New on streaming week 41: The Watcher, Shantaram, and Avenue 5

The Watcher

Producer Ryan Murphy recently launched the controversial series Dahmer and is now back with a new production. The Watcher tells the story of a couple (Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale) who think they’ve found their dream home, but soon after they move out they discover something isn’t quite right. They receive ominous letters from someone who calls himself ‘The Watcher’. Also with Mia Farrow.

Netflix, 7 episodes.

Shantaram

The fugitive bank robber Lin Ford (Charlie Hunnam, known for Sons of Anarchy) tries to build a new life in the Indian city of Mumbai (then called Bombay) in the eighties. He decides to help the locals. If he falls in love with woman, he is in danger. Based on the book of the same name by GD Roberts.

Apple TV+, 10 episodes (weekly).

Avenue 5

Second season of the sci-fi comedy series about an interplanetary cruise ship. If a ship carrying tourists goes off course, the captain must keep order. Hugh Laurie (house) has the leading role. HBO Max, 8 episodes (weekly).

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