What are you watching in May 2026 and is any of it actually worth the subscription

[NinaVrina]

May looks better than April for streaming. Dutton Ranch is the Yellowstone continuation on Paramount+ with Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser keeping the ranch alive without Kevin Costner. Nicolas Cage doing Spider-Noir on whatever platform that is landing on. Beef season 2 on Netflix moving to a White Lotus style country club setting with Carey Mulligan and Oscar Isaac. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms on HBO as the Dunc and Egg Game of Thrones prequel for people who never got through all eight seasons.

Q: Is any of it worth the subscription cost on its own?

A: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is the one with the most genuine anticipation from people who are not just loyal to the IP. Beef season 2 will either justify the shift in cast and setting or feel like a brand extension without the original's teeth

[Jeffy]

Beef season 2 is good but different. The Coens-esque energy is there but the grounded specificity of the first season is harder to find when the setting is a country club rather than a strip mall

[StevenArroyo]

Carey Mulligan and Oscar Isaac in anything is appointment viewing regardless of context. The casting alone justifies watching

[Skibidi98]

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is the right entry point for people who bounced off Game of Thrones. Low stakes, character driven, does not require knowing the mythology

[Jess30]

Low stakes Game of Thrones is an interesting pitch. The original series worked because of the stakes. Whether the prequel format can generate tension without the same threat level is the question

[Cheeky Kernel]

Nicolas Cage doing a Depression era spider detective is the most Nicolas Cage project imaginable and I mean that positively

[Velvet Connor]

Spider-Noir was the best part of Into the Spider-Verse and giving it a live action series with Cage is one of those ideas that should not work and probably will

[Matt_81]

Dutton Ranch without Costner feels like a bridge too far. The show was built around his presence and the supporting cast is good but not enough to carry it

[StringTheory95]

Kelly Reilly's character was always more interesting than Costner's. The show might be better without the weight of the mythology

[Phil95]

I have not started anything new because I am still finishing Slow Horses season 4 which is better than anything releasing this month

[Candle]

Homeland season two rewatch at the minute