Pluribus: Episode 9, "La Chica o El Mundo"

Save the world, or get the girl? Maybe it's not that simple.

Episodes Monday Rundown April 27–May 3 2026

This week: Charlie Kaufman, Martin Scorsese, Spike Jonze, and a gorgeously melancholic kids' show.

Check out what premium Episodes subscribers were reading in April!

Hello, beloved free subscribers! Today, we close the book on April, and with it a very busy month of publishing for Episodes. We published 17 pieces this month, with new writing from us every single Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday on Deadwood, Project Hail Mary, Something Very Bad Is Going

The Drama can't decide what it's about

A movie this well-crafted ought to have more going for it than shock value.

Want a romcom that goes to some very real, complicated places? Try Girl Next Door.

Rachel Meredith, author of Emily's favorite romance novel of 2025, discusses wedding ridiculous premises to real psychological heft.

Pluribus: Episode 8, "Charm Offensive"

Everything costs something.

Episodes Monday Rundown April 20–26 2026

This week: The Drama, Project Hail Mary, and some true classics of literature.

Project Hail Mary isn't competence porn. It's a love story.

The film's relationships matter more than its equations. You wouldn't know it from the discourse.

How I Met Your Mother is one last message from a pre-Recession world

And other theories on why this once-beloved sitcom hasn't quite endured

Pluribus: Episode 7, "The Gap"

Whether existential malaise or terrifying spiky palm trees, we all have things to overcome.

Episodes Monday Rundown April 13–19 2026

This week: Faces of Death, Exit 8, and the new Olivia Rodrigo!

April mailbag!

This month: books that need reissues, songs that belong to one director, and the Buffy Big Bad ranking you've been waiting for.