This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Severance, “The After Hours,” which is now streaming on Apple TV+. For the last two weeks, Severance has set aside events on the severed floor to provide backstory on Gemma, and then on Harmony, with mixed results. The Gemma episode was …
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This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Severance, “Chikhai Bardo,” which is now streaming on Apple TV+. Lumon management has spent much of Severance Season Two letting the innies get away with everything short of murder. They are largely unsupervised. They barely do any work. They were granted …
Read More »'The White Lotus' Episode 2: What Goes Around Comes Around
This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of The White Lotus, “Special Treatments,” which is now streaming on Max. Early in “Special Treatments,” Kate realizes that she met Victoriaonce through a mutual friend, and that they spent a weekend together celebrating that friend’s birthday. Despite this connection, Victoria has …
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This post contains spoilers for this week’s Severance episode, “Attila,” which is now streaming on Apple TV+. Midway through “Attila,” Gretchen impulsively kisses Dylan during her latest trip to the severed floor. Dylan, awestruck by this wonderful woman and this romantic gesture, laments that he can’t be with her all …
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This post contains spoilers for “Same Spirits, New Forms,” the third-season premiere of The White Lotus, which is now streaming on Max. Three seasons in, we know The White Lotus has certain parts of its formula that it likes to repeat. Like the title of the season premiere says: “Same …
Read More »'Severance' Episode 5: Funeral for a Friend
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Severance, “Trojan’s Horse,” which is now streaming on Apple TV+. Among the most disorienting aspects of last week’s spectacularly weird field trip was that it came immediately after an episode that ended with Reghabi reintegrating Mark’s innie and outie selves. Why …
Read More »'Severance' Episode 3: Behold the Goat People
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Severance, “Who Is Alive?” now streaming on Apple TV+. There is a whole lot to discuss about the third episode of Severance Season Two, but where else can we start but with the goat people? Innie Mark and Helly’s discovery of …
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This post contains spoilers for the Season Two premiere of Severance, “Hello, Ms. Cobel.” Imagine for a moment that you are an innie. From your perspective, you are always at work. You never sleep. You never see the sky or breathe fresh air. You don’t know who you truly are, …
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After selling out 12 nights at Los Angeles’ Wiltern Theatre for Netflix Is a Joke Fest, Ali Wong capped off her residency on Sunday night by opening up about her divorce and newfound dating life in her 40s to an enlivened audience. Back in April 2022, the comedian announced she …
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When the trailer for the Season 11 reunion of Vanderpump Rules was released, fans saw Andy Cohen do something that has never been done before: He had the entire cast sit down to watch the last few minutes of the finale episode together. Well, that finale aired on Tuesday night, …
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