26 Episodes

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

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Pluribus: Episode 7, "The Gap"

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

Rundown

Episodes Monday Rundown April 13–19 2026

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

Mailbag

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.

Max Richter

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!

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Pluribus: Episodes 6, "HDP"

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

Rundown

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.

Mailbag

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Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen

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

26 Episodes

We don't respect Grey's Anatomy enough

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

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Pluribus: Episode 5, "Got Milk"

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

Roofman

Episodes Monday Rundown March 30–April 5 2026

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