Here is RMD’s top 5 shows to watch this October

Luke Cage
On Netflix
Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire. Marvel’s Luke Cage, or simply Luke Cage, is an American television series created for Netflix by Cheo Hodari Coker, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise and is the third in a series of shows that will lead up to a Defenders crossover miniseries. Mike Colter stars as Luke Cage, a former convict with superhuman strength and unbreakable skin who now fights crime. Mahershala Ali, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Erik LaRay Harvey, and Alfre Woodard also star.

Westworld
Sundays @ 9pm on HBO
Developed by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy for HBO, based on the 1973 film of the same name, which was written and directed by American novelist Michael Crichton. Nolan serves as executive producer along with Joy, J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk with Nolan directing the pilot. Described as “a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin,” the series tells the story of a futuristic theme park called Westworld.

Timeless
Mondays @ 9pm on NBC
Timeless is an upcoming American science fiction drama series. It stars Goran Visnjic as a time-traveling criminal who steals a time machine in order to change the course of American history and destroy the country. Charged with the job of traveling back in time to catch him is a team made up of a history professor (Abigail Spencer), a soldier (Matt Lanter), and a scientist (Malcolm Barrett). Also starring Paterson Joseph and Sakina Jaffrey, the series was created by Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and Eric Kripke (Supernatural).

Designated Survivor
Wednesdays @ 9pm on ABC

Designated Survivor is an American political drama television series created by David Guggenheim, and starring Kiefer Sutherland, airing on ABC. A low-level Cabinet member becomes President of the United States after a catastrophic attack kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.

Goliath
On Amazon Prime
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath. The series has a great cast Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo season 1), Maria Bello (Prisoners), William Hurt (A History of Violence), Molly Parker (House of Cards),  Tania Raymonde (Lost), Olivia Thirlby (Dredd), Harold Perrineau (Zero Dark Thirty), Nina Arianda (Win Win) and Dwight Yoakam.