Welcome to Streaming Rewind, a weekly breakdown of the new and noteworthy as we work to help readers wade through the absolute deluge of television series and movies in the streaming space. Is this weekend Halloween? Is it pre-Christmas? Begun, the holiday wars have..
. but both sides can agree that they’re superior to Thanksgiving, so at least we know that there are still things that can bring us together in these trying times. Unfortunately, the holiday limbo comes with a bit of a streaming and digital release limbo too.
It’s a pretty slow week for new releases. Like, Joker: Folie a Deux is available on digital this week, but we all know to wait until that bad boy is free at this point. Disney+’s Agatha All Along delivered its two-part finale this week, taking us into Halloween knowing that we wouldn’t have an MCU-flavored witchy adventure waiting for us on the other side.
While the finale had some pacing issues in the second episode, showrunner Jac Schaeffer and team still delivered an incredible series that left us wanting more. Here’s to catching up with Billy and Tommy soon. Speaking of two-part finales — producer James Wan’s Teacup Season 1 had one too! It was jarringly less successful than Agatha All Along’s, ending in a hell of a (ultimately unearned) cliffhanger.
This one probably didn’t get enough views to return for Season 2 to satisfy that cliffhanger, but I’m rooting for it all the same. Despite finale frustrations, the first season – about,.
