6 New TV Shows to Watch This Week: From ‘Mrs. Davis’ to Keri Russell’s ‘The Diplomat’
thewrap.com“The Mandalorian” and the beginning of the final season of “Barry” (we already miss him). Plus, a new Keri Russell drama, a series about the aftermath of the Waco tragedy and a movie where a woman zaps into alternate dimensions while getting busy.
Truly, we live in a blessed time.On with the television!Thursday, April 20, PeacockReady to get weird? “Mrs.
Davis” might be the strangest – and one of the best – television shows this year. Created by Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez, the simplest way to describe the series is that it’s about a nun named Simone (played by Betty Gilpin) who is fighting an evil algorithm called Mrs.
Davis. But, of course, there is plenty more to the series, including a band of hyper-masculine freedom fighters (led by Jake McDorman’s Wiley, who happens to be Simone’s childhood crush) and a quest to find the Holy Grail. (Don’t ask.) We’d say more but part of the joy of the series is watching it veer off into unexpectedly nutty directions, all while maintaining the essential humanity and emotional through line.
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