His Dark Materials
What His Dark Materials gave me that Harry Potter never could
Kids deserve books that feel like getting away with something.
Lily Osler
Writer, Trekkie, incompetent knitter. Managing Editor at Episodes.
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Pluribus: Episode 3, "Grenade"
Grocery shopping as a way to stubbornly ignore your feelings about your lover's death? That's the Carol Sturka special!
Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie
Episodes Monday Rundown March 16–22 2026
This week: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Hoppers, and a eulogy for a wonderful cat.
Mailbag
March mailbag!
In this month's mailbag: sitcom remakes, ranked-choice voting takes, and a whole lotta Oscars!
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Pluribus: Episode 2, "Pirate Lady"
Carol attempts to make friends, to mixed results.
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown March 9–15 2026
This week: the Oscars, The Phoenecian Scheme, and some fascinating life circumstances.
one battle after another
This year's Best Picture nominees, ranked
Emily and Lily go through the hits and skips (well, mostly hits) of this year's race for the top Oscar.
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Pluribus: Episode 1, "We Is Us"
Our new recap series begins with a book tour, a tragic night out, and some very nice pod people who just wanna help.
scrubs
Episodes Monday Rundown March 2–8 2026
This week: The new Scrubs revival, a fantastic sapphic romance novel, and some ToB reads.
Scream 7
Scream 7 is franchise horror for the slop era
There's such a thing as "too boring to be offensive," turns out.
oscars
If we ran the Oscars: 9 movies from 2025 that deserved nominations
The Academy may not have appreciated them, but YOU can!
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown February 23–March 1 2026
This week: Sirāt, Wuthering Heights (not that one), and Lily's Pokemon team.