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Which is why there are not five but six titles in this month’s roundup of the best new shows._  by [Judy Berman](https://time.com/author/judy-berman/)  ## Judy Berman TV Critic Feb 29, 2024 3:02 PM UTC TV’s hottest month is, for some reason, February. The weeks leading up to Leap Day 2024 have brought us stunning prestige epics like Shōgun, heart-twisting romantic dramedies like One Day, cerebral sci-fi head trips like Constellation, and surprisingly fun auteur vehicles like Mr. & Mrs. Smith—plus a few under-the-radar gems that deserve more attention than they’ve gotten. Which is why there are not five but six titles in this month’s roundup of the best new shows.  by [Judy Berman](https://time.com/author/judy-berman/)  ## Judy Berman TV Critic Feb 29, 2024 3:02 PM UTC TV’s hottest month is, for some reason, February. The weeks leading up to Leap Day 2024 have brought us stunning prestige epics like _Shōgun_, heart-twisting romantic dramedies like _One Day_, cerebral sci-fi head trips like _Constellation_, and surprisingly fun auteur vehicles like _Mr. & Mrs. Smith_—plus a few under-the-radar gems that deserve more attention than they’ve gotten. Which is why there are not five but six titles in this month’s roundup of the best new shows. ## _Constellation_ (Apple TV+) Space travel is bound to change a person’s perspective. Astronauts see our world from a vantage point that has been shared by just a few people in its 4.5 billion-year history. The longer they spend drifting through the solar system, the more their experiences diverge from the human norm and thus the harder, one would imagine, it becomes to reconnect with earthbound loved ones. Life in [space](https://time.com/tag/space/) inevitably alters life on the ground. So maybe that’s what is going on with Jo Ericsson, an astronaut played by [_The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo_](https://time.com/collection/best-mystery-thriller-books/6309219/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/) star Noomi Rapace, who appears, in the opening scenes of the gripping Apple TV+ thriller _Constellation_, to be losing her mind. Holed up in a cabin in snowy northern Sweden with her 10-year-old daughter, Alice (Rosie and Davina Coleman), Jo dashes out into the frigid night, in pursuit of another voice screaming “Mama!” Little of what we see in these first few minutes makes sense. But the disconcerting sequence sets up a smartly paced sci-fi epic that is as perceptive about human psychology as it is about [quantum physics](https://time.com/6048073/carlo-rovelli-helgoland-quantum/). **\[**[**Read the full review**](https://time.com/6696919/constellation-review-apple-tv/).**\]** ## _Mr. & Mrs. Smith_ (Amazon) [Donald Glover](https://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736210/donald-glover/) is known as a provocateur, taking aim at pieties around race, celebrity, and the entertainment industry in dark comedies like the shape-shifting [_Atlanta_](https://time.com/6159592/atlanta-season-3-review/) and last year's stan satire [_Swarm_](https://time.com/6262304/swarm-review/). But he also has a romantic side. It has fueled _Atlanta_ story lines about his character Earn’s relationship with his daughter’s mother ([Zazie Beetz](https://time.com/collection/american-voices-2017/4598563/zazie-beetz-american-voices/)) and some of the best music he’s released as [Childish Gambino](https://time.com/5267890/childish-gambino-this-is-america-meaning/). _Mr. & Mrs. Smith_, Glover and co-creator Francesca Sloane’s reimagining of the 2005 action romp that birthed [Brangelina](https://time.com/4501208/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-divorce-couple/), is his first series to foreground that sweeter sensibility. In fact, it’s more reminiscent in tone of [Rian Johnson](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269443/rian-johnson/) and [Natasha Lyonne](https://time.com/6248852/natasha-lyonne-poker-face-interview/)’s (mostly) lighthearted detective dramedy [_Poker Face_](https://time.com/6249892/poker-face-review-peacock/) than of its high-octane inspiration about two married assassins who lie to each other about their professions until they’re assigned to kill one another. **\[**[**Read the full review**](https://time.com/6588667/mr-and-mrs-smith-review-donald-glover/)**.\]** ## _One Day_ (Netflix) The second coming-of-age that happens in early adulthood is the subject of this charming and perceptive Netflix dramedy. The series is also a love story with a controversial ending, as millions who read the [megahit](https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/aug/09/best-selling-books-all-time-fifty-shades-grey-compare) novel by [David Nicholls](https://time.com/3541167/david-nicholls-us/) or watched the [disappointing film adaptation](https://entertainment.time.com/2011/08/18/one-day-a-page-turner-becomes-a-head-scratcher/) starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess are already well aware. But it’s lead writer Nicole Taylor’s patient attention to the two protagonists’ evolution from wide-eyed students into adults weathered by life’s vicissitudes, much more than the will-they-or-won’t-they plot, that defines this lovely retelling. Even if you don’t like the destination, it’s a journey worth taking. **\[**[**Read the full review**](https://time.com/6691699/one-day-review-netflix/)**.\]** ## _The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy_ (Amazon) [Keke Palmer](https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2022/6213728/keke-palmer-innovators/). [Stephanie Hsu](https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2023/6308501/stephanie-hsu/). [Kieran Culkin](https://time.com/6272702/roman-succession-season-4/). [Natasha Lyonne](https://time.com/6248852/natasha-lyonne-poker-face-interview/). [Maya Rudolph](https://time.com/5906947/maya-rudolph-kamala-harris/). [Greta Lee](https://time.com/6284223/past-lives-celine-song-greta-lee-interview/). [Sam Smith](https://time.com/5677668/sam-smith-they-them-pronouns/). [Bowen Yang](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2021/6095921/bowen-yang-artist/). [Abbi Jacobson](https://time.com/3668764/bright-lights-broad-city/). If that voice cast—and the further involvement of Lyonne and Rudolph as executive producers—isn’t enough to pique your interest in this animated comedy for adults, consider the wonderfully weird premise: Humanoid-alien best friends Dr. Sleech (Hsu) and Dr. Klak (Palmer) are star surgeons at an intergalactic hospital where their challenges include defusing a literal, anthropomorphic sex bomb. They occupy a candy-colored universe where talking yellow whales serve as modes of transportation and the hospital admin is a two-headed creature who’s always playing good-cop-bad-cop with themself. But, just like physicians in our own public healthcare system, they face challenges like bureaucracy and scant funding. And just like all of us Earthlings, they’re rife with neuroses, from anxiety to mommy issues. ## _Shōgun_ (FX) The new _Shōgun_ is not a remake of the wildly popular 1980 miniseries so much as a radical reimagining. Adapted directly from James Clavell’s best-selling 1975 novel, this sprawling, 10-part historical drama takes a far broader view than its predecessor, moving beyond the Western outsider’s perspective to survey a fracturing society that is just as baffled by this interloper’s ways as he is by theirs. It’s an epic of war, love, faith, honor, culture clash, and political intrigue. And at a time when so many of TV’s biggest swings, from Amazon’s [_The Rings of Power_](https://time.com/6205837/the-rings-of-power-amazon-most-expensive/) and [_Citadel_](https://time.com/6274967/citadel-review-amazon/) to Netflix’s [_Stranger Things_](https://time.com/4985669/stranger-things-cast-duffer-brothers/) and [_The Crown_](https://time.com/6334953/the-crown-season-6-review/), have yielded at least partial misses, FX’s _Shōgun_ stands apart as a genuine masterpiece. **\[**[**Read the full review**](https://time.com/6692336/shogun-review-fx/)**.\]** ## _The Vince Staples Show_ (Netflix) The best thing to come out of [_black-ish_](https://time.com/3419268/review-blackish/)creator [Kenya Barris](https://time.com/5880998/tyler-the-creator-kenya-barris-art/)’ Netflix deal is this semi-autobiographical comedy co-created by and starring the rapper [Vince Staples](https://time.com/4084942/vince-staples-90s-hip-hop-interview/). Set in Staples’ hometown of Long Beach, Calif., the series has a touch of [_Atlanta_](https://time.com/6159592/atlanta-season-3-review/)’s racially conscious surrealism and a dose of [_Dave_](https://time.com/6073900/dave-k-pop-season-2-episode/)’s bemusement about the often-absurd experience of being a niche celebrity. Vince is anonymous enough to be put in jail for a traffic violation but famous enough that a guard there quotes one of his best-known lyrics back to him: “‘I ain’t never run from nothin’ but the police.’ Well, I guess we got ya.” In another episode, he and his girlfriend (Andrea Ellsworth) take her kid brother to a janky, budget theme park for the boy’s birthday and Vince gets sucked into a quest for chicken that involves a hidden door, a cursed magic show, and the wrath of the park’s cuddly mascots. At just five episodes, some of them less than 20 minutes long, the show offers a skewed slice of an unusual life that is bound to leave you wanting more. ## Transcript [00:05] Times TV critic Judy Berman breaks down her top 5 new TV shows [00:10] of February 2024 [00:20] What's up, Siri me right before the accident. [00:24] Bourbon, right Joe Erickson an astronaut played by noomi Rapace [00:28] appears to be losing her mind in the opening scenes of the gripping [00:32] Apple TV plus Thriller constellation. [00:35] Hold up in the cabin and snowy Northern Sweden with her ten-year-old [00:39] daughter Alice. Joe Dash is out into the frigid night in pursuit [00:43] of another voice screaming mama little of what we see in these [00:47] first few minutes make sense, but the disconcerting [00:50] sequence is sets up a smartly paste sci-fi epic that is as perceptive [00:55] about human psychology as it is about quantum physics. [00:59] That you to do. [01:03] software engineer [01:06] Administer single-dose. No casualties Berman rice, Donald [01:12] Glover is known as a provocateur taking aim at Heidi's around [01:16] race celebrity and the entertainment industry in dark comedies. [01:20] But he also has a romantic side. [01:22] Mr. And mrs. [01:23] Smith Glover and co-creator Francesca Sloan's reimagining [01:27] of the 2005 action romp birth. [01:30] Brangelina is his first series 24 ground that sweet or sensibility. [01:35] In fact, it's more reminiscent in tone of Ryan Johnson and Natasha [01:40] Lyonne, mostly light-hearted detective Drama T poker face, [01:44] then of its high-octane inspiration about to married assassins [01:48] who lie to each other about their professions until they're [01:50] assigned to kill one another [01:56] It's one of the great Cosmic Mysteries. [01:58] How is that someone can go from being a total stranger to being [02:03] the most important person in your life. [02:07] I'm one day on Netflix Bremen says the second coming of age that [02:12] happens in early adulthood is the subject of this charming [02:16] and perceptive Netflix dramedy. [02:18] The series is also a love story with a controversial [02:21] ending as Millions who read the mega-hit novel by David Nichols [02:25] or watched the disappointing film adaptation starring Anne Hathaway [02:29] and Jim Sturgess are already aware but it's lead writer Nicole [02:34] Taylors patient attention to the two protagonist Evolution [02:37] from wide-eyed students into adults weathered by life's vicissitudes [02:41] much more than they will there won't be a plot the defines [02:45] this lovely retelling even if you don't like the destination, [02:48] it's a journey we're taking [02:53] this is what attempts in advance for you again in a weird way. [02:57] It says humanoid alien at best friends doctors Lake and dr. [03:01] Clock are star surgeons at an Intergalactic hospital where [03:06] their challenges include defusing a literal anthropomorphics [03:10] sex-bomb. They occupy a candy colored Universe. [03:13] We're talking yellow whales are motor vehicles and Hospital. [03:17] Admin is a two-headed creature who's always playing good cop [03:20] bad cop with himself, but just like physicians in our own Public [03:23] Health Care System. [03:24] They face challenges like a bureaucracy and scant funding [03:27] and just like all of us earthlings are Rife with neuroses [03:31] from anxiety to mommy issues. [03:36] Musical [03:39] Justice [03:43] the enemies are everywhere and Friends nowhere. [03:48] To show your true heart is to risk your life for the new Shogun [03:52] is not a remake of the wildly popular 1980 mini series so much [03:56] as a radical reimagining adapted directly from James clavell, [04:00] best-selling 1975 novel this sprawling 10-part historical [04:05] drama takes a far broader view than its predecessor moving [04:09] beyond the Western outsider's perspective to survey of fracturing [04:12] Society is just as baffled by this Interlopers ways as he is by [04:17] there's it's an epic of War love Faith honor culture-clash [04:21] and political Intrigue and at a time when so many of TV's biggest [04:25] swings have yielded at least partial missus f x is Shogun [04:30] stands apart. Is it genuine masterpiece? [04:33] Do you think I can get my own sale? [04:36] I'm a danger to myself and I [04:43] I never one of them nothing but the police Berman write the best [04:47] thing to come out of Blackish Creator. [04:49] Kenya Barris is Netflix deal. [04:51] Is this semi-autobiographical comedy co-created by and starring [04:55] the rapper Vince Staples and staple his hometown of Long Beach [04:59] California. The series has a touch of Atlanta's racially [05:03] conscious surrealism and a dose of Dave's bemusement about [05:06] the Austin absurd experience of being in the celebrity. [05:09] Vince is anonymous enough to be put in jail for a traffic [05:12] violation the famous enough that a guard quotes one of his best-known [05:16] lyrics back to him. [05:17] I just five episodes some of them in less than 20 minutes [05:19] long the show offers a skewed slice of an unusual life. 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