Streaming this week: Season 4 of ‘The Diplomat,’ ‘Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald’ and more

Streaming Wednesday, Oct. 14:

Helluva Boss: Season Three Part One — As they return for another round of assassination assignments, our team of infernal hitmen learn there are some problems violence simply can’t solve. Well, not if they keep missing the world’s most obvious target, if you know what I mean. (Prime Video)

Love Is Blind — Boston is the location of Season 11, which welcomes a diverse cast of singles including a beekeeper, a skincare specialist and a former MLB player. And also a certain esteemed Bostonian who wishes to remain nameless but would really like you to check out Animals. (Netflix)

VisionQuest — While the world waits for Avengers: Doomsday, let’s all check in with The Vision as he relies on the wonders of AI to process the personal memories he’s become emotionally detached from. What’s fun is that this could also be the synopsis of your average 90 Day Fiancé reunion special. (Disney+)

Streaming Thursday, Oct. 15:

Corregidora: The Darkest Night in Mexican Soccer — A sobering docuseries takes us back to the horrific events of March 5, 2022, when the stands erupted in mass violence during a match between the Querétaro and Atlas teams at the Estadio Corregidora in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. A comprehensive investigation later revealed the hostilities had broken out because the enraged attendees finally realized they had paid good money to watch soccer. (HBO Max)

Crystal Lake — Everybody’s favorite VILF, Linda Cardellini, takes on the lead role in a Friday the 13th prequel series that shows what happened to Pamela Voorhees between the apparent death of her son, Jason, and her bloody rampage in the first movie. I want to see her build a defense of serious postpartum depression, just so we can watch half of YouTube explode. (Peacock)

The Diplomat — In Season 4, Keri Russell’s Kate has to deal with the realization that America’s theft of the Russian apocalypse weapon might be hurtling us toward war. But hey, at least we’ll have an excuse when diesel hits 50 bucks a gallon. (Netflix)

The Storm — When a bunch of well-to-do Swedes are stranded on a country estate by a spate of vicious weather, the bonds of friendship they’ve enjoyed since college begin to unravel. But really, who can blame them? Two hours into Irma, I had written my parents out of my will and texted the DCF about rehoming my stuffies. (Netflix)

Streaming Friday, Oct. 16:

The Disciple — Learn the strange but true story of Tarik Azzougar, aka Cilvaringz, the fan-turned-confidante who pushed the Wu-Tang Clan to record their notorious one-of-one album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. Have your Kleenex ready for the moving denouement, in which he convinces them to dig up Ol’ Dirty Bastard and resell his corpse as a blind-boxed Labubu. (Netflix)

Hallowarrior — Hereditary’s Milly Shapiro reaffirms her commitment to the horror genre by playing the last woman on earth, who’s in desperate need of company on Halloween. Hey, I think we’ve just found a girl who could still trust Tim Burton. (Shudder and AMC+)

Money Trap: The Karun Treasure — A 20-year-old Turkish crime-comedy franchise might be coming to an end, now that con man Asım Noyan (Yılmaz Erdoğan) has happened upon an ancient treasure map that might hold the key to his last great scam. Or he could just take that job with Wu-Tang. (Netflix)

Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald — It’s always a good time to revisit the career of the greatest Weekend Update anchor in history, if only for a lesson in how doing your job properly is the surest way to lose it. “Yeah, he could rub people the wrong way,” remembers The Bear in a wistful present-day interview. “But honestly, he had me dead to rights on the crack and whores.” (Netflix) 

Sacrifice — Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Evans and Vincent Cassel star in the story of a volcano-worshiping cult that kidnaps a group of celebrities in a misguided attempt to save the world. “There’s something almost bizarrely impressive about how little a film like Sacrifice … has to say about the state of our world and yet how loudly it all continues on anyway,” writes Chase Hutchinson at The Playlist. So what I’m hearing is it’s like Digger, except impressive? (Netflix)

Therapy Done Right — An Argentine psychotherapist who eschews traditional methods will have to reach deep into his trick bag to help a writer who’s experiencing a serious case of stalled creativity. Come to think of it, doesn’t that sound an awful lot like … arrgh, you know what I mean. That thing that’s going on right now. The one everybody’s talking about. Over at … you know, the place. Never mind, I’ll come back to it. (Netflix) 

Tulsa King — Gretchen Mol joins the cast in Season 4, playing an Oklahoma politician who might just take down Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi. Then again, if you’ve heard any of Sly’s interviews recently, you know she’s just finishing off a job that was started by a loveless childhood and 14 tons of gym candy. (Paramount+)

Streaming Tuesday, Oct. 20:

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 — A new team of mercenaries has arrived to battle for the soul of Night City, the futuristic Californian war zone where body modification and corporate corruption run rampant. And if you think that’s bad, just wait until they get a Claire’s in Frostproof. (Netflix)

This article appears in Oct. 14-20, 2026.

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