Waitress
{5/5} “I don’t think we can write that on the menu board, hon.” Waitress, released in 2007 Jenna is a waitress and also invents new kinds of pies. She’s unhappy when she finds out she’s pregnant as she’s planning on leaving her husband in a couple of months — she’s secretly saving up money. Becky […]
Winter Spring Summer or Fall
{4.5/5} “You know, I’m beginning to think that I was in the middle of some sort of plot to make her boyfriend jealous.” Winter Spring Summer or Fall, released in 2024 Remi is top in her class and going to New York to check out Columbia. She would like to go to Harvard for law […]
Wildflower
{5/5} “I knew something like this was going to happen.” Wildflower, released in 2022 Bea’s parents are intellectually disabled and her grandparents didn’t think they would be able to raise her own their own. But they did, and things turned out OK. She looks after a lot of things herself — like letting her mother […]
Cleaner
{5/5} “‘Hopefully they won’t see me climbing in through that hole.’ ‘What hole?’ ‘The one your snipers are going to put through the glass.’” Cleaner, released in 2025 Joey cleans windows on the outside of a skyscraper. Her brother Michael, who’s autistic, was kicked out of his home so now he needs to stay with […]
The Endless
{4/5} “All that happens here is that people live long and healthy lives. Because of that, they grow to be the people they want to be.” The Endless, released in 2017 Aaron and Justin were in a cult when they were kids. They got themselves out, but they’re having a tough time making a living. […]
My Dead Friend Zoe
{5/5} “Never too late to be surprised.” My Dead Friend Zoe, released in 2024 Merit is back from the war. She still talks to her friend Zoe who she fought with in Afghanistan, but Zoe is dead. She has been ordered to attend group counselling but finds it hard to focus. She finds out that […]
The Miniaturist
{5/5} “‘What am I to do with it exactly?’ ‘You’ll think of something.’” The Miniaturist, aired in 2017 In 1686 Petronella is poor but beautiful and Johannes agrees to marry her. She travels to Amsterdam to his house, and she hopes to one day love him. It seems he’s away on business a lot and […]
Harriet the Spy
{4.5/5} “There’s a difference between looking at stuff and really seeing it.” Harriet the Spy, released in 1996 Harriet is in sixth grade. She and her friends Janie and Sport always make fun of class president Marion. Harriet often goes out spying on people — she goes out looking for interesting things, and writes them […]
The Rookie (season 6)
{5/5} “OK, so you had a crappy day… The best part of being on patrol is you never know what’s going to happen. Maybe tomorrow you’ll be the big hero.” The Rookie season 6, aired in 2024 While the police are distracted by a bunch of guys in masks taking them on, the mastermind is […]
The Rookie (season 5)
{5/5} “Look, you can hang out with other cops all you want. But the second you give your group a name, it’s just a matter of time until you’re under indictment.” The Rookie season 5, aired in 2022-23 John has decided to use his golden ticket to become a training officer. Lucy gets the opportunity […]