Who is Marcello in Harry Wild? He turns up in series 4 having faked his own death
The best kind of cozy-mystery character is the one who makes the lead visibly tired. Harry Wild has Jane Seymour as a whiskey-drinking retired literature professor who solves murders, and for three series the person who made her most tired was her son Charlie, a Garda detective who'd like his mother to please stop.
When does Lois find out in My Adventures with Superman? Clark's whole disguise is a pair of glasses and not much else
Every Superman adaptation has to make one decision before anything else: how long does Lois Lane, world-class investigative reporter, fail to recognize her coworker when he takes his glasses off? The 1990s gave us 66 episodes of Lois & Clark before she figured it out. Christopher Reeve's Lois found out and then got the memory erased with a kiss, which is a whole other conversation.
When does My Brilliant Career take place? The novel behind it was written by a teenager
A period drama arrived on Netflix on August 13 with no dukes, no ballrooms, and a lead who says "I'd rather be a writer than a wife" like she means it. I watched all six episodes in one sitting and then had to explain to a friend why everyone's hem is filthy.
What happens to Sheepstealer in House of the Dragon? Ryan Condal compares him to a stray dragged into doggy daycare
For two seasons, Rhaena Targaryen (Phoebe Campbell) was the dragonless Targaryen, which in that family is roughly equivalent to being the Kardashian without a show. Then she chased a wild dragon across the Vale at the end of Season 2, and the internet made her a folk hero.
Three episodes in, Anna Pigeon has settled into a rhythm: Tracy Spiridakos glares at the Montana backcountry, someone dies in a way that involves terrain, and the show borrows one character actor you've definitely seen before.
How to apply for MasterChef: the one requirement that surprises most home cooks is a passport
Every year, right around the time the current season starts airing, a very specific kind of person watches a contestant undercook a scallop and thinks: I could do that. I could do that better. Often in a group chat. Often to me.
How did Jackie's family die in My Life with the Walter Boys? The backstory was first written by a 15-year-old on Wattpad
Season 3 of My Life with the Walter Boys has been on Netflix since August, and the group chats are, as ever, exclusively about Cole. Cole's car. Cole's face. Whether Cole survives the season 3 cliffhanger. (Melanie Halsall, the showrunner, says she hopes he's alright for Season 4, which is showrunner for "we'll see.")
