Planning to spend the weekend binge-watching something on Prime Video? If you're looking to glue yourself to the sofa and relax in front of your TV, Amazon's streamer is one of the best streaming services you can turn to. Like its competitors, Prime Video is constantly adding new shows and movies, but that range has a downside: how do you actually settle on what to watch?
If you don't want to waste your downtime scrolling endlessly through genres or the latest additions to Prime, allow me to step in. I've combed through everything new on Prime Video in January and picked out a handful of new and notable series worth binge-watching.
Prime Video doesn't actually have new original shows dropping until mid-February (here's what's coming in February), but two major releases are dropping their final episodes very soon; now's the time to squeeze them in!
'Fallout' season 2
"Fallout" season 2 has been dropping weekly episodes since December, but with the season 2 finale on the horizon for the week, now is the perfect time to binge-watch the preceding seven episodes. The hit video game adaptation has remained one of Prime Video's most-watched shows every week since its debut, and will doubtless have a big reveal lined up to keep us hungry for the show's return.
Season 2 of this darkly funny sci-fi series picks up in the aftermath of the first, and continues to follow our Wasteland wanderers — Lucy (Ella Purnell), The Ghoul/Cooper Howard (Walton Goggins), and Maximus (Aaron Moten) — on their respective journeys, while also introducing us to the iconic New Vegas, and members of its various factions.
Stream "Fallout" season 2 on Prime Video now
'Steal'
If you've not binged "Steal" yet, I'd strongly urge you to bump it to the top of your watchlist, as this six-part British thriller is the perfect watch to liven up your weekend.
This high-octane series begins with a pulse-pounding opener that sees a gang of armed thieves waltz into the offices of investment firm, Lochmill Capital. There, the thugs force best pals Zara (Sophie Turner) and Luke (Archie Madekwe) to execute their demands: the transfer of billions of pounds' worth of pension funds over to them.
Who would steal all that money, and why? Well, that's what DCI Rhys (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) wants to know. But, as a recently relapsed gambling addict, he's grappling with this new investigation and trying to keep his money trouble at bay while navigating the hidden agendas and dark secrets at the heart of this crime. If you're looking for fast-moving, engaging TV this weekend, this is it.
Stream "Steal" on Prime Video now
'The Night Manager' season 2
"The Night Manager" season 2 reunited us with Tom Hiddleston's Jonathan Pine (about as close to a 007 audition as you could get) almost a decade after the original series premiered, and this new undercover adventure's proven to be as much fun as the first. Given the huge twists its thrown our way already, I can't wait to see what this Sunday's season finale has in store.
Picking up years after Pine brought down Hugh Laurie's international arms dealer, Richard Roper, season 2 finds him living under a new name as a low-level MI6 surveillance officer. When he spies one of Roper's old associates on the cameras, he leaps into action and, after tragedy strikes, he heads off on another deadly mission around the world. This time, he's adopted another identity and jetted off to Colombia where, with reluctant aid of Roxana Bolaños (Camila Morrone), he worked to infiltrate the operations of another dangerous foe: Teddy Dos Santos (Diego Calva).
Stream "The Night Manager" season 2 on Prime Video now
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