Apple TV's Brothers Gives Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson Time to Hang Out... But Not Much Else

Apple TV+’s Brothers premieres its first two episodes on September 23, pairing Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in a mostly familiar “friends-are-cool” setup that doesn’t fully cash in on its premise. In the series, they play fictionalized versions of themselves and kick off with Woody taking his family to visit McConaughey in Texas. The hook is a possible revelation that they may be biological half-brothers, sparked by a comment attributed to McConaughey’s mother (Holland Taylor). But the brother plot remains mostly a subplot while the main storyline—McConaughey running for Texas governor—struggles to hold attention across eight episodes.