Overview
- Ride or Die premiered with all eight episodes on Prime Video on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, and is now available to stream in full.
- The show follows longtime friends Judith and Debbie when Judith’s secret life as an international assassin is exposed and forces the pair to flee across Europe.
- Critics across outlets singled out Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer for strong chemistry and emotional range, calling the leads the series’ primary strength.
- Reviews praise the series’ action set pieces and production team while commonly criticizing a familiar plot, predictable twists, and uneven pacing caused by stretching the story to eight episodes.
- Created by Tessa Coates with Matt Miller as showrunner and Peyton Reed directing the opening episodes, the series has been noted for increasing visibility for older women in action roles and for Prime Video’s all-at-once release strategy shaping audience response and renewal prospects.