Enola Holmes, Crackdown, Utopia, and other shows that you can binge-watch this weekend

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Enola Holmes, Crackdown, Utopia, and other shows that you can binge-watch this weekend
  • Business Insider has picked some new shows that you can watch over the weekend.
  • This weekend, Sherlock Holmes’ sister sets out on a journey to find her missing mother. In another fantasy action movie, a European second-born royal discovers superpowers and a secret society.
  • Check Business Insider for the latest news and updates.
The weekend is here. And from an American mystery based on the lesser-known Holmes, a conspiracy thriller about a graphic novel that predicts virus outbreaks to a fantasy action movie about a secret ‘royal’ society — there is plenty to keep you busy.

Business Insider has picked out some new shows that you can catch up on.

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Enola Holmes on Netflix

Enola Holmes on Netflix
Netflix

Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Adeel Akhtar, Fiona Shaw

Description:

There’s one person whose detective skills are better than Sherlock Holmes — his teenage sister Enola Holmes. This is Netflix’s adaptation of Nancy Springer's young adult book series, The Enola Holmes Mysteries. It follows the journey of Sherlock’s feisty sister — who he abandoned — on a quest to find her missing mother. But that might prove a tad difficult under her brother Mycroft's watch.

Harry Bradbeer’s Enola Holmes brings alive a story about a young girl who refuses to obey the norms of the society that places great importance on being a ‘lady’.

​Utopia on Amazon Prime Videos

​Utopia on Amazon Prime Videos
Amazon Prime Videos

Cast: John Cusack, Sasha Lane, Rainn Wilson, Christopher Denham

Description:

The conspiracy thriller show is about a bunch of nerds who embark on a mission to trace a manuscript of a comic book that has so far predicted major virus outbreaks such as SARS and MERS accurately. They believe it is likely to have information about future outbreaks as well. As they are on their journey, they cross paths with a shady organization, which is also on the hunt for the same manuscript.

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​Crackdown on Voot Select

​Crackdown on Voot Select
Voot

Cast: Saqib Saleem, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Iqbal Khan, Waluscha, Rajesh Tailang, Ankur Bhatia

Directorate of Operations (DO), a secret unit of RAW, is planning a mission to take down a terrorist organisation. They recruit Mariyam, who looks exactly like a terrorist RAW killed in an encounter before. But as they plan, they realise there’s a mole among them who is passing every detail to the terrorist organisation. DO now has two missions: to protect the national security and to unearth the mole.

​Secret Society of Second Born Royal on Disney+ Hotstar

​Secret Society of Second Born Royal on Disney+ Hotstar
Disney+

Cast: Peyton Elizabeth Lee

Description:

In most of the fairy tales about kingdoms, second borns have no power or responsibility to the throne. Disney’s Secret Society of Second Born Royal is about a princess from a European kingdom with supernatural powers.

Lee, a wilful younger sister of the soon-to-be queen and a second born royal, is sent to summer school after she joins protestors who aim to tear down the monarchy. But later, she realises it’s not just another school but a secret society that guards the peace in the kingdom.

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​Arranged Marriage on Zee5

​Arranged Marriage on Zee5
Zee5

Cast: Ali Fazal, Patralekha Paul, Omkar Kapoor

Description:

This movie revolves around the taboo of homosexuality, something that is prevalent even in the 21st century in India. Pradeep Sarkar’s Arranged Marriage, a part of Zee5’s anthology Forbidden love, explores unconventional relationships and the concept of marriage.

Neil and Dev are in a same-sex relationship. Neil, however, is unable to come out of the closet. Things take a turn when he decides to marry his partner, Dev’s sister Keya. Three months after their marriage, newlywed Keya turns to a psychiatrist to help ‘cure’ her husband, and then secrets are revealed.