Episodes Monday Rundown January 12–18 2026

This week: The Housemaid, The Bone Temple, and two very different fantasy novels.

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Pluribus isn't an allegory for anything. It's smarter than that

Pluribus' superpower, and its best feature in a media landscape full of too-obvious themes, is its use of elastic metaphor.

The vibes aren't shifting

Why the right-wing effort to change the narrative is already flailing.

Heated Rivalry: Episode 1, "Rookies"

Our new recap series debuts with hot hockey boys, an innovative approach to narrative time, and Canada's own Leslie Feist.

Episodes Monday Rundown, January 5–11 2026

This week: No Other Choice, Resurrection, and some great video essays.

The only way to fix ICE is to get rid of it

The nation's traumatized response to 9/11 has spiraled utterly out of control.

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Episodes Monday Rundown December 22 2025–January 4 2026

This week: Hamnet, 2Topia, and more Little Women than you can even imagine.

How to make risotto

The cis recipe blogger version of Emily St. James from another timeline greets another year.

Episodes Monday Rundown December 15–21

This week: Wicked's unsolvable second act, Train Dreams' hallucinatory magic, and a whole bunch of Christmas stuff.

December mailbag!

This month: Rob Reiner favorites, new Oscar categories, and holiday stories crying out for the Rankin-Bass treatment.