What to watch this week? Series premieres October 30 — November 5
November 1, Wednesday — "The ZIG ZAG Gang"
Detective / Kion
The action of the show develops in 1941 in besieged Leningrad. There is less and less food, supplies are blocked, the city is starving. Suddenly, an elusive gang appears in Leningrad, raiding food trucks and swindling ration cards. Tikhon, a police captain, and Felix, a counterintelligence officer from Moscow, are trying to catch the crooks. Partners do not trust each other, but the further the investigation goes, the more complicated and confusing becomes the case and the relationship between them.
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November 2, Thursday — "All the Light We Cannot See"
Drama, romance, military / Netflix
The project will tell the story of Marie-Laure, a blind French girl, and her father Daniel LeBlanc. They flee from German-occupied Paris, taking with them a legendary diamond to keep it out of Nazi hands. Marie-Laure and Daniel soon find refuge with a reclusive uncle who suffers from PTSD. But here, in this once idyllic seaside town, Marie-Laure's path crosses with Werner, a brilliant teenager recruited by Hitler's regime to track illegal radio transmissions.
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November 2 — "Sasha is against!"
Comedy, Drama / Premier
17-year-old Sasha and Mamajan learn that they will become brother and sister. Moscovite Sasha and Kazakh Mamazhan are completely different and, it seems, can't live next to each other: Sasha prevents her brother from practicing music, and he calls her a kid and doesn't let her build a sports career. Teenagers want to get rid of each other, but it leads to unexpected results.
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November 2 — "Frostbitten"
Comedy, fantasy / more.tv
The new series from the author of "Policeman from Rublevka" tells about four gangsters from the 90's, who accidentally get into a cryo-chamber and wake up only in 2022. Over the years, the world has changed and live by the concepts, as gangsters are used to, it is no longer possible. Heroes will have to get used to the new rules, as well as to build relationships with relatives who have grown up and aged during this time. But the friends have one more important thing: they want to take revenge on the boss, because of whom they were in the cryo-chamber.
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November 3, Friday — "Daily Dose of Sunshine"
Drama / Netflix
The touching story of nurse Jeong Da Eun, who starts working in a neuropsychiatry ward. At first she finds everything difficult and unfamiliar, but she tries her best, sincerely caring about the well-being of each patient.
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November 3 — "Blue Eye Samurai"
Action / Netflix
An anime from the writer of the movie "Logan". In 17th century Japan, a master swordswoman named Mizu sets out on a path of revenge to get even with those who killed her mother.
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November 4, Saturday — "Cerberus"
Crime, drama, historical / Premier
After the Decembrist revolt, the police begin to search for the participants of the failed coup. Some of them are discovered thanks to denunciations, and soon people who wrote denunciations start to be found dead. Next to the bodies are sheets of Pushkin's poems. To investigate the murders take Moscow detective and released from arrest nobleman.
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November 4 — "Spartak Time"
Documentary / Kinopoisk
Oleg Romantsev, Andrei Tikhonov, Vladimir Beschastnykh, Dmitry Alenichev, Egor Titov, Stanislav Cherchesov and other stars of "Spartak" remember the era of the 90's through the most important victories of the club of that time. The series will show rare footage from games and training sessions, talk about high-profile games — for example, the match against Diego Maradona's Napoli — as well as recall the last USSR championship.
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November 5, Sunday — "Lawmen: Bass Reeves"
Crime, drama, western / Paramount+
The first season of the crime anthology will tell the story of Bass Reeves — the legendary black U.S. Marshal, who during his service caught more than 3 thousand dangerous criminals and was never wounded.
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Monday, October 30 - Wedding Battle / The Matchmakers
Drama, Romance, Comedy / KBS2, South Korea
Jung Soon-dok is a widow whose late husband was the second son of the first Vice Premier. She secretly leads another life under the pseudonym Yeju Dek. Under this name, she works as a matchmaker, and also sells women's goods such as cosmetics and accessories. She is the best matchmaker in the capital of Hanyang.
Shim Jong—woo is a smart and handsome young man. He was the youngest to take first place in the state exam, but he was chosen to become the husband of the princess. However, at the wedding ceremony, the bride suddenly died. Jung Woo's life collapsed at the moment. According to the custom of the Joseon period, he cannot hold public office and cannot remarry. But fate confronts him with Jung Sung Dok.
https://myshows.me/view/86448/
https://youtu.be/ouoWgIXKf7s?si=VYgnIOLTbng5pHgA
Wednesday, November 1 - Black Cake
Detective, Drama, historical / Hulu, USA
Eleanor Bennett's death left her two children, Byron and Benny, with a mysterious legacy: a traditional Caribbean black pie made according to a family recipe with a long history, and a recording of her voice. In her message, Eleanor tells a heartbreaking story about how a young bride ran away from her island home in Jamaica on suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking journey Eleanor had to make, the secrets she hid, and the mystery of her long-lost son will challenge everyone as the brother and sister discover the truth about their family and about themselves.
https://myshows.me/view/86307/
https://youtu.be/aHEF2D8yMes?si=sXiDD4PxiBjRWKuw
November 1 - Bar "One call"
Thriller, detective / KION, Russia
This is a story about a mysterious bar that, in addition to the standard services provided by any drinking establishment, offers a very unusual option. Visitors of this bar for a very peculiar fee can make one call to their loved one, which... no longer alive. At the center of the events is the investigator Andrei Morozov, who is looking for the missing son of his wife Viktor. All the evidence leads to the mysterious bar "One Call", which then disappears, then appears in different places, leaving corpses behind.
https://myshows.me/view/85831/
https://youtu.be/OH9gDzdRGaU?si=fCFsN5BxNobIUaB8
November 1 - The moon that rises in the afternoon / Naje Tteuneun Dal
Method, detective, fantasy / ENA, South Korea
A love thriller about a man whose time has stopped, and a woman who has lost memories of her past life, and whose time flows like a river.
Kang Yong Hwa is a firefighter who saved top star Han Joon Oh in a car accident. Her life has completely changed when she becomes his bodyguard. And she is also the reincarnation of Han Ri Ta, the only surviving representative of a noble family from Taekai (the city—state of the Silla dynasty during the Korean Three Kingdoms period).
Han Joon Oh is a famous star in Korea. After a car accident, his body is possessed by the soul of Do Ha, an elite noble of the Silla Dynasty, whose personality is completely different from that of Jun Oh.
Han Min Oh is the older brother of Han Jun Oh, who devoted his life to his younger brother, the director of his agency Beginning Entertainment, unrequited in love with Kang Yong Hwa.
Seok Chol—hwan is the former director of Beginning Entertainment, who went bankrupt and lost the company because of Han Min Oh.
https://myshows.me/view/86530/
https://youtu.be/XDtQ46FFr2o?si=qfjCaOUnF4O1qzSG
November 2, Thursday - Onimusha / Onimusha
Action, Adventure, Anime / Netflix, Japan
The anime from Netflix is based on the Capcom video game series of the same name.
The beginning of the Edo era is a time of troubles for Japan. The country is still torn apart by internal conflicts, besides the invasion of Genma demons has begun. To stop the latter, the legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto, who got the power of Oni, is sent. An elderly warrior will have to cross medieval Japan and try to restore peace on his own.
https://myshows.me/view/86392/
https://youtu.be/-1wsUxg68Ek?si=YmyuKKbR_P9E9RPB
November 2 - Absolute Evil / Ondskan
Drama / TV4, Sweden
The series is based on the autobiographical work of the same name by Jan Guillou, dedicated to the life of a difficult teenager Eric. The action takes place in the fifties. The main character behaves so badly in class that he is sent to a closed-type educational institution. There, teachers behave quite harshly towards children, and the boy has already regularly faced psychological and even physical violence from his stepfather. But it is in a closed school that the first love happens in the life of the main character.
https://myshows.me/view/86751/
https://youtu.be/WzE8W_Zrn0c?si=v7x-eQFxUrIcXyhE
November 2 - Shurik and Sharik
Comedy / Okko, Russia
In the fictional city of Moscow, three young guys rent an apartment: Shurik, a timid and unsightly guy, and his friends, Zhora, an "entrepreneur of the highest business league" and their relaxed friend Platon. The trio has another wonderful neighbor - a four-legged friend Sharik, a dog of the breed "English bull-bull terrier", who will never let his friends get bored. The characters live in recognizable, but brought to the point of absurdity situations. The heroes will have to face job search, first love, the problem of earning money, trips to the doctor and even a meeting of graduates.
https://youtu.be/UQLrPhbhwCQ?si=rBYtdgYnh2gRMxyI
November 2 - Hide Me / Sakla Beni
Drama, romance / Star TV, Turkey
She is a very beautiful, but quiet girl who recently experienced a terrible tragedy. He is a handsome, imposing man who always attracts the attention of others. At first glance, the characters are completely different people who have nothing in common. However, fate decides to bring them together. The situation is complicated by the fact that Mete himself cannot make a choice between two women. The deepest fears and resentments of the past will now come out. The main characters met each other on the way with only one goal – they need to heal from past wounds and believe in the existence of true love…
https://myshows.me/view/86626/
https://youtu.be/PqM4gkrWopM?si=jAebQFGtcdzZHO1y
Friday, November 3 - Ferry: The Series
Drama, Thriller / Netflix, Belgium, Netherlands
The hero is an aspiring ecstasy supplier Ferry Bowman, who is trying to consolidate his position in the underworld of Brabant. He is assisted by his friends John, Remko and Dennis, as well as his brother-in-law Lars. This company of amateurs is opposed by the most influential and dangerous man in the city – the unshakable drug lord Ari Tek, who owns a local motorcycle club. But when Ferry's sweetheart Danielle finds out about the dark side of his business, the hero has to make a choice.
https://myshows.me/view/85782/
https://youtu.be/_FHbNcJeucM?si=Rau1GYqAIKjOfM66
November 3 - Dark Child: Echoes / Orphan Black: Echoes
Drama, Science fiction, Thriller / AMC, USA
The project is a spin-off of the famous science fiction series "Dark Child". Events are unfolding in the near future. This is a story about a study related to the origin of several women who look like each other like two drops of water. The heroines suddenly collide, learn about the existence of clones and desperately try to jointly uncover the secret of their identity. This is how women immerse themselves in a story of love and betrayal filled with secrets.
https://myshows.me/view/78564/
https://youtu.be/Phi3iaqiJT8?si=v2DnU2OUcTl_6I81
Saturday, November 4 - Abrek
Drama / Start, Russia
The action takes place at the beginning of the noughties. After the military operations, the restoration of cities in Chechnya is in full swing. A boy named Khalid finds a wolf cub in the mountains, brings him to his uncle's house and takes care of the beast. He calls the baby Abrek. The cub grows up and grows stronger. One day Khalid is forced to give up his devoted four-legged friend for a family debt. The proud predator gets into brutal dogfights, after which, by chance, it turns out to be in the hands of the sapper-cynologist Volodya.
https://youtu.be/mz6xwWnbdqw?si=iSTQLnuTJ996oi6Q
I'm afraid, only that there will be a bunch of terrible stereotypical jokes in the Russian adaptation (
Maybe I'll watch a couple of other new products from Netflix, including anime from the screenwriters "Logan"
Zigzag MccRack, and this gang :D