The biggest danger of over-licensed music in movies and TV

Maybe the song doesn't need to do all the feeling for the audience!

Pluribus: Episodes 6, "HDP"

Wait, WHAT are the Joined doing? Let's let John Cena explain.

Episodes Monday Rundown April 6–12 2026

This week: The Testaments, The Subtle Knife, and an album that hints at the end of a beloved show.

Submit your April mailbag questions!

It's that time again!

Not every story should be two hours or 10 hours

Netflix's Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen shows the limits of "this should have been a movie" as a criticism

We don't respect Grey's Anatomy enough

2005's 26 Episodes pick reveals the very gendered way we talk about "great" television

Pluribus: Episode 5, "Got Milk"

Sometimes, you don't want to be a sci-fi protagonist. Sometimes, you don't get a choice.

Episodes Monday Rundown March 30–April 5 2026

This week: Roofman, First Time Caller, and a whole lotta horror.

Why did this year's Tournament of Books care so much about men?

Or: Why were the only books that got praised for being "about men" the grim, airless ones?

Deadwood, God, and the coarsening of America

The show's first-season finale linked death, life, and everything else.

Pluribus: Episode 4, "Please, Carol"

On this week's Pluribus, you've gotta be cruel to be kind.

Episodes Monday Rundown March 23–29 2026

This week: Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, classic Pixar, and two very different musical performances.