Episdoes Monday Rundown March 2–8 2026
This week: The new Scrubs revival, a fantastic sapphic romance novel, and some ToB reads.
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Scream 7 is franchise horror for the slop era
There's such a thing as "too boring to be offensive," turns out.
If we ran the Oscars: 9 movies from 2025 that deserved nominations
The Academy may not have appreciated them, but YOU can!
In Heated Rivalry, "the sex scenes work like songs in a musical"
We talk with Vulture's Kathryn VanArendonk on adapting romance novels for TV and the future of queer romance in an uncertain time
Episodes Monday Rundown February 23–March 1 2026
This week: Sirāt, Wuthering Heights (not that one), and Lily's Pokemon team.
Starfleet Academy is the messy teen sibling modern Star Trek was missing
In a franchise that's increasingly calcified, Trek's new teen drama tries something new and exciting.
Did Everybody Loves Raymond find the meaning of life in 2002?
No, but it did sort of try.
Episodes Monday Rundown February 16–22 2026
This week: Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die, Hemlocke Springs, and some really cool blue whales.
February mailbag!
In this month's mailbag: the Winter Olympics, museum recommendations, and an all-Heated Rivalry fancast of Jesus Christ Superstar??
In defense of the feel-bad comfort watch
Sometimes you watch a movie to feel better. And sometimes you watch a movie to feel human.
Heated Rivalry: Episode 6, "The Cottage"
We're going to the cottage.
Episodes Monday Rundown February 9–15 2026
This week: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, 2046, and Charli xcx's shockingly good Wuthering Heights album.
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Iron Lung
Iron Lung is why I hope they never make a Hollow Knight movie
The joy of a lore-driven horror game is immense. It just might not be replicable in a movie.
buffy the vampire slayer
The many legacies of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's best episode
A strange, austere hour remains unlike anything else in TV history
Heated Rivalry
Heated Rivalry: Episode 5, "I'll Believe in Anything"
A really amazing episode gets Lily and Olivia chatting about trust, vulnerability, and foreign-language love confessions.
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown February 2–8 2026
This week: the Super Bowl, the Olympics, and the epic highs and lows of horror cinema.
muppets
Why the new Muppet Show gets the beloved franchise right
Sometimes, all you need is Sabrina Carpenter singing with a bunch of chickens.
valentine's day
Kissin' on the big screen: 12 great love stories that deserve an adaptation ASAP
Get ready for Valentine's Day with a dozen romantic tales that would make great movies!
Heated Rivalry
Heated Rivalry: Episode 4, "Rose"
A girlfriend? For Shane?? Lily and guest critic Olivia Wood discuss the ins and outs of Shane Hollander's attempted heterosexuality
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown January 26–February 1 2026
This week: Blue Moon, Song Sung Blue, and some other movies that don't have the word "blue" in their titles.
severance
Who gets to be existential on Severance?
In sidelining Helly, Severance's second season lost out on some of its most compelling themes.
the simpsons
The first time The Simpsons could have ended
Our new series on great TV episodes of the 21st century begins with a would-be series finale.
Heated Rivalry
Heated Rivalry: Episode 3, "Hunter"
A big frame shift brings with it big questions about plot structures, the closet, and smoothies.