What To Watch This Week: Aug 31-Sept 6, 2026

Untold: Raygun Breaking Badly (Netflix, Sep 1)

Who is Rachael Gunn? What is Rachael Gunn? And more importantly, why is Rachael Gunn? Netflix’s sports documentary series hopes to set the record straight about the Australian academic and breaking enthusiast (aka Raygun) who electric-boogalooed her way to the 2024 Paris Olympics and became a viral sensation — but for the wrong reasons.

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (Disney+, Sept 2)

Instead of renewing The Mandalorian for a fourth season, the powers that be decided to make an IMAX-friendly theatrical feature in which the eponymous bounty hunter (Pedro Pascal, helmet off; Brendan Wayne and Lateef Crowder, helmet on) and his apprentice/surrogate son Grogu (still cute AF) get embroiled in an overcooked plot involving the estate of Jabba the Hutt.  

The Runner (Prime Video, Sept 2)

Gal Gadot, the finest actress of her generation (she was robbed of an Oscar nomination for her Death on the Nile performance), stars in this thriller (and maybe accidental comedy?). She plays a lawyer (no giggling in the back) forced to run errands around London for a sinister figure in exchange for her kidnapped son’s life. Think The Amazing Race with guns.

Chad Powers, Season 2 (Disney+, Sept 3)

Just how much longer can pariah quarterback Russ Holiday (Glen Powell) fool the whole world with his disguise as Chad Powers? Apparently, he’s got another six episodes’ worth of deception in him. Good luck.

The Dark Wizard (HBO Max, Sept 3)

Before Alex Honnold, there was Dean Potter. He’s the subject of this four-part docu-series, which chronicles the life and times of the extreme climber, BASE jumper, and highline walker. (He died at 43 in 2015 in a wingsuit accident.) The series, helmed by Emmy-winning filmmakers Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen (The Alpinist), features archival footage, testimonies from family, friends and fellow climbers (Honnold appears, though he was reportedly unhappy with being portrayed as the ‘villain’), and Potter’s personal journals.