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.
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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!
pluribus
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.
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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
review
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.
Tournament of Books
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
Deadwood, God, and the coarsening of America
The show's first-season finale linked death, life, and everything else.
pluribus
Pluribus: Episode 4, "Please, Carol"
On this week's Pluribus, you've gotta be cruel to be kind.