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The weekend is officially upon us, and while you could spend it wrapping gifts until you’re exhausted or driving around in search of the perfect Christmas tree, you could also give yourself a break; reason that Chrismukkah is less than two weeks away and there’s no point trying to force merriment now; and settle back with a bunch of good streaming fare. Luckily, this month isn’t short on great movies and TV shows. Below, find everything you absolutely need to stream this weekend on Netflix, Peacock, and more:
No Good Deed
Should there be more TV shows about real-estate transactions? Reality TV seems to have clocked the potential: Selling Sunset, Property Brothers. Why hasn’t prestige TV caught up? That might change if the quirky but charming No Good Deed takes off. The show stars Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano as empty nesters coming to terms with the fact that their grand Los Angeles Craftsman no longer suits their downsized life (or diminished wallets). The first episode sees them cloistered in an upstairs bedroom while they watch a live security-cam feed of prospective buyers attending an open house, delivering merciless verdicts on strangers who might want to pay them millions of dollars.
As anyone who has ever engaged in any kind of real-estate transaction knows, it is never just about a place to live and emotions can run very high. This is, in fact, excellent fodder for drama, and the excellent supporting characters—Abbi Jacobson, Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, and Teyonah Parris, among others—give this show a delicious texture, with each of their backstories fuelling varying degrees of desperation in their quests to buy the house. The show has a slightly strange tone; it’s undeniably funny while also circling around a tragedy that increasingly comes into focus. (If you’ve seen creator Liz Feldman’s previous show Dead to Me, which somehow made a biting murder-comedy out of female rage, the hard-to-place tone might be familiar.) But give No Good Deed a chance, even if it throws you. The appeal of this show grows with each episode. —Chloe Schama
How to watch: Stream on Netflix.
Paris and Nicole: The Encore
If you, like me, have been thinking about Paris Hilton calling her temporary employer and saying, “We can’t come to work today, we are tired…. I think we might quit the job.… Bye, gorgeous,” for the last two decades, then Paris Nicole: The Encore on Peacock was tailor-made for you. Hilton and costar Nicole Richie are both mothers now, and they’ve clearly learned a lot about the world and about how to treat people (including each other), which makes their attempt to write, produce, and star in an opera based on their endearingly catchy hit nonsense song “Sanasa” genuinely charming to watch. —Emma Specter
How to watch: Stream on Peacock.
Conclave
While we’re talking about Peacock hits, let’s not forget that NBC’s streaming app now also has Conclave—a.k.a. the twistiest, most turn-heavy Vatican story in generations. Even if you already saw this film in theaters, there’s something wonderful about relaxing on the couch and watching various papal candidates lie, scheme, steal, vape, and come out to each other. I, personally, would watch Stanley Tucci do literally anything, so seeing him star as a remarkably progressive choice for pope is second only to seeing him devour various pastas in his travel show, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy. —E.S.
How to watch: Stream on Peacock, or buy via Prime Video or YouTube.
One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part 1
Nobel Prize–winning Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez’s most significant literary work has finally arrived on the small screen, with seven generations’ worth of Buendía family drama—artfully reinterpreted by directors Alex García López and Laura Mora—making for genuinely compelling viewing material. —E.S.
How to watch: Stream on Netflix.
Chris Rock and Gracie Abrams on Saturday Night Live
It’s been an entertaining season of Saturday Night Live so far, and I’m expecting more of the same from this weekend’s episode, featuring Chris Rock and Gracie Abrams. Will we be treated to jokes about recent Saturday Night Live guest host and Abrams’s rumored boyfriend Paul Mescal? Unclear as of yet, but Rock famously doesn’t pull his punches—and no, that isn’t a dated Oscars slap reference—so we’re sure to get some electrifying humor over the course of the night. —E.S.
How to watch: Tune in live on NBC on Saturday night, or stream the show on Peacock starting Sunday morning.
