And here is the monthly series post: September brought plenty to watch.
Last Seen
A gloomy small-town drama for fans of gloomy small-town dramas. About a missing daughter and a dad who has been searching for years for where she went. With an Australian flair and accent. Watchable.
Slow Horses
Jackson Lamb is back with the sixth season. Witty and engaging as always: if you have to choose what to watch, this is it. Besides, in the first episode Ho plays Ghost of Tsushima at work. Separately approved.
Golden Axe
If your old-school nostalgia has not kicked in for a while, here is a good reason. An animated adaptation of the ancient mega-game about a joyful side-scrolling beat'em up as a huge barbarian, a huge amazon, or a not so huge old man with an axe. An extra joy was that the heroes could ride beasts and beat enemies on horseback. Apparently, that is what the cartoon is about.
Personally, the trailer gave me all the nostalgia I needed, so I am unlikely to watch it. But if you are interested, the old man with the axe is voiced by Matthew Rhys, who, by the way, got three Emmys this year, for Widow's Bay and The Beast in Me.
Neagley
The Russian internet has not quite decided how to read her surname, but the season is already out in full, right after the last episode of Reacher. It is a spin-off about his former colleague from the dangerous military police service, Frances Neagley. Who is now a private detective. The spin-off does not drop the baton, Reacher was shown at the start and hidden right away. Well made, all those Ballards could learn a thing or two.
Line of Fire
A new series about a family fully employed by the US government: mom, dad and the kids serve as marshals and agents of the FBI, the Secret Service and the Department of Justice. This wonderful plot construction made it possible to cram five uninteresting stories into the frame instead of one interesting one. But it does have a conspiracy of reptilians, the Illuminati and some other secret services, and September would not be complete without one.
Worth watching if you need to fall asleep quickly. Or if you want to see Peter Krause, a veteran of the legendary Six Feet Under and the undeservedly forgotten The Lost Room. Where else would you see him these days?
And briefly about the returns, of which there are many in September:
— Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen and MobLand are back with second seasons
— Stranger Things: Tales from '85: nobody liked the first season of the cartoon, so Netflix immediately released a second one
— If for some reason you do not like mediocre cartoons, you can watch South Park, back with its 29th (!) season
— You can tickle your nerves with the 13th season of American Horror Story
— The cozy police story set in Belfast, Blue Lights, is back with season 4
— And today the sequel to the sequel of Scrubs comes out (the second season).
That is a lot to watch. But if you get through it all, information about new shows, premieres, returns and schedules can be found as always in the TV Botopotamus bot on Telegram or on Max.