Erin Qualey
@miffedcupcake.bsky.social
Tea and cake or death? Um, cake please / she/her / Bylines: LA Times, Romper, Slate, vulture + more / Therapist specializing in addiction & trauma / @OfficialTCA
Who’s watching Furious? If you’re not watching Furious, why not? Get on it. It’s the best show on TV right now, and certainly one of the best of the year. Let’s talk. My latest recap, for @vulture.com. www.vulture.com/article/furi...
Furious Recap: Eyes on the Subject
It’s not surprising that Alice and Catherine would form such a fast, uneasy bond.
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Why...Why the fuck is the Bluey movie in 3d? The graphic 2d style is like half the shows charm, it looks like a shitty Illumination Dr. Suess adaptation now. Like this is some ugly shit.
Sooooo the Odyssey is just one, long, punk rock version of The Bachelorette?
Do you like crime procedurals that focus on flawed female characters? Yup, me too. The first 3 eps of Liz Meriwether’s FURIOUS are now streaming on Hulu, and I’ll be recapping for @vulture.com! Series-Premiere Recap HERE: www.vulture.com/article/furi...
Furious Series-Premiere Recap: The Most Violent
Right away, it’s clear there’s more to our unhinged killer and disgraced cop than those adjectives suggest.
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Do you like crime procedurals that focus on flawed female characters? Yup, me too. The first 3 eps of Liz Meriwether’s FURIOUS are now streaming on Hulu, and I’ll be recapping for @vulture.com! Series-Premiere Recap HERE: www.vulture.com/article/furi...
Furious Series-Premiere Recap: The Most Violent
Right away, it’s clear there’s more to our unhinged killer and disgraced cop than those adjectives suggest.
vulture.com
Always always always always read @rtraister.bsky.social -- and especially on Graham Platner, women, and what comes next. nymag.com/intelligence...
Super tickled about getting a purple-row Connections reference AND a Nancy Drew reference into this Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed recap for @vulture.com. This show is so fun, and I’m 100% shipping Geri and Rudy. www.vulture.com/article/maxi...
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed Recap: The Case of Joyce Tercek
It takes a real group effort to crack Joyce Tercek, but it leads to Paula’s biggest break in the case.
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So pretty much the worse thing that can befall any team is Trump taking a rooting interest.
Even a slightly frustrating installment of Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed is an excellent episode of TV. My latest recap, for @vulture.com. www.vulture.com/article/maxi...
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed Recap: Orange is the New Blackmail
Between Geri’s article and Trevor’s attempted blackmail, Paula comes to the painful realization that she can’t really trust anyone at all.
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🏆 Members, a friendly reminder that voting is open for the 2026 TCA Awards. The deadline to vote is Friday, June 26 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Please see the original email sent out last Friday for more information.
Hey @tvcritics.org peeps! I was on vacation and almosttttr forgot to vote, but I just did it! Here’s your reminder to get your votes in before midnight. If you don’t vote by then, you turn into a pumpkin. I don’t make the rules.
Husband and I just rediscovered Home Movies, and I’m delighted to say that it holds up. Walter and Perry 4Lyfe.
Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2mo agoName a forgotten film or tv show.
Reading Yesteryear & found out that Anne Hathaway is set to play Natalie in the movie. As much as I think Hathaway’s oft-controversial public image works w the narrative, I don’t think she’s quite right. Is it too much to ask that they recast Meghann Fahy? Bc that’s who’s playing Natalie in my head.
WIDOW'S BAY is good. MAXIMUM PLEASURE GUARANTEED is even better. It's like Hitchcock came back to do it one more time. And Tatiana Maslany is so good. The play of emotions on her face is pretty incredible. She goes from comic to terror in an instant.
Did he hear you shouting @miffedcupcake.bsky.social ? What a bday present to you!
Stephen King@stephenking.bsky.social · 2mo agoWIDOW'S BAY is good. MAXIMUM PLEASURE GUARANTEED is even better. It's like Hitchcock came back to do it one more time. And Tatiana Maslany is so good. The play of emotions on her face is pretty incredible. She goes from comic to terror in an instant.
Shouting from the rooftops that more ppl need to be watching Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed. It’s funny, suspenseful & I need it to be renewed bc it’s my new fave. It was my bday a few days ago, so consider it a bday present to me. 😘 My recent @vulture.com recap here: www.vulture.com/article/maxi...
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed Recap: Boring Paper Trail
Paula gets herself in even deeper and drags her colleagues in with her.
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Shouting from the rooftops that more ppl need to be watching Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed. It’s funny, suspenseful & I need it to be renewed bc it’s my new fave. It was my bday a few days ago, so consider it a bday present to me. 😘 My recent @vulture.com recap here: www.vulture.com/article/maxi...
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed Recap: Boring Paper Trail
Paula gets herself in even deeper and drags her colleagues in with her.
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Murray Bartlett: Hot. Scary. Yum. I’m psyched to be recapping Apple TV’s newest thriller for @vulture.com. It’s captivating, fun, and oh-so real. Watch it with your eyeballs this weekend if you like good TV. www.vulture.com/article/maxi...
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed Recap: A Mom She Can Rely On
Murray Bartlett is so hot as Dennis — it’s almost enough to forget he’s a terrifying stalker and a maybe-murderer.
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Murray Bartlett: Hot. Scary. Yum. I’m psyched to be recapping Apple TV’s newest thriller for @vulture.com. It’s captivating, fun, and oh-so real. Watch it with your eyeballs this weekend if you like good TV. www.vulture.com/article/maxi...
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed Recap: A Mom She Can Rely On
Murray Bartlett is so hot as Dennis — it’s almost enough to forget he’s a terrifying stalker and a maybe-murderer.
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Don't get too hung up on whether your kids are consuming art/entertainment that's not appropriate for them. Care instead about whether it's any good.
Frankie Huang 黄碧赤@ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 3mo agoI’m so sick of former bird app takes, I want to hear everyone’s parenting hot takes
Your reminder that the first two episodes of Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed are streaming now!
Erin Qualey@miffedcupcake.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe new Apple TV series Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed premieres on Wednesday, 5/20, and it’s a banger. If you like twisty thrillers, Tatiana Maslany, or just awesome TV, set yourself a reminder to watch the first two episodes … and then come back here to yell about how awesome it is.
The new Apple TV series Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed premieres on Wednesday, 5/20, and it’s a banger. If you like twisty thrillers, Tatiana Maslany, or just awesome TV, set yourself a reminder to watch the first two episodes … and then come back here to yell about how awesome it is.
For you to understand how much the world has changed, in the 1970s as a second grader we were REQUIRED to watch the TV show adaptation of ROOTS. REQUIRED. www.knoxnews.com/story/news/e...
Knox County Schools bans historical novel 'Roots' by Alex Haley
A sculpture of Haley stands in Morningside Park. He donated his personal papers, including drafts of "Roots," to the University of Tennessee.
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Thread of random thoughts while I work out at the movie theater at my gym: First up, non-controversial take: Jurassic Park is one of the best movies ever made. Not a single shot wasted.
The Sheep Detectives is like if old-school Pixar made a Knives Out movie … in the best possible way. And it’s best seen with an audience. This is what we want, Hollywood: more wildly weird, funny, heart-wrenching stuff.
It was only a matter of time before Margo’s (Elle Fanning) online activities would get her in trouble.
Margo’s Got Money Troubles Recap: Close Encounters of the Online Kind
It was only a matter of time before Margo’s (Elle Fanning) online activities would get her in trouble.
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I really loved Melanie’s piece about how OnlyFans is making its way into the mainstream and how, for many women, the pull of this type of work includes a desire to reclaim their autonomy.
Melanie McFarland@mctelevision.bsky.social · 4mo agoJust in time for Shannon Elizabeth to make $1.2 million within a week of being on OnlyFans, TV is catching up to the mainstreaming of the adults only side the our online gig economy.
