The end of the week is here, and the links, they are a’linking.

ICYMI on FYA

In our ongoing rewatch of Friday Night Lights, I recapped the third episode of season 4 in which the Lions start acting—and looking—much more like a team.

Stephanie checked into The Pitt in this week’s Stream It.

And in this week’s Book Reports:

Book-Related Things

Casey McQuiston joined Yahoo’s Queer Voices panel to talk Red White and Royal Blue 2.

Find a book based on your favorite summer show.

Murderbot fans can read a new story from Martha Wells after the release of the show’s season finale. 

Onscreen Things

Season three of The Last of Us has lost its showrunner. (Check out Mandy W. and Stephanie’s reviews of the first two seasons here.)

Do we need a Thomas Crown Affair remake? No. But will I still watch it because Michael B. Jordan and Dana Guirira will star? Yes.

Can David Corenswet Save Superman?

Regé-Jean Page is set to produce and (maybe) star in an adaptation of Elissa Sussman’s Funny You Should Ask. (While we haven’t reviewed this book, if you wanted more from Andrew Garfield and Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Chicken Shop Date, you’ll love it.)

Simone Ashley has joined Devil Wears Prada 2. (Semi-related, check out all of our Bridgerton content here.)

Also joining the cast: Lucy Liu, Justin Theroux (yay Charlie’s Angels mini-reuinion), B.J. Novak and more. (TIL that Timothee Chalamet has an actor sister named Pauline.)

Stars of Wicked will preview/promote the release of Wicked: For Good in a TV concert special.

KPop Demon Hunters Understands the Joyous Power of Music.” Seriously. The soundtrack (and the movie) are both so good. (Coverage to come!)

The Old Guard 2 is out, finally, and it’s just as good as the first one.

Scrubs is returning/reviving for a tenth season. As much as I liked the show originally, I’d really be fine without more. Things can end, Hollywood. It’s OK.

Social Media Things

I will forever be waiting for a National Treasure 3.

… with a book.

Miscellaneous Things

Including this article without comment … “We Need to Talk About the Massively Hung Zombie in 28 Years Later.

RIP Julian McMahon/Cole Turner.

This might perhaps be only of interest to me, but Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion are starting a podcast called Once, We Were Spacemen.



What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments.

Mandy (she/her) is a manager at a tech company who lives in Austin, TX, with her husband, son, and dogs. She loves superheroes and pretty much any show or movie with “Star” in the name.