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Sure, Obi-Wan Kenobi <\/em>and the fourth season of Stranger Things <\/em>just dropped \u2014 but streaming TV is all about what’s next. And what’s next is a new Marvel series, the return of the anti<\/em>-Marvel series, and mysteries both lighthearted and deeply confusing from Hulu and HBO Max, respectively. Take a look at the most interesting things hitting streaming this month\u2026<\/p>\n

What’s New to Streaming in June<\/h3>\n

A selected list of movies and TV shows coming this month that <\/em>The Ringer is very excited about.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nThe Orville: New Horizons <\/em>(June 2, Hulu)<\/h4>\n

Michael Baumann<\/strong>: <\/strong>The<\/em> <\/strong><\/em>Orville<\/em>‘s forthcoming season, which premieres on Hulu June 2 and is subtitled New Horizons<\/em>, marks a bit of a shift for the series. The crew composition continues to evolve, with Anne Winters joining the cast as a young navigator. Creator and star, Seth MacFarlane, says the move to Hulu comes with a more \u201ccinematic\u201d visual style. But the biggest adjustment comes not from within the show’s universe, but in the real world’s streaming TV landscape.<\/p>\n

When The Orville<\/em>which mimics the style and many of the conventions of Star Trek<\/em>premiered in 2017, there had been six official Star Trek<\/em> shows released in the previous 51 years. These Star Trek<\/em> shows have had to compete against a constellation of socially conscious spacefaring dramas: big streaming swings like For All Mankind<\/em>, The First<\/em>and Away<\/em>and later seasons of The Expanse<\/em>among others.<\/p>\n

Given all that, the biggest question for The Orville <\/em>entering its third season is this: Is there still a place for this show when space \u2014 and Star Trek <\/em>in particular \u2014 is busier than it’s ever been?<\/p>\n

\nThe Boys<\/em>Season 3 (June 3, Amazon Prime)<\/h4>\n

Miles Surrey<\/strong>: <\/strong>While adapted from Garth Ennis’s comic book series of the same name, which was first published in 2006, The Boys<\/em> feels like it was tailor-made for our present \u2014 one in which Hollywood can’t get enough of superheroes and the United States is increasingly, dangerously nationalistic. Throw in the basic tenets of capitalism through the omnipresent Vought, and The Boys<\/em> is like looking through a fun house mirror at our world that’s literally on fire. All that’s missing from the show’s universe is a global pandemic. (I can already picture Vought’s terrified PR lackeys begging Homelander to wear a mask in a new ad campaign.)<\/p>\n

\nPhysical<\/em>Season 2 (June 3, Apple TV +)<\/h4>\n

Alison Herman<\/strong>: <\/strong>For a half-hour dramedy, the results can be viscerally unpleasant. I have multiple friends who tuned out after the pilot, in which Rose Byrne’s voice-over is almost distractingly dominant. But over the next nine episodes, Physical <\/em>also puts forward one of the more convincing portrayals of dysfunctional body image I’ve seen on TV. Even when they don’t rise to the level of a clinical disorder, legions of women have experienced negative thoughts or behaviors around food and exercise. (Some surveys put the number as high as three in four.) When Sheila balks at a food-centric campaign event because it throws off her meal plan for the day, it’s queasily familiar. Today, weight loss has become “wellness” and crash diets are now “cleanses.” But Physical <\/em>lays bare the contradiction at the heart of exercise as a commodity, then and now: What’s supposed to make you healthier can actually keep you prisoner to your unhealthiest habits. It’s never easy to tell which is which.<\/p>\n

\nFloor Is Lava<\/em>Season 2 (June 3, Netflix)<\/h4>\n

Surrey<\/strong>: <\/strong>The wildest part about Floor Is Lava<\/em> is that nobody ever thought to make this into a show before. Floor Is Lava<\/em> is exactly what it sounds like: a version of the timeless childhood game of not touching the floor while jumping between living room furniture, but on steroids. In the series, rooms are flooded with 80,000 gallons of gooey, bright orange water while various pieces of furniture and other items are all that separate contestants from falling into the “lava.” It’s perfect (ly stupid).<\/p>\n

\nMs. Marvel <\/em>(June 8, Disney +)<\/h4>\n
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