What to watch on OTT this weekend (June 22-28)

The Bear season four is back on the burner—still chaotic, still Carmy, but now with 30 per cent less existential monologue and 40 per cent more actual plot. This season picks up in the aftermath of a less-than-sizzling Chicago Tribune review that leaves The Bear bruised, financially strained, and racing against the clock. With just two months to turn things around before Uncle Cicero pulls the plug, Carmy and crew are scrambling to fix the food, the finances, and themselves. The season has the internet divided. Some fans say it’s a step up from season three, while others feel it still doesn’t have the magic that made The Bear S1 so great in the first place.

Everyone’s favourite Sachivji is back in Panchayat season four, this time caught in the chaos of panchayat elections in Phulera. With Manju Devi running for re-election under the humble lauki symbol and rival Kranti Devi choosing the pressure cooker, things heat up fast. The quirky village politics and familiar faces return, but the charm? Not so much. While the show tries to go big with drama and stakes, it loses some of the quiet humour and heart that made the first three seasons a hit.

Smoke brings the heat, literally, as Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett team up to chase down serial arsonists setting the Pacific Northwest ablaze. Based on the Firebug podcast, the series mixes psychological crime drama with just enough paranoia to make you side-eye your coworkers. As Egerton’s broody arson investigator and Smollett’s sharp detective close in, the real question isn’t just who is lighting the match but why. Bonus creep factor: this is set in the same misty region that gave us Ted Bundy and Charles Manson.

Squid Game is back for one last twisted round, and this time Seong Gi-hun isn’t just playing to survive, he’s also playing to burn it all down. With his friend Jung-bae gone and the stakes sky high, the games get deadlier, weirder, and somehow even more childhood-trauma-inducing. Think jump rope but with a deadly body count. As the Front Man tightens his grip and detective Jun-ho creeps closer to the truth, alliances crumble and reshape faster than you can say “player eliminated”.

The Gilded Age Season 3 returns with financial drama, forbidden romances, and society climbing at full steam. Set during the industrial revolution, the show explores the clash between old-money families like the van Rhijns and new-money upstarts like the Russells, who live across the street on coveted 61st Street. This season, a risky railroad deal threatens to derail the Russells’ fortunes, while mourning and money troubles shake up the once-stately van Rhijn home. With crumbling alliances, class tensions, and just enough scandal, this season proves that in New York high society, nothing gold can stay.