From crime thrillers to reality dating chaos, here’s what’s actually worth your time between February 9-15
This is one of those rare weeks where streaming services are actually dropping quality content across multiple platforms at the same time. Between crime thrillers making their triumphant returns, a reality dating show hitting double digits, and a darkly comic murder mystery from the creator of “Derry Girls,” you’re basically spoiled for choice. The Winter Olympics might be consuming everyone’s TV time, but if you can pull yourself away from the ice, there’s plenty of drama, suspense, and outright chaos waiting on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Paramount+, and AMC.
Here’s what you absolutely need to know about the five shows hitting screens this week.
“The Artful Dodger” Season 2 (Hulu/Disney+, Tuesday Feb. 10)
Thomas Brodie-Sangster’s Jack Dawkins is in absolute rock bottom territory when season two opens. Six months after a brutal cliffhanger, he’s imprisoned, facing execution, and being hunted by an inspector who wants him dead. Meanwhile, Lady Belle Fox (Maia Mitchell) is refusing to play the dutiful daughter and is instead pushing her medical ambitions forward despite family scandal. Norbert Fagin (David Thewlis) is trying to drag Jack into another disaster, and there’s a killer stalking the colony. This Dickensian mash-up of crime caper, medical melodrama, and doomed romance returns with even more danger, desire, and messy reinvention. All eight episodes drop Tuesday morning.
“Cross” Season 2 (Prime Video, Wednesday Feb. 11)
Aldis Hodge’s detective is back on the case, and this season he’s walking straight into billionaire power plays and grisly murder clues. When a business titan (Matthew Lillard) requests FBI protection after a threat, Cross teams with Agent Kayla Craig to untangle a murder that screams money and motive. The promise is sharper twists, darker psychology, and surprises that hit close to home. This is the kind of crime thriller that actually rewards your attention, not one that treats you like you’re stupid. Episodes 1-3 premiere Wednesday morning on Prime Video.
“Love Is Blind” Season 10 (Netflix, Wednesday Feb. 11)
Yes, Netflix’s dating reality show is somehow on its tenth season, and yes, it has a better track record than that other rose-filled dating franchise. The format is still the same: single people date sight unseen in pods, and they only meet if they get engaged. This time the singles are from Ohio, which apparently means expect Midwestern manners and absolutely zero chill. Some genuine couples have emerged over the years (Lauren and Cameron remain iconic), but let’s be honest everyone is here for the messy drama and heartbreak. Episodes 1-6 premiere Wednesday morning.
“How to Get to Heaven From Belfast” (Netflix, Thursday Feb. 12)
“Derry Girls” creator Lisa McGee returns to Northern Ireland with a darker spin on her signature style. Three lifelong friends in their late 30 Saoirse, Robyn, and Dara are reunited by the death of their estranged fourth wheel. What should be a straightforward wake spirals into a creepy, morbidly funny, occasionally dangerous adventure. This is McGee’s DNA: sharp dialogue, prickly friendships, dark Northern Irish humor, mixed with legitimate murder mystery elements. All eight episodes premiere Thursday morning on Netflix.
“Can You Keep a Secret?” (Paramount+, Thursday Feb. 12)
British comedy with Dawn French as Debbie Fendon, a domineering granny whose attempts to “protect” her family are absolutely unhinged. Plot twist: her supposedly deceased husband William is alive and hiding in the loft while the family waits for his life insurance. Secrets, schemes, and one overbearing matriarch collide in delightfully absurd fashion. All six episodes premiere Thursday morning.
“Dark Winds” Season 4 (AMC, Saturday Feb. 15)
This neo-Western thriller takes Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito out of Navajo Nation and into 1970s Los Angeles streets to find a missing Navajo girl before an organized crime-connected killer can strike. Season four promises the most intense, edge-of-your-seat drama the series has delivered. The stakes are genuinely high.
