The waiting for Disconnection Season 2 on Apple TV+ was excruciating, but if you’re looking for something to watch in the meantime, we have a recommendation for you. This Tuesday, Netflix added the Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora to the streaming library, a 2018 crime drama also directed by Ben Stiller.

Escape at Dannemora is based on an incredible true story. In 2015, a prison worker became romantically involved with two convicted criminals at the Clinton Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in upstate New York, and helped them escape.

The limited series features a brilliant cast, with Benicio del Toro and Paul Dano as the convicted murderers, Patricia Arquette as the married prison worker, Bonnie Hunt as New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott and Michael Imperioli as Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Escape at Dannemora was created and written by Brett Johnson (Crazy men) and Michael Tolkin (The player) and all seven episodes are directed by Ben Stiller.

Reviews were generally positive, although many critics appreciated the series for its leisurely pace. You should know that this is a slow burn, so don’t expect fireworks every episode. As Troy Patterson put it in his The New Yorker review of the series: “Patricia Arquette’s excellence as Tilly is the strongest selling point of a show in which the points of an unsurprising storyline are secondary to a memorable intensity of the performances.”

This was Stiller’s TV directorial debut, and maybe not Disconnection if not for his experience working Escape at Dannemora. He returns to the director’s chair Disconnection season 2, which will debut on Apple TV+ in January 2025.