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The Fab 5 are back in New Orleans. [more inside]
posted by dnash on Jan 28, 2024 - 11 comments

This time around, the Fab Five are in New Orleans. (And - the first episode involves a FRAT HOUSE.)
posted by EmpressCallipygos on May 14, 2023 - 11 comments

Harry takes charge of his first job, saving an ordinary person from crooked cops, and stumbles through a few plans that go awry before Sophie inspires him to intrigue one of the cops with an irresistible puzzle.
posted by brainwane on Dec 21, 2022 - 5 comments

Set in New Orleans, the series follows a diverse group of friends who find their lives transformed in the aftermath of shooting at a queer nightclub called Babylon. The group struggles with vulnerability, addiction, grief, and relationships. [more inside]
posted by crossoverman on Jun 21, 2022 - 3 comments

A teenage girl with self-esteem issues finds confidence in the most unlikely way, by spending her summer battling vampires. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 6, 2021 - 1 comment

Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans. Instead, she wants to soar, and her sights are set on securing passage aboard the smuggler airship Midnight Robber. Her ticket: earning Captain Ann-Marie’s trust using a secret about a kidnapped Haitian scientist and a mysterious weapon he calls The Black God’s Drums.
posted by dinty_moore on Jun 3, 2019 - 2 comments

Tandy and Ty each meet someone living the life that could have been theirs, for better or worse, had they taken different paths without the rig explosion. [more inside]
posted by jimw on Jul 11, 2018 - 6 comments

“You are the night, and the night alone understands you and enfolds you in its arms.” [more inside]
posted by roger ackroyd on Feb 28, 2018 - 16 comments

Jesse dives deeper into his search for God with Cassidy. They must take a detour to save Tulip as we discover more about her secret past.
posted by durandal on Jul 11, 2017 - 11 comments

Jesse gets a tip that God might be in New Orleans and Tulip's hiding a secret.
posted by durandal on Jul 5, 2017 - 5 comments

A story of compassion and saintlike devotion in the streets of New Orleans: B.B. St. Roman is the only staff member for the New Orleans Police Department Homeless Assistant Unit. [more inside]
posted by Going To Maine on May 21, 2015 - 3 comments

Albert takes the law into his own hands; LaDonna gets news about her missing brother.
posted by donajo on Mar 2, 2015 - 5 comments

Down in the Treme/Just me and my baby/We're all going crazy/Just jumpin' and havin' fun. [more inside]
posted by donajo on Feb 22, 2015 - 13 comments

I've watched the first few episodes of Treme, and I'm hooked. Is anyone interested in doing a First Watch series with me? [more inside]
posted by donajo on Feb 17, 2015 - 5 comments

Jim Corrigan calls John and Zed down to New Orleans to help with the case of a dessicated security guard; Papa Midnite attempts to claim a bounty on John's life.
posted by Small Dollar on Feb 14, 2015 - 14 comments

The Coen Bros. do Dashiell Hammett. With links to Yojimbo. Miller's Crossing is a 1990 American gangster film by the Coen brothers starring Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J. E. Freeman, and Albert Finney. The plot concerns a power struggle between two rival gangs and how the protagonist, Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne), plays both sides off each other. (wikipedia) [more inside]
posted by valkane on Jan 21, 2015 - 17 comments

John teams up with Papa Midnite in New Orleans to exorcise some ghosts.
posted by Small Dollar on Nov 22, 2014 - 12 comments

Jessica is invited to New Orleans by TV station WDX, but arrives two days early by mistake, so her host Jonathan Hawley has 48 hours to show her the 'Cajun paradise' (French quarter). Jessica soon notices the jazz show circuit can be nastily competitive; then clarinetist Ben Coleman dies from an apparent heart-attack during a recording, Jess figures otherwise, but why and how exactly? NOPD Detective Lt. Simeon Kershaw gets help from Jessica investigating Ben's private, artistic and business context, even smuggling...
posted by filthy light thief on Sep 27, 2014 - 2 comments