There are (count ‘em!) just five days to go until the 2024 presidential election, and while checking out should never be your political game plan, staying glued to cable-news poll updates all weekend isn’t necessarily going to help your candidate of choice win either; once you’ve done all of your voting, phone-banking and/or IRL canvassing, it’s a safe bet that you’ll need to unwind with something good to watch, so we’ve compiled a guide to all the best movies and TV shows to stream live or catch up on this weekend. Consider them the antidote to doomscrolling straight through until Tuesday.
The Diplomat Season 2
Just the right amount of politics. This Homeland-esque show, which has all the intrigue but a more soapy sheen to it, offers a political thriller for those who want to feel they haven’t quite sidestepped reality. (Our sources tell us that being the US Ambassador to the UK does not actually involved dismantling subterfuge, but we’re happy to go along with the idea that elaborate parties and elaborate political machinations can go hand in hand.) In the second season of this Netflix show, Keri Russell is (still) US Ambassador, Kate Wyler, flirting with her counterpart in the Foreign Office, while navigating the disassembling of her marriage. The plot this season picks up where the previous season left off, with Kate attempting to figure out who was behind an assassination, the cause behind the mysterious sinking of a ship, why a prim and proper grandmotherly figure seems to exert a disproportionate degree of control over the prime minister, and … well, it’s sort of complicated and doesn’t make a ton of sense, but the show is no less fun because of it.
How to watch: Stream it on Netflix.