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The Five Spot: Poker Face Blues, Escaped Flamingos, And My Problem With The Pope's Movie List
Lots to get to this week. Mostly about flamingos.
pluribus
Reasons To Watch Pluribus, Ranked
Listen to me.
The Five Spot: Miss Piggy, Keanu Reeves, And Golden Toilets
Oh look, a headline that sums up this entire newsletter's existence.
THE LOWDOWN
'The Lowdown' Was So Good
Just an incredible piece of television.
frito-lay
The Five Spot: Jesse Plemons, A Rental Car Flim-Flam, And Tom Cruise Getting Annoyed
"How can that be profitable for Frito-Lay?"
Cell Phone Companies Will Not Stop Sending Celebrities To The Middle Of Nowhere
I need this to keep escalating.
The Five Spot: David Chase, Lego Looters, And Rhea Seehorn Asking For A Bazooka
GIVE RHEA SEEHORN A BAZOOKA
LOUVRE HEIST TOP FIVE
Counting down my favorite things about the most important story in the world.
The Five Spot: Rihanna, Channing Tatum, And Vin Diesel Contemplating the Ocean
Also, a truly incredible moment of television.
the chair company
Why Is This Line From 'The Chair Company' Stuck In My Head?
Now here's a show that looks good so far.
The Five Spot: Chalamet's Ping Pong Skills, Ocean's Sequels And/Or Prequels, And My Secret AI Wife
Lots to cover this week, some of it both surreal and kind of hilarous.