Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown February 10 - 16 2025
Emily meets the Heart Eyes Killer. Plus: No Other Land, Yellowjackets, and a great TTRPG.
movies
February mailbag
What's Emily's kid into? And what are some perfect late winter stories?
TV
This Succession episode from 2023 perfectly captures the first few weeks of 2025
We're all afraid of death, but nobody wants to talk about it.
Mailbag
January mailbag
What does Emily think of Martin Scorsese? Of adapting her book? Of AI? Of DUCKS AND HORSES???
queer
LGBTQ+ people are not going back
This post is (somehow) about Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.
Mailbag
November mailbag!
This month: So many questions about The Mary Tyler Moore show. Also: appetizers!
TV
Liked Saturday Night? Here are more backstage TV stories that should be movies.
From game show shenanigans to the early days of ESPN.
twin peaks
Twin Peaks asks us to look at horrors. And then we forget.
Do you know who killed Laura Palmer? No. Really. Do you?
emmys
Why The Bear is a comedy
And why Succession is a drama
Mailbag
September mailbag
Including thoughts on the Emmys, the future of cultural criticism, and Oscar forums.
episodes
20 episodes that should have made Rolling Stone's best episodes list (part 2)
Including Miami Vice, Squid Game, and Superstore
TV
20 episodes that should have made Rolling Stone's best episodes list (part 1)
Including Green Acres, Hannibal, and House.