Presenting the #BEYONDTHEGATES family tree, your ultimate guide to the citizens (and schemers) of Fairmont Crest.

It's the HANNIBAL season finale! It's all been building to this, and it's time to savor the fruits of Hannibal's labor. We'll be back February 3 to start Season 2!

Is DRAG RACE Season 18 really the season of the grannies? We crunched the numbers!

Treachery, debauchery and a little bit of camp. These are the essential ingredients for the international hit reality show. @goforgrace.bsky.social breaks down THE TRAITORS before the Season 4 premiere.

🍷 ALERT 🍷 A new HANNIBAL recap from @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social is live! 🍴 For twelve episodes, Hannibal has been preparing a meal. Now, it's time for the title character to savor it. 🥩 New recaps drop Tuesdays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️

The off-beat comic hero delivers laugh after laugh in his signature style in his new Patreon-only zine.

Despite the daunting challenges libraries and librarians face, there's plenty of hope for the future.

💄 ALERT 💄 A new RuPAUL'S DRAG RACE recap from @brettwhite.bsky.social is live! 💃 'Drag Race' is back and up to its old tricks again — and it turns out that old tricks are way, way more satisfying than new twists. 🏁 Support Pop Heist by subscribing 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️ buff.ly/usWwLUI

This episode drops one of the biggest reveals in the entire series — and with 'Dark,' that's saying something.

Welcome to the X-Men — we hope you survive the experience! Here's your guide to getting into X-Men comics, and it's only a little daunting. buff.ly/OZiNuKq

Stranger Things may be over but my recaps aren't! For @popheist.com I dive into "Escape From Camazotz", an episode in which, despite the title, no one actually escapes from anything, but DOES feature one of the season's - and possibly the series' - standout scenes. popheist.com/stranger-thi...

'The Jetsons' blasts off with a cute and quirky pilot that serves as the perfect launchpad for Hanna-Barbera’s first family of the future.

LIVE SOON — EiC @brettwhite.bsky.social hops on @audibleintrrlude.bsky.social to talk all things G.I. JOE and COBRA-LA. Live at 8 PM ET on YouTube www.youtube.com/live/nbF1L48...

🚲 ALERT 🚲 A new STRANGER THINGS recap from @austingorton.bsky.social is live! 🧇 'Stranger Things' hits a new series high thanks to performances from two of the more underused characters this season. 🎲 Support Pop Heist by subscribing 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️

Bombing a country and kidnapping its leader, with zero oversight just so you can get access to oil and your billionaire co-conspirators can turn a profit is a COBRA SCHEME. G.I. Joe fans excitedly sharing memes of war crimes are admitting that they are easily bamboozled.

We're taking a week off for the New Year, but my Twin Peaks reviews for @popheist.com will be back next week with the debut of Season 2. In the meantime, there's much to ponder about the Season 1 finale, a suspense-TV masterpiece

Dumb Cobra is at it again ... and dumb G.I. Joe fans can't tell the difference. popheist.com/dumb-cobra-i...

I’ve been wanting to write a piece like this every year for the last few years and I finally did it in - the best needle drops on TV in 2025! Spoiler: Yellowjackets + Heated Rivalry each make this list more than once

🛸 ALERT 🛸 A new JETSONS recap from John DeQuadros is live! 🤖 'The Jetsons' blasts off with a cute and quirky pilot that serves as the perfect launchpad for Hanna-Barbera’s first family of the future. 🪐 Support Pop Heist by subscribing 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️

In 2025, TV shows were full of killer needle drops. They truly had it all: ’90s rock, early ’00s indie sleaze, even a damn marching band! @ianxcarlos.bsky.social has a playlist for you

☢️ ALERT ☢️ A new DARK recap from @goforgrace.bsky.social is live! 🇩🇪 This episode drops one of the biggest reveals in the entire series — and with 'Dark,' that's saying something. ⚫️ New recaps drop Thursdays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️

2025 was hell, but there were a lot of queer pop culture moments to celebrate

Recapping the first episode of the second tranche of #StrangerThings5 episodes, "Shock Jock" for @popheist.com! In which we get not one but two "here's a plan to solve the current problem" sequences, a creepy-ass melting building, and a bit of lore dump with ominous consequences for Eleven!

A LOT OF GREAT QUEER POP CULTURE STUFF TO CELEBRATE EVEN THOUGH THIS YEAR WAS HELL

So happy to write this, and grateful to Pop Heist for caring about libraries. Support your local libraries and library workers, y’all! 📚

GIGANTIC interview with the head writer of G.I. Joe about Serpentor and Cobra-La (two of my all-time favorite sci-fi concepts), dealing with Hasbro and the studio...absolutely fascinating reading if you were raised on this stuff. It's the interview @brettwhite.bsky.social was born to do

This year I wrote two pieces for @popheist.com that I'm proud of! Here's my in-depth guide to the long history of Spider-Man TV shows: popheist.com/heist-guide-...

And my other piece on @popheist.com is my case for Mannequin as an extremely queer movie at its core: popheist.com/mannequin-19...

Here's something for @popheist.com about the evolution of Godzilla from the representation of nuclear trauma to helping sell beers.

We recapped a LOT of TV in 2025 — and a lot of it also aired in 2025! Check out our takes on some of the year's best shows in our RECAPS tag. buff.ly/1iXwJWo

2025 has been an exasperating year for libraries and librarians, but there is plenty of hope for a better future. @comicslibrarian.bsky.social looks ahead, cautiously, optimistically.

'G.I. Joe: The Movie' has long been a sore spot for the creators, but its current reappraisal has allowed Buzz Dixon to embrace his work.

Say goodbye to 2025 with this comprehensive look at the best queer pop culture moments from an objectively trash year! Courtesy of @ianxcarlos.bsky.social / @slayerfestx98.bsky.social popheist.com/best-queer-p...

It’s all fun and games until you come face to face with one of Laura Palmer’s attackers.

The midseason "finale" of Stranger Things Season 5 transforms characters — and the series — for the best.

🪵 ALERT 🪵 @seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩 Written and directed by series co-creator Mark Frost, 'Twin Peaks'' Season 1 finale is a bona fide TV masterpiece. 🔥 New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️

🚲 ALERT 🚲 A new STRANGER THINGS recap from @austingorton.bsky.social is live! 🧇 With not one but TWO plans put forth to overcome the obstacle du jour, "Shock Jock" almost feels like parody. 🎲 Support Pop Heist by subscribing 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️

While there’s no denying that SpongeBob's golden era is well behind him, there’s still plenty to love about 'Search for SquarePants.'

🍷 ALERT 🍷 A new HANNIBAL recap from @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social is live! 🍴 A season of maneuvering and manipulation on Hannibal's part all locks into place as Season 1 heads into its final moments. 🥩 New recaps drop Tuesdays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️

🇨🇦 ALERT 🇨🇦 A new CANADA'S DRAG RACE recap from @brettwhite.bsky.social is live! 🍁 Let's take a step back and look at 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 6 on the whole so far and see if we can figure out why this is a great season. 🏁 Support Pop Heist by subscribing 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️

New HANNIBAL recap is up at @popheist.com! It's the penultimate episode of Season 1, and Will's got a theory. Can Hannibal head him off before he closes in? popheist.com/hannibal-1x1...

New items from Blokees, Jada Toys, and Formo Toys populate the last monthly list of best toy releases for 2025.

The biggest surprise in this article are the occasions when the animators went for a fully realistic depiction of Castle Dracula or what have you

Bite the bullet, baby. I reviewed the Season 1 finale of Twin Peaks for @popheist.com (gift link!)

2025 IN REVIEW It all comes down to this: five days to create five looks that aim to change one designer's life forever. Hasta la vista, baby, etc. --- 20% OFF SUBSCRIPTIONS 🤑 $5.60/mo, $56/yr

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2025 IN REVIEW In these 94 minutes, the best pilot in TV history, Lynch and Frost create a world, a liminal place that is singular and inimitable. --- 20% OFF SUBSCRIPTIONS 🤑 $5.60/mo, $56/yr