This weekend I have … half an hour, and I need closure.
‘How To With John Wilson’
When to watch: Friday at 11 pm, on HBO.
“How to Track a Package” is the series finale of this beautiful and striking collage, and while I’m sad to lose one of the most evocative and humane shows on TV, we can at least take comfort it is leading. John Wilson captures and cares for wonderful weirdos, meticulous and patient, until you realize: Oh! Oddities are not extraneous accessories in life; they are its foundation and wholeness. If you approach everything as if it means something — misspelled signs, bathroom figurines, the differences between 7-Up and ginger ale — well, it does.
… half an hour, and I like teamwork.
‘God. family Football.’
When to watch: Now, on Freevee.
Almost any football show can be called “God. family Football.,” but this six-part documentary series specifically follows a high school team at a Christian academy in Shreveport, La. The kids all seem sweet, thoughtful and well-adjusted, even as they talk about the sting of absent fathers and the toll of various injuries. While it obviously walks in the shadows of “Friday Night Lights” and “Last Chance U,” it goes for — and achieves — a sunnier, more YA vibe. (If you want a football show with more to say, try “Algiers, America,” on Hulu.)
… an hour, and I want something to cling to.
‘Dark Wind’
When to watch: Sundays at 9 pm, on AMC, or now AMC+.
Season 2 of this gripping crime drama wraps up this weekend, and it feels like a throwback — but not just because it’s set in the 1970s. “Wind” is bold in ways that are often sanded down in other cop shows: It’s bolder in its cinematography, more tense and surprising in its action sequences, and most of all, everything feels secondary, tertiary , and even its one-off character. detailed and richly thought out. Zahn McClarnon is exceptional as Joe Leaphorn, a police lieutenant with requisite sad baggage, but all the performances here are top notch. If you missed the style élan of “Breaking Bad,” watch it. Season 1 arrives on Max on Friday, and it’s a perfect six-episode sad-and-awesome binge.
