What's on TV this week—VisionQuest and Crystal Lake premiere

Welcome to What’s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what’s happening on TV from Sunday, October 11 to Saturday, October 17. All times are Eastern.

Treasure Island (MGM+, Sunday, 10 p.m., series premiere) An action-packed reimagining of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 novel of the same name, this six-episode British miniseries follows 18th-century teenager Jim Hawkins (Tom Sweet) and his formidable mother Bess (Hayley Atwell), who come into possession of an old treasure map and get dragged into a deadly race for Captain Flint’s buried gold. Voyaging aboard The Hispaniola, the mother-son duo navigate threats from both infamous pirate Long John Silver (David Oyelowo) and revolutionary spy Aaron Graham (Jack Huston). Look for The A.V. Club’s review on Monday.

VisionQuest (Disney+, Wednesday, 9 p.m., series premiere) Concluding the trilogy that kicked off with 2021’s WandaVision and continued with 2024’s Agatha All Along, this MCU miniseries picks up with Paul Bettany’s Vision living in hiding after escaping from government forces. When a bounty is placed on his head, however, he sets off with a mysterious teen named Thomas Shepherd (Ruaridh Mollica) as well as his collection of internal AI personas, including the powerful supervillain Ultron (voiced by James Spader). Elizabeth Olsen is reportedly not returning as the Scarlet Witch, but Todd Stashwick, T’Nia Miller, Emily Hampshire, and James D’Arcy also star. Watch for The A.V. Club’s pre-air review in the coming days, with recaps starting Wednesday night.

Crystal Lake (Peacock, Thursday, series premiere) A prequel to the Friday The 13th film franchise, this eight-episode slasher series digs into the bloody 1970s origins of the Voorhees family, led by single mom Pam (Linda Cardellini). Mourning the death of her only son—the future hockey mask-wearing murderer Jason (Callum Vinson), who drowned at the titular summer camp—Pam desperately clings to the belief that her boy is still alive. However, her grief is disrupted when the town’s chief of police (William Catlett) and his journalist sister (Devin Kessler) begin investigating unusual deaths in the area and uncovering Pam’s troubled past. We’ll have our review of the series Tuesday.