Tasting Menu

ER - "Hell and High Water"

Appetizers: Étoile's cancellation, Psycho Killer music video, Friendship, The Phoenician Scheme, Ballerina, Doctor Who, Hacks, Adults, Overcompensating, The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, the state of Final Fantasy
 
Main course: ER - "Hell and High Water" (1995)
 
Next time: Next to Normal (2008) (plus the 2025 Great Performances episode showcasing it)

Life is Strange

Appetizers: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Thunderbolts*, Andor season 2, Murderbot, Poker Face season 2, Elsbeth season 2, Ghosts season 4, Duster, Taskmaster season 19, The Blue Prince, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
 
Main Course: Life is Strange (2015)
 
Next Time: ER - "Hell and High Water" (1995)

Étoile - Season 1

Appetizers: A Eulogy for Polygon, Greta Gerwig's The Magician's Nephew, Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen's 10 Things I Hate About You musical, Sinners, Andor season 2, The Rehearsal season 2
 
Main Course: Étoile - Season 1 (2025)
 
Next Time: Life is Strange (2015)

The X-Files - "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"

Appetizers: Mythic Quest's cancellation, Hacks, Yellowjackets, Doctor Who, Dying for Sex, The Pitt
 
Main Course: The X-Files - "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (1995)
 
Next time: Étoile (2025)

Doctor Who - The Romans

Appetizers: Avengers: Doomsday, Nintendo Switch 2, Mayhem - Lady Gaga, Severance, The Studio, Mythic Quest, Assassin's Creed: Shadows
 
Main Course: Doctor Who - "The Romans" (1965)
 
Next time: The X-Files - "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (1995)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Band Candy"

Appetizers: Mickey 17, Righteous Gemstones season 4 premiere, The Pitt, Watson, Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
 
Main Course: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Band Candy" (1998)
 
Next time: Doctor Who - "The Romans" (1965)

Red Dwarf - "The End" and "Polymorph"

Appetizers: The Academy Awards, Thunderbolts*, The Traitors
 
Main Course: Red Dwarf - "The End" (1988) and "Polymorph" (1989)
 
Next Time: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Band Candy" (1998)

Farscape - "Crackers Don't Matter"

Appetizers: Avatar: Seven Havens announcement, The Pitt, Clean Slate, Big Boys, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Yellowjackets, Dropout TV
 
Main Course: Farscape - "Crackers Don't Matter" (2000)
 
Next Time: Red Dwarf - "The End" (1988) and "Polymorph" (1989)

Dawson's Creek - "Beauty Contest"

Appetizers: The possible Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival, Update on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, Patrick Wolf's "Dies Irae", The Traitors US season 3 (spoilers up to episode 7), Common Side Effects, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
 
Main Course: Dawson's Creek - "Beauty Contest" (1998)
 
Next time: Farscape - "Crackers Don't Matter" (2000)

Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor

Appetizers: Greta Gerwig's Narnia movie, the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, Severance, The Traitors, Dimension 20: Dungeons & Drag Queens, Laid
 
Main Course: Patrick Wolf's The Bachelor (2009)
 
Next time: Dawson's Creek - "Beauty Contest" (1998)