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April 7
The Flash: The One with The Nineties Season 7, Episode 6
Cisco and Chester travel back in time and get stuck in 1998. Meanwhile, Iris forges a connection with the speed force. [more inside]
Movie: The Father
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality. [more inside]
April 5
Book: A Desolation Called Peace
The sequel to A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel. [more inside]
Critical Role: Aeor Season 2, Episode 132
Having located the secret entrance to Aeor, the Mighty Nein take stock of what waits for them both above and below the ice...
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Game Rewatch Season 5, Episode 6
Wesley Crusher visits the Enterprise only to see everyone behaving strangely on account of an addictive, mind-controlling game. [more inside]
Special Event: Blaseball Season 15
It's been two weeks of downtime, and now Blaseball is back for season 15 and I have no idea what's going on but apparently they did something with snacks and also maybe there are time-fish that can rewind innings? Come on in! [more inside]
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: The US National Debt Season 8, Episode 7
Another week from the White Void of Sad Facts. Right wing media loses their shit at a suggestive music video featuring Lil Nas X. Matt Gaetz is suspected of violating sex trafficing laws. A historic vote of whether to unionize has taken place among workers at an Amazon fulfillment center, which Amazon has fought in ludicrous ways, including anti-union propaganda in bathrooms. And Now: Some Very Unwelcome News Regarding Peeps. (It's the Peeps & Pepsi promotion.) Main story (22m): the US National Debt, and the massive disingenuousness with which it has been portrayed by Republicans. A lot of interesting information in this one! [more inside]
April 4
Saturday Night Live: Daniel Kaluuya / St. Vincent Season 46, Episode 16
Cut for time: [more inside]
April 3
Movie: Slaxx
When a possessed pair of jeans begins to kill the staff of a trendy clothing store, it is up to Libby, an idealistic young salesclerk, to stop its bloody rampage. [more inside]
Better Off Ted: Season Two Season 2 (Full Season)
The second (and final) season of ABC's satirical comedy about the staff of the product development team at an ethically bankrupt corporation.
Better Off Ted: Season One Season 1 (Full Season)
The satirical office comedy about successful good guy, Ted, who runs research and development at the morally questionable Veridian Dynamics. No achievement is too far-fetched and no invention too unorthodox for Veridian. Ted's a single dad to a seven-year-old girl, and he loves his job, but he's starting to take a closer look at the company's extremely dubious practices.
Taskmaster: Series 6 Season 6 (Full Season)
Greg Davies is the Taskmaster. "Little" Alex Horne is the Taskmaster's assistant. Alice Levine, Asim Chaudhry, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard and Tim Vine are the contestants. Episodes are available on YouTube in the USA, and on the Channel 4 website in the UK. [more inside]
April 2
Invincible: Neil Armstrong, Eat Your Heart Out Season 1, Episode 4
While tensions mount at home, Mark goes on a long trip. [more inside]
For All Mankind: Don’t be Cruel Season 2, Episode 7
Ellen is challenged by her new role; Margo's alliances are put to the test; Karen explores new opportunities -- personally and professionally. [more inside]
Station 19: Full Season 4 Season 4 (Full Season)
This spinoff of the critically acclaimed show Grey's Anatomy follows the lives of the men and women of firehouse station 19 in Seattle, Washington.
Book: Tales from Earthsea
The tales of this book explore and extend the world established by the Earthsea novels—yet each stands on its own. It contains the novella “The Finder”, and the short stories “The Bones of the Earth”, “Darkrose and Diamond”, “On the High Marsh”, and “Dragonfly”. (Book 5 of the Earthsea cycle) [more inside]
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Power Broker Season 1, Episode 3
Sam and Bucky go to a criminal safe haven to find information about the Super Soldier serum. [more inside]
Movie: The Letter
The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense, but a letter in her own hand may prove her undoing. [more inside]
April 1
Manifest: Tailfin Season 3, Episode 1
Ben heads on an international mission with Vance to seek a clue in hopes of finally unlocking the mystery of Flight 828. An intense calling leads newlyweds Michaela and Zeke on an adventure of their own. A guilt-ridden Saanvi attempts to forget her past sins by starting a new chapter. Jared's interest is piqued by an intriguing stranger. [more inside]
Podcast: Friends at the Table: Sangfielle 03: The Curse of Eastern Folly Pts. 1-3
The tablefriends play The Ground Itself and create a Haven to be a base in their upcoming weird/gothic western season, Sangfielle. [more inside]
The Alienist: Better Angels Season 2, Episode 8
The case is brought to a close, and Sara, John, and Laszlo struggle with decisions about their future paths.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Disaster Rewatch Season 5, Episode 5
Each senior officer gets trapped in an uncomfortable social, biological, and/or respiratory situation when a quantum filament disables the Enterprise, stranding the crew in various parts of the ship. [more inside]
Resident Alien: Heroes of Patience (Season Finale) Season 1, Episode 10
D'arcy gets blindsided, Deputy Liv gets suspicious, the kids know everything.
March 31
Mystery Science Theater 3000: RADAR SECRET SERVICE Rewatch Season 5, Episode 20
Rewatch! The new space-age miracle science of RADAR will solve all problems, including that of catching criminals. The movie is a drag, but riffing on the short, Last Clear Chance, about a policeman who ominously shows up at a family home to issue dire warnings about traffic safety around railroad tracks, is terrific. Previously.
Supergirl: Rebirth Season 6, Episode 1
As Brainiac lays close to death after trying to stop Lex, Supergirl and team soar in to save him, engaging in an epic battle with Gamenmae. [more inside]
The Flash: Fear Me Season 7, Episode 5
A powerful new villain channels and amplifies everyone's fears to wreak havoc on Central City. To take down this new threat, Barry must face his own worst fear. [more inside]
Movie: Godzilla vs. Kong
Monke fite nucular dinasour!
The Alienist: Last Exit to Brooklyn Season 2, Episode 7
Sara, Laszlo, and John travel to Brooklyn to investigate the killer's dark past.
American Gods: Season 3 Books Included Season 3 (Full Season)
Shadow Moon moves to Lakeside, Wisconsin under a new name to hide.
The One: Full Season 1 Season 1 (Full Season)
Love -- and lies -- spiral when a DNA researcher helps discover a way to find the perfect partner, and creates a bold new matchmaking service.
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C: Stacey Dooley, Jade Thirlwall, KSI, Katherine Ryan Season 4, Episode 4
Stacey Dooley, Jade Thirlwall, KSI, and Katherine Ryan make cocktail-flavoured fondant fancies and have their pastry skills tested, before creating a showstopping biscuit and meringue scene.
March 30
Movie: The Terminal
Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks) is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. While quarantined in the transit lounge until authorities can figure out what to do with him, Viktor simply goes on living... and courts romance with a beautiful flight attendant (Catherine Zeta Jones). [more inside]
The Alienist: Momento Mori Season 2, Episode 6
Sara and John continue to search for information about Libby. Laszlo is barred from practicing after a tragic accident. Sara and the team are compelled to work with Thomas Byrnes after another baby is abducted.
March 29
The Alienist: Belly of the Beast Season 2, Episode 5
The team discover the fate of the matron of the Lying-In Hospital, and now that they know whom they are looking for, they work to find the killer and save the Linares baby. [more inside]
Movie: X: The Unheard Music
This film is a documentary about the personalities in, and the music of, the early 1980's Los Angeles punk band X. - IMDB
Critical Role: Into the Eye Season 2, Episode 131
After wrapping up with family and steeling their nerves, the Mighty Nein return to the frozen peaks and valleys of Eiselcross to weigh allies and plot their next course of action...
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Silicon Avatar Rewatch Season 5, Episode 4
The Enterprise gives chase to the Crystalline Entity after it destroys a Federation colony. A xenologist, who has a motivation all her own with respect to the Crystalline Entity, is assigned to the Enterprise to assist in the investigations. [more inside]
March 28
Grey's Anatomy: Season 17 Season 17 (Full Season)
Grey's Anatomy continues to produce new episodes of television.
Book: The Devil You Know
Writes Blow: "The proposition is simple. As many Black descendants of the Great Migration as possible should return to the South from which their ancestors fled." By concentrating their political power in key Southern cities, Blow posits, Black Americans will be able to effect actual social change. "The mission begins with the states, which are the true centers of power in this country, and as such control the lion's share of the issues that bedevil Black lives: criminal justice, judicial processes, education, health care, economic opportunity and assistance." - - Hope Wabuke
The Alienist: Gilded Cage Season 2, Episode 4
Señora Linares works with Laszlo to put her finger on exactly what troubled her during her visit to the park on the day of her daughter's abduction, and Bitsy Sussman, whom Sara has assigned to work undercover at the Lying-In Hospital, tries to find out what is going on there. William Randolph Hearst hosts a lavish ball celebrating his goddaughter Violet's engagement to John.
Line of Duty: Episode 2 Season 6, Episode 2
As with all things Line of Duty nothing is clear, anything could be possible (apart from Steve wearing waistcoats). [more inside]
Saturday Night Live: Maya Rudolph / Jack Harlow Season 46, Episode 15
First non-political cold open in a long time! [more inside]
March 27
Movie: His Girl Friday
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. [more inside]
Invincible: Who You Calling Ugly? Season 1, Episode 3
Cecil directs Robot to choose a new Guardians of the Globe. Mark has a study date with Amber. The Mauler Twins are on the loose. Damien Darkblood asks Debbie a few questions. [more inside]
Invincible: Here Goes Nothing Season 1, Episode 2
While Omni-Man is indisposed, Invincible helps the Teen Team fend off an extradimensional invasion by the Flaxans. [more inside]
Solar Opposites: Full Season 2 Season 2 (Full Season)
A family of aliens move to middle America, where they debate whether life is better there or on their home planet.
Book: Hench
Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. Working for a monster lurking beneath the surface of the world isn’t glamorous. But is it really worse than working for an oil conglomerate or an insurance company? In this economy? [more inside]
The Alienist: Labyrinth Season 2, Episode 3
Sara probes into the doings of the Lying-In Hospital and tries to persuade a young nurse to disclose what happens behind closed doors. Laszlo is convinced that hypnosis might help Señora Linares to access memories that be useful to the case. John has his bachelor party.
For All Mankind: Best-Laid Plans Season 2, Episode 6
American astronauts and NASA leadership prepare for a new mission with unlikely partners; Ellen gets in touch with an old friend. [more inside]
March 26
Invincible: It’s About Time Season 1, Episode 1
Mark Grayson has been waiting his entire life to gain super powers, like his dad, Omni-Man. Today, his life changes in more ways than one. [more inside]
The Amber Ruffin Show: March 26, 2021 Season 1, Episode 21
A funny late night TV show exists and entirely too few people are watching. You say you want better representation and here is a black woman as transcendently silly as Conan, as cutting and issue-focused as John Oliver, and you still don't watch. And you say that's because she's on Peacock? Okay... fair hit. [more inside]
The Alienist: Something Wicked Season 2, Episode 2
Sara uncovers a clue at the Siegel Cooper Department Store that leads her and John into dangerous territory. Laszlo suspects dark goings-on at the Lying-In Hospital, while former Police Chief Thomas Byrnes plots against their investigations.
Taskmaster: Champion of Champions Season 5 (Specials)
The Champions! THE CHAAAAMPIOOONS!! The champions of series 1 to 5 compete in a 2-episode special to crown the Champion of Champions. (Note: post and links contains list of previous-season champions.) Episodes are available on the Taskmaster YouTube channel in the USA, and on Channel 4's website in the UK. [more inside]
Superstore: All Sales Final Season 6, Episode 15
The employees celebrate the past, present and future of Cloud 9. [more inside]
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Star-Spangled Man Season 1, Episode 2
John Walker is named Captain America, and Sam and Bucky team up against a rebel group.
March 25
The Alienist: Ex Ore Infantium Season 2, Episode 1
One year after the events of the first season, Sara Howard, John Moore, and Dr. Laszlo Kreizler try to prevent the execution of a mother accused of murdering her missing newborn daughter, and then, along with city detectives Lucius and Marcus Isaacson, become involved in the search for the abducted infant daughter of a visiting Spanish dignitary.
Movie: Attack the Block
A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion. [more inside]
Book: Leave the World Behind
Anyone else in the mood for a tightly-written disaster novel that's more interested in people's responses to an emergency than in the emergency itself? Rumaan Alam's Leave the World Behind is a dread-packed piece about two families forced to hunker down together during an uncertain, unsettling period of world-altering events. It was a finalist in the National Book Awards 2020 for Fiction, and is Alam's third novel. [more inside]
Resident Alien: Welcome Aliens Season 1, Episode 9
Harry and Asta attend an alien convention, MiBs visit with the Hawthornes, Liv is vindicated.
Podcast: The Adventure Zone: Graduation Ep. 36: Reunions
With all the hustle and bustle of life, it's so easy to lose touch. That's why it's nice when there's an important life event (two gods trying to open a rift to hell) to bring us all together! So, let's get connected! Send a g-mail! Visit someone's house! Tear down these walls!











