Blood of My Blood’ Finale, Remembering John Candy, Manhunt on ‘The Last Frontier’

Keira Knightley, whose Black Doves series is expected to return sometime in 2026, stars in an adaptation of Ruth Ware’s page-turning thriller set aboard a luxury yacht. She’s Laura Blacklock, a travel journalist on assignment who believes she witnessed a passenger in the neighboring cabin thrown overboard during the night. After raising the alarm, she’s told that everyone on board is accounted for, and she must be mistaken. Her search for the puzzling truth could make her the next one making a fatal splash. The starry cast includes Guy Pearce, Ted Lasso‘s Hannah Waddingham, and The Walking Dead veteran David Morrissey.

Inspired by the provocative story of the visionary founder of online dating platform Bumble, 20th Century Studios’ new feature film “Swiped” introduces recent college grad Whitney Wolfe (Lily James) as she uses extraordinary grit and ingenuity to break into the male-dominated tech industry, launching an innovative, globally lauded dating app — two, actually, and pave the way to becoming the youngest female self-made billionaire.

The Outlander prequel, which situates the parents of Jamie and Claire Fraser in 18th-century Scotland, ends its first season with Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) unhappily anticipating her arranged marriage with Malcolm Grant (Jhon Lumsden), when all she really desires is to run off with Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy) from her family’s rival clan. (We know they’re destined for each other, but you know what they say about the course of true love.) Elsewhere, 20th-century transplant Julia Beauchamp (Hermione Corfield) attempts to escape from her confinement at Castle Leathers to reunite with her World War I veteran husband, Henry (Jeremy Irvine).

Funny people get serious when talking lovingly about John Candy (1940-1994), a beloved comedian who was gone too soon but has not been forgotten. Director Colin Hanks and producer Ryan Reynolds frame their affectionate biographical documentary with archival footage and clips from Candy’s breakthrough SCTV TV show and hit movies, including Planes, Trains & Automobiles and Uncle Buck. Accolades from his co-stars include fellow Canadian native Dan Aykroyd, eulogizing him as “a titan of a gentle, golden man,” and fond remembrances from Steve Martin, Catherine O’Hara, Macaulay Culkin, Bill Murray, Eugene Levy, and more.

“Making a jailbreak at 30,000 feet is only the beginning,” an enigmatic CIA operative (Haley Bennett, channeling a Jennifer Lawrence vibe) warns rugged U.S. Marshal Frank Remnick (Jason Clarke) in the thrilling opening chapter of a new manhunt series from The Blacklist‘s Jon Bokenkamp and co-creator Richard D’Ovidio. When a plane transporting dangerous prison inmates crashes in the Alaskan tundra, the search for these escapees is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg of intrigue. Because just before the plane went down, a hooded mystery man (Preacher‘s Dominic Cooper), code-named “Havlock,” was smuggled on board, and his ties to a covert CIA program may hold the key to this disaster and its violent fallout. Launches with two episodes.

The court is in session in the penultimate episode of the legal drama based on John Grisham’s best-seller, and newly minted lawyer Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan) is very much the underdog when he conducts his first trial opposite the ruthless Leo Drummond (John Slattery) and his deep-pocketed firm. “There are no villains here,” Leo says in his opening statement, cause enough for perjury as Rudy takes big swings in hopes of getting a whistle-blower on the stand and locating murderous nurse Melvin Pritcher (Dan Fogler).

INSIDE FRIDAY TV:

• The 56th Annual Dove Awards (Trinity Broadcasting Network, 7:30 pm/ET and 10 pm/ET): The ceremony honoring the best in gospel, held earlier this week at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, features performers including CeCe Winans and Fred Hammond with The Choir Room raising their joyful voices in praise.
• The Alabama Solution (8/7c, HBO): A powerful investigative documentary from the producers of The Jinx exposes a deadly system of brutality and corruption within an Alabama prison.
• On Brand With Jimmy Fallon (8/7c, NBC): The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills‘ Erika Jayne provides a musical assist for the contestants as they pitch a jingle as part of a new campaign for SONIC.
• The Braxtons (8/7c, We TV): The musical sisters and mother Ms. Evelyn return for a second season of personal and professional challenges.
• True Crime Watch: On ABC‘s 20/20 (9/8c), Deborah Roberts reports on the 2008 kidnapping and murder of 21-year-old Florida mom Denise Amber Lee, who called 911 on her abductor’s cellphone, initiating a desperate race against time to find her. Dateline NBC (9/8c) offers new and disturbing details regarding the 2008 murder of Palm Springs art collector and socialite Cliff Lambert.
• King of Them All: The Story of King Records (9/8c, PBS): A documentary celebrates the musical history of the Cincinnati-based label that launched the career of James Brown and many country stars.
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (11:35/10:35c, NBC): Can’t get enough of Taylor Swift in late night? Tonight presents an “extended cut” version of Monday’s musical superstar’s sit-down chat with Jimmy Fallon.

ON THE STREAM:

• Aliens Expanded (streaming on Shudder): A documentary goes behind the scenes of James Cameron‘s blockbuster 1986 Aliens
• Invasion (streaming on Apple TV+): The question haunting this alien-invasion series as it nears the end of its third season: Are the extraterrestrials out to kill us or to redeem us? Mitsuki (Shioli Kutsana) has an epiphany as she tracks one of the creatures through the Dead Zone.
• Vicious (streaming on Paramount+): Dakota Fanning stars in a psychological horror thriller as a woman plunged into a surreal nightmare when presented a mysterious box in which she’s told to put something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves.
• My Father the BTK Killer (streaming on Netflix): A true-crime documentary tells the story of Kerri Rawson, who had no idea her father Dennis Radar was the infamous BTK Killer until authorities informed her.
• Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars (streaming on Apple TV+): Professional foodie Jesse Burgess hosts a docuseries that visits ambitious restaurateurs as they obsessively prepare to impress the secret inspectors who bestow those coveted Michelin Stars.
• Always, Lady London (streaming on Tubi): A three-part docuseries follows the rapper-songwriter as she makes her first album and prepares for a worldwide tour.
• The Substance (streaming on HBO Max): The freaky body-horror movie begins streaming on HBO Max and premieres on HBO Saturday at 8/7c, starring the Oscar-nominated Demi Moore as a fading celebrity who takes the wrong path in pursuing the fountain of youth.
• How to Train Your Dragon (streaming on Peacock): The live-action version of the animated fantasy franchise makes its streaming debut with 90 minutes of bonus behind-the-scenes content.