Actor: Jason Clarke
A true-crime cottage industry has popped up around the high-profile Murdaugh clan, given their frequent, uh, run-ins with the law. If you’ve binged the Netflix docuseries (plural), Tubi original and podcast, now indulge in the prestige drama version. “Murdaugh: Death in the Family” (Disney Plus) stars our Aussie boo Jason Clarke as bright-red beefy patriarch Alec/Alex (he is, weirdly, called both) and Patricia Arquette as his long-suffering wife. Craving more Clarke? He’s also in “The Last Frontier” (Apple TV Plus) as a mild-mannered sheriff dragged into a real mess when a planeload of baddies crash lands in his Alaskan town. (The opening sequence is one of the most thrilling we’ve seen in a long time and worth a look even if you don’t plan on watching the whole series.) — Briony Smith
TV: ‘Cardinal’
In 2017, CTV premiered “Cardinal,” a Canadian-made drama set in northern Ontario that I adored from the first episode, not least for its exquisite pairing of actors Billy Campbell and Karine Vanasse as Cardinal and Delorme — one of my all-time favourite TV detective teams. The four-season series now has the chance to be discovered by even more viewers with its Netflix debut on Monday. Other Canadian shows, like “Schitt’s Creek” and “Kim’s Convenience,” were turned into worldwide hits by the “Netflix effect.” “Cardinal” is just as deserving. — Debra Yeo
TV: ‘The Chair Company’
Comic actor Tim Robinson is the very definition of a polarizing acquired taste. You’re either on his sociopathic-neurotic wavelength or you don’t know what’s funny. His latest project, a hybrid comedy/thriller (on Crave), is about a middle manager who suspects a conspiracy’s afoot when a faulty office chair leads to his professional humiliation. Though it won’t leave you open-mouthed and slack-jawed the way his previous HBO series, “I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson,” did, “The Chair Company” will nevertheless have you cringing. — Doug Brod
Concert: TwoSet Violin with the TSO
Australian duo Eddy Chen and Brett Yang have been viral YouTube sensations for more than a decade, known for their humorous videos that poke fun at the classical music world, yet make it feel refreshingly accessible. The two are marking their TSO debuts this Wednesday at Roy Thomson Hall (60 Simcoe St.), at a concert led by principal pops conductor Steven Reineke. The program has yet to be announced, but expect fun riffs on classical pieces and modern pop hits. As someone who’s been following TwoSet Violin for years, I’m so glad that a wider audience is finally discovering them. — Joshua Chong
