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‘We Were Liars,' Plus 7 Things to Watch on TV This Week
Between streaming and cable, there is a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a selection of TV shows and specials that are airing or streaming this week, June 16-22. Details and times are subject to change.
Managing familial expectations.
In 2014 E. Lockhart released her young adult psychological horror novel 'We Were Liars.' Nearly a decade later the book, after making its rounds on #BookTok, is now coming to small screens as a series with the same name. It follows Cadence Sinclair (Emily Alyn Lind), who returns to her family's summer home in Beechwood, a fictional island off Martha's Vineyard, two years after a mysterious incident that left her with amnesia. Three generations of the old-money Sinclair family gather, along with some of Cadence's childhood friends, and it seems that everyone is keeping some type of secret. Streaming Wednesday on Prime Video.
Based on Edith Wharton's posthumously released and incomplete novel, 'The Buccaneers' is back for its second installment. The first season focused on five young women, part of the upper echelon of 1870s high society, who were trying to find their purpose. These new episodes, which feature Leighton Meester in a guest role, will be a little bit more serious, with a focus on motherhood, abusive husbands and will-they-won't-they relationship arcs. Streaming Wednesday on Apple TV+.
If you miss the comfy and cozy atmosphere of 'Dawson's Creek,' you are in luck because the creator Kevin Williamson is back with a new show, 'The Waterfront,' which actually takes place in North Carolina ('Dawson's Creek,' though filmed there, was set in Massachusetts). The series follows the Buckley family, who once ruled the town with their fishing and restaurant businesses but are now struggling to keep things afloat after the patriarch (Holt McCallany) had two heart attacks. Streaming Thursday on Netflix.
Every so often my hometown, Troy, N.Y., gets transformed into 1880s moneyed Manhattan with temporary regal facades on every building, gravel on the roads, countless horses milling about — oh, and with the principal cast members of 'The Gilded Age' taking up residence to film a new season. This week the third one, which will feature lots of twist and turns, according to one of its stars, Louisa Jacobson, comes to small screens. And, of course, the usual promises of betrothal, household chaos and marriages of opportunity will continue. Sunday at 9 p.m. on HBO and streaming on Max.
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