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May 26
Movie: Mean Streets
A small-time hood aspires to work his way up the ranks of a local mob. [more inside]
RuPaul's Drag Race: Social Media Kings Into Queens Season 10, Episode 10
The queens are tasked with making over YouTube stars into members of their drag family.
May 25
Movie: Three Days of the Condor
A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust. [more inside]
May 24
Movie: Female Trouble
A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes. [more inside]
Archer: Danger Island: Strange Doings in the Taboo Groves Season 9, Episode 5
But there is no joy in Mudville- mighty Pam has struck out. [more inside]
The 100: Shifting Sands Season 5, Episode 5
Octavia leads her people towards Shadow Valley against the advice of Clarke and Bellamy; Kane and Abby adjust to a new set of challenges. [more inside]
Podcast: 30 For 30 Podcasts: BIKRAM Part 1: Arrival
Bikram Choudhury begins his journey to fame, wealth, and scandal in 1970s Los Angeles. He takes Beverly Hills by storm, using his Hollywood connections and rags-to-riches origin story to build a devoted following and lay the foundation for a yoga empire. Reported by Julia Lowrie Henderson. Hosted by Jody Avirgan. More information at 30for30podcasts.com/bikram
Movie: Tig Notaro: Happy To Be Here (2018)
Comedian Tig Notaro performs a stand-up set at the historic Heights Theater in Houston.
Legion: Chapter 16 Season 2, Episode 8
The path forward is revealed.
Star Trek: Voyager: Imperfection Rewatch Season 7, Episode 2
We are the ex-Borg. We are here to talk to you today about organ donation. Your biological and technological distinctiveness could help save a life. Resistance is selfish. [more inside]
The Department of Time: Tiempo de hidalgos (Time of Noblemen) First Watch Season 2, Episode 3
Pacino joins the team for the first time as they work to ensure that Miguel de Cervantes publishes "Don Quixote" in 1604. [more inside]
May 23
The Expanse: Delta-V Show Only Season 3, Episode 7
Crews are united, divided, and converge towards the same mysterious point. [more inside]
The Americans: Jennings, Elizabeth Season 6, Episode 9
Stan catches up with Pastor Tim and Oleg, offers Philip his support, and shares his suspicions with Aderholt. Elizabeth watches over Nesterenko and does not have dinner with Claudia. Tatiana's latest operation goes badly. Paige learns more about the nitty gritty of her parents' spy operations. Philip meets up with Father Andrei. Elizabeth packs for a trip.
Movie: The Jerk
An idiotic man struggles to make it through life on his own in St. Louis. [more inside]
Movie: Solo: A Star Wars Story
The story of how Han Solo first met Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, and the Millennium Falcon years before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope. [more inside]
Mystery Science Theater 3000: CRY WILDERNESS Rewatch Season 11, Episode 2
Rewatch! In the year since it was first shown, Cry Wilderness has shaped up to be one of the best episodes of MST3K's eleventh season. It's an exceedingly ludicrous movie with a magic Bigfoot, one of those noble Native American spirit people, and a jerkass US Marshall who thinks nothing about breaking into someone's home and eating their food. Previously.
Cobra Kai: Mercy Season 1, Episode 10
It is the day of the 2018 All Valley Karate Tournament and Cobra Kai is determined to win. Robbie signs up unaffiliated. A familiar face from the past returns. [more inside]
Room 104: Voyeurs Season 1, Episode 6
Written and directed by contemporary dancer Dayna Hanson, this episode is an intimate fever dream that softly explores the things we leave behind. [more inside]
The Handmaid's Tale: "First Blood" Season 2, Episode 6
Offred finds unexpected allies and obstacles in her search for a way to protect Hannah; The Commander prepares for the dedication of a new Red Center; Nick struggles with his new assignment.
May 22
Movie: A Clockwork Orange
In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned. [more inside]
The Flash: We Are the Flash Season 4, Episode 23
In the Season 4 finale, Team Flash gets help from a surpassing ally in their battle against DeVoe. [more inside]
Babylon 5: Soul Mates Season 2, Episode 7
Londo's three wives come to the station--so he can divorce two of them. Talia's ex-husband makes her an offer: freedom... Meanwhile, Delenn asks Ivanova for help. "Because with you, I will always know where I stand." [more inside]
The 100: Pandora's Box Season 5, Episode 4
The Eligius prisoners use their mining equipment to rescue inhabitants of the Second Dawn Bunker as part of the deal they made with Clarke and Bellamy. [more inside]
iZombie: You've Got to Hide Your Liv Away Season 4, Episode 12
Major hides Liv away to keep her from surrendering to save a coyote. Ravi helps Clive solve a murder. [more inside]
Elementary: Our Time is Up Season 6, Episode 4
Watson considers a major life change after reading her own therapy file while she and Holmes investigate the murder of her former psychologist.
iZombie: Insane in the Germ Brain Season 4, Episode 11
Liv consumes a germaphobe's brain during flu season. Isobel play pranks on the group. Ravi meets Peyton's parents. Major closes the net on the brain smugglers. [more inside]
Supergirl: The Fanatical Season 3, Episode 19
A disciple of Coville's escapes from what's left of his cult and gives Kara and James a journal that could help save Sam. Guardian's secret could be exposed. [more inside]
Supergirl: Shelter From The Storm Season 3, Episode 18
To erase the last of Sam's humanity, Reign hunts down Ruby while Alex and Lena keeps her hidden. Supergirl and J'onn visit Sam's mother to protect her. [more inside]
Supergirl: Trinity Season 3, Episode 17
Supergirl and the team faces off against the Worldkillers. Guardian is asked to do a difficult favor by Supergirl. [more inside]
The Department of Time: El tiempo en sus manos (The time on his hands) First Watch Season 2, Episode 2
Salvador activates a protocol to have Julián detained and returned to the Ministry. Meanwhile, a cop from 1981 arrives in the present chasing a murderer who fled through a closet that turns out to have been a time door. His name is Jesús Méndez, nicknamed "Pacino" for his resemblance to the actor. In 2016, Pacino discovers that the he was declared guilty in absentia of the murders he was investigating. [more inside]
Book: The Overstory
New York Times Bestseller A monumental novel about trees and people by one of our most "prodigiously talented" (The New York Times Book Review) novelists. An Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light....
The Department of Time: Tiempo de leyenda (Time of Legend) First Watch Season 2, Episode 1
Season Premiere: Lola Mendieta is in prison. Julián is back after some rest and psychiatric therapy. A new case awaits: the discovery of dated remains that could belong to El Cid, who was thought to be buried in the Burgos cathedral. Alonso and Amelia are sent with Ambrogio Spinola to the eleventh century to lead the investigation... which means pulling Julián from the team. [more inside]
Book: Emperor Mage
"Sent to Carthak as part of the Tortallan peace delegation, Daine finds herself in the middle of a sticky political situation. She doesn't like the Carthaki practice of keeping slaves, but it's not her place to say anything -- she's just there to heal the emperor's birds. It's extremely frustrating! What's more, her power has grown in a mysterious way. As the peace talks stall, Daine puzzles over Carthak's two-faced Emperor Ozorne. How can he be so caring with his birds and so cruel to his people? Daine is sure he's planning something. Daine must fight the powerful Emperor Mage, knowing that the safety and peace of the realm depend on stopping Ozorne's power-hungry schemes."
Book: Treason's Harbour
The ninth book of the series finds Jack and Stephen at ease in Malta. Jack basks in the twin glow of Tom Pullings's captaincy and the clockwork chelengk on his number one full-dress scraper. Even his once-nemesis Andrew Wray, the acting Second Secretary of the Admiralty and accused card-cheat, has done Jack a noble turn. Stephen is less at ease. Too many people seem to know the plans of the disgusting British Empire, and even more telling: the handsomest woman in Valletta is paying him particular attention – he, with his shrewish phiz, a known urinator. Something is amiss, and there's not a moment to lose, and what is more, speed is the essence of attack. [more inside]
May 21
Cobra Kai: Different but Same Season 1, Episode 9
Louie's reckless actions forces Johnny and Daniel to go down memory lane. The Cobra Kai students plot revenge against the popular kids. Miguel grows impatient with Samantha [more inside]
Cobra Kai: Molting Season 1, Episode 8
Johnny prepares his Cobra Kai students for the next All Valley Karate Tournament and in turn, he is inspired to clean up his life. Daniel is still unaware of his new pupil's background. [more inside]
The Terror: We Are Gone Season 1, Episode 10
The expedition's epic journey reaches its climax as men find themselves in a final confrontation with the Inuit mythology they've trespassed into. (IMDB)
Podcast: Reply All: #121 Pain Funnel
An ambitious plan to help people goes off the rails, and a man from Florida tries to fix things the only way he knows how: with prank phone calls.Further reading:Cat Ferguson's reporting on Google and Rehab (The Verge) - Part ICat Ferguson's reporting on Google and Rehab (The Verge) - Part IIDavid Segal's series on the business around addiction (New York Times)Ryan Hampton's American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction CrisisPalm Beach Post's Reporting on the Sober Home Crisis
Movie: Get Carter
When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate. [more inside]
Podcast: My Brother, My Brother And Me: MBMBaM 407: Morton Shart's Joke School
In this episode, Justin reveals to the rest of us that he has enrolled in celebrity-led internet comedy classes. As you might expect, this becomes a primary focus for the other two brothers throughout the remainder of the program. Suggested talking points: A Georgia-Fried Prawnline, Saddle Bag Spanking, Guy Club, Bathroom Friendship Window, The Worst Money Zone Transition in the History of Earth, The Sitting Tree, Einstein's Bones
Podcast: Hello from the Magic Tavern: Season 2, Ep 60 - Outside (w/ Paul F. Tompkins)
After being kicked out of the tavern, Arnie runs into the fancy little faun Mister Chauncey. [more inside]
Star Trek: Voyager: Unimatrix Zero, Part II Rewatch Season 7, Episode 1
[Season premiere; part 2 of 2] Assimilated by the Borg, Janeway, Torres, and Tuvok plot to release a virus into the Borg Collective which will allow members of Unimatrix Zero to retain their individuality in the real world and resist the Borg Queen. Is resistance futile? Thus begins the last season... [more inside]
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Rehab Season 5, Episode 12
This week....
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get married. Next!
- North Korea may call off the summit between Trump and Kim Jong Un over demands that the country denuclearize. John Bolton says on air they were using "The Libyan model," which turns out to be the worst thing he could have said; autocrats the world over have obsessed over Gadaffi's horrible death since it happened in 2011.
- And Now: Local News Gets A Little Too British For The Royal Wedding ("Hello gov'ner." "Cheerio!" "Hallo hallo!" "Tally-ho." "A spot of tea?" etc.)
- Main Story: Rehab, a 35 billion dollar industry. Federal law requires health insurance to pay for some of it, but there are no federal standards for what "Rehab" means, leading to a situation ripe for abuse by unscrupulous people.
- And Now: Just Look At This Bunch of Royal Wedding Shit.
May 20
Cobra Kai: All Valley Season 1, Episode 7
When Johnny learns Cobra Kai is banned from the All Valley Tournament, he faces the City Council. Miguel asks Samantha out. Robbie takes lessons from Daniel, just as his buddies plot a heist from LaRusso Auto. [more inside]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Jake & Amy Season 5, Episode 22
Charles and the squad rush to save Jake and Amy's wedding day.
Cobra Kai: Quiver Season 1, Episode 6
Johnny's dojo class attracts a group of misfits while his son Robby, who harbors ulterior motives, lands a new job. Samantha makes a new friend in science class. Daniel inspires interest in karate from an unlikely person. [more inside]
Westworld: Akane No Mai Season 2, Episode 5
Shogun World extends a welcome to all. [more inside]
Killing Eve: I Don't Want to Be Free Season 1, Episode 7
Tensions are running high as the situation in Moscow escalates and Eve starts to question who she can trust. [more inside]
Movie: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Charlie receives a golden ticket to a factory, his sweet tooth wants going into the lushing candy, it turns out there's an adventure in everything. [more inside]
Movie: There Will Be Blood
Daniel Plainview is an oil-man. He's traveled across half our state to be here and to see about this land. If he says he is an oil-man you will agree, and as an oil-man he hopes you will forgive his good old fashioned plain speaking. He is a family man, and his business is a family enterprise. Few oil-men understand that special bond. [more inside]
Patrick Melrose: Never Mind Season 1, Episode 2
At the Melrose family’s glorious house in the South of France, young Patrick has the run of the magical grounds. His father David rules with cruelty and his mother Eleanor has retreated into self medication and booze. Bravely imaginative and self-sufficient out of necessity, 9-year-old Patrick encounters the volatile lives of adults with fear. They are expecting guests for the weekend, but this afternoon is profoundly unlike other summer days, and the shocking events that precede the guests’ arrival tear Patrick's world in two.
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Saturday Night Live: Tina Fey, Nicki Minaj Season 43, Episode 23
Host: Tina Fey, Musical Guest: Nicki Minaj [more inside]
May 19
Cobra Kai: Counterbalance Season 1, Episode 5
Cobra Kai gains it's second student. Daniel has an intricate plan to get payback on Johnny. Miguel defends Samantha against Kyler during lunch break. [more inside]
Cobra Kai: Cobra Kai Never Dies Season 1, Episode 4
Robbie is in hot water with his father. Johnny plans to shut down Cobra Kai after Miguel is injured. Samantha and Kyler's relationship hits rock bottom. A vandalized billboard creates tension for Daniel. [more inside]
Book: Lamb
Movie: The Ballad of Cable Hogue
A hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert. [more inside]
Podcast: The Adventure Zone: Live in Dallas!
Travis is on vacation, so here's our live show in Dallas from earlier this year! Tres Horny Boys reunite to help out some old friends who've run into some stiff competition with their small business, and perform more than a few explosive stunts along the way.
RuPaul's Drag Race: Breastworld Season 10, Episode 9
A parody of Westworld and the acting challenge of season ten, with Broad City stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson guest judge on this week's episode. [more inside]
May 18
Fear the Walking Dead: Laura Season 4, Episode 5
The arrival of a wounded visitor in John Dorie's life forces him to change his ways. [more inside]
Movie: Up in Smoke
Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail. [more inside]
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