, so he says then it is miss and asks if she likes it. She tells him it’s the nicest thing anyone has done for her, and they share an awkward kiss.

Seventeen years later, the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) arrives at the hospital in his TARDIS. He goes inside where Belinda is working as a nurse. He’s looking for someone. A doctor tells Belinda on her way out that there is a doctor looking for her, but she leaves. The Doctor asks the woman at the front desk (Belinda Owusu) for information, but she is not allowed to give that out. He distracts her and then uses his sonic on her computer, and it knocks out the power in the whole building. He apologizes.

Later, Belinda lays in bed when her room starts to shake and the star certificate, which is framed on the wall, falls down. She goes to the window and sees a rocket ship land outside.

Large red robots smash their way into the apartment through the wall. One points a ray gun at her. She says they can’t be actual robots, because it’s ridiculous, and scolds them as they wreck the apartment.

***The following interview contains major spoilers for the season finale***

In tonight’s episode of The Hunting Party, Bex (Melissa Roxburgh), Hassani (Patrick Sabongui), and Shane (Josh McKenzie) track down Jenna Wells (Eliza Coupe), who was known as the Killer Chemist, because she chose her victims while working at a pharmacy, killing them by replacing their prescriptions. At the end of the episode, although they do catch her, it’s not before she poisons Odell (Nick Wechsler), leaving his fate uncertain. In another twist, Colonel Lazarus (Kari Matchett) is revealed to not only have a barcode on her foot, meaning she was potentially one of those experimented on at the Pit, but also to be Shane’s biological mother whose identity he had been searching for throughout the season.

Last week, Roxburgh spoke with SciFi Vision about the finale, including filming the shootout scene, whether Bex can trust Lazarus, what she’d like to see about her character’s backstory, if she’d be open for Bex to have a relationship with Shane, what she would like to see resolved, the possibility of a second season, and much more.

The second season of Disney’s Doctor Who kicks off with “The Robot Revolution” and the introduction of Belinda Chandra (Varada Seth), who is abducted from her house in the middle of the night by some large robots telling her she is their queen. Having no choice but to follow, she starts on a journey that takes her across the stars. Arriving on a planet where the humans have been subjugated and robot overlords rule, she’s told she must marry and weld with a robot that knows no pity or mercy, and it’s there that she meets the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) who has a plan to save her and start a rebellion.

The series is back with an exciting start. The episode itself is a fun story that spans across seventeen years, the whole adventure kicking off because of a gift Belinda got as a teenager from her ex. Throw in some timey-wimey and you’ve got an excellent premiere.

As often with Doctor Who, the episode blends a lively adventure but also touches on real world issues and lessons to be learned. Without getting into spoiler territory, there are themes of control and independence which come out in different ways.

The Last of Us, which is based on the video game franchise developed by Naughty Dog of the same name, was created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for HBO. The series starts with a mass parasitic fungal infection caused by a mutated strain of the cordyceps fungus which causes its hosts to transform into zombie-like creatures, and this leads to the collapse of society. The story follows Joel (Pedro Pascal), who sees his daughter, Sarah (Nico Parker), shot down by the military when they and his brother, Tommy (Gabriel Luna), try to escape the outbreak to the safety of the city.

Twenty years later, Joel and his partner, Tess (Anna Torv), work as smugglers in the Quarantine Zone trying to trade for a working vehicle so that Joel can find and rescue his brother, who left the QZ and stopped sending messages, and he therefore believes to be in danger.

After being double-crossed by the man they try to buy a battery off of, they run into Marlene (Merle Dandridge), the leader of the Fireflies, a rebel group fighting against the oppressive regime of FEDRA. Injured, she promises Joel all the equipment he needs if he and Tess smuggle a teenage girl, Ellie (Bella Ramsey), out of the QZ and take her to the Firefly base.