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Time Magazine
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Magazine
What to Watch After
What is it about a killer? Though lurid stories have long fascinated audiences, the massive popularity of true-crime stories and shows about murder make it clear that we remain transfixed by people who commit unthinkable crimes. That's certainly the case with Netflix's You, which emerged as one of the streamer's most popular series across five seasons since 2018. You stars Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg, a serial killer who also happens to be a hopeless romantic in New York City. His adventure has taken him overseas to London, but in You 's fifth and final season, he's back in New York, where he's trying to rehabilitate himself with a new wife and a new outlook on life. But how long can that last when he meets another woman who may just be his soulmate? The reaction to Joe Goldberg has been strange—many have declared their obsession with him because he's undeniably handsome (something that You plays up significantly), even though he's a cold-blooded killer and psychopath to boot. That said, the fascination with Joe reflects a larger cultural obsession with serial killers. As You, one of the most outrageous serial killer shows in recent memory, is finally coming to an end, we've got suggestions for your next watch. Whether you're looking for more shows that explore the mind of a killer, a bold psychological thriller, or a more comedic take on crime, these options should have something for every type of serial-killer-show viewer. In the mind of a killer Dexter Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) is a forensic technician at the Miami PD leading a double life in this welcome twist on the police procedural. Dexter 's protagonist solves crimes, but he's also a vigilante serial killer. Not dissimilar to Joe, Dexter has a strict moral code when it comes to his killings: he only targets the criminals of Miami's seedy underbelly. Balancing his two different worlds isn't easy, but it makes for hugely compelling television. Fan consensus is that the first four seasons are brilliant before a steady decline in quality, ending in what's widely considered one of the worst series finales of all time. Still, Dexter is of Showtime's most popular series ever, and it's spawned two spin-off series (Dexter: Original Sin and Dexter: New Blood) with more on the way. Available to stream on Netflix, Paramount+, and Fubo Sweetpea Ella Purnell's star has skyrocketed thanks to roles in Yellowjackets and Fallout. But her best work comes in Sweetpea, a hidden gem on Starz. Purnell plays Rhiannon, a shy, unassuming woman. Even in her small English town, her identity is defined by others: her father, the family business, and her former school bully who is still part of her life. But one shocking action completely alters Rhiannon's trajectory, when she [possible to hint at what she does without completely spoiling it?] and she slowly steps into her own in an unlikely and surprising fashion. Sweetpea is a darkly comic, slow-burning thriller about self-discovery, complete with manipulation and bloody murder. Available to stream on Starz and Prime Bates Motel Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho made the entire world scared to get in the shower, but it also introduced a legendary villain in Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins). Over 50 years later, Bates was brought back to life in A&E's Bates Motel, a prequel to the film that follows Norman (Freddie Highmore) as a student while he and his mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga), open a motel. The longest-running scripted show in A&E history, Bates Motel examines the endlessly complicated (and often very creepy) relationship between mother and son, and how their influence over one another makes the events of Psycho feel fated. After all, a boy's best friend is his mother. Dark police procedurals Mindhunter Who knew research could be so interesting? Mindhunter, David Fincher's 2017 foray into television, centers on a special FBI research project in which agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) interview jailed serial killers in an attempt to learn their mindset and apply their thinking to solve long-gestating cases. It's one of the most unsettling series of the streaming era, with a bracing look at some of America's most dangerous murderers in the late 1970s and early 80s. It may have been cancelled far too soon, but the two seasons that do exist are some of the best television you can get. Broadchurch A peaceful and dreamlike British seaside town is torn apart by the mysterious death of an 11-year-old boy and the ensuing media frenzy that follows. Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) and Detective Inspector Alec Hardy (David Tennant) are on the case, and Broadchurch is equally interested in the dynamic between Miller and Hardy as it is in the townspeople. Uniquely, all 3 seasons of Broadchurch focus on the same incident, tracing it from the discovery of the killer, to court and the aftermath. Broadchurch won 3 BAFTAs, and the cast is stacked with many of Britain's biggest stars, including Jodie Whittaker, Jonathan Bailey, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Charlotte Rampling, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Luther John Luther is a detective who knows how to get the job done. A dedicated cop working for the Serious Crime Unit, Luther has seen his fair share of horrifying scenes and shocking violence, which continue to haunt him. When he begins investigating killer Alice Morgan (Ruth Wilson), it seems like Luther will be changed forever. Throughout the series, Luther's relationship with Morgan becomes increasingly dangerous as he seeks the evidence to put her away for good. Will Morgan always remain two steps ahead, or can he finally catch up to her? Available to stream on Hulu, Britbox, and AMC+ Psychological thrillers Sharp Objects Reporter Camille Preaker (Amy Adams) struggles with alcoholism and was recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital, but is pulled into a new assignment when two young girls are killed in her hometown, Wind Gap, Missouri. Upon returning to the swampy, haunted town, she reunites with her overbearing and hugely critical mother, Adora (a magnificent Patricia Clarkson), and half-sister Amma (Eliza Scanlen). Based on the novel by Gillian Flynn ('Gone Girl'), the series is masterfully directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, crafting a visually sumptuous Southern Gothic thrill ride with an irresistible slow burn. And you'll never see the big twist coming. Available to stream on MAX Servant After the loss of their baby Jericho, Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) and Sean Turner (Toby Kebbell) hire Leanne (Nell Tiger Free) to be their live-in nanny. That's because Dorothy, deep in trauma, believes the reborn doll that's replaced Jericho is their real, still living child. Leanne doesn't hesitate to commit to her new role, and things begin to get increasingly bizarre from there. Servant is a marvel of production design—almost every episode over four seasons takes place entirely within the walls of the Turner townhouse, bringing the house to life in exciting and unpredictable ways. The performances are terrific across the board, with Ambrose delivering one of the finest screen performances of the last decade. Gloriously unsettling, disturbing, and full of twists and turns, Servant is a spectacular look at family and the inescapable weight of grief. Available to stream on AppleTV+ A lighter side to murder Dead to Me Shows about murder don't have to be all doom and gloom. Case in point: Dead to Me, starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini. Jen (Applegate) and Judy (Cardellini) become fast friends, bonding over recent losses in a grief support group. Things get endlessly more complicated from there, as the pair become bonded by something entirely different: covering up crime. Dead to Me isn't averse to the tragedy of death or the serious implications of killing, but it's also a heartening, easily bingeable story of female friendship. Available to stream on Netflix Bad Sisters Okay, Bad Sisters is actually pretty dark. But it's also very funny! Unfolding over multiple timelines, Bad Sisters takes place in Dublin, following the five Garvey sisters in the aftermath of a mysterious death. Everyone has a reason to hate John Paul (Claes Bang), the overbearing and abusive husband of one of the sisters, Grace Garvey (Anne-Marie Duff). When John Paul dies in suspicious and unexpected circumstances, the insurance company investigates the death, and a central mystery emerges: Did John Paul die, or did the Garveys conspire to kill him and cover it up? The show, created, produced by, and starring Sharon Horgan, is an excellent pitch-black comedy about the power of sisterhood and the ties that bind us. While Season 1 felt like a complete show, its second season proved there was plenty more life to explore in the Garvey family.
Daily Mail
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Hotel offers genius scheme to avoid 6am towel dash this summer - could it spell the end for sunbed wars?
As summer approaches, weary Britons across the country are preparing to enter battle at all-inclusive hotels around the globe. Sunbed war season, which sees holidaymakers rise at the crack of dawn to secure a coveted sun lounger by the hotel swimming pool, is just around the corner. And according to research from On the Beach, 66 per cent of the British public dread the annual sunbed wars. If you're one of those weary Brits, you might be pleased to hear that a hotel in Cyprus has come up with a genius scheme to put an end to sunbed battles. The five-star Olympic Lagoon resort in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, has been praised on TikTok for its innovative sunbed allocation scheme. TikTok user 'makingithappen24' recorded a video of the hotel's pool area at 9am to show off the empty sunbeds. In the video, the holidaymaker explains how the hotel's scheme works, saying: 'You go to the little towel hut and they will show you round, show you what beds are available for your duration.' Tourists are then assigned a set of sunbeds for the duration of their stay. But if you don't like your assigned spot, there's no need to panic. The TikToker adds: 'If you don't like that stay, you can actually go back and change it, we did this three times throughout our stay on our holiday.' She reveals in the video: 'This is nine o'clock in the morning and there are no towels on the sunbeds. It's absolutely brilliant.' And the excited holidaymaker admits to taking part in sunbed battles in the past. She says: 'I've done this whole thing where I've woken up at five o'clock in the morning and it's pitch black and just raced down to get a sunbed, especially if you've got little ones and you need to be by the pool.' The tourist claims that in 'any other' hotel, the empty sunbeds would 'be like golddust' and they would 'have towels on them' at 9am. Commenter 'Sweetpea' says: 'Every hotel should do this. It's fabulous.' However, one tourist who said they had stayed at the hotel is less impressed by the scheme. 'lotticarter680' comments: 'When we went here, we were allocated sunbeds, then people stole our allocated beds, not always such a good idea.' On the hotel's website, it says that the sunbed allocation scheme is in place to ensure 'the most exclusive sunbathing experience' for guests. But if your hotel doesn't have sunbed allocation, experts have shared some tips to secure the best spot by the pool this summer. Unfortunately it's not just hotel guests who fall victim to sunbed hogs. A cruise expert previously told MailOnline Travel that 'sunbed hogging' is one of the 'biggest offences' cruise passengers can do.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ella Purnell Documented Her Caterpillar Infestation, And Now I've Unlocked A New Fear
You know Ella Purnell. She's been all over our TV screens lately in popular shows like Yellowjackets, Fallout, Arcane: League of Legends, Sweetpea, and Star Trek: Prodigy. But aside from being in some of the coolest adaptations of nerd culture, Ella's latest on-camera adventure has become a newly discovered guilty pleasure — celebrities with insect infestations. Ella shared that her yard was infested with caterpillars and documented the entire experience, and I can feel them crawling on my skin. I recently discovered that I'm interested in this topic when former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay explained in detail that she found an infestation of ants in an unsuspecting location and unlocked a new fear. On a March 14 episode of The Higher Learning podcast, Rachel shared how after her fire alarm randomly kept going off in the middle of the night, she opened it up to discover a bunch of ants were apparently setting it off. "I twisted open the fire alarm. It rained ants... and eggs. EGGS!" she said. "There was hundreds of eggs. They were nesting in the fire alarm. They were either eggs or larvae. I'm not sure." For Ella, it wasn't ants but something bigger with more legs. In her Instagram stories, she teased the ordeal, writing, "I don't think any of yall will be able to guess what I spent my day doing today." @ella_purnell / Instagram: @ After showing a salad bowl and some tongs, it became clear that she wasn't making a salad when she videoed black caterpillars crawling on the outside wall of her house, in the flowerbed, on her fence, and everywhere. @ella_purnell / Instagram: @ She collected as many as she could in the salad bowl to relocate and then provided an update on the soon-to-be butterflies the next day. Ella learned that the caterpillars eat the leaves of elm trees, revealing that she has a large elm tree in her yard. "So, it turns out the spiny elm caterpillars love elm trees. Who would've thunk it?" she joked. Sure enough, the caterpillars were crawling all over the tree's bark, but how and why they went over to the house is a mystery I'm not sure I want to solve. What most likely is a response to people flooding her DMs with unsolicited insectoid factoids, Ella addressed that she is "not killing the caterpillars, and "they are not poisonous as in they could kill you, but their spike are stingers and hurt like ass," based on her experience with them. She added, "They make really pretty butterflies. I wanted my garden to be a peaceful spring time oasis but instead I have hundreds of stinging caterpillars falling from the sky." According to this North Carolina State University entomology factsheet, a spiny elm caterpillar can grow to two inches long and transform into the mourning cloak butterfly after being a chrysalis for three weeks. The butterflies are beautiful, but the way my mild case of trypanophobia is put up, I would've forfeited my house to the creepy caterpillars immediately and returned four weeks later, hoping it was covered with beautiful butterflies. Now that my algorithm has been certainly tainted by insect infestations, here's the latest video I've come across to satisfy my guilty pleasure. Best Ever Food Review Show host Sonny shared a blooper reel from his visit to a cockroach farm in China. Warning: After watching the video, I'm still searching for ghost roaches crawling on my skin. Ella's play-by-play even inspired some folks to share their insect infestation stories. Here are a few: "There was an infestation of caterpillars on my college campus freshman year. They were crawling and dropping from trees. You'd be sitting in class and see one crawl out of someone's hair or all over their backpack. It was so nasty." — u/Flower-Former "I travelled to a cottage where there was an infestation of Gypsy Moth Caterpillars. It was absolutely disgusting. My dog was trying to eat them, they were on every tree and underfoot. One peed on my bikini while it was hanging out to dry and it never came out. So disgusting." — u/Necessary-Emphasis85 "We had a field trip where we went to a state park and we ate lunch under a big oak tree. Caterpillars were dropping on kids left and right. I was so traumatized I went and stood out in the sun where they couldn't get me. Next time I went to the park with my family, I insisted on bringing an umbrella so that I could protect myself. We still made jokes to this day about the umbrella method lol." — u/iwantahouse Do you have any wild insect encounters you'd like to share? Tell me about them in the comments. I'm so invested at this point.
Buzz Feed
19-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Ella Purnell Documented Her Caterpillar Infestation, And Now I've Unlocked A New Fear
You know Ella Purnell. She's been all over our TV screens lately in popular shows like Yellowjackets, Fallout, Arcane: League of Legends, Sweetpea, and Star Trek: Prodigy. But aside from being in some of the coolest adaptations of nerd culture, Ella's latest on-camera adventure has become a newly discovered guilty pleasure — celebrities with insect infestations. Ella shared that her yard was infested with caterpillars and documented the entire experience, and I can feel them crawling on my skin. I recently discovered that I'm interested in this topic when former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay explained in detail that she found an infestation of ants in an unsuspecting location and unlocked a new fear. On a March 14 episode of The Higher Learning podcast, Rachel shared how after her fire alarm randomly kept going off in the middle of the night, she opened it up to discover a bunch of ants were apparently setting it off. "I twisted open the fire alarm. It rained ants... and eggs. EGGS!" she said. "There was hundreds of eggs. They were nesting in the fire alarm. They were either eggs or larvae. I'm not sure." For Ella, it wasn't ants but something bigger with more legs. In her Instagram stories, she teased the ordeal, writing, "I don't think any of yall will be able to guess what I spent my day doing today." After showing a salad bowl and some tongs, it became clear that she wasn't making a salad when she videoed black caterpillars crawling on the outside wall of her house, in the flowerbed, on her fence, and everywhere. She collected as many as she could in the salad bowl to relocate and then provided an update on the soon-to-be butterflies the next day. Ella learned that the caterpillars eat the leaves of elm trees, revealing that she has a large elm tree in her yard. "So, it turns out the spiny elm caterpillars love elm trees. Who would've thunk it?" she joked. Sure enough, the caterpillars were crawling all over the tree's bark, but how and why they went over to the house is a mystery I'm not sure I want to solve. What most likely is a response to people flooding her DMs with unsolicited insectoid factoids, Ella addressed that she is "not killing the caterpillars, and "they are not poisonous as in they could kill you, but their spike are stingers and hurt like ass," based on her experience with them. @ella_purnell / Instagram: @ She added, "They make really pretty butterflies. I wanted my garden to be a peaceful spring time oasis but instead I have hundreds of stinging caterpillars falling from the sky." According to this North Carolina State University entomology factsheet, a spiny elm caterpillar can grow to two inches long and transform into the mourning cloak butterfly after being a chrysalis for three weeks. The butterflies are beautiful, but the way my mild case of trypanophobia is put up, I would've forfeited my house to the creepy caterpillars immediately and returned four weeks later, hoping it was covered with beautiful butterflies. Now that my algorithm has been certainly tainted by insect infestations, here's the latest video I've come across to satisfy my guilty pleasure. Best Ever Food Review Show host Sonny shared a blooper reel from his visit to a cockroach farm in China. Warning: After watching the video, I'm still searching for ghost roaches crawling on my skin. "There was an infestation of caterpillars on my college campus freshman year. They were crawling and dropping from trees. You'd be sitting in class and see one crawl out of someone's hair or all over their backpack. It was so nasty." — u/Flower-Former "I travelled to a cottage where there was an infestation of Gypsy Moth Caterpillars. It was absolutely disgusting. My dog was trying to eat them, they were on every tree and underfoot. One peed on my bikini while it was hanging out to dry and it never came out. So disgusting." — u/Necessary-Emphasis85 "We had a field trip where we went to a state park and we ate lunch under a big oak tree. Caterpillars were dropping on kids left and right. I was so traumatized I went and stood out in the sun where they couldn't get me. Next time I went to the park with my family, I insisted on bringing an umbrella so that I could protect myself. We still made jokes to this day about the umbrella method lol."
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Yellowjackets' Cast Breaks Down This Week's Gruesome Hallucinations
(Warning: Spoilers ahead.) It can be hard to tell what is real and imagined on Yellowjackets. Communicating with unseen figures and talking to your dead former BFF has become the norm for the survivors of the plane crash, and Season 3 is no different. A much-needed transition from an unbearable winter to the warmth of spring has mostly improved the mood in the camp in the '90s-set scenes, but old scores need to be settled. No one knows this more than Shauna Shipman (Sophie Nélisse), who is currently leading a crusade to locate Coach Ben Scott (Steven Krueger). The only remaining adult fled the creepy cabin for sanctuary in a secret cave at the end of Season 2 and is now accused of setting fire to and destroying the main source of shelter. Ben has seen these girls at their most competitive on the soccer field and their most feral in the woods, so it makes sense that he lives in terror of what they might do next. After briefly holding Mari (Alexa Barajas) hostage, Ben's worst fears come true when Mari leads the group to where Ben is hiding. But before they locate their coach, the subterranean structure induces some trippy dreams-turned-nightmares. Krueger and Nélisse sat down with The Daily Beast's Obsessed to talk about shooting these creepy scenes, the return of Jackie (Ella Purnell), and getting back into the actual Canadian wilderness. While his new abode is underground, Ben spends time foraging in the woods, giving the production a different flavor from winter in Vancouver on a soundstage. 'I think it was very refreshing to be able to get back outside in the elements, and there's a level of realism that I think helps a lot,' says Krueger. For the majority of the first few episodes, Ben avoids most of the adolescent drama, only crossing paths with Mari. 'I forgot you guys existed. I thought I was on my own show for a while. 'This is kind of nice. I can do whatever I want. This is the Steven show,' Krueger jokes. However, the beautiful and intricate cave set is soon full of mostly vengeful teens looking for Ben. 'It was such a tight, confined space, and there were sometimes 12 of us walking through those tunnels. It did get really hectic, cramped, and intense,' says Nélisse. 'When everyone brings that full-on energy, it almost feels like it's real life, and we all start upping each other and panicking for real.' The group splits up, with Shauna, Van (Liv Hewson), and Akilah (Nia Sondaya) forming a trio. Quickly, they find themselves alone in a disturbing fantasy. Shauna sees her son as a toddler on the bank of the lake, but she cannot move to reach him. Next, the trio are together again, dressed in their Yellowjackets soccer jerseys in the same classroom setting ('Are you in my dream? Or am I in one of yours?' asks Akilah), with Jackie casually playing with a slap bracelet. Purnell has been busy shooting Fallout and Sweetpea, but she made time to return to see her old castmates. 'Having Ella back is always such a treat, and we're always excited,' says Nélisse. One benefit of this show is that even with a high body count, the door isn't completely shut on future guest spots. Plus, the cast encourages any and all ghostly sightings. 'It's nice because when characters die, we're always like, 'Come haunt us!' You know they'll make an appearance at some point,' says Nélisse. The shared hallucination turns violent when the bracelet cuts Van's arm. 'That happens sometimes,' says Jackie. But Jackie (who ended up as dinner after she died) throws the quintessential '90s accessory around Shauna's throat, causing a deep wound. As blood gushes from her neck, Shauna cannot remove this binding. Nélisse explains it wasn't too hard to get in the panicked headspace when shooting this distressing sequence: 'The emotion is so raw and real because we have limited takes—especially for the bloody stuff because there's so much VFX—and I was not expecting it to bleed that much. It was a bit overwhelming and felt very, very real.' They are not alone in seeing things. Before Mari is freed, she is unsettled to witness Ben conversing with an imagined presence. 'It's a lot of work to figure out, like 'How are you gonna sell something like this?' says Kreuger. 'That's the stuff that I panic about the most when it comes to just my performance. It's like, 'Oh, God, how do I make this look not cheesy, and not fake.'' For Krueger, scenes like this are all about trusting the writers and the directors: 'I think that the way they did it, the way they're selling the context around those particular moments, it really helped me as an actor.' Previously in Season 2, Ben was chatting up a storm with his boyfriend Paul, but so far, we haven't seen who or what Ben is currently hallucinating. Either way, Krueger more than sells the delusion. At the end of the episode, Ben saves the girls from the poisonous gas that has caused the disturbing dreams featuring dead teammates. But the gun in Ben's face highlights that he is not about to be hailed a hero, his fate is uncertain. 'I thought it was a really cool direction for the story to go and the fact I got to show up, and then all of a sudden it was so adversarial,' says Krueger. 'Me versus this pack of rabid young women.'
