Appetizers: Saturday Night Live casting updates, Netflix releasing movies theatrically, 2025 Oscars speculation, Weapons, Dexter: Resurrection, Twisted Metal, The Paper, Long Story Short, Peacemaker, Dropout TV

Main Course: Nichijou - My Ordinary Life - Episodes 6 and 16 (2011)

Next Time: Howl's Moving Castle (1986)

Appetizers: The Naked Gun (2025), KPop Demon Hunters, Dexter: Resurrection, King of the Hill, CITY: The Animation, UFO 50, Donkey Kong Bananza, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail

Main Course: Mystery Science Theater 3000 - "Space Mutiny" (1997)

Next Time: Nichijou - "Episode 6" and "Episode 16" (2011)

Appetizers: Dune Part Three, And Just Like That, Buffy reboot, Superman, Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Sandman, Dan Da Dan, Twisted Metal, moisturizer - Wet Leg, Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl

Main Course: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (various)

Next time: Mystery Science Theater 3000 - "Space Mutiny" (1997)

Appetizers: James Bond news, Wake Up Dead Man, The Bear, Virgin - Lorde, Crying the Neck - Patrick Wolf, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Main Course: Looking - "Looking for the Future" (2014)

Next Time: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (videogame, 1996)

Appetizers: The 2024 Nebula Awards, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Elden Ring Nightreign, 28 Years Later, I quit - HAIM, Taskmaster, I Kissed a Boy, Dropout TV

Main Course: Next to Normal (2008, plus the 2025 Great Performances recording)

Next Time: Looking - "Looking to the Future" (2014)

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)

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)

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)