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Pop Heist is a worker-owned publication stealing pop culture back from the algorithm. Covering TV, film, games, comics, and more.
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Hi. We’re Pop Heist. We exist because pop culture media is a hellscape. (We're doing something different.) 🧵
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This could have been too deep cut a reference, or Jane could've been clocked for setting the bar too high, inviting a comparison to a legitimate icon. But here's the thing: I don't know the reference, and this all still worked. Absolute LOLs
'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 18 Talent Show Recap
The Rate-A-Queen Talent Show returns in an epic two-parter that marks one of the rare instances of alliances actually mattering.
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February 11, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This could have been too deep cut a reference, or Jane could've been clocked for setting the bar too high, inviting a comparison to a legitimate icon. But here's the thing: I don't know the reference, and this all still worked. Absolute LOLs
The whole thing is a psychosexual bramble.
'Twin Peaks' 2x05 Recap: Wondrous, But Strange - Pop Heist
Despite some of its sillier elements, this episode still has very sharp teeth — and the body count to match.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:39 AM
The whole thing is a psychosexual bramble.
"I’ve always been proud to see libraries stand up and go above and beyond for their communities. But when I first joined this profession, I never imagined I would see libraries protecting their patrons from federal sieges of U.S. cities."
How Libraries Are Standing Up to ICE
Fandoms are trying to engage with activism that can make a difference, and your library is a great place to find those opportunities.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:33 AM
"I’ve always been proud to see libraries stand up and go above and beyond for their communities. But when I first joined this profession, I never imagined I would see libraries protecting their patrons from federal sieges of U.S. cities."
🗞️ Now on the POP HEIST NEWSSTAND — new recaps of
🪵 TWIN PEAKS
💄 RuPAUL'S DRAG RACE
🔪 THE TRAITORS
🍂 GILMORE GIRLS
🪐 STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY
🔦 MURDER, SHE WROTE
🚲 STRANGER THINGS
🍷 HANNIBAL
🛸 THE JETSONS
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🪵 TWIN PEAKS
💄 RuPAUL'S DRAG RACE
🔪 THE TRAITORS
🍂 GILMORE GIRLS
🪐 STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY
🔦 MURDER, SHE WROTE
🚲 STRANGER THINGS
🍷 HANNIBAL
🛸 THE JETSONS
Read now: buff.ly/cH3jAyb
Subscribe $7/mo for the whole library
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"He wears a smile. Everybody run."
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February 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
🗞️ Now on the POP HEIST NEWSSTAND — new recaps of
🪵 TWIN PEAKS
💄 RuPAUL'S DRAG RACE
🔪 THE TRAITORS
🍂 GILMORE GIRLS
🪐 STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY
🔦 MURDER, SHE WROTE
🚲 STRANGER THINGS
🍷 HANNIBAL
🛸 THE JETSONS
Read now: buff.ly/cH3jAyb
Subscribe $7/mo for the whole library
🪵 TWIN PEAKS
💄 RuPAUL'S DRAG RACE
🔪 THE TRAITORS
🍂 GILMORE GIRLS
🪐 STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY
🔦 MURDER, SHE WROTE
🚲 STRANGER THINGS
🍷 HANNIBAL
🛸 THE JETSONS
Read now: buff.ly/cH3jAyb
Subscribe $7/mo for the whole library
🍷 ALERT 🍷
A new HANNIBAL recap from @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social is live!🍴
This episode is about what happens when roles are reversed. The dead become the living, hunters become hunted, and victims get agency. 🥩
New recaps drop Tuesdays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
A new HANNIBAL recap from @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social is live!🍴
This episode is about what happens when roles are reversed. The dead become the living, hunters become hunted, and victims get agency. 🥩
New recaps drop Tuesdays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
'Hannibal' 2x02 Recap: The Only Thing That Feels Normal - Pop Heist
This episode is about what happens when roles are reversed. The dead become the living, hunters become hunted, and victims get agency.
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February 10, 2026 at 8:21 PM
🍷 ALERT 🍷
A new HANNIBAL recap from @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social is live!🍴
This episode is about what happens when roles are reversed. The dead become the living, hunters become hunted, and victims get agency. 🥩
New recaps drop Tuesdays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
A new HANNIBAL recap from @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social is live!🍴
This episode is about what happens when roles are reversed. The dead become the living, hunters become hunted, and victims get agency. 🥩
New recaps drop Tuesdays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another JETSONS recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 The episode brilliantly captures the spirit of early '60s youth culture through a lens polished with Hanna-Barbera optimism. 🛸 $7/mo, $70/year
Another JETSONS recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 The episode brilliantly captures the spirit of early '60s youth culture through a lens polished with Hanna-Barbera optimism. 🛸 $7/mo, $70/year
'The Jetsons' 1x02 Recap: "A Date with Jet Screamer" - Pop Heist
The episode brilliantly captures the spirit of early '60s youth culture through a lens polished with Hanna-Barbera optimism.
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February 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another JETSONS recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 The episode brilliantly captures the spirit of early '60s youth culture through a lens polished with Hanna-Barbera optimism. 🛸 $7/mo, $70/year
Another JETSONS recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 The episode brilliantly captures the spirit of early '60s youth culture through a lens polished with Hanna-Barbera optimism. 🛸 $7/mo, $70/year
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Fandoms are trying to engage with activism that can make a difference, and your library is a great place to find those opportunities. @comicslibrarian.com breaks down all the ways libraries are standing up to ICE.
How Libraries Are Standing Up to ICE
Fandoms are trying to engage with activism that can make a difference, and your library is a great place to find those opportunities.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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I need to revisit Dark, which I think is the most psychologically sophisticated, emotionally affecting, artistically successful "mystery box" show ever. It's like The Sopranos to Lost's Oz.
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another DARK recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 This episode drops one of the biggest reveals in the entire series — and with 'Dark,' that's saying something. ☢️ $7/mo, $70/year
Another DARK recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 This episode drops one of the biggest reveals in the entire series — and with 'Dark,' that's saying something. ☢️ $7/mo, $70/year
'Dark' 2x04 Recap: "The Travelers" - Pop Heist
This episode drops one of the biggest reveals in the entire series — and with 'Dark,' that's saying something.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:38 AM
I need to revisit Dark, which I think is the most psychologically sophisticated, emotionally affecting, artistically successful "mystery box" show ever. It's like The Sopranos to Lost's Oz.
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In this week's Twin Peak's review for @popheist.com I investigate the Harold/Donna dynamic, one of the stickiest in the show. (Gift link!)
February 10, 2026 at 4:20 AM
In this week's Twin Peak's review for @popheist.com I investigate the Harold/Donna dynamic, one of the stickiest in the show. (Gift link!)
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another HANNIBAL recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 For twelve episodes, Hannibal has been preparing a meal. Now, it's time for the title character to savor it. 🍷 $7/mo, $70/year
Another HANNIBAL recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 For twelve episodes, Hannibal has been preparing a meal. Now, it's time for the title character to savor it. 🍷 $7/mo, $70/year
'Hannibal' 1x13 Recap: I Could Use a Good Scream - Pop Heist
For twelve episodes, Hannibal has been preparing a meal. Now, it's time for the title character to savor it.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:09 PM
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another HANNIBAL recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 For twelve episodes, Hannibal has been preparing a meal. Now, it's time for the title character to savor it. 🍷 $7/mo, $70/year
Another HANNIBAL recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 For twelve episodes, Hannibal has been preparing a meal. Now, it's time for the title character to savor it. 🍷 $7/mo, $70/year
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another DARK recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 "Lost and Found" is full of reveals that could be the highlight of a season of television, yet it’s just past the midway point of Season 2. ☢️ $7/mo, $70/year
Another DARK recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 "Lost and Found" is full of reveals that could be the highlight of a season of television, yet it’s just past the midway point of Season 2. ☢️ $7/mo, $70/year
'Dark' 2x05 Recap: "Lost and Found" - Pop Heist
"Lost and Found" is full of reveals that could be the highlight of a season of television, yet it’s just past the midway point of Season 2.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another DARK recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 "Lost and Found" is full of reveals that could be the highlight of a season of television, yet it’s just past the midway point of Season 2. ☢️ $7/mo, $70/year
Another DARK recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 "Lost and Found" is full of reveals that could be the highlight of a season of television, yet it’s just past the midway point of Season 2. ☢️ $7/mo, $70/year
📢 ATTENTION DRAG RACE FANS 📢
Did you know you can relive your favorite moments from RuPaul's Drag Race with @brettwhite.bsky.social via our recaps?
Support Pop Heist 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
Did you know you can relive your favorite moments from RuPaul's Drag Race with @brettwhite.bsky.social via our recaps?
Support Pop Heist 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
RuPaul's Drag Race Archives - Pop Heist
'RuPaul's Drag Race' (2009-present) is a reality competition series where drag performers compete to become America's Next Drag Superstar.
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February 10, 2026 at 3:42 AM
📢 ATTENTION DRAG RACE FANS 📢
Did you know you can relive your favorite moments from RuPaul's Drag Race with @brettwhite.bsky.social via our recaps?
Support Pop Heist 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
Did you know you can relive your favorite moments from RuPaul's Drag Race with @brettwhite.bsky.social via our recaps?
Support Pop Heist 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another DARK recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 This episode drops one of the biggest reveals in the entire series — and with 'Dark,' that's saying something. ☢️ $7/mo, $70/year
Another DARK recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 This episode drops one of the biggest reveals in the entire series — and with 'Dark,' that's saying something. ☢️ $7/mo, $70/year
'Dark' 2x04 Recap: "The Travelers" - Pop Heist
This episode drops one of the biggest reveals in the entire series — and with 'Dark,' that's saying something.
buff.ly
February 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another DARK recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 This episode drops one of the biggest reveals in the entire series — and with 'Dark,' that's saying something. ☢️ $7/mo, $70/year
Another DARK recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 This episode drops one of the biggest reveals in the entire series — and with 'Dark,' that's saying something. ☢️ $7/mo, $70/year
Fandoms are trying to engage with activism that can make a difference, and your library is a great place to find those opportunities. @comicslibrarian.com breaks down all the ways libraries are standing up to ICE.
How Libraries Are Standing Up to ICE
Fandoms are trying to engage with activism that can make a difference, and your library is a great place to find those opportunities.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Fandoms are trying to engage with activism that can make a difference, and your library is a great place to find those opportunities. @comicslibrarian.com breaks down all the ways libraries are standing up to ICE.
🪵 ALERT 🪵
@seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩
Despite some of its sillier elements, this episode still has very sharp teeth — and the body count to match. 🔥
New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
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@seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩
Despite some of its sillier elements, this episode still has very sharp teeth — and the body count to match. 🔥
New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
buff.ly/d0pyfo0
'Twin Peaks' 2x05 Recap: Wondrous, But Strange - Pop Heist
Despite some of its sillier elements, this episode still has very sharp teeth — and the body count to match.
popheist.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
🪵 ALERT 🪵
@seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩
Despite some of its sillier elements, this episode still has very sharp teeth — and the body count to match. 🔥
New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
buff.ly/d0pyfo0
@seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩
Despite some of its sillier elements, this episode still has very sharp teeth — and the body count to match. 🔥
New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
buff.ly/d0pyfo0
📢 ATTENTION STAR TREK FANS 📢
Did you know you can relive moments from STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY via our recaps?
Support Pop Heist 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
Did you know you can relive moments from STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY via our recaps?
Support Pop Heist 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Archives - Pop Heist
Can “help” still be called help if it requires an entire culture to abandon their identity?
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February 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM
📢 ATTENTION STAR TREK FANS 📢
Did you know you can relive moments from STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY via our recaps?
Support Pop Heist 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
Did you know you can relive moments from STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY via our recaps?
Support Pop Heist 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
'Cherry Falls' is a Y2K slasher film that savagely skewers teenage purity culture — and it's a flick every millennial needs to see.
Horror Secret Handshakes: 'Cherry Falls' - Pop Heist
'Cherry Falls' is a Y2K slasher film that savagely skewers teenage purity culture — and it's a flick every millennial needs to see.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
'Cherry Falls' is a Y2K slasher film that savagely skewers teenage purity culture — and it's a flick every millennial needs to see.
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another TWIN PEAKS recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 Written and directed by series co-creator Mark Frost, 'Twin Peaks'' Season 1 finale is a bona fide TV masterpiece. 🪵 EMOJI $7/mo, $70/year
Another TWIN PEAKS recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 Written and directed by series co-creator Mark Frost, 'Twin Peaks'' Season 1 finale is a bona fide TV masterpiece. 🪵 EMOJI $7/mo, $70/year
'Twin Peaks' 1x08 Recap: Bite the Bullet - Pop Heist
Written and directed by series co-creator Mark Frost, 'Twin Peaks'' Season 1 finale is a bona fide TV masterpiece.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another TWIN PEAKS recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 Written and directed by series co-creator Mark Frost, 'Twin Peaks'' Season 1 finale is a bona fide TV masterpiece. 🪵 EMOJI $7/mo, $70/year
Another TWIN PEAKS recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 Written and directed by series co-creator Mark Frost, 'Twin Peaks'' Season 1 finale is a bona fide TV masterpiece. 🪵 EMOJI $7/mo, $70/year
From propane and parenting to paintball and potty problems, these episodes capture everything 'King of the Hill' does best.
The 10 Best Episodes of King of the Hill
From propane and parenting to paintball and potty problems, these episodes capture everything 'King of the Hill' does best.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:42 AM
From propane and parenting to paintball and potty problems, these episodes capture everything 'King of the Hill' does best.
🔦 ALERT 🔦
A new MURDER, SHE WROTE recap from @fuzzytypewriter.bsky.social is live! 🔎
Let's check in on Jerry Orbach one more time before he departs for his own (woefully short-lived) spinoff series. 🦞
New recaps drop Wednesdays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
A new MURDER, SHE WROTE recap from @fuzzytypewriter.bsky.social is live! 🔎
Let's check in on Jerry Orbach one more time before he departs for his own (woefully short-lived) spinoff series. 🦞
New recaps drop Wednesdays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
'Murder, She Wrote' 3x16 Recap: "Death Takes a Dive" - Pop Heist
Let's check in on Jerry Orbach's Harry McGraw one more time before he departs for his own (woefully short-lived) spinoff series.
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February 8, 2026 at 11:30 PM
🔦 ALERT 🔦
A new MURDER, SHE WROTE recap from @fuzzytypewriter.bsky.social is live! 🔎
Let's check in on Jerry Orbach one more time before he departs for his own (woefully short-lived) spinoff series. 🦞
New recaps drop Wednesdays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
A new MURDER, SHE WROTE recap from @fuzzytypewriter.bsky.social is live! 🔎
Let's check in on Jerry Orbach one more time before he departs for his own (woefully short-lived) spinoff series. 🦞
New recaps drop Wednesdays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
Ridley Scott's sci-fi/horror masterpiece scarred a generation when it burst onto screens in 1979, spawning a franchise that's still thriving.
Heist Guide: 'Alien' (1979) - Pop Heist
Ridley Scott's sci-fi/horror masterpiece scarred a generation when it burst onto screens in 1979, spawning a franchise that's still thriving.
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February 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Ridley Scott's sci-fi/horror masterpiece scarred a generation when it burst onto screens in 1979, spawning a franchise that's still thriving.
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another HANNIBAL recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 A season of maneuvering and manipulation on Hannibal's part all locks into place as Season 1 heads into its final moments. 🍷 $7/mo, $70/year
Another HANNIBAL recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 A season of maneuvering and manipulation on Hannibal's part all locks into place as Season 1 heads into its final moments. 🍷 $7/mo, $70/year
'Hannibal' 1x12 Recap: The Last Victim - Pop Heist
A season of maneuvering and manipulation on Hannibal's part all locks into place as Season 1 heads into its final moments.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another HANNIBAL recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 A season of maneuvering and manipulation on Hannibal's part all locks into place as Season 1 heads into its final moments. 🍷 $7/mo, $70/year
Another HANNIBAL recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 A season of maneuvering and manipulation on Hannibal's part all locks into place as Season 1 heads into its final moments. 🍷 $7/mo, $70/year
It's easy to love 'Shrinking,' so it's also easy to take it for granted.
'Shrinking' Season 3 Review: One of TV's Best Comedies Returns - Pop Heist
'Shrinking' is thoroughly, dazzlingly enjoyable, but it's also one of the most beautifully choreographed emotional dances on TV right now.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:39 AM
It's easy to love 'Shrinking,' so it's also easy to take it for granted.
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another TWIN PEAKS recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 Going way outside his jurisdiction, Cooper taps the local vigilante group, the Bookhouse Boys, for help with a cross-border investigation. 🪵 $7/mo, $70/year
Another TWIN PEAKS recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 Going way outside his jurisdiction, Cooper taps the local vigilante group, the Bookhouse Boys, for help with a cross-border investigation. 🪵 $7/mo, $70/year
'Twin Peaks' 1x07 Recap: The Gambler - Pop Heist
Going way outside his jurisdiction, Cooper taps the local vigilante group, the Bookhouse Boys, for help with a cross-border investigation.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
👊 BEYOND THE PAYWALL 🧱
Another TWIN PEAKS recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 Going way outside his jurisdiction, Cooper taps the local vigilante group, the Bookhouse Boys, for help with a cross-border investigation. 🪵 $7/mo, $70/year
Another TWIN PEAKS recap is free for all to read — with even more available for paid members. 🔓 Going way outside his jurisdiction, Cooper taps the local vigilante group, the Bookhouse Boys, for help with a cross-border investigation. 🪵 $7/mo, $70/year
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Pop Heist entering its GILMORE era
🍂 ALERT 🍂
A new GILMORE GIRLS recap from @idalupenis.bsky.social is live! ☕️
Few shows are as instantly confident in their voice as 'Gilmore Girls,' which establishes the series as a wholly original work. 📚
New recaps drop Fridays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
A new GILMORE GIRLS recap from @idalupenis.bsky.social is live! ☕️
Few shows are as instantly confident in their voice as 'Gilmore Girls,' which establishes the series as a wholly original work. 📚
New recaps drop Fridays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
'Gilmore Girls' Series Premiere Recap: "Pilot" - Pop Heist
Few shows are as instantly confident in their voice as 'Gilmore Girls,' which establishes the series as a wholly original work.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Pop Heist entering its GILMORE era