By Jennifer Asencio
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Daily Wire’s King Arthur epic, The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin, is about the lives of Merlin and his father Taliesin as their legendary lives affect Briton during the 4^th through 6^th centuries. One of the major events of this era was the introduction of Christianity to the British Isles; the story is contemporary to the real-life Saint Patrick of Ireland, who converted the island nation to worship Jesus. This is a major theme of the show as Taliesin becomes a convert and later, Merlin channels divine energies to help unite the Britons against the Saxons.

Since it was produced by Daily Wire, I was skeptical of a show that was branded by its creator, Jeremy Boreing, as “probably the most Christian piece of entertainment since Braveheart.” I’m very eclectic in my spiritual beliefs, and definitely not Christian. I was also a religion major at first, but I specialized in Buddhism and neopaganism. I am far from the target audience of a Christian show. Despite this, I genuinely enjoyed most of the Left Behind series, a heavily preachy book set about the Rapture and its aftermath, but I was expecting The Pendragon Cycle to be heavily preachy and evangelical in the same vein as Left Behind.

The Pendragon Preaches Knights And Swordfights, Not Jesus

So it was with pleasant surprise that I watched the series and didn’t feel proselytized to at all. Sure, there are characters who convert to Christianity through direct contact with the bright light that is the show’s “One True God,” called by his medieval name of Yesu. But there were no attempts to convert anybody else, and no attempts to convert the audience.

Taliesin says nice things about his God, and Merlin can’t understand why everyone doesn’t embrace Him, but a show that was preaching would expect its audience to accept the truths of the two bards as their own personal truths rather than merely those of characters on a show. The Pendragon Cycle never does that. The show no more evangelizes Christianity than Deep Space Nine evangelizes the Prophets and the Orbs.

Other Religions Clash With The One True God

The other thing I noticed about religion in the show was its treatment of other gods. Bel, the god of the Atlanteans, is a terrifying bull who blows up his people’s island with a volcano, but he at least has the courtesy to warn Charis beforehand so she has time to evacuate as many as she can, including her father, Avallach, and sister Morgain.

In Briton, the druids worship Cernunnos, who was a real deity honored all over western Europe in the pre-Christian era. He is portrayed as a terrifying skeleton, similar to the Grim Reaper, but with antlers like a deer’s; historical Cernunnos looked a lot like what we think of as a satyr or Pan from Greek mythology, but with antlers instead of goat horns. As a character, his glowing red eyes are very scary, but so are the primeval woodlands that are his domain. He is never portrayed as evil himself; characters do evil things to harness his power for their personal gain, but he is never accused of being demonic or Satanic.

The Pendragon Cycle Does Not Engage In Evangelism

Evangelists believe every other religion in the world is Satanic, especially other forms of Christianity that are different from theirs; they don’t consider Catholicism to be Christianity at all. They believe the various other religions and Christian sects are expressions of Satan trying to trick humans into turning away from God. Even the saints of Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox religions are viewed as “pagan” and therefore “Satanic,” and no mercy is shown to ancient religions like Druidism or those of the pre-Columbian Americas. This is why they have such urgency to convert people: they believe they are saving people from a terrible fate.

None of that is in this “Christian” show. Very few of the major characters actually convert to Christianity and never enter into conflict with their pagan kin and allies about it. No attempts are made to enforce the religion on the other Britons or even convince them that Yesu is anything but a deity more forgiving than the primordial gods of the natural world, the ones who reign over volcanoes and deep forests and hungry predators. No one is ever asked to hate the Old Gods, not even the Atlanteans, whose god destroyed their home.

Indiana Jones Is Preachier Than The Rise Of Merlin

Merlin channels the power of God frequently, but he never expects anyone to convert to his way of thinking, except in one instance that really proves the point. In a flashback to his childhood in the cold open for Episode 5, he stands before the druids and proclaims the power of God to them; they protest that other Christians have destroyed their holy groves. Merlin decries this act as “the act of ignorant men,” then proceeds to destroy their meeting place. I remember being annoyed by his hypocrisy, but later on, he sobs to Charis that he doesn’t understand why the druids weren’t convinced by his power. Charis’s response really sums up how religion in the show is treated overall: “Not every man will choose to believe… and nothing you or anyone else can do will change that.”

The Pendragon Cycle isn’t trying to change anyone’s belief and isn’t even trying to tell as Christian a story as old 1950s blockbusters like The Ten Commandments or Dimitrius and the Gladiators. Even Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade gets preachier and talks about Christianity far more than Jeremy Boreing’s masterpiece. Maybe a better comparison for the level of religious discussion in The Pendragon Cycle would be Raiders of the Lost Ark, which invokes the powers of the same God Merlin follows, but to everyone’s delight rather than the derision the King Arthur series has received.

King Arthur Was Always A Christian Legend

Finally, as I have mentioned before, the entire mythos of King Arthur is steeped in Christianity. He is ordained by God to be the Once and Future King, and famously quests for and achieves the Holy Grail, something even Indiana Jones didn’t get to keep. The original folk tales King Arthur was based on came from around the time The Pendragon Cycle takes place and were further solidified and Christianized in the 1300s by Thomas Mallory.

The Arthur we know from classics like Excalibur and even shows like Netflix’s Cursed was always Christian. Anyone who enjoyed King Arthur content before can easily appreciate the Daily Wire show because it has all the same themes they’ve been savoring all along. Avoiding this show over perceived religious proselytizing and the expectation of overbearing religious messaging is, as another Jeremy B once said, “nonsense on stilts.”

The Daily Wire Factor

Daily Wire does have a lot of conservative Christian content, but most of it is Catholic or archaeological. They’re not talking to Evangelicals or trying to convert the masses. None of their fictional content has overly religious overtones, and all are merely projects that mainstream Hollywood won’t touch because they can’t warp them to reflect their own values and politics.

The Pendragon Cycle is only as religious as it needs to be and is only a story that happens to include Christianity rather than being a Christian show. Its mild religious overtones shouldn’t be an excuse to miss out on this incredible production; it’s definitely a weak excuse, and I say that as one of Charis’s “not every [wo]man.”

The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin is now streaming in its entirety on Daily Wire+.

Netflix has a healthy stream of limited programming, and there is no creator more dependable in that arena than Mike Flanagan. The horror director burst on the scene in the 2010s, best known for his adaptations of Stephen King. It was his bleak and heart-wrenching limited series, The Haunting of Hill House, however, that cemented his status as one of the best horror filmmakers of the modern era. Flanagan’s deal with Netflix allowed him to release consistent shows that never missed the mark.

After the success of putting his spin on Shirley Jackson, Flanagan turned to Edgar Allan Poe. 2023’s The Fall of the House of Usher took the original short story and contextualized it for the modern era. The series wasn’t just a rehash of one of Poe’s seminal works, but a love letter to many of the poet’s contributions. The result was another Flanagan production that redefined what it means to be a part of a terrible family and even what viewers were willing to allow into their living rooms.

‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Weaponizes One of Poe’s Famous Stories

Mike Flanagan’s appreciation for Edgar Allan Poe’s work shines through in every element of The Fall of the House of Usher. Its lack of subtlety is an asset, as each of the main characters is named after figures in Poe’s work. Even a young version of Roderick Usher (Zach Gilford) writes the poem “Annabel Lee” for his wife in the series. Flanagan uses one of Poe’s most famous works, “The Masque of the Red Death,” in horrifying fashion in the second episode of the series.

Similar to the story, Roderick’s (Bruce Greenwood) youngest illegitimate child, Prospero “Perry” Usher, throws a masquerade, which becomes the site of a gruesome scene. In the series, Perry is motivated by his hedonistic lifestyle and a sense of revenge for his family members who don’t believe in his pursuits. He invites everyone to an exclusive party at a condemned building belonging to the Ushers’ company, Fortunato Pharmaceuticals. The rave is meant to inspire the worst urges in people, which should have culminated in being rained on by the sprinklers in the building.

Perry hooks up the sprinklers to the water tanks on the building, unaware that they were filled with corrosive chemicals that Fortunato was trying to hide. When Perry turns on the sprinklers, the entire party is disintegrated with acid, including himself. He dies horribly, just like his character in the story. Although Poe’s work often pairs vivid, occasionally beautiful gore with lyricism, Flanagan’s The Fall of the House of Usher is grimmer and less aesthetically pleasing.

This episode is Poe through the lens of Flanagan, who has never been one to shy away from the brutalities of horror. He had already made one of the most grueling scenes of all time in Doctor Sleep with the torture and murder of a 12-year-old boy. Episode 2 is much the same, except on a grander scale. When the scene is first presented to the audience, there is no indication that there is something other than water in the sprinkler system.

Perry looks up to the ceiling, beckoning the spray of the sprinkler, only for it to immediately start sizzling flesh. As soon as the carnage starts, it takes some time for it to stop. The party-goers are unable to escape the room, as Carla Gugino‘s Verna locked the exits. Viewers had to watch the excruciating scene as the skin melts off the flesh of all the characters.

Though most of the characters in the scene aren’t the easiest to empathize with, there is no joy in watching this scene. Flanagan is known for the emotional violence he inflicts upon his characters, but this is something different. This locks viewers along with the characters in the room, desperate for escape. When the torture does end, the remaining corpses are some of the most disturbing images put on screen. Flanagan proves that he is a horror director first: The Fall of the House of Usher promises to deliver on that front.

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Monaleo has been keeping fans on their toes lately, and this week was no different. The rising star, who’s been riding the momentum of her latest ‘Who Did The Body’ tour, took to social media with an unexpected update that quickly got fans talking and sending well wishes.

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Monaleo Gives Update On Status Of Her Tour Following Emergency Surgery

On Friday, the rapper revealed that she has canceled the remainder of her ‘Who Did the Body’ tour after undergoing emergency surgery earlier this week. In a message shared on X, Monaleo explained that after speaking with her doctors she made the difficult decision to call off the final 12 tour dates — including her March 6 hometown stop in Houston — so she can focus on her recovery. Earlier in the week, she had already been forced to cancel shows in Memphis and New Orleans due to the sudden medical emergency that required immediate surgery. In her heartbreaking post, she revealed:

“This is the hardest decision I’ve had to make in my entire career. I gave everything I had to every city, every crowd, every night. This tour has been such an incredible chapter in my life, and I hate that this is how it has to end for now. But, my health has to and always will come first.”

Roomies Rally Around Monaleo With Support

Fans quickly flooded The Shade Room’s Instagram comment section with support for Monaleo following the news. Many shared prayers and well wishes for her healing. A few also kept it simple, saying health is wealth and that no one is mad at her for putting herself first and focusing on recovery.

One Instagram user @pvpiace said, “Love you queen !!!! Take care of yourself for that baby boy!!“

Then Instagram user @makyla.aliese commented, “get better soon🥺🩷🩷”

While Instagram user @kamcoldhearted added, “As she should ❗️health always comes first ❤️”

This Instagram user @ashanti_playhouse shared, “She can always do another tour she can’t get another life 🤷🏽‍♀️. I’ll never be mad at an artist for putting themselves first“

And, Instagram user @prettyyy.p wrote, “Women go through so much“

Finally, Instagram user @feettickler_25 said, “Get rest! Your true fans will still be here when you return!“

What’s Really Going On With Monaleo?

As previously reported, the Houston rapper announced that her Memphis and New Orleans tour stops on March 3 and 4 would be canceled due to a medical emergency. At the time, she shared that she had already completed 25 shows and was giving “110%” every night, but explained that the rest of the tour would be a day-by-day decision as she focused on recovering ahead of her next scheduled stop in Houston on March 6.

After that initial update, Monaleo later shared a more detailed health update with fans, admitting she was “upset” and didn’t expect things to unfold this way. According to the rapper, she began experiencing a sharp pain in her lower abdomen on Monday that worsened even after taking pain medication, prompting a trip to the emergency room. Doctors later discovered an inflamed cyst “the size of a softball” that had twisted, cutting off blood flow and causing internal bleeding — which ultimately required emergency surgery and resulted in the loss of one ovary and a fallopian tube.

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By Robert Scucci
| Published 22 seconds ago

The only thing I love more than a solid neo-noir crime thriller is a parody that only cares about one thing: jamming as many jokes into the premise as humanly possible. The Naked Gun franchise holds up so well because there are so many visual gags happening in the background while its characters speak almost exclusively in puns and non sequiturs that the movies practically demand multiple viewings. 1993’s Fatal Instinct is cut from the same cloth, but it’s rarely celebrated these days because critics brushed it under the rug upon release. It currently holds a 14 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Here’s the thing about movies like Fatal Instinct. They’re meant to be stupid. They’re meant to be over-the-top exercises in character incompetence and miscommunication. Everything about Fatal Instinct is intentional, with the goal being to make the smartest, stupid crime thriller you could beam into your skull on Tubi. I normally agree with old Roger Ebert reviews, but I can say with confidence that he was wrong to give Fatal Instinct a one-and-a-half star review.

Ned Ravine Is Your New Favorite Idiot

Fatal Instinct follows the exploits of Ned Ravine (Armand Assante), a cop with a law degree who incarcerates criminals and then takes them on as defense clients. More often than not, his efforts backfire because, as the arresting officer, he already has the evidence proving the person he’s defending is guilty. When approached by sexbomb Lola Cain (Sean Young) to look over some legal documents, their meeting quickly leads to an extramarital affair that he needs to hide from his wife, Lana (Kate Nelligan).

Fortunately, or unfortunately for Ned depending on how you look at it, Lana is having an affair of her own with her mechanic, Frank (Christopher McDonald). It’s fortunate because Lana is far too distracted with her own sexcapades to suspect Ned of foul play. It’s unfortunate because Lana and Frank plan to kill Ned under very specific circumstances in order to cash in on his handsome life insurance policy.

Meanwhile, convicted felon Max Shady (James Remar) finishes his sentence and swears revenge on Ned, who, thanks to his double dipping into law enforcement and the legal field, landed him behind bars for seven years. The reason? Ned Ravine is a total idiot.

Of course, all of these plot points are established between wild sexual encounters involving a fridge, a belt sander, and just about any smooth surface you can think of, making you wonder exactly how Fatal Instinct landed a PG-13 rating. My guess is that since everything is so ridiculously over the top in every conceivable way, the censors were willing to let this one slip through the cracks. It’s overtly sexual, but also so slapstick that there’s no way anybody could take any of it seriously.

Profoundly Stupid In The Smartest Ways

Jam-packed with double entendres from start to finish, it takes a special kind of director like Carl Reiner to fully realize the kind of shtick that writer David O’Malley wanted front and center. Facial expressions and elaborate sight gags dominate Fatal Instinct. Guns have volume knobs on their silencers. Cigarette smoke billows out of mouths like a fog machine. Detectives slip repeatedly in crime scene blood. Sports commentators sit at the back of the courtroom offering instant replays for the viewing audience at home.

Fatal Instinct is so dumb that it’s actually smart. There are so many laugh-out-loud moments that you’ll want to freeze frame, rewind, and replay. It’s the only way to keep up with its rapid-fire joke delivery, and even then you might still miss a punchline or two. Don’t let the critics fool you on this one because it doesn’t deserve to sit in the trenches over at Rotten Tomatoes. It’s good, dumb fun if I’ve ever seen it, and that’s all it’s ever trying to be.

As of this writing, Fatal Instinct is streaming for free on Tubi.

Former Below Deck star Emile Kotze is suing NBCUniversal for $850 million after claiming the network perpetrated a “coordinated campaign of exploitation, harassment and deceit” during his time on the show.

Kotze, who appeared on season 3 of the Bravo series, was 23 years old when he worked as a deckhand on the reality show. Now 34, Kotze has been embroiled in a legal battle with Bravo’s parent network since June 2025, Us Weekly can confirm.

Kotze claimed in his initial lawsuit that he was “sexually harassed, manipulated and subjected to degrading treatment” during and after he filmed the show in 2015.

The yachty filed a first amended complaint on June 13, 2025, less than two weeks after he initiated the lawsuit in the Southern District of New York.

In October 2025, Kotze filed a second amended complaint, claiming that after he was cast on Below Deck, the showrunners decided they wanted him to be part of a “showmance” with female crew member Raquel “Rocky” Dakota.

One executive allegedly pointed to Kotze’s South African background and possible “traditional values” as something that would help with the story line.

“We can get some fish-out-of-water tension with him. Plus, he’s not union or anything, we can push him harder,” the executive allegedly said, according to the court filing.

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Kotze further claimed that once filming began, production “piled” him with alcohol during his downtime and was “encouraging him to ‘make a move’” on Dakota, despite his alleged hesitation about pursuing a romantic relationship with her.

Kotze alleged that during cast nights out after charters, the producers would encourage them to take shots and do drinking games. He claimed that one such night led to Dakota “in a distraught emotional state” climbing the yacht’s mast and jumping overboard.

Kotze claimed in the docs that he was “traumatized witnessing this, as he feared for Rocky’s life.” He alleged that production “treated it as a dramatic plot twist – cameras kept rolling, and they later used the footage as entertainment.”

“After filming, Defendants defamed Plaintiff by deceptively editing footage to portray him in a false and damaging light, misappropriated his likeness for continued commercial gain without consent, and engaged in a cover-up and retaliation campaign to silence and discredit him when he sought redress,” the lawsuit read, claiming that Kotez’s alleged mistreatment continued once filming wrapped.

NBCUniversal had no comment.

Kotze is seeking between $633 million and $850 million in damages, claiming in his lawsuit that $123 million was lost in future earnings because his “once-promising yachting career was destroyed.”

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He said he is seeking “no less than $10 million” in damages for emotional distress and proposed for punitive damages he be awarded $500 million.

Kotze also asked the court to demand that the network remove or delete any “intimate images or photos” of him from all platforms and stop future distribution or streaming of season 3 episodes “containing defamatory or unauthorized content.”

If the episodes remain up, Kotze wants the network to add a disclaimer to the show “clarifying that certain portrayals of the Plaintiff were manipulated.”

NBC, meanwhile, filed a motion to dismiss the first amended complaint in October 2025, but a judge denied the motion on January 3, People reported.

By Chris Snellgrove
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For a franchise that’s all about peaceful exploration, Star Trek has always placed a special emphasis on fighting. From the infamous “Kirk-fu” of The Original Series to the Vulcan martial arts in Discovery, it never takes too long for an away team mission to lead to fisticuffs. Of course, we all know that the fisticuffs in question are just as fake as the special effects that bring these sci-fi series to life.

On one occasion, though, Star Trek ended up hiding a real fistfight in plain sight. In the Deep Space Nine episode “Invasive Procedures,” future Voyager star Tim Russ accidentally really punched Nana Visitor’s stunt double during a fight scene. While everyone else freaked out, she urged Russ to keep going because of how real the fight was going to look onscreen!

A Star Trek Icon Returns

“Invasive Procedures” is a Deep Space Nine episode in which the station has to be mostly evacuated thanks to a plasma storm. The command staff stays on as a skeleton crew, but it doesn’t take long before they are invaded and overpowered by a ragtag group of bad guys. One of the invaders is an unjoined Trill, and her goal is horrifyingly simple: she wants the symbiont inside Dax’s body, but without it, the perky science officer will soon die.

Among the bad guys is a Klingon mercenary played by Tim Russ, who would later famously play the Vulcan Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager. This was actually his second appearance in the franchise, as he had previously appeared as a different kind of mercenary in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Starship Mine.” He would later make a memorable appearance in Star Trek: Generations before joining the lead cast of Voyager.

Deep Space Nine’s Strongest Fighter

Obviously, Russ made a major impact on the Star Trek producers early on, which is why they kept bringing him back for future appearances. In “Invasive Procedures,” however, he made an impact of an entirely different kind: with his fist. During the occupation of Deep Space Nine, Major Kira put up a fight, and she was scripted to scrap with the Klingon played by Russ.

According to Star Trek Monthly (issue 52), the fight went sideways when Tim Russ accidentally landed a punch. At the time, Patricia Tallman (who also played Lyta on Babylon 5) was Nana Visitor’s stunt double, so she was the one engaging in the onscreen fistfight. After Russ landed an actual punch, Tallman said that “everyone on the set freaked out, but I said, ‘No, don’t stop! That was really good – it looked very authentic!”

When Stunts Get Real

The stuntwoman had her way, and “we finished the fight there and then.” To her credit, it was a good call: while “Invasive Procedures” isn’t the best Star Trek episode, it does feature one of the most memorable fights in the entire franchise. That wouldn’t have happened if Patricia Tallman hadn’t been willing to take a punch and keep on filming.

While Tim Russ was horrified at accidentally punching a fellow actor, everything worked out. The onscreen fight looked excellent, and he went on to later have a thriving career as Star Trek’s second most-famous Vulcan. As for his Tuvok character, we can only assume he would declare that Tallman made the right call: after all, making their onscreen battle look as authentic as possible was only logical!

The third season of From might have wrapped on MGM+ in late 2024 with the series set to return for Season 4 in 2026, but it remains one of TV’s most chilling small-town horror stories. The people of the unnamed hamlet are just trying to survive each day while dealing with a mysterious group of evil night creatures. However, just five years ago, the guru of macabre, Mike Flanagan, created and directed a seven-episode miniseries for Netflix with many of the same plot devices and gruesome bloodletting. In Midnight Mass, available now on, it’s the residents of a sleepy, isolated island town that deal with the wrath of an evil presence exacerbated by a haunting sense of existential dread.

In what is his beefiest and best role to date, Hamish Linklater leads a strong ensemble cast that includes Zach Gilford, Kate Siegel, Henry Thomas, and Annabeth Gish. Suppose you’re digging the vibes of John Griffin‘s From, in that case, you should absolutely watch (or even rewatch) this terrifying creep show that ventures into religious epistemology and how extremely dark forces can be misinterpreted.

What Is ‘Midnight Mass’ About?

On the small island town of Crockett, the Monsignor of the local Catholic Church has mysteriously disappeared, leaving the God-fearing congregation needing help and new leadership. The people of Crockett are struggling as the fishing economy that drives the town is shrinking. The sleepy town is dying until a charismatic priest named Father Paul Hill (Linklater) arrives to ostensibly replace Monsignor John Pruitt. Along with his undeniable charm and knowledge of scripture, he brings a series of inexplicable miracles that revitalize the dreary island.

But, like in From, a malevolent being lurks, attempting to exploit the desperate populace. Flanagan does brilliant work interweaving the stories of an ensemble of players who are all engaging characters with unique storylines. When they start to realize that Father Paul is leading them down a dark path, it is too late, and dozens of the people in the community suffer the consequences of having blind faith in what turns out to be an irreparably flawed man who has no idea of the destruction he has brought to Crockett Island.

‘Midnight Mass’ Has the Same Dreadful Tone as ‘From’

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There are obvious similarities between Midnight Mass and From, including a small and isolated group of people cut off from the larger society and subject to the whims of an influential entity like Father Paul. Even as Paul brings a sense of hope and executes miracles of healing power, there is a feeling that it is a precursor to something else—something dangerous. In that sense, the ambiance of the two shows is unyielding existential dread, as if the audience is waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Fortunately, while the slow-burning story of Paul’s secret forms throughout the series, Flanagan writes a collection of salt-of-the-earth people with interesting backstories. Riley Flynn (Gilford) is a recovering alcoholic who has returned to Crockett Island after having served time in jail for the vehicular manslaughter of a young woman. He fell asleep at the wheel because he was drunk. His love interest, Erin Greene (Siegel), tries to leave the small-town life behind her for greener pastures as a performer, but has also returned, getting pregnant and failing to achieve her dreams. The relationship between these two and their deep discussions about life and death is both profound and enlightening.

Father Paul’s Deadly Secret Devastates the Small Town in ‘Midnight Mass’

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The unfortunate souls trapped in the Midwestern town deal with a deadly group of ghastly monsters every night in From. Midnight Mass is different because it continues collecting more gunpowder to deliver a massive haymaker of a shotgun blast in the final sequence. The series finale is intended to be Flanagan’s interpretation of the Bible’s Book of Revelations and the End of Days as it applies to the people of Crockett Island. He uses humanity’s shortcomings, lack of understanding, and misinterpretation of scripture to punctuate his story. Father Paul was wrong about everything regarding the bloodthirsty angel he brought back to the town.

He has brought the wrath of a cruel and winged vampire with designs to exsanguinate and own the souls of everyone on the island. He has brought a plague in the form of a ghoulish bloodsucker onto an island that has been completely cut off from the mainland and the rest of civilization. In the end, Flanagan intends to demonstrate how meek and clueless humanity is and that faith, while good for many people, can be twisted by a few in power. The result is a cataclysm that sees only two children survive as they row a small canoe away from an island engulfed in flames.

Midnight Mass is available to stream on Netflix in the U.S.

Tennis pro Caroline Wozniacki has a must-see bikini body.

Wozniacki, 35, showed off her figure in a sizzling hot swimsuit while enjoying a yacht outing with husband David Lee in St. Barths. In a carousel of photos, which she shared via Instagram on Thursday, March 5, Wozniacki was seen modeling a fiery set featuring a textured red triangle cup top finished with halter straps. She styled the itty-bitty piece with low-rise bottoms that hugged her hips.

The athlete made her look even more glamorous with a number of silver and gold bracelets stacked on one wrist. She further accessorized with a bronze scrunchie on her other arm and black shades.

Wozniacki went makeup-free while soaking up the sun and wore her blonde hair down and styled in a blowout.

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When fans swiped through her carousel, they were met with even steamier snaps of Wozniacki taking an outdoor shower. She leaned her head back and rinsed her hair out in one pic before turning to the side and laughing in another.

She also posed with Lee, 42, who wore blue swim trunks. The couple, who share daughter Olivia, 4, and sons James, 2, and Max, 7 months, wrapped their arms around each other and gazed at the camera.

“Lady in red👙🌊☀️⛵️😍,” she captioned the post. Her celebrity friends and followers were quick to praise her in the comments section.

“OMG!!! Hot!!!😍🔥🔥,” one wrote, while golfer Michelle Wie West commented, “DAYUMMMMM.” Karlie Kloss also gushed, “🔥🔥🔥.” Olympian Donna Vekic playfully added, “Probably ate pasta and french fries before taking these pics 🥲.”

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Wozniacki announced that she gave birth to Max in July 2025. At the time, she shared an adorable pic of Olivia and James cuddling with her newborn on a couch. “Max Wozniacki Lee, born July 26, 2025! Mom and baby are healthy and our family couldn’t be happier! ❤️✨,” she captioned the post.