Good luck rule a great show on Max that is n’t an HBO production . That ’s because the huge majority of the programing on Max do from the Discovery side of Warner Bros. Discovery — and when we say “ Discovery , ” we ’re not babble out about National Geographic - style documentaries . realness show are the order of the day , and they ’ve flooded the lineup on Max to a ridiculous degree .

Fortunately , the HBO side of the company has bailed out Max in November , with two new addition , both of which are among the three underrated show on ( HBO ) Max that you call for to see this month . Our concluding pick is a Greco-Roman HBO original show that ’s nigh two decades old , but it ’s never been more timely than it is now .

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Like Water for Chocolate (2024)

If you ’ve seen Alfonso Arau ’s 1992 adaption of Laura Esquivel‘sLike Water for Chocolate , then you ’ll be familiar with the canonical story of the new TV adaptation on Max . But this is more than just a rehash of a 32 - twelvemonth old motion picture . Instead , it ’s a recondite look at Tita ( Azul Guaita ) and her would - be lover , Pedro ( Andrés Baida ) .

Because Tita ’s mother , Elena ( Irene Azuela ) , is obsessed with a family line tradition binding the youngest daughter to their mother , she prevent Tita from marrying Pedro . In ordering to stay close to the woman he really sleep with , Pedro marries Tita ’s sister , Rosaura ( Ana Valeria Becerril ) , rather . Tita ’s misfortune is paired with a preternaturally tinge giving that tolerate her to infuse anything that she cooks with her deepest emotions . Tita has a measure of power through this ability , but that does n’t guarantee that she can prepare a storybook ending for herself and Pedro .

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It’s Florida, Man (2024)

You ’re no doubt familiar with those savage narration about people inhabit in Florida . Well , most of them are probably genuine . HBO’sIt ’s Florida , Man , is a new comedy anthology serial that lets real Florida residents share their strange narrative , as reenacted by familiar grimace from Hollywood . The narrative in season 1 admit Phil ( Sam Richardson ) , a gentleman’s gentleman who makes the too bad error of say that he ’ll do “ anything ” to get the money to grease one’s palms concert tickets . But at least Phil got to go home with two weaponry , unlike Eric ( Simon Rex ) , who has a close encounter with an alligator in Florida ’s swampland .

If that ’s not enough to warn you off from the Sunshine State , mermaid performer Whitney ( Anna Faris ) come back how she start up a feud with Mia ( Mary Elizabeth Ellis ) , a cleaning woman who is in reality a practice witch . The most late episode details the fashion that former lovers Derrick ( Echo Kellum ) and Denver ( Jon Gries ) fell out , which lead to a off-the-wall story of retaliation . Anything can and will happen in Florida . You ’ve just get to laugh , and perchance cancel your vacation program .

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Rome (2005-2007)

SinceGladiator 2is heading to theater of operations this calendar month , it ’s deserving revisit HBO’sRome . BeforeGame of Thronescame along , this was one of the most ambitious HBO original series . Kevin McKidd and the late Ray Stevenson headline the show as Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo , severally , a pair of soldier serving under Julius Caesar ( Ciarán Hinds ) at a turbulent time in the account of the republic .

Lucius and Titus do n’t always like each other , and they ’re not on the same Sir Frederick Handley Page very often . But they have a bond from their time in the military that carries them through a rising slope and come down that mirrors the fate of Rome itself . The show cut short some of the actual story to keep its major instrumentalist involved , but Titus and Lucius are the rationality to keep watching the series through the end of its two - season run .

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