‘Money Heist’ is back, plus more shows to watch this weekend
The first part of the final season of Money Heist, also known as La Casa de Papel, is dropping this Friday, September 3.
Since premiering in 2017, the world-spanning series has won Best Drama Series at the International Emmy Awards and has become the most-watched non-English-language show on Netflix.
Instead of releasing all 10 episodes at once, there will be two volumes to this last installment. Volume 1 will be composed of five episodes and premiere in September, while the final five episodes will air in December.
If you’re in the mood for something similar to Train to Busan that’s horrifyingly relevant to current events, the 2013 South Korean disaster film Flu is currently number one on the streamer. The intense film is about an outbreak of a deadly strain of H5N1 that kills its victims within 36 hours, complete with all the pandemic horrors that come with a city-wide lockdown.
Here‘s a roundup of the newest additions and top trending shows to watch on Netflix this weekend.
Money Heist Part 5: Volume 1
Synopsis: Eight thieves take hostages and lock themselves in the Royal Mint of Spain as a criminal mastermind manipulates the police to carry out his plan.
Flu
Synopsis: In this 2013 thriller, the death toll mounts from an airborne disease in a South Korean suburb, resulting in a quarantine and a reign of chaos.
SAS: Rise of the Black Swan
Synopsis: A special forces operative traveling from London to Paris with his girlfriend takes action when armed, ruthless mercenaries seize control of their train.
The Afterlife of the Party
Synopsis: Cassie lives to party... until she dies in a freak accident. Now this social butterfly needs to right her wrongs on Earth if she wants to earn her wings.
The Promised Neverland: Season 2
Synopsis: When three gifted kids learn that their isolated orphanage isn’t the haven they thought, they vow to lead the other children in a risky escape plan.
Gone Girl
Synopsis: His marriage crumbling, Nick comes home one day to find his wife has vanished. And as the police turn up the heat, shocking truths come to light.
Parker
Synopsis: Parker is a thief—but he has scruples. So when his crew double-crosses him, Parker teams up with an unlikely partner to even the score.
Anabelle Comes Home
Synopsis: A devilish doll presides over a haunted house of horrors, awakening evil spirits in the home of two demonologists and terrorizing their young daughter.
Yesterday
Synopsis: After a global blackout erases humanity's memory of the Beatles, a struggling musician performs the group's music and becomes a pop sensation.
School of Rock
Synopsis: Posing as a schoolteacher, a down-on-his-luck guitarist secretly turns his class into a rock band—and shows them the liberating power of rock 'n' roll.
Fools Gold
Synopsis: Finding a new clue rekindles a luckless fortune hunter's hope for recovering a legendary treasure lost at sea—and for salvaging his marriage.
Sparking Joy
Synopsis: In this reality series, Marie Kondo brings her joyful tidying tactics to people struggling to balance work and home life—and shares her own world.
Finding Mr. Destiny
Synopsis: Gi-joon falls for one of his match-matching clients, Ji-woo, while he tries to find her supposed true love, Kim, somewhere in Korea
Here and There (Dito at Doon)
Synopsis: After meeting through a heated exchange on social media, two people with different backgrounds begin an online romance in the midst of a pandemic.
(Banner image from @LaCasadePapel)