Screen Queen TV Reviews: DTF St Louis, How To Get To Heaven From Belfast, Marshals and Young Sherlock

DTF St Louis

Monday, streaming on Max

Ah, the joys of a good, old-fashioned weekly watch. There’s something to be said for the delayed gratification that comes from waiting an entire week for episodes of your favourite show to drop, and let me tell you: you’ll be salivating in anticipation for this one.

Written and directed by Steven Conrad, this sees Jason Bateman playing TV weatherman Clark Forrest, a popular local identity in the St Louis area who gets involved in a messy love triangle with a suburban couple, Floyd (David Harbour) and Carol (Linda Cardellini).

Clark introduces new pal Floyd, a sign-language interpreter and genial everyman, to a dating app, DTF (I’ll leave it up to you to guess what this stands for. If you still have no idea, ask your nearest gen Z). It’s a decision that will have devastating consequences for them all.

If you’re across popular culture, the irony of Harbour’s casting will not be lost on you: his marriage to British pop star Lily Allen famously fell apart after he allegedly urged his spouse to consider opening up their own relationship — again, your nearest gen Zer can fill in the blanks on this one, too.

Allen seemingly detailed the whole sorry mess on the searingly good album she dropped late last year; she took no prisoners. Harbour has been keeping a low profile, save for one brief appearance at the Stranger Things premiere late last year (contractually obligated, one would assume) so he’s not really been seen — until now.

This might just be the perfect vehicle for his comeback. All the characters in this are deeply flawed, with the show’s creator Conrad recently explaining he was interested in exploring the murkiness that lies beneath seemingly respectable suburban lives. As he pointedly says, “No one’s normal . . . it just looks that way from across the street.”

And oh, how true that is!

Get ready to be absolutely consumed by this series as it drops across seven must-see episodes.

How To Get To Heaven From Belfast

Streaming now on Netflix

I’ve been saving this one to binge and am currently halfway through Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee’s new comedy drama — I am obsessed.

It’s been described as Bad Sisters meets Derry Girls, and that sounds about right — it’s right up my strasse.

If you’ve not caught this one yet, get ready to be swept along in a strange tale of three lifelong friends, Saoirse (Roisin Gallagher, who is fantastic), Robyn (Sinead Keenan) and Dara (Caoilfhionn Dunne), who reconnect after their estranged friend Greta (Natasha O’Keeffe), the fourth member of their teen gang, dies in mysterious circumstances.

Don’t you DARE tell me what ends up happening — I can’t wait to see how it all unfolds.

This is some seriously great television.

Creative Types With Virginia Trioli

Thursday, 8.30pm, ABC

I could listen to Jimmy Barnes recount stories from his life till the cows come home, so will be tuning in to see him riffing with Virginia Trioli as she brings a new season of this ABC fave to screens.

Marshals

Monday, streaming on Paramount Plus

The latest Yellowstone spin-off sees Luke Grimes reprising his role as Kayce Dutton. He’s joined an elite unit of US marshals and is hell-bent on “bringing justice to Montana”. Yeah, good luck with that. One for fans.

Young Sherlock

Wednesday, streaming on Prime Video

Guy Ritchie’s latest Sherlock Holmes series is described as an ”irreverent, action-packed mystery that charts the legendary origin story of the world’s greatest detective”. If that’s not enough to get you watching, I don’t know what is. Can’t wait for this one.