Sense8: Death Doesn't Let You Say Goodbye

"It's fake. Like everything in my life."

A lot happened in the closing minutes of the last episode and the fallout from those fateful events are felt in mostly quiet moments between the Sensates in this episode.

The Devil's Mouth

“Okay, but how did it get into a goddamn cave? Did it call an Uber?”

This week, we have a brand new movie that was just released on Amazon Prime that features caves, Claire Novak, and a potentially teleporting shark.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

"Are you Peter Parker, or are you Spider-Man?"

Last time we saw Spider-Man, with the help of Doctor Strange, he had successfully separated his secret identity from his superhero identity in the world's consciousness. Brand New Day is a movie dedicated to how a teenage decision manifests in young adulthood. This movie paces as moody, frenetic, introspective, funny, and touching. And it's a very fun time at the movie theater.

Star Trek Strange New Worlds: Valles Marineris

"So don't overthink it."

A fun episode that took a surprise turn into something much deeper.

House of the Dragon: Tumbleton

"Let us become wraiths. With fear as our standard, strike from the quiet and the darkness. Our fight will not be clean, but it will be pure. We'll be man-to-man. And it will be free from dragons."

The war is not won, and things are heating back up.

Bull Shark

“Nolan, why is there a shark in the back of your truck?”

So, no water parks this week. Sorry. Instead, we go to the great state of Texas and a small town that has a pretty big problem: there’s a bull shark in the lake.

Star Trek Voyager: The Raven

"What if my parents and I had never encountered the Borg?"

Just as Janeway is trying to negotiate passage through the space of some particularly tetchy aliens, Seven of Nine goes AWOL.

The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 41)

"'I get up Aching, and I go to bed Aching,' she whispered to herself, smiling. One of her father's jokes, and she had rolled her eyes when hearing it again and again as a child, but now its warmth curled over her body.”

With Discworld's forty-first and final main volume, we also have the last Tiffany Aching novel. Tiffany’s workload is suddenly increased, we get to see more of Magrat, and we meet the unusual Geoffrey Swivel, all while dealing with some very witchy situations.

The Vampire Lestat: The Failures

“You are listening to The Failures, Album 58, Side A.”

I had to think about this episode for a bit to figure out how I felt about it, and ultimately I believe it is brilliant, but perhaps divisive upon first viewing.

Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 40)

“The aristocrats, if such they could be called, generally hated the whole concept of the train on the basis that it would encourage the lower classes to move about and not always be available.”

With Discworld book forty, we have the last Moist Von Lipwig book. There’s been a slow but consistent trend of the Disc gaining technology over the years, and we get to see it make a giant leap into steam locomotives in this volume.

The Odyssey

"Step up and show me who you are."

How can one review a thousands-of-years-old poem, given the movie treatment by one of the biggest movie directors working today, who, himself, is a myth in his own right? Let’s find out together!

House of the Dragon: Rhaenyra Triumphant

“I have no small council. Nor a Queensguard to serve me. I am awash in dilemmas and deficiencies. Let me find my footing and I will attend to your requests.”

That about sums up the episode right there. And it can be a useful refrain for those who are also dealing with the pressures of a high-stress job.