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08 Sep

How Cruel Summer Recontextualizes Our Understanding of Teenage Trauma

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This article contains spoilers for Cruel Summer. The Freeform drama Cruel Summer is undoubtedly one of the best TV series of 2021, an addictive teen thriller with a story spread across three distinct timelines and an ending that manages to feel both completely inevitable and deeply shocking. (Plus, there’s the amazing 1990s soundtrack – truly a gift!) Set in the aftermath of a kidnapping in a small Texas town, Cruel Summer follows the story of Kate Wallis (Olivia Holt), the high school queen bee held captive in her vice principal’s home, and Jeannette Turner (Chiara Aurelia), the former dorky nerd…
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06 Apr

Q’s Return on Star Trek: Picard Season 2 will Follow “Significant Trauma”

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Star Trek: Picard is poised to bring back the disingenuously deferential greeting of “Bonjour, mon capitaine!” soon enough, with John de Lancie’s mischievous omnipotent entity, Q, now confirmed for a return on the show’s upcoming second season. It’s an intriguingly exciting development for the Star Trek: The Next Generation spinoff series, which has notably taken the titular former captain down a most curious existential path. Yet, according to star Patrick Stewart, Picard will be in the midst of devastating circumstances by the time Q materializes back into his life. Paramount+’s teaser trailer for Star Trek: Picard Season 2 is chockfull…
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04 Nov

Star Trek: Discovery is Finally Addressing Its Crew’s Trauma

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Star Trek has always strived to represent a more hopeful and healthy future for our society. However, because it is being made in our present, with all of its strengths and struggles, it hasn’t always done the best job depicting mental illness or how a utopian future might contextualize it. (Sorry, Counselor Troi. You tried.) As contemporary culture gets better at discussing and destigmatizing mental illness, so do our stories (and vice versa), which gives Star Trek: Discovery a potential advantage. If this exclusive clip from tomorrow’s all-new episode is any indication, the show is finally making use of it……
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27 Aug

Infinity Train and Manifestations of Trauma and Abuse

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In the third season of Infinity Train (subtitled Book 3), one single aspect among many sticks out: the shots of characters placing their hands on each other’s shoulders. In the crazy, random events that occur on this grandiose, mysterious train, characters reach out to each other, eager for connection, longing for trust, pining for affection.  Then when certain revelations disrupt understood and accepted relationships, the  meaning and of these gestures shift. Suddenly, reaching out for others is dangerous, portrayed as movements of panic, fear, control, and manipulation. They become violations of personal space. These denials devolve into warnings, then threats,…
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23 Aug

Lucifer Season 5: Aimee Garcia on Ella’s Boyfriend Trauma

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This interview contains spoilers for Lucifer season 5 Aimee Garcia was a late arrival to fantasy cop procedural series Lucifer in season two. The Chicago-born actress originally moved to L.A. in the early ‘00s to pursue an acting career after becoming dissatisfied with her job in finance, and she was soon picking up roles in Angel, Supernatural, Bones and a regular part in Showtime’s Dexter, before landing the part of Ella Lopez in Lucifer in 2016. The character was a breath of fresh air for the series – an upbeat, sharp, and tactile forensic scientist, Ella still kept a slightly…
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05 Aug

It’s Time for The Umbrella Academy to Truly Reckon with Vanya’s Trauma

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The following contains spoilers for The Umbrella Academy season 2. There’s so much to enjoy in The Umbrella Academy’s second season. The story is compelling, the character work is strong, and the music cues are incredibly on point. Season 2 effortlessly builds on many of the strengths of its predecessor, while placing its characters in new and intriguing situations. The dynamics between the Hargreeves children are richer and more complex than ever before, and the 1960s-era setting is just a ton of fun. Season 2’s demonstrated ability to course correct for the better is precisely what makes its decision to…
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22 Jul

How Stargirl Tackles Generational Trauma With Brainwave, Jr.

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This article contains Stargirl spoilers. Don’t read if you aren’t caught up to episode 10. Whether we want to be or not, we are all defined in some part by our parents; by their love or their lack of it, by the trauma they suffered or the compassion they were shown, and by the simple question of whether or not they were present in our lives at all.  Despite its superhero trappings, Stargirl is a series shaped by these experiences, with each member of the young cast struggling to deal with the legacy that their parents have left them. Courtney…
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