Pick of the week
Scrubs<\/p>\n
However much you loved Scrubs, it\u2019s hard to argue that the show ended well. Season nine saw characters departing, the remaining cast moving to a new hospital and a general sense of wheel-spinning anticlimax. So it\u2019s heartwarming to see best buds John Dorian (Zach Braff<\/a>) and Christopher Turk (Donald Faison) goofing off in a corridor together with their comic chemistry intact \u2013 even with middle-aged back problems. There\u2019s a new crop of interns to mentor, this time approached via the perspective of men who are older but not necessarily wiser. It\u2019s business as usual, complete with dream sequences and the trademark tone which sits somewhere between snark and sentimentality. VanishedDeceiver \u2026 Sam Claflin stars as Tom Parker, hiding a secret from his girlfriend Alice (Kaley Cuoco) in Vanished. Photograph: Bruno Calvo<\/p>\n Tom (Sam Claflin<\/a>) and Alice (Kaley Cuoco<\/a>) are living the dream. He\u2019s a globetrotting charity worker, she is a worldly archaeologist. They meet for passionate weekends in glamorous hotels before moving on. But when they hook up in Paris, Alice has a permanent placement and she wants Tom to join her. All is well until he disappears during a train journey. Flashbacks suggest Tom might be too good to be true and no one Alice meets while searching for her man is quite what they seem. What unfolds is implausible, powered by clunky dialogue and broad characterisations. But it is still weirdly irresistible. ParadiseBreakout \u2026 Sterling K Brown as Agent Xavier Collins leaves the bunker to search for his wife in Paradise. Photograph: Anne Marie Fox\/Disney<\/p>\n After a striking opening season<\/a> in which a community of rich alphas were confined to a vast bunker after a catastrophe on Earth, the second run of this mystery drama takes a risk. Agent Xavier Collins (Sterling K Brown<\/a>) is venturing outside after learning that his wife may still be alive. Much of the strength of season one derived from its claustrophobia and sense of limitation. This new instalment feels like a more conventional action thriller but it\u2019s still gripping and pointed in its observations about the desire of billionaires to curate pristine, controllable worlds. BridgertonNew romantics \u2026 Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton and Yerin Ha as Sophie Baek continue their relationship in Bridgerton. Photograph: Liam Daniel\/Netflix<\/p>\n After a short intermission, the regency raunch-fest returns to conclude its fourth season<\/a>, and the show has benefited from a change of focus. The blossoming romance between rakish Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha) remains at the heart of the action but many questions remain. Given his famously adventuresome nature, can Benedict keep his eyes on the prize? And is Sophie exactly what she claims to be? While it becomes more absurdly self-parodic with each passing season, Bridgerton still offers fan service like few other shows. Monarch: Legacy of MonstersBeastly \u2026 The team may have found their biggest monster yet in Monarch. Photograph: Apple<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not Kong. This is not Godzilla. This is something bigger!\u201d What other way is there to begin the latest season of this monsterverse saga<\/a> whose main (and in fairness, thoroughly entertaining) selling point is size and ferocity? The Monarch organisation is continuing to monitor MUTOs (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms) and they\u2019ve discovered\u2013 or possibly even provoked \u2013 a beast so huge it could lay waste to whole cities. The team, led once again by Kurt Russell\u2019s brilliantly jaded Lee Shaw face an existential battle. In every sense, enormous fun. CrusadeJulian Swiezewski as Mandzaro in Crusade (Krucjata). Photograph: Ola Grochowska\/Channel 4<\/p>\n To the posh apartments and celebrity hangouts of Warsaw for this latest dark thriller series from Walter Presents. When a young woman is found murdered (and partially eaten), the cops realise they have a serious problem. But this crime is merely the tip of the iceberg: a trail of carnage unfolds across the city and the victims \u2013 who include a high-profile banker, an MP and a judge on a TV talent show \u2013 all seem to be people in the public eye. It\u2019s up to homicide detective Jan G\u00f3ra (Julian \u015awie\u017cewski) to follow the increasingly gruesome leads. Formula 1: Drive to SurviveMax Verstappen in Formula 1: Drive to Survive Season seven. Photograph: Netflix<\/p>\n
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Prime Video, from Friday 27 February<\/p>\n
Disney+, from Monday 23 February<\/p>\n
Netflix, from Thursday 26 February<\/p>\n
Apple TV, from Friday 27 February<\/p>\n
Channel 4, from Friday 27 February<\/p>\n