Also: Bo Burnham used his quarantine downtime to create Inside for Netflix, and The History Channel looks at the shamefully under-discussed 1921 Race Massacre in Tulsa Burning.
(HBO, 9 p.m., finale for part one of season one): Tonight, Roxana Hadadi will bid farewell to the Orphans of
The Nevers, at least for now while part two has not yet been scheduled, the six-episode run that concludes this evening is merely the first half the show’s first season. But while HBO may not be calling this a proper season finale, it sure seems like it’s got big finale energy. We’ve got an origin story for Amalia incoming! And just a guess we’re also likely to hear more about this big revelation, as described in Roxana’s recap of last Sunday’s installment (contains plot details, obviously):
The nightingale’s song has long been described as one of the most beautiful sounds in nature, and perhaps thanks to the Greek myth of sisters Philomela and Procne who were transformed into a nightingale and a swallow by the gods after exacting revenge against Procne’s rapist husband the bird itself has often been considered female. The reality in nature, though, is that female nightingales can’t sing at all. Whatever forces of genetics, biology, and science combined to give the male nightingale the ability to sing also denied the female that same skill.
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Take that ornithological observation and apply it to humanity, and you have the incredibly bleak perspective of “Death and Nightingales,” the miniseries adaptation of Eugene McCabe’s acclaimed novel. Writer and director Allan Cubitt follows pretty much all of McCabe’s novel’s beats in this three-part limited series (premiering on Starz on May 16), crafting a story about secrecy and betrayal, colonialism
Ziwe (Photo: Barbara Nitke/Showtime),
Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. (Image: Hulu)
Graphic: Natalie Peeples
As the world begins to open up once more to social activities (for those who have been fully vaccinated, that is), TV is making a few big plays to keep everyone indoors this May. A new
Star Wars animated
Ziwe’s hotly anticipated Showtime debut, Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of
The Underground Railroad, and more true-crime docs and superhero shows await those who are prepared to wait a little longer before going outside again. Camping out in your living room for another month also means catching the exciting returns of
Starz May 2021 Movie & TV Titles Arriving and Leaving May 3, 2021
The full list of May 2021 movies and TV titles that will be available for streaming on the Starz App has been released (via Vital Thrills), which you can now view below, along with the titles that are set to leave from the streaming service this month. The includes the arrival of Steven Soderbergh’s Starz original series
The Girlfriend Experience Season 3, as well as the series debut of Leigh Davenport’s new comedy series,
Run the World.
This month will also see the U.S. debut of Allan Cubitt’s three-part historical limited series titled