May on Prime Video features a documentary from Phoebe Waller-Bridge that might just make you cry, a sex comedy, a coming-of-age ensemble drama, and a whodunnit among other fare.
Check out air dates, trailers, and full details on Octopus, Overcompensating, Motorheads, The Better Sister and more below.
OCTOPUS
(May 8)
This is a story about being murdered by your lover, getting lost in Mexico, finding a unicorn, a competitive quilter, Tracy Morgan, and exploring our connection with a possible alien. In other words, it’s a documentary about the octopus.
Narrated by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, this 2-part documentary transports viewers into the otherworldly depths of one of the most intelligent and mysterious life forms on Earth as it follows the Giant Pacific Octopus from birth to death.
The series features an eclectic mix of characters who have their own unique connections to these creatures, from the scientist trying to save them, the explorer trying to understand them, to the Emmy-nominated actor and comedian, Tracy Morgan, who is obsessed with them. Their adventures will make us laugh, cry, and question our own place on this planet along the way.
OVERCOMPENSATING
(May 15)
Overcompensating is a college-set ensemble comedy series about the wild, chaotic journey of Benny, a closeted former football player and homecoming king, as he becomes fast friends with Carmen, a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs.
With guidance from Benny’s older sister and her campus-legend boyfriend, Benny and Carmen juggle horrible hookups, flavored vodka, and fake IDs.
Funny and personal, the show explores the lengths to which we all overcompensate while on the path to finding out who we really are.
MOTORHEADS
(May 20)
Motorheads is about first love, first heartbreak, and turning the key in your first car. This coming-of-age ensemble drama from writer/showrunner John A. Norris (All American) and executive producer Jason Seagraves (Hacksaw Ridge) is set in a once-thriving rust-belt town that’s now searching for a glimmer of hope. The series is an adrenaline-filled story of a group of outsiders who form an unlikely friendship over a mutual love of street racing, while navigating the hierarchy and rules of high school.
Starring are Ryan Phillippe as Logan, a former NASCAR mechanic who now owns his own auto body shop in his hometown of Ironwood, Pennsylvania. Logan is having trouble keeping his shop afloat, and lives in the shadow of infamous brother, Christian Maddox.
Nathalie Kelley is Samantha, an ER nurse who’s just left her job in New York City to move back with her kids to her rust-belt hometown.
Michael Cimino stars as Zac. Zac knows his dad was a street racing legend in Ironwood, and is desperately trying to live up to his father’s reputation as the best there ever was.
Melissa Collazo has been cast as Zac’s Caitlyn, a mechanical wiz who’s passionate about cars and knows how to fix them. Caitlyn hopes that moving to her parents’ hometown will help her get a clue into the disappearance of their father.
THE SECOND BEST HOSPITAL IN THE GALAXY
(May 27)
From creator Cirocco Dunlap and Executive Producers Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne, adult animated sci-fi comedy The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy follows daring surgeons (and inseparable best friends) Dr. Sleech and Dr. Klak, where they frequently risk everything to take on the most dangerous cases in the universe.
In the 8-episode second season of The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, doctors Sleech and Klak relish the fame of their recent success until a cyborg journalist starts digging a little too deep into Sleech’s past.
THE BETTER SISTER
(May 29)
The Better Sister, based on the novel by bestselling author Alafair Burke, is an 8-episode electric thriller limited series about the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together.
Chloe (Jessica Biel), a high-profile media executive, lives a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) struggles to make ends meet and stay clean.
When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting the two sisters, as they try to untangle a complicated family history to discover the truth behind his death.