The Leftovers: Solace for Tired Feet

"It's a girl!"

After the emotional high of "Guest", it was probably inevitable that we'd get more of a workhorse episode. It did include a few noteworthy plot developments…

Discussion: What Are Your Best & Worst of 2025?

The Agents of DOUX have posted their Best of 2025 lists, but that doesn't mean we've got a comprehensive database of the good, the bad, and the weird.

So we're turning it over to you, the Doux Reviews readers: what were your best TV shows and movies this year? What about books? Video games? This is also a great place to talk about the stuff that wasn't necessarily good, but stuck with you in some odd way.

Samantha's Favorites of 2025

I actually didn't consume a lot of entertainment this year, at least when compared to previous years. I have a rather strange list, which is a mishmash of movies, shows, games, actors and their performances that I found to be the best of 2025. I also didn't really want to narrow things down, which sounds lazy except I ended up with list of 25.

I'll keep each entry short (mostly).

Pluribus: Season One Review

"Some of you think the world might be better off this way."

Vince Gilligan’s new show Pluribus introduces us to a world in which an extraterrestrial virus renders all but about a dozen people on earth into, basically, the Borg, if the Borg were Midwestern Nice and obsessed with galactic domination.

This review is spoiler free until the Darian Gap. Cross the Darian Gap at your own risk!

Idiocracy

“So you’re supposed to be really smart? I thought your head would be bigger…”

Imagine, if you will, a world of the future built on the foundation of a civilization in which man’s intelligence was disincentivized while his stupidity was nurtured and rewarded with reckless abandon. This is not The Twilight Zone. This is not the United States in the 2020s. This is the 2006 satirical comedy film known as Idiocracy.

JRS' Best of 2025

The trick, I guess, is to just keep moving.

JRS reviews classic holiday tearjerkers to rewatch before the New Year.

Nero the Assassin: The Archbishop

Archbishop: “Don't be afraid, Joséphine. Brother Penance is a good Christian. I raised him with love and respect for God.”

Episode description: “With the Witch's stone, Horace enters the citadel. Perla confesses to the prince while Néro remains in the underworld despite warnings.”

Josie’s Best of 2025

Another year nearly done! I’ve accomplished almost none of my goals, but maybe I can learn to knit in the next six days. (Probably not.) I did manage to watch a lot of television, so I guess that’s something to brag about.

The Mighty Nein: Belonging

“We were just starting to get to know them.”

With one quest over, the Nein are ready for another – one that seems destined to drag them right into the heart of war. That is, if they take the challenge.

Nero the Assassin: The Monk

Néro to witch: So, what am I thinking now?
Néro internally: Think nothing, think nothing, think nothing.
Witch: Nothing.
Néro: Wrong.
Witch: If you say so. Walk.
Néro internally: Go f*ck yourself.
Witch: I heard that too.

Episode description: “With a new handmaid at her side, Hortense reveals her ruthless streak. Néro tracks down Horace and an enfeebled Azel, in dire need of water.”

It Welcome to Derry: Winter Fire

"Don't you recognize your little boy?"

I keep thinking of a word to describe how I feel about the episode, and I keep coming back around to "fine." It was fine. There were a few moments that I really loved, but by the end of it all, I was left both firmly whelmed and with the now familiar frustration over certain writing choices.

Mark's Best of 2025

Seasons greetings, faithful readers, and welcome to what could loosely be called my best of 2025.