What To Watch This Week: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (June 15–21)

This week’s “What To Watch” picks include season two of “Sugar” (Apple TV), season three of “House of the Dragon” (HBO, HBO Max), the premiere of “I Will Find You” (Netflix), and the Shudder original film “The Voices of Our Mother.”

What else do we recommend? A back-to-school (for thirtysomethings) movie on Hulu (“Never Change!”), and the second season of “The Agency” on Paramount+.

And, if you’re looking for a good movie to rent, we suggest the documentary “Stolen Kingdom,” which arrives on video-on-demand (VOD) Tuesday. Let’s hit the couch!

“Never Change!” | Hulu | Comedy

Movie, Wednesday, June 17: Named for the classic yearbook signature signoff, this straight-to-streaming film from director Marty Schousboe (“Joe Pera Talks With You”) is a back-to-school comedy akin to “Billy Madison,” only the adult students aren’t generationally wealthy layabouts. They’re a whole class whose senior year was cut short by a tornado. Now in their mid-30s, they have to go back and finish high school. “Old flames, second chances, this is what nightmares are made of,” says Hulu in the press materials. The cast includes John Reynolds (“Search Party”), Carmen Christopher (“The Bear”), Jo Firestone (“The Singles Retreat”) and Gary Richardson (“Saturday Night Live”).

P.S. Stay cool and have a fun summer.

“I Will Find You” | Netflix | Drama

Limited series premiere, Wednesday, June 17: Netflix has produced at least a dozen Harlan Coben adaptations. This latest one stars “Avatar” star Sam Worthington and “Severance” standout Britt Lower. The plot follows a father (Worthington), incarcerated for murdering his own son, who learns his boy might still be alive. He decides to break out and investigate with the help of his ex-sister-in-law (Lower), a disgraced journalist. The cast also includes Milo Ventimiglia, Logan Browning, Erin Richards, Chi McBride, and more. All eight episodes hit Netflix today.

“Sugar” | Apple TV | Drama

Season 2 premiere, Friday, June 19: I’ve said here before that I’m a sucker for a private detective show. Sometimes they suck, but when they cook, they cook. I haven’t seen this neo-noir mystery drama (with a tinge of science fiction) yet, but I’m hopin’ it’s a cooker. To avoid spoiling the show for myself, I’ll avoid second-season plot details beyond a synopsis summary: Private investigator John Sugar (Colin Farrell) is tracking down the granddaughter of a legendary Hollywood producer. Of course that means he’s unlocking family secrets that’ll cause problems for him and his client. (I’m not sure where the sci-fi comes in, so that’ll be interesting.)

“The Voices of Our Mother” | Shudder | Horror

Movie, Friday, June 19: When her nonagenarian mother dies, Harriet (Sheila McCarthy) suffers a health scare. Her four four estranged children show up to care for her, leading to the airing of grievances. Meanwhile their mother’s mysterious behavior grows more terrifying by the day — and she might be coming for them. Directed by Mark O’Brien (“The Righteous,” “Ready or Not”), who also stars.

“House of the Dragon” | HBO, HBO Max | Drama, fantasy

Season 3 premiere, Sunday, June 21, 9 p.m. ET: The third season of this “Game of Thrones” prequel — set 200 years before GoT — comes nearly two years after the Season 2 finale, and will set up the series’ fourth and final season. HBO seems to be keeping plot details under wraps, which is weird since the series’s source material is author George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood.” That means fans who’ve read the book already know what’s gonna happen, anyway. But I suppose that keeps the show exciting for its non-reading audience. The first episode premieres tonight and the other seven will come weekly.

“The Agency” | Paramount+ | Drama, thriller

Season 2 premiere, Sunday, June 21: In this acclaimed spy thriller, Michael Fassbender plays CIA agent Martian, who’s ripped from his undercover life and— Well, you probably know where this is going: It sends his life all topsy-turvy and puts an old flame in danger. Doesn’t sound too original, does it? Well, sometimes that’s not a bad thing (must be my private detective show-lovin’ side talking). You can binge-watch all 10 episodes starting today.