The Miniaturist

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{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 […]

Tales from the Loop (season 1)

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{5/5} “Sometimes things are special because they don’t last.” Tales from the Loop season 1, aired in 2020 People who live near the Loop see strange things — snow falling upward, a strangely textured rock that floats in mid-air. Loretta comes home from school to find her house gone, and now she’s looking for her […]

Young Sheldon (season 7)

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{5/5} “‘Well, I’ll give you one thing. You got confidence.’ ‘Thank you.’ ‘You get a second thing, you’ll be unstoppable.’ ‘Sounds like I’m halfway there.’” — George & Georgie Young Sheldon season 7, aired in 2024 Mary thinks she and Sheldon should go back home because of the tornado, but Sheldon disagrees. Sheldon is stunned to […]

Young Sheldon (Season 6)

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{5/5} “‘Where do you stand on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division?’ ‘I’m against it.’” — Sheldon & Billy Young Sheldon Season 6, aired in 2022-23 George and Dale drive down to the border to bail Connie and Georgie out of jail. Connie is feeling unwelcome at church so she decides to leave. Since George lost […]

Young Sheldon (season 5)

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{5/5} “Ever since I read The Naked Sun. I’ll admit, I came for the ‘naked’ but I stayed for the interplanetary conspiracies.” — Dr. Grant Linkletter, regarding Asimov’s novel Young Sheldon season 5, aired in 2021-22 While having drinks with Brenda, George has a heart attack and is taken to the hospital. Georgie decides to […]

Young Sheldon (season 4)

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{5/5} “First, we must determine the maximum velocity achievable without breaking a sweat. Sweating is for jocks and for those who are worried the jig is up.” Young Sheldon season 4, aired in 2020-21 Sheldon graduates high school after being there for 2 years — since he has the top grade, he gets to be […]

Young Sheldon (season 3)

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{5/5} “Actually, I was the winner. We spent the whole day doing everything I love — drafting contracts, arguing about rules, and, most importantly, never leaving the house.” Young Sheldon season 3, aired in 2019-20 Mary tells Sheldon that Dr. Sturgis has mono so he wouldn’t want to visit, but John’s actually at the psychiatric […]

Young Sheldon (season 2)

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{5/5} “Ignoring things that irritate me isn’t my strong suit. Obsessively fixating on them, now that’s what gets me out of bed in the morning.” Young Sheldon season 2, aired in 2018-19 Sheldon is bothered by a noise coming from the fridge, so he gets a book a fridge repair and takes the fridge apart. […]

Young Sheldon (season 1)

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{5/5} “It was at that moment I decided I was not cut out for teaching. I consoled myself with the knowledge that I was wonderful at everything else.” Young Sheldon season 1, aired in 2017-18 Sheldon Cooper is 9 years old but he’s already going to high school. The first thing he does in class […]

The Rookie (season 6)

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{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 […]