There's a specific feeling to the Sunday of a long weekend. The cookouts are done, the novelty has worn off, and you're not quite ready to think about Monday. You need something that meets that energy — not too heavy, not too nothing. Here's what we'd put on.
If You Want Something to Disappear Into
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
If you haven't started this yet, this is the weekend. A British spy thriller about the rejects and screw-ups of MI5, led by Gary Oldman doing the best work of his career playing a man who is aggressively, almost heroically, disgusting. The show is tense and funny and surprisingly moving. Three seasons deep and it has never had a bad episode. The rare show where you finish one episode and immediately start the next without thinking about it.
Best for: Anyone who finds most spy thrillers too clean and too cool.
If You Want Something Lighter
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Season after season this show keeps finding ways to be charming. Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez as amateur true-crime podcasters solving murders in their Manhattan apartment building. It's warm and clever and never takes itself seriously. The kind of show you can watch with anyone — parents, partners, roommates — and everyone will enjoy it.
Best for: Low-commitment viewing, easy conversation starter, you want to laugh without thinking too hard.
The Wildcard
The Rehearsal (HBO/Max)
Nathan Fielder's experimental reality series about a man who helps people rehearse difficult life moments — except the rehearsals spiral into something deeply strange and genuinely philosophical. It's unlike anything else on television. Some people find it funny, some find it unsettling, most find it both simultaneously. It will give you something to think about for days.
Best for: You want something that sticks. You like television that makes you feel like you're watching something you shouldn't be watching.
Whatever you choose, we hope the long weekend treated you well. Not sure what fits your mood? Let us pick for you →