{"id":13091,"date":"2021-10-01T16:52:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T14:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=13091"},"modified":"2021-10-01T16:52:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T14:52:22","slug":"five-best-international-series-on-showmax-this-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/10\/01\/five-best-international-series-on-showmax-this-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Best International Series On Showmax This October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3061\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SUCCESSION S3 <\/strong>| First on Showmax | Mondays from 18 October 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Succession, <\/em>winner of Best Drama at both the Emmys and Golden Globes in 2020, follows four very rich siblings behaving very badly while trying to win their father\u2019s approval &#8211; and control of his company, a global media and entertainment empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeremy Strong won the 2020 Best Actor Emmy as Kendall Roy, while Brian Cox won the 2020 Best Actor Golden Globe as his father, Logan. Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin, as Kendall\u2019s siblings, and Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun and James Cromwell, as his extended family, also earned Emmy nominations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Season 3, that already impressive cast is adding Oscar winner Adrien Brody (<em>The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/em>, <em>The Pianist<\/em>) and Emmy winner Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd (<em>Big Little Lies<\/em>, <em>True Blood<\/em>), not to mention Black Reel winner Sanaa Lathan (<em>The Affair<\/em>, <em>Love &amp; Basketball<\/em>), Emmy nominee Hope Davis (<em>Your Honor<\/em>, <em>Captain America: Civil War<\/em>) and singer Jihae (<em>Mortal Engines<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambushed by Kendall at the end of Season 2, Logan begins Season 3 in a perilous position, scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances. Tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catch up on <em>Succession<\/em> S1-2<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/yous6pmy-succession\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Succession S3 | HBO on Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xHgmEO2r1vw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RESIDENT ALIEN S1 <\/strong>| First on Showmax | Binge now&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the Dark Horse comic, Syfy&#8217;s <em>Resident Alien<\/em> is a murder mystery sci-fi dramedy that follows Harry, an alien played by Alan Tudyk (<em>Rogue One<\/em>,<em> Firefly<\/em>) who crash lands on Earth and passes himself off as a human small-town doctor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arriving with a secret mission to kill all humans, Harry starts off living a simple life&#8230; but things get a bit rocky when he&#8217;s roped into solving a local murder and realises he needs to assimilate to his new world. As he does so, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: &#8220;Are human beings worth saving?&#8221; and &#8220;Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Resident Alien | Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gYx-RKItwqg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE L WORD: GENERATION Q S2 <\/strong>| First on Showmax | Binge from 14 October&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this sequel to the ground-breaking, Emmy-nominated 2004-2009 series, Golden Globe nominee Jennifer Beals (<em>Flashdance<\/em>), Kate Moennig <em>(Ray Donovan, Grown-ish<\/em>) and Leisha Hailey (<em>CSI<\/em>) reprise their original roles alongside a new generation of diverse, self-possessed LGBTQIA+ characters as they take on love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks and success in L.A.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first season was up for a 2020 Queerty for Best TV Series and a 2020 GLAAD Media Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emmy winner Rosie O\u2019Donnell (<em>SMILF<\/em>), four-time Teen Choice nominee Donald Faison (<em>Scrubs<\/em>), Oscar nominee Griffin Dunne (<em>House of Lies<\/em>, <em>This is Us<\/em>) and Vanessa Williams (<em>Candyman<\/em>) guest star this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The L Word: Generation Q S2 | Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eKWbpl95Uxs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HUCKY S1 <\/strong>| First on Showmax | Binge episodes 1-3 from 27 October, weekly episodes thereafter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, throwing an idyllic American town into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begins to expose the town&#8217;s hypocrisies and secrets in the brand-new series <em>Chucky<\/em>, which picks up after the events of the seventh film in the horror franchise, <em>Cult of Chucky<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Created by Fangoria Chainsaw Award nominee Don Mancini (<em>Bride of Chucky<\/em>, <em>Child&#8217;s Play<\/em>), the series stars Oscar nominee Brad Dourif (<em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u2019 Wormtongue and <em>One Flew Over the Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest<\/em>\u2019s Billy Bibbit) as the voice of serial-killer-possessed Good Guy doll Chucky, with child actor Zackary Arthur (<em>Transparent<\/em>) as Jake Wheeler.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oscar nominee Jennifer Tilly (<em>Bullets over Broadway<\/em>, <em>Bound<\/em>) returns as Tiffany Valentine, and Saturn Award nominee Alex Vincent (<em>Child\u2019s Play<\/em>) reprises his role as Chucky&#8217;s archnemesis, Andy Barclay, with Christine Elise (<em>BH90210<\/em>) returning as Andy&#8217;s foster sister, Kyle. Also look out for Dourif\u2019s daughter and genre marvel Fiona Dourif (<em>Dirk Gently\u2019s Holistic Detective Agency<\/em>, <em>The Stand<\/em>, <em>The Blacklist<\/em>, <em>The Purge<\/em>) returning as Nica Pierce<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chucky: The Series | Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a7S6F7DYSg8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LOVE ISLAND USA S2<\/strong> | First on Showmax | Binge now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a delay due to the pandemic, the second season of <em>Love Island USA<\/em> was moved from Fiji to The Cromwell, a casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. With strict quarantine measures in place, for the 31 \u201cislanders\u201d the isolation is real as they couple and re-couple under the watchful eye of host Arielle Vandenberg over 40 days in a bid to win the $100,000 prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 20 October, you can also binge Season 7 of <em>Love Island UK. <\/em>Follow 37 hot new singletons through a steamy summer of love in the Love Island villa as they put in the graft, couple-up and (fingers crossed) try to find The One. Once again hosted by Laura Whitmore, this is the second most-watched season of the show so far, with over 4 million viewers per episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Zendaya\u2019s character Rue put it on <em>Euphoria<\/em>, \u201cI don\u2019t want a novel or some slow burn or something that feels like work. That\u2019s why I love reality TV \u2013 it\u2019s funny, dramatic and I can focus on it. It\u2019s pure, effortless entertainment. I wanna lay down one moment and then look around the next and realise I have watched 22 straight hours of <em>Love Island <\/em>over a two-day period and yearn for more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EVERYTHING ON SHOWMAX IN OCTOBER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see everything on Showmax in\u00a0October 2021,\u00a0including Season 2 of the SAFTA-winning BET and Showmax original comedy <em>Black Tax;<\/em> SXSW Special Jury Prize and the Audience Award<em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XiAYq1tUvxk\">Saint Frances<\/a><\/em>; and Season 2 of the 2021 Emmy-nominated <em>DC Super Hero Girls<\/em>, click <a href=\"https:\/\/stories.showmax.com\/whats-new-on-showmax-in-october-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. Please note this release schedule is subject to change.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUCCESSION S3 | First on Showmax | Mondays from 18 October 2021 Succession, winner of Best Drama at both the Emmys and Golden Globes in 2020, follows four very rich siblings behaving very badly while trying to win their father\u2019s approval &#8211; and control of his company, a global media and entertainment empire. Jeremy Strong&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/10\/01\/five-best-international-series-on-showmax-this-october\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Five Best International Series On Showmax This October<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-13091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}