The surprisingly similar arc of sitcoms about aliens
Why do most sitcoms about aliens start out as hits, then get canceled after season four?
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Episodes Monday Rundown August 17–23 2026
This week: Furious, further Camp Miasma thoughts, and, most importantly, TRAINS.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, or learning to love your own horniness
Jane Schoenbrun's new film is about a very common trans experience. And a very common human experience too.
Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Four
It's Eschaton time!! (Oh, and also David Foster Wallace predicts Trump.)
We Call It Love: A Transracial Adoptee Celebrates Hedwig and the Angry Inch at 25
"Hedwig wasn't a window into another world; it was a portal back to myself."