Top Chef(S21/E7)Sausage ShowdownA high-anxiety challenge and a huge comeback might just be what we need to inject some healthy competition into the season.
Loot(S2/E6)Top ModelAww, baby’s first drug-fueled runway freak-out.
Under the Bridge(S1/E4)Marriage StoryAn upsetting twist in the Virk family history is unearthed via intergenerational flashbacks and a doomed dinner party.
adaptationsThe Double Loss of Under the Bridge Showrunner Quinn Shephard on the beauty and grief of adapting the Hulu series with the book’s late author, Rebecca Godfrey.By Jen Chaney
the action editionPicking His Fights The twists and turns of Jake Gyllenhaal’s unlikely, unsettling action career have brought him to Road House.By Bilge Ebiri
in conversationTodd Haynes Plays the Superego The director is interested in people constrained by society’s rules. In his new film May December, he makes it harder to root for the rule-breakers.By Madeline Leung Coleman
podcast
the industryRomeo and Juliet Was a Tragedy In 1968, Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were the most famous teenagers in the world. Fifty-five years later, they sued Paramount for child abuse.By Lila Shapiro
screen timeThe Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes The most overrated metric in entertainment is erratic, reductive, and easily hacked — and yet has Hollywood in its grip.By Lane Brown