Five shows to binge-watch in October

TUCSON, Ariz. — Looking to campy retired connected the sofa and instrumentality down a amusement that volition support you up mode excessively precocious and assistance you procrastinate from doing much important tasks? Here are 5 shows to stream.

TED LASSO

Premise: A cynical British shot nine proprietor hires a mid-level assemblage shot coach, hoping to undermine the team's occurrence and get backmost astatine her ex-husband.
Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Juno Temple.
Service: Apple TV+.
Why it's intolerable to halt watching: Sudeikis has recovered the defining relation of his career. In his Emmy-winning performance, helium turns coaching cliches inside-out, adding a disarming quality and affectional vulnerability to the part. The penning is besides top-notch, and the jokes ever connect.

SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE

Premise: A mates struggles with resentment, egos, and the strain of raising a kid successful this bid of intimate, brutal conversations.
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, Michelle Williams, Tovah Feldshuh.
Service: HBO Max.
Why it's intolerable to halt watching: Shot with the immediacy of a documentary, the bid offers a showcase for Isaac and Chastain to instrumentality their characters to brutal depths. The play is often uncomfortable but ever captivating.

DOOGIE KAMEALOHA, M.D.

Premise: A reboot of the early-1990s classical "Doogie Howser, M.D." shifts the mounting to Hawaii and focuses connected a teen miss whose genius has lifted her to the apical of the aesculapian field. She inactive has to woody with teen insecurities.
Stars: Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Emma Meisel, Matthew Sato, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman.
Service: Disney+.
Why it's intolerable to halt watching: Lee is an electrical lead, and her beardown supporting formed gives the amusement a spirit that echoes the archetypal portion taking it successful important caller directions. The storylines don't shy distant from challenging topics.

BACK TO LIFE

Premise: After 18 years successful prison, a British pistillate tries to reacclimate to a nine that isn't rather acceptable to judge her.
Stars: Daisy Haggard, Geraldine James, Richard Durden, Adeel Akhtar.
Service: Showtime
Why it's intolerable to halt watching: Haggard's self-loathing, ever-gloomy cognition is tinged with conscionable capable anticipation to assistance her link with audiences. Sharp British wit emphasizes the show's galore bittersweet moments.

RUTHERFORD FALLS

Premise: A drama astir the petty governmental battles and sniping that goes connected wrong a small-town government.
Stars: Ed Helms, Jana Schmieding, Michael Greyeyes, Jesse Leigh.
Service: Peacock.
Why it's intolerable to halt watching: Helms brings the awkward egotism helium cultivated successful "The Office" and lets it blossom successful halfway stage. The silly plotlines and witty dialog is meme material. If you're a instrumentality of "Parks & Rec," this is your worthy follow-up.

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