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Pluribus: Episode 9, "La Chica o El Mundo"

Save the world, or get the girl? Maybe it's not that simple.

Rundown

Episodes Monday Rundown April 27–May 3 2026

This week: Charlie Kaufman, Martin Scorsese, Spike Jonze, and a gorgeously melancholic kids' show.

The Drama

The Drama can't decide what it's about

A movie this well-crafted ought to have more going for it than shock value.

interview

Want a romcom that goes to some very real, complicated places? Try Girl Next Door.

Rachel Meredith, author of Emily's favorite romance novel of 2025, discusses wedding ridiculous premises to real psychological heft.

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Pluribus: Episode 8, "Charm Offensive"

Everything costs something.

Rundown

Episodes Monday Rundown April 20–26 2026

This week: The Drama, Project Hail Mary, and some true classics of literature.

review

Project Hail Mary isn't competence porn. It's a love story.

The film's relationships matter more than its equations. You wouldn't know it from the discourse.

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.