Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week 10
We come to the end and grapple with Infinite Jest as a whole and what to make of the book's legacy
Emily St. James
Emily St. James is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in Vox, The A.V. Club, and the New York Times. She is the co-creator of the podcast Arden and a writer on the TV series Yellowjackets.
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On Twin Peaks, the world ended long ago. Now we live in the ashes. (Preview)
A small preview of the latest installment in Emily St. James's 26 Episodes series.
26 Episodes
On Twin Peaks, the world ended long ago. Now, we live in the ashes.
This is the water, and this is the well. Drink full and descend.
The New York Times
The New York Times top 100 TV shows and the always slippery TV canon
In: Exit Party, Forgotten Island. Out: the idea that it should be easy to build a TV canon!!
Infinite Jest
Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Nine
Lily and Emily consider the impossible: might Infinite Jest be... self-involved?
Inventory
Beyond Bedford Falls: 15 other fictional small towns we'd love to live in
Including towns full of cartoon ducks, free health care, and monstrous vampires who provide low, low housing costs
Resident Evil
Zach Cregger's Resident Evil made the game's fans mad. Good.
Widow's Bay is a comedy?! (Yes.) Pan's Labyrinth is good?! (Yes.) Plus: Meet Derek!
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September mailbag! (preview)
A little preview of this month's mailbag!
Mailbag
September mailbag!
This month: the Criterion Closet, a live-action Infinite Jest adaptation, and what we'd do if *we* ran the Emmys.
Infinite Jest
Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Eight
Is Infinite Jest why we got prestige TV? Honestly, maybe!
it's a wonderful life
What It's A Wonderful Life's George and Mary Bailey can say to us here in 2026
The fun things Emily and Lauren Theisen learned when working on their new It's a Wonderful Life book
Ponies
Peacock's Ponies and when streaming enters crunch time
Plus: Damien McCarthy's horror movies, Some Like It Hot, and true fashion.