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April 3
Devs: Episode 6 Season 1, Episode 6
Lily and Jamie visit Forest looking for answers. Katie and Lily have an awkward chat. Lyndon wants back into Devs. [more inside]
Siren: Borders Season 3, Episode 1
As an old friend visits Helen, a new mermaid arrives leaving Ryn questioning their motives. Maddie learns the truth behind a death, as Ben fights for his mother’s treatments. While Xander is inspired to take on more responsibility. [more inside]
Top Chef: Strokes of Genius Season 17, Episode 3
Comedic superstars Ali Wong and Randall Park swing by the Top Chef kitchen for a Quickfire Challenge tasking the chefs to make the wackiest fried rice they can; then, the chefs head to the famed Getty Museum to seek inspiration from the art. [more inside]
Movie: A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
When an alien with amazing powers crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, Shaun the Sheep goes on a mission to shepherd the intergalactic visitor home before a sinister organization can capture her.
April 2
The X-Files: Irresistible Rewatch Season 2, Episode 13
Mulder and Scully are called to Minneapolis to help out with the case of an opened grave and a desecrated body at the local cemetery.
Deserving of the Name: aka Live Up To Your Name, aka Myeongbulheojeon, Season 1 Season 1 (Full Season)
Pushed together by twists of time, a Joseon doctor and a cardiac surgeon overcome their 400-year divide as they learn and heal through each other. (Netflix, tvN Korea) [more inside]
Mystery Science Theater 3000: THE SLIME PEOPLE Rewatch Season 1, Episode 8
Rewatch! It's like a zombie movie but not, and from before that became a genre! You might consider it ahead of its time, or you might consider that zombie movies were never all that to begin with. It's another first season episode, when the guys and robots were still finding their feet and/or hoverskirts. Previously. [more inside]
The Magicians: Fillory and Further Season 5, Episode 13
Christmas comes early. "Unicorn baby time. Let's do this." [Season and series finale] [more inside]
Movie: Bad Boys for Life
The Bad Boys Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett are back together for one last ride in the highly anticipated Bad Boys for Life.
Podcast: The Adventure Zone: Graduation Ep. 11 "You Can Call me Al(thea)"
Investigator Althea Song has some questions for the Thundermen. Meanwhile, each of the fellas has their own missions.A friendship is forged in favors, allegiances are questioned and a letter is sent. Also, the Thundermen go toe to toe with an Arena Champion.
April 1
The X-Files: Aubrey Rewatch Season 2, Episode 12
Mulder and Scully become involved in a murder investigation in Aubrey, Missouri, after a detective finds the remains of an FBI agent who disappeared in the 1940s, and can't explain how she knew to dig in one specific place in a large field late at night.
Movie: Goon
Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way. [more inside]
Movie: Ash Is Purest White
In an industrial city in China, a young dancer named Qiao falls in love with a mobster named Bin. When a fight breaks out between rival gangs, Qiao uses a gun to protect Bin and is sent to prison for five years. [more inside]
March 31
The X-Files: Excelsis Dei Rewatch Season 2, Episode 11
Scully and Mulder go to an elder care home in Worcester, Massachusetts, to investigate a nurse's report that she was sexually assaulted by an unseen force.
Schitt's Creek: Start Spreading the News Season 6, Episode 13
Moira receives some unexpected news, and David makes a tough decision about where he wants to live. [more inside]
Crash Landing on You: Season 1 - all episodes Season 1 (Full Season)
A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea -- and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide. (Netflix, tvN Korea) [more inside]
Dispatches from Elsewhere: Everyone Season 1, Episode 6
With time running out, the gang splits up in an effort to find Clara; Simone and Janice follow her artwork, while Fredwynn and Peter link the game to a large corporation. [more inside]
Better Call Saul: JMM Season 5, Episode 7
Kim and Jimmy turn to Huell for help with a legal firewall; Jimmy is compromised as Kim struggles to work things out with her clients; despite the issues he faces, Gus navigates his way to build an empire; Mike tries to do damage control. [more inside]
March 30
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Coronavirus III Season 7, Episode 6
This week... main story: The Coronavirus pandemic, how some on the right seem willing to reopen the country to help the economy despite it meaning the deaths of hundreds of thousands more, and the many ways Trump has flubbed the nation's response, including getting visibly angry at reporters doing their jobs questioning him about his statement that he wants to reopen the country by Easter RGRGHA%$%&$@ sorry I can't even. It's on YouTube. And Now: Yes, We Are Still Doing These. And Now: Hey, Look! We're Social Distancing. And finally, South-Central Pennsylvania's Gallery Thirty-Three video art auction from 1992, and the work of a certain Brian Swords of York, aka Biohazard. [more inside]
The X-Files: Red Museum Rewatch Season 2, Episode 10
Mulder and Scully are called to Delta Glen, Wisconsin, to look into the case of a teenaged boy who left his home in response to a phone call from an unknown person, saying he'd be gone for five minutes, and was found the next morning, wandering the woods in only his underwear, wild-eyed and incoherent with fear, and with the words, "He is one," written in black marker on his back.
Movie: Losing Ground
A comedy-drama about a Black American female philosophy professor and her insensitive, philandering, and flamboyant artist husband who are having a marital crisis. When the wife goes off on an almost unbelievable journey to find "ecstasy", her husband is forced to see her in a different light.
Homeland: Threnody(s) Season 8, Episode 8
Carrie waits. Wellington makes a discovery.
High Maintenance: Adelante Season 4, Episode 6
Two characters from the show's past are reunited. A woman living a life of quiet desperation treats herself. [more inside]
Westworld: The Absence of Field Season 3, Episode 3
Some do not like what they see in the mirror but shouldn't blame the mirror.
March 29
The X-Files: Firewalker Rewatch Season 2, Episode 9
A volcanologist shows Mulder and Scully a video transmission from a volcano in Mount Avalon, New Hampshire, in which a dead seismologist and a moving shadow appears, and asks them to investigate the matter.
Movie: Blow the Man Down
Mary Beth and Priscilla Connolly attempt to cover up a gruesome run-in with a dangerous man. To conceal their crime, the sisters must go deep into the criminal underbelly of their hometown, uncovering the town's darkest secrets. [more inside]
Star Trek: Enterprise: Babel One Rewatch Season 4, Episode 12
[Part 1 of 3] The Enterprise is ferrying a bunch of Tellarites across Andorian space when a Tellarite ship attacks Shran's ship. Can't we all just get along? Well, maybe not quite yet... [more inside]
Movie: The Seventh Seal
Disillusioned knight Antonius Block (Max von Sydow in his first roll for Bergman) seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague. [more inside]
Unorthodox: Unorthodox (Netflix mini-series) Season 1 (Full Season)
Loosely based on Deborah Feldman's 2012 autobiography Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots, Netflix's Unorthodox tells the story of a young woman's leaving the ultra-Orthodox community of Satmar Hasidim in New York. [more inside]
March 28
Movie: Beauty Shop
You thought you'd heard it all in the barbershop, but you haven't heard anything yet - the women get their own chance to shampoo, shine, and speak their minds in Beauty Shop. A determined hairstylist (Queen Latifah) competes with her former boss (Kevin Bacon) after opening her own business in Atlanta. [more inside]
The X-Files: One Breath Rewatch Season 2, Episode 8
Scully reappears at a D.C. hospital, comatose and in critical condition. Mulder tries to find out what happened to her and who is responsible for it.
Movie: Containment
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments due to an apparent epidemic. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape? [more inside]
Leverage: The Fairy Godparents Job Season 2, Episode 4
To recover funds from an incarcerated investment banker, the team tries to help his introverted stepson. [more inside]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Dillman Season 7, Episode 9
Holt can recommend only one of his detectives for a job opening on a prestigious task force. In a classic whodunit, Jake tries to prove he's the best sleuth by solving the case of a glitter bomb prank gone awry. [more inside]
Movie: The Conversation
Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple are in danger. [more inside]
Vagrant Queen: A Royal Ass-Kicking Season 1, Episode 1
Former queen Elida is cornered by her nemesis. An old friend comes to her aid, delivering big news. (SyFy Channel US, Citytv Canada) [more inside]
March 27
The X-Files: 3 Rewatch Season 2, Episode 7
With Scully still missing, Mulder goes to L.A. to investigate a series of murders in which the victim is drained of blood, the mirrors in the victim's house smashed, and biblical citations written on the walls in blood.
Steven Universe: The Future Season 6, Episode 20
We draw a curtain on Beach City, the gems, and Steven Universe.
Steven Universe: I Am My Monster Season 6, Episode 19
When an episode begins with a shot of the Beach City water tower and the ground shaking, it means two things. Insurance rates are about to go up again, and there's about to be a fight. There's a difference this time though....
Steven Universe: Everything's Fine Season 6, Episode 18
"Everything's fine!" Steven keeps telling everyone, while he's huge and glowing pink. This will certainly turn out well!
Steven Universe: Homeworld Bound Season 6, Episode 17
In an attempt to figure out why his powers are going crazy, Steven returns to Homeworld, which is rather different from before.
Devs: Episode 5 Season 1, Episode 5
Kenton pays Jamie a visit to guarantee his silence, while Katie covertly exploits the Devs system for her own ends.
Interrogation: All Episodes Season 1, Episode 1
A non-linear crime series that is centered around an interrogation of people who might be involved in a decades-old murder case. [more inside]
Making the Cut: Heidi and Tim are Back Season 1, Episode 1
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn welcome 12 designers to New York City and tell them to pack their bags because their first fashion show will be in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. In their first assignment, the designers must create a two-look brand snapshot. One designer lets self-doubt get in her way, while another has to make a new dress from scratch with only a few hours remaining. [more inside]
Dispatches from Elsewhere: Clara Season 1, Episode 5
The clues lead to a new tale that provides insight into the mystery behind the Elsewhere Society and its missing founder. [more inside]
Movie: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The movie is a sequel to Lang's silent film Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) and features many cast and crew members from Lang's previous films. The film features Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Dr. Mabuse who is in an insane asylum where he is found frantically writing his crime plans. When Mabuse's criminal plans begin to be implemented, Inspector Lohmann (played by Otto Wernicke) tries to find the solution with clues from gangster Thomas Kent (Gustav Diessl), the institutionalized Hofmeister (Karl Meixner) and Professor Baum (Oscar Beregi Sr.) who becomes obsessed with Dr. Mabuse. [more inside]
March 26
Top Chef: The Jonathan Gold standard Season 17, Episode 2
This week the chefs honor the late, great Pulitzer-Prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold. Using Gold’s last guide list, the chefs fan out all over Los Angeles to sample the unique taquerias, food trucks, mom-and-pop cafes, upscale eateries and ethnic cuisine only found in the City of Angels. Drawing inspiration from this one-in-a-lifetime culinary odyssey, the chefs create dishes to serve 200 of Jonathan Gold’s friends, family, and restaurateurs that he loved at the iconic Union Station. Noted food writer and personal friend of Jonathan Gold, Ruth Reichl serves as guest judge alongside Padma, Tom and Gail. [more inside]
The X-Files: Ascension Rewatch Season 2, Episode 6
In the second installment of a two-part episode, Duane Barry heads off for an alien rendezvous with Scully in the trunk of his car, while Mulder puts the pieces together and figures out where he's gone.
The Magicians: The Balls Season 5, Episode 12
Margo sees a purse she hates. Alice writes a letter. We couldn't get Prince. [It's Heist Episode: The Musical!] [more inside]
Mystery Science Theater 3000: ROBOT MONSTER Rewatch Season 1, Episode 7
Rewatch! We're baaaack.... A alien invader (guy in a gorilla suit with a fishbowl on his head) called Ro-Man destroys everyone on Earth except for a family that lives in walking distance of his cave (which has a bubble machine in front of it). The family tries to thwart Ro-Man's attempt to wipe them out, until Ro-Man gets a crush on the family's teenage daughter. At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? In the end it's all a dream had by a comic-addled young boy. Up until this point MST had shown bad movies, but this was the first truly transcendent example they did. Some have called it the worst movie ever made. Enjoy! Also has two Radar Men From the Moon shorts. Previously [more inside]
Star Trek: Picard: Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2 Season 1, Episode 10
With the fate of countless civilizations hanging in the balance, Soji's faith in life and friendship needs to be renewed—and Picard decides to make it so. (Season finale.) [more inside]
March 25
Malory Towers: Malory Towers (S1 entire, 2020) Books Included Season 1 (Full Season)
Canadian/British adaptation of Enid Blyton's classic children's books. How will Darrell Rivers fare at her new boarding school and what friends will she make? [more inside]
The X-Files: Duane Barry Rewatch Season 2, Episode 5
In the first installment of a two-part episode, Mulder is called upon to handle a hostage negotiation with Duane Barry, former FBI agent, current psychiatric patient, and self-proclaimed multiple alien abductee.
Podcast: My Brother, My Brother And Me: MBMBaM 503: How to Get Away with Pinkbelly
Listen, y'all. There's only one way that we're getting through this thing, and I think we all know exactly what way I'm talking about. It is imperative, now more than ever, that we get Richard Gere to be a top-tier YouTuber.Suggested talking points: What's Funny?!, Lying Ants, Snip Tunes, Roughhousing, Netflix Prophecies, Liminal Chalupa
Movie: Don't Blink
Ten people arrive at a secluded mountain resort to find it completely deserted. With no gas for the return trip, the visitors are forced to stay and investigate the mystery surrounding the abandoned lodge. [more inside]
Movie: Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Down the road from Woodstock, a revolution blossomed at a ramshackle summer camp for teenagers with disabilities, transforming their lives and igniting a landmark movement. (Sundance 2020 award winning documentary, now on Netflix) [more inside]
Movie: The Platform
A mysterious place, an indescribable prison, a deep hole. Two inmates living on each level. An unknown number of levels. A descending platform containing food for all of them. An inhuman fight for survival, but also an opportunity for solidarity.
Movie: The Gentlemen
An American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Cherish the Day: Catharsis Season 1, Episode 8
Series Finale: Gently hosts a birthday party for Miss Luma and most of the gang gathers. A surprise visitor from the past turns up.
Schitt's Creek: The Pitch Season 6, Episode 12
Johnny, Stevie, and Roland head to New York for their pitch meeting, while the family anxiously awaits their return. [more inside]
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