This week, the landmark superhero satire series The Boys is once again topping the charts on Prime Video, and things are heating up for the show as it approaches the last three episodes of its fifth and final season. Created by Eric Kripke and based on the comics by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, the show is a beloved fan-favorite and a critical hit that’s easily one of the most popular superhero franchises of the 21st century, and Season 5 has so far been exactly as bloody, brutal, and glorious as fans would have hoped. But whether you’re all caught up and eagerly awaiting the next episode, or you’re just not that into hyper-violent superhero shows, the streaming platform has many more options for you to explore. Here’s a look at three great shows that we think you should binge on Prime Video this week, including some of the best TV series of all time.

For more recommendations, check out our list of the best shows and movies on Prime Video.

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‘Unforgettable’ (2011–2016)

Inspired by J. Robert Lennon‘s 2008 short story “The Rememberer,” Unforgettable is a police procedural series developed by Ed Redlich and John Bellucci that stars Poppy Montgomery as Carrie Wells, a troubled detective with a photographic memory. Using her unique skills, Carrie helps the NYPD crack complex, baffling cases, while simultaneously attempting to uncover the one memory she can’t remember: the death of her sister. The show also stars Dylan Walsh, Michael Gaston, Kevin Rankin, Daya Vaidya, Jane Curtin, Dallas Roberts, and more in key roles.

A unique show in the vast canon of TV procedurals, Unforgettable is a relatively little-known entry that had a troubled production history, being canceled twice by CBS over its first three seasons and then picked up by A&E for a fourth and final installment. While its narrative and stories are quite formulaic, the series does feature a truly intriguing premise and some great performances, particularly by Poppy Montgomery in the central role. And though it never quite became a critical success, the show continues to enjoy a cult following and airs reruns in syndication.

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‘Downton Abbey’ (2010–2015)

An iconic period drama series, Downton Abbey was created and co-written by Julian Fellowes and revolves around the residents of the titular English country estate. Set between 1912 and 1926, the show follows the changing lives of the Crawley family and their servants in the context of major historical events of the time, like the sinking of the Titanic and the First World War. The ensemble cast includes Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Jessica Brown Findlay, Maggie Smith, Dan Stevens, and many more.

During its six-season run in the 2010s, Downton Abbey was one of the biggest television shows, earning critical and commercial success and becoming a major pop culture phenomenon. A gorgeously produced period drama with engaging characters and storylines, the show has been praised by critics and viewers alike for its writing, direction, costumes, and performances, garnering numerous accolades. After the show’s conclusion, the series further expanded into a multimedia franchise with a sequel film trilogy, the last of which was released in September 2025.

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‘Friday Night Lights’ (2006–2011)

Inspired by H. G. Bissinger’s 1990 book and developed by Peter Berg, Friday Night Lights is a sports drama series that follows a high school football team in the rural West Texas town of Dillon. Starring Kyle Chandler as coach Eric Taylor and Connie Britton as his wife, Tami, the show explores the many issues that plague life in American small towns through the stories of its ensemble. The series cast also stars Gaius Charles, Zach Gilford, Minka Kelly, Adrianne Palicki, Taylor Kitsch, Jesse Plemons, Aimee Teegarden, Michael B. Jordan, and Jurnee Smollett, among others.

A spiritual successor to Berg’s 2004 film of the same name, Friday Night Lights is an engaging and underrated character drama that deals with pressing topics like school funding, racism, substance use, abortion, and more, which earned it highly positive reviews from critics. Though it was never a very big ratings hit, the show is well-remembered as one of the best TV dramas of the 2000s, and many of its cast members would go on to become major stars in later years. The series also earned several accolades, including three Emmys, a Peabody Award, and an NAACP Image Award.

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2006 – 2011

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Jason Katims

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Patrick R. Norris, Jonas Pate, Allison Liddi-Brown, Adam Davidson, Dean White, Peter Berg, Seith Mann, Jason Katims, Chris Eyre, Ami Canaan Mann, Charles Stone III, Dan Lerner, Josh Pate, Kyle Chandler, Mark Piznarski

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Brent Fletcher

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Spaghetti Westerns can best be defined as Westerns that were made in Europe, rather than America, often (but not exclusively) in Italy. So, the term was a bit of a derogatory one, since the sentiment at the time, according to some, was that Westerns made outside the U.S. just weren’t as good, or couldn’t be as good, even though some spaghetti Westerns genuinely could rival American classics like The Searchers, High Noon, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance in terms of quality. Actually, those ones aren’t ideal to bring up if you want to contrast American Westerns with spaghetti ones, since those three can be considered at least a little revisionist or subversive.

Maybe it’s accurate to say spaghetti Westerns just pushed things further, and got a little darker (and more realistic) than most American Westerns made around the middle of the 20th century. With that, you get fewer traditional heroes in spaghetti Westerns, so a ranking like the following does have to include some anti-heroes and at least a couple of characters who are kind of rogue-ish, but endearing – or sympathetic – compared to the villains they’re up against. There’s a limit of one character per movie, and also, only traditional spaghetti Westerns will be considered below (it was tempting to have Django Unchained here, since both the title character and Dr. King Schultz qualify as memorable heroes, but that’s more of a homage to spaghetti Westerns than an actual spaghetti Western).

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Keoma

‘Keoma’ (1976)

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Maybe Keoma is a little underrated, as far as spaghetti Westerns go, and there’s another starring Franco Nero, from a decade earlier, that’s certainly more popular (more on that one in a bit), but this one’s still quite good overall. It’s about the titular character coming home, after fighting in the Civil War, and finding his town is under the control of various nefarious people, so he has to go about resuming fighting, only it’s more personal and everything.

He also has some half-brothers on the other side of the conflict, which makes things a bit dicier and overall darker, befitting the spaghetti Western sub-genre… though they’re also not exactly good people, by any means. Keoma builds to an inevitably violent final act that is the highlight of the movie overall, though it’s still fairly good and generally reliable before then, too, and Nero was undeniably strong in this kind of role.

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Tuco

‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ (1966)

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Just as you can recommend Singin’ in the Rain to people who hate musicals, or The Shawshank Redemption to people who usually stay away from prison movies, you can quite confidently recommend The Good, the Bad and the Ugly to those who usually swear off older Westerns. It’s not one that feels old, by any means, which helps, though 1966 was… (*checks notes*) oh, wow, 60 years ago now. At the time of writing. Could be even longer, depending on the time of reading.

There is a character played by Clint Eastwood who’s technically “the Good,” but he’s not all that good, or at least he’s not the easiest to root for. Also, he’s in the other two movies in the Dollars trilogy, so his time will come. It’s Tuco who’s getting a shout-out here. It might even be a stretch to call him an antihero, since he’s not a very good guy by most standards (his worst misdeeds are said to have happened before the events of the film), but it’s also hard not to like him in a weird sort of way. He’s the underdog, of the three characters referred to in the title, and gets played the most often during the whole chaotic race toward a hidden fortune, so yeah, he’s getting counted as a spaghetti Western sort of hero here. Deal with it.

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Django

‘Django’ (1966)

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So, there’s a limit of one character per movie here, but Franco Nero is going to show up in this ranking twice, because 10 years before Keoma, he also played the titular character in Django. You can’t really go past Django, and not just because it was (obviously) a reference point for Django Unchained. The premise here is similar to another spaghetti Western made a couple of years earlier, and that’s also going to be mentioned right below.

The titular Django might not seem like a real hero in a non-spaghetti Western, but he comes into a town with some pretty bad people in it, in this movie, and so he’s worthy of being considered a hero by comparison. That can be said about a fair few spaghetti Westerns when it comes to the main characters, though Django is admittedly closer to traditional hero territory than Tuco from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

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The Man with No Name

‘A Fistful of Dollars’ (1964)

Hey, there he is. There’s Clint Eastwood. His first movie as the Man with No Name was A Fistful of Dollars, and it was also something of a star-making role for Eastwood, as far as big-screen appearances were concerned. A Fistful of Dollars was the first movie in the Dollars trilogy, and it’s the one that lets Eastwood be the most outwardly heroic, or at least he’s not kind of upstaged by someone like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’s Tuco, nor the “real” hero of the second movie in the trilogy.

In A Fistful of Dollars, the Man with No Name comes into a town and cleans it up in his own distinct way, a little like Django in Django. Okay, he does clean up the town a little like the main character in Yojimbo, perhaps notoriously so, but judged as an unofficial remake, A Fistful of Dollars is about as good as they get. Eastwood was instantly iconic here, and it was essential in making him forever associated with the Western genre (well, that and his earlier role on the Western TV series, Rawhide).

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Col. Mortimer

‘For a Few Dollars More’ (1965)

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As previously alluded to, the Man with No Name is sort of outshone in the second of the Dollars trilogy movies, For a Few Dollars More. Eastwood’s character is going after a bandit, and then he crosses paths with someone else who’s after the same individual. His name is Col. Mortimer, and he’s played by Lee Van Cleef, who was also “the Bad” in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, with the two characters being remarkably different.

Mortimer has more of a personal reason for pursuing the main villain in For a Few Dollars More, to say the least, and it’s revealed slowly, making the eventual showdown all the more enthralling. It’s also funny to think about how in Sergio Leone’s version of the Old West, there are two men stomping around who both look exactly the same, albeit with almost opposite personalities, and the Man with No Name rather nonchalantly gets involved with both of them.

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Jill

‘Once Upon a Time in the West’ (1968)

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Once Upon a Time in the West slowed things down a little, compared to the Westerns Sergio Leone directed before 1968. There’s still tons to like here if you also enjoyed the Dollars trilogy movies, but no Eastwood here, and things are probably a bit more somber than that trilogy ever got. That being said, you do get perhaps the most clear-cut hero of any Sergio Leone movie: Jill, who’s made a widow early on and finds herself targeted by the man responsible for (nearly) making her lose everything. His name’s Frank, and he wants her land.

Henry Fonda might well come the closest to stealing the show, as the villain here, but Claudia Cardinale is also amazing as Jill, and stands out for being a Western female protagonist; something that’s even rarer for spaghetti Westerns than Westerns generally. Also, an honorable mention does have to go out to Harmonica (Charles Bronson), who’s far more mysterious and perhaps ruthless enough to be more of an anti-hero, but he’s still heroic compared to Frank (who he’s targeting for his own vengeance-fueled reasons).

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Silence

‘The Great Silence’ (1968)

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Released the same year as Once Upon a Time in the West, The Great Silence is probably the best spaghetti Western not directed by Sergio Leone, instead being helmed by Sergio Corbucci, who was also behind the aforementioned Django. The main character of The Great Silence is mute, so he’s only really known as “Silence,” and he has a tragic past, not to mention a potentially tragic future, seeing as he goes up against remarkably cruel bounty hunters who are all targeting more sympathetic individuals.

There’s more that can be said about The Great Silence for sure, and to say too much would be undermining a good deal of what the film’s most famous for (if it counts as famous; The Great Silence still feels pretty underrated, even with people re-evaluating it decades on from its release). There’s a real savageness to this film that still hits quite hard, but its central character is undeniably heroic, even if you could see him as reckless for being so frequently outgunned.

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The Great Silence

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January 27, 1969

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105 Minutes

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Sergio Corbucci

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Sergio Corbucci, Vittoriano Petrilli, Mario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci, John Davis Hart, Lewis E. Ciannelli

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By Chris Snellgrove
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Something I have written about extensively before is how hard it is to find a good horror comedy because these films end up being either too funny to be scary or too scary to be funny. Rare indeed are the spooky films that can make you scream with laughter and cry out in fear, often in the same scene. Those are the films I treasure the most, and if you’re ready to bite into something both gloriously grisly and fatally funny, it’s time to stream Jennifer’s Body on Netflix.

Jennifer Body is, out of nowhere, rocketing up the Netflix streaming charts. People are rediscovering this cult classic en masse this week, with the film currently ranking among the top ten most watched movies on the streamer.

The premise of Jennifer’s Body is that the titular Jennifer is a small high school’s resident mean girl who survives a fire at a dive bar but comes back different. Specifically, she comes back with an unquenchable desire to kill and eat men thanks to a pesky demon possession (hey, it happens to the best of girls). The only one who suspects something is amiss is her best friend, but unless this meek girl can find the inner fortitude necessary to stop her bloodlusting bestie, the entire town is in danger of becoming one big, Satanic feast.

The cast of Jennifer’s Body is surprisingly stacked, including Amanda Seyfried (the Oscar-nominated actor known best for Mean Girls and Les Misérables) as the best friend whose friend develops a bad case of resting demon face. Also starring in the film are two very different Marvel stars: J.K. Simmons (whom Marvel fans know best for portraying J. Jonah Jameson in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man films) and Chris Pratt (known to MCU fans everywhere for portraying Guardians of the Galaxy lead Star-Lord). Even genre legend Lance Henriksen (who I will always remember best for the movie Aliens and the TV show Millennium) pops up near the end of the movie.

Those are just a few of the killer stars in Jennifer’s Body, but the best performance comes from leading lady Megan Fox, best known outside of this film for her starring role in the first two live-action Transformers movies. Jennifer has a deliciously devil-may-care attitude even before the demon possession, and afterward, Fox perfectly embodies both the character’s seductive charm and her insatiable thirst for blood. She’s every man’s dream and every man’s nightmare all rolled into one, and her performance will keep your eyes glued to the screen even as it makes your skin try to crawl right off your body.

Aside from Megan Fox’s performance (seriously, this is her best role ever, and I say that as the world’s biggest Transformers fan), Jennifer’s Body has a secret weapon: it was written by Diablo Cody, the whip-smart writer who penned the iconic film classic Juno. This horror movie unapologetically centers on the experiences of women, and arguably nobody writes women like Cody, which leads to some scary lines that perfectly channel the feminine rage of the modern American woman. 

To the rightful accusation “you’re killing people!”, Jennifer coolly responds, “No, I’m killing boys,” which outlines her murderous ethos while cleverly dehumanizing men in the same way that dude bros (both in the film and in the real world) constantly dehumanize women. Before you throw anything at me, the movie is far from “woke,” and the message never gets in the way of the plot. Rather, the sexual politics undergirding this film add a level of cultural resonance while making this bloody film a cut above most other horror movies.

Unfortunately, critics often hate horror movies, and Jennifer’s Body (despite all its clever subversion) is no exception. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 46 percent, with critics complaining that the movie’s clever dialogue didn’t make up for it being neither funny nor scary enough. With respect to these critics, they are completely wrong: the dialogue alone fills this movie with one laugh-out-loud moment after another, and Megan Fox’s performance makes for frightening scenes that you’ll think about long after the credits roll.

Will you agree that Jennifer’s Body is a modern horror classic, or will you agree with the critics that this demonic romp needed a little more time in Satan’s oven (Hell: the ultimate Easy-Bake)? You won’t know until you stream it on Hulu and experience all the devilish dialogue and cannibalistic charisma for yourself.

Afterward, you can join me and the rest of this cult classic’s fan club (there are dozens of us… dozens!) in hoping that this overlooked horror gem eventually gets its long-overdue sequel.

JENNIFER’S BODY REVIEW SCORE

By Britta DeVore
| Published 45 seconds ago

Them is an anthology horror series that uses familiar genre setups as a delivery system for something more grounded and uncomfortable. Each season tells a standalone story centered on a Black family or character being pushed into a hostile environment, where the real threat isn’t just supernatural, it’s systemic.

Them: The Scare was the second season of the show, but shares none of the characters with the first. Deborah Ayorinde returned to a different role following her breakout season. It topped the first season in every way. Them: The Scare sits on Rotten Tomatoes with an impressive 100 percent on the Tomatometer.

The Structure Of Them: The Scare

The eight-episode series, which is available to binge now on Amazon’s streamer, is the second to come from the story started by creator Little Marvin, who developed 2021’s Them: The Covenant.

Them: The Covenant took place in the early 1950s, and focused on a black family who uprooted their life in North Carolina and struck out for the big city of Los Angeles, regrowing their roots in a predominantly white neighborhood. Them: The Scare pushes the story nearly 40 years into the future.

In this future, audiences meet Ayorinde’s LAPD Homicide Detective Dawn Reeve. While on her mission to track down the killer of a murdered foster mother, Detective Reeve’s life is made that much more complicated when a sinister force clings to her family and won’t let go. Both The Covenant and The Scare see their main characters calling Los Angeles home.

Like the first season, the show blends grounded violence with supernatural suggestion. It uses horror imagery to explore trauma, racism, and psychological collapse rather than relying purely on traditional genre scares.

Along with Deborah Ayorinde, Them: The Scare also features a call sheet that includes the legendary Pam Grier (Jackie Brown), Luke James (The Chi), and Jeremy Bobb (The Outsider).

A 100% Positive Response

Critically, The Scare marked a noticeable rebound for the series. The first season had drawn mixed reactions for what many saw as excessive brutality and uneven storytelling. Season two landed far more cleanly with reviewers.

Them: The Scare holds a 100% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, with consensus describing it as a “marked improvement” that delivers more focused storytelling and sharper thematic execution. Some critics praised its performances and layered approach to generational trauma, while others still argued it struggled to fully balance its social commentary with its horror mechanics.

Audience response was more split, but generally positive. Viewer scores sit in the mid-to-high range (around the mid-80% level), with many calling it more accessible and engaging than the first season, particularly for its pacing and clearer narrative. At the same time, some viewers criticized the serial killer storyline as underdeveloped or the ending as underwhelming, continuing the show’s pattern of divisive reactions.

Will Them Get Season 3?

Right now, the future of Them is basically in limbo. There is no official Season 3 renewal, no release date, and no confirmation that more episodes are coming. The show was originally ordered as a two-season project, which means The Scare is the first time it’s had to prove itself on its own in terms of viewership and engagement.

At the same time, the creator, Little Marvin, has made it clear he has ideas and wants to keep going, so creatively, there’s no shortage of runway. The deciding factor now is purely business: how well Season 2 performed and whether Amazon thinks the audience is big enough to justify another anthology story.

Brooks Nader may have been absent from the 2026 Met Gala, but she was sure to share her support for sister Grace Ann Nader.

“PROUD SISSY!” Brooks, 29, wrote via her Instagram Story on Monday, May 4, tagging Grace Ann, 25, while reposting an image of her on the red carpet.

In a separate Instagram Story, Brooks shared a picture of herself sipping from a glass while seemingly outside of a pizzeria. “Meanwhile … me,” Brooks wrote, alongside laughing and pizza emojis.

Grace Ann was all smiles while dressing for the “Costume Art” theme during her debut at Monday’s fundraiser at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. She stunned in a black strapless gown with a sheer corset, styling her hair down in loose waves.

Brooks, meanwhile, has been making headlines for months, with her love life, her sense of style and her flourishing career becoming hot topics of conversation. News broke in March that she will star in the upcoming Baywatch reboot on Fox.

“I think that the times are different, and everyone is so multihyphenate now, and you can be both an actor and an influencer and have influence,” she told the Daily Mail at the time. “And that’s the beauty of the culture that social media has created.”

Of the cast, which also includes Stephen Amell, Shay Mitchell, Livvy Dunne and Noah Beck, Brooks added, “I think that there’s so many platforms and voices that are on the show, in the cast, and I think it’ll only help the series.”

As for how she felt when she landed the role, Brooks recalled, “It was the biggest pinch-me moment of my career.”

“I feel like this is my first big acting gig, and so I’m excited to show people what I can do and obviously big shoes to fill,” she continued. “Baywatch [was] such an iconic series, and we have such a stacked cast of amazing talent. And so I know everyone’s gonna love it. It’s amazing.”

In April, Brooks revealed how the Baywatch gig has shaken up her routine for the better.

“I’m eating a lot healthier and I’m not partying as much, which, you know me, that’s pretty hard,” she exclusively told Us Weekly at the time. “But I’m doing it, and I’m working out a lot and taking care of my mind, body, that whole situation. So, it’s a new era, a good one.”

Brooks has also been in the news for her burgeoning relationship with Taron Egerton, to whom she was linked in March after the pair were spotted kissing in California.

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“Brooks and Taron have gone out on several dates recently and she is very into him,” a source exclusively told Us in April. “They are casually dating and hooking up. It is still new but he is someone that has definitely caught her eye and kept her interested.”

According to the insider, Brooks and Egerton, 36, “hit it off immediately” when they met while “out with friends” in Los Angeles.

“Brooks doesn’t want to be tied down right now but is definitely enjoying time with him and seeing where things go,” the source said. “He is very charming and she likes that he is a gentleman.”

Kandi Burruss just shook up timelines after popping out with a fresh NEW look. Folks online are handing her 10’s, while the girlies said they’re seated and taking notes because they want to step out looking just as good as Kandi this summer.

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Kandi Burruss Turns Heads With NEW Look

On Sunday, May 3, Kandi Burruss had all eyes on her when she dropped a fresh set of photos on Instagram. The former ‘RHOA’ star popped out looking good, posing in a neutral off-the-shoulder mini dress with a fur shawl draped across the front. Kandi let the look speak for itself, keeping it simple with a high ponytail, soft glam, and strappy sandals. She told fans she couldn’t think of a caption, and they definitely stepped in — dropping fire emojis and saying she ate and left no crumbs!

The Roomies Can’t Get Enough Of Kandi’s Latest Look

After The Shade Room posted Kandi’s pics, the comment section was flooded! Several Roomies said they loved her new look and felt she gave ‘Escape’ era vibes, while others said she didn’t even need a caption because she came through snatched and serving, and that’s all that mattered!

Instagram user @liqhtskin_beautyyy wrote, “Oh 😍 She looks so good 🔥” 

Instagram user @itstamar_ahh wrote, “She looks great and I love the high ponytail with this look 🔥🔥🔥” 

While Instagram user @rclifford1025 wrote, “No caption needed🔥” 

Then Instagram user @msadams84 wrote, “Reminds me of her X-Scape days 😍” 

Another Instagram user @theylovecha wrote, “This is fye 🔥” 

Instagram user @inkmychina69 wrote, “Best she’s ever look.” 

Then another Instagram user @big_mittenz_sista_ wrote, “Tell em Body & The Face Tea ain’t nun else to Clock 🔥” 

Finally, Instagram user @prettybrownone1 wrote, “Been that 😍🔥” 

Like Mother, Like Daughter — Riley Burruss Comes Through & Eats Too

Kandi didn’t just take over timelines with her photos; she spun the block and dropped another flick featuring her daughter, Riley Burruss. Riley posed right beside her mom in a cream bustier top, a sheer skirt, and slouchy boots. The pics had fans seeing double and screaming mother-daughter goals.

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By Chris Snellgrove
| Published 21 seconds ago

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is filled with colorful supervillains, but no matter how strong these foes are, our heroes always come out on top. The same can’t be said for the MCU as a whole, though. After the blockbuster success of Avengers: Endgame, Disney+ introduced a firehose of content in the form of one new show after another. This ushered in the one villain the MCU itself could never defeat: superhero fatigue. Revenues went down, some ventures lost money, and fans and execs alike were left asking the same question: Is Marvel ever going to be as popular as it once was?

Last year, there was a glimmer of hope. Daredevil: Born Again brought the fan-favorite Netflix hero back for brand new adventures where he once again clashed with the Kingpin. Hopes rallied around this new show, and Marvel Studios decided to use its second season as a launchpad to bring other beloved characters (like Jessica Jones) back into the fold. Sadly, the comeback has already failed: despite all the hype and all the hope, viewership for Daredevil: Born Again has dropped by more than 50 percent.

It’s Over, Fam

This news comes to us from ComicBook.com. They trawled through Luminate data and discovered some sobering numbers. In its first five weeks, Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 had “4,515,000 season views, 10,867,000 hours watched, and 652,000,000 minutes watched.” That may sound good on paper, but as it turns out, Season 1 had “8,357,000 season views, 24,000,000 hours watched, and 1,440,004,000 minutes watched.”  That means that the second season of this hit show had 46 percent fewer total viewers and a decline of more than 54 percent in total hours watched.

The pattern is very consistent, with every episode of Season 2 getting about half of the fan engagement as each corresponding Season 1 episode. That leads to the obvious question: why the sudden drop? Based on other metrics, it doesn’t seem like this is a reaction to fans hating Season 1. That premiere season of Daredevil: Born Again has an 87 percent critical score on Rotten Tomatoes; meanwhile, Season 2 has (so far) an 88 percent critical score. Interestingly, the audience score for Season 1 was 78 percent, but the audience score for Season 2 is, as of this writing, 87 percent. 

Daredevil No More?

It’s normal for shows (especially hit shows) to lose some viewers from season to season as more casual fans find newer, shinier shows to glom onto. However, losing over half your audience from season to season is downright catastrophic, and it seems like a seriously bad sign for Daredevil: Born Again. As ComicBook.com points out, the second season failed to break the Nielsen Top 10 for streaming, which is something that both Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law managed to do. If Marvel’s hit new show can’t draw as many viewers as its most controversial ones, the MCU is in serious trouble!

For better or for worse, though, the show will go on. Production has already begun on Daredevil: Born Again Season 3, which will reunite the Defenders from the Netflix-era of Marvel. Meanwhile, Defender and Born Again guest star Krysten Ritter is (according to Marvel Television head Brad Winderbaum) likely going to headline a new project very soon. These future projects may very well get a boost from Avengers: Doomsday, the ambitious blockbuster that is premiering later this year. That movie is Marvel’s biggest, most expensive effort at combating superhero fatigue, and the plan to reignite the fandom is so crazy it just might work.

If it doesn’t work, though? The failure of Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 will be seen as the canary in the coal mine for the death of the most ambitious cinematic universe ever created.

General Hospital two week spoilers expect Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna) to be losing his mind and raging. Plus, Ava Jerome (Maura West) sees somebody she loves threatened and she boils over. Weve got your spoilers for the two weeks of May 4th through the 15th. Let’s dive right in.

General Hospital Spoilers Monday, May 4th: Carly & Brennan Showdown

On Monday, May 4th, carrying over from Friday’s episode, we have an irate Brennan in Carly Spencer‘s (Laura Wright) bedroom after he burst in without knocking. And there she is, clearly rumpled from doing the deed. Plus, there’s men’s clothing laying there. And Brennan yells at Carly to get dressed, and she slips on a robe, but is pushing back on his attitude.

Regardless that Jack just caught her cheating, Carly of course thinks that he is more in the wrong because he’s been lying to her face. He turned her daughter Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) into a killer, risked her life with the whole Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober) thing and then recruited her into the WSB, but I’m curious to see how much of that she reveals.

So, Carly is annoyed as well and she feels justified lashing out and she’s going to tell him it is Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) who has been in her bed. In a recent interview, Laura Wright says Carly doesn’t hold back and Chris McKenna said that Brennan is raging, heartbroken, and humiliated.

So, he tells Carly there will be consequences for betraying him like this. But, I’m not sure if Jack exactly knows who he’s talking to. And Valentin joins the conversation and things are going to get really nasty from there. Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) is the real enemy, but I think emotions are running too high to have that conversation.

GH Spoilers: Brennan & Carly Split – Valentin at Risk

So, looks like Brennan and Carly are over and done on Monday. And I do wonder if Jack is going to try and arrest Valentin. I don’t think Carly will let that happen. She will thwart him if she can. I wonder if Jack will actually drag Carly in for harboring Valentin. I’m thinking no. Plus, Emma Scorpio-Drake (Brayden Bruner) and Gio Palmieri (Giovanni Mazza) introduce Michael James Scott to Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali) and Curtis Ashford (Donnell Turner) at the Savoy.

And Gio is telling their Broadway star friend that Trina is a talented singer. And Michael Scott encourages Trina to pursue it. Curtis says it’s going to be a great night and he introduces Michael James Scott to the crowd at the Savoy, welcomes him to the stage and he’s going to perform Friend Like Me from Aladdin on Broadway. And I do hope we get to hear the whole song. That would be exciting.

GH Spoilers: Cassius gets Aggro with Joss

Josslyn is in danger. So, at her apartment, Cassius Faison (Ryan Paevey) is getting aggressive, getting a little hands-on. He grabs Joss’s arm and snarls that he can’t let her go. And I think at this point she may have an inkling that that is not Nathan because Joss brought up that pivotal memory about him and Maxie Jones (Kirsten Storms) that Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) told her about and Cassius didn’t respond the way he should have.

Plus something touches Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) and this may be about Gio because they had a really good talk at the Savoy. Also, Lucas Jones (Van Hansis) is irritated when Pascal (Mark Forget) gets in his face. That’s out at Wyndemere. He’s telling Lucas he shouldn’t be there. And Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Ava walk in while Pascal’s being nasty to her nephew. And Ava asks, “What is going on here?” Pascal is so jealous that Marco fell for Lucas. And we could see Ava demanding that Sidwell get rid of Pascal because he threatened Lucas. And I doubt Sidwell is going to like Pascal’s attitude either.

Tuesday, May 5th on General Hospital

Then on Tuesday, May 5th, we’ve got Chase (Josh Swickard) and BLQ talking about their future. This may be about BLQ wanting to adopt Phoebe, and she should tell Chase she’s already spoken with Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn) to get the ball rolling, and I wonder if Chase will agree. Ethan Lovett (Nathan Dean Parsons) gives Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) some new information, hopefully something on Sidwell. Next week in his office, Sonny looks very thoughtful and Nathan looks concerned as they have a serious talk.

Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) is tested on Tuesday. We’ll find out by whom. And Curtis has something to tell Jordan Ashford (Tanisha Harper). So, I think Curtis may tell her he suspects that Isaiah Gannon (Sawandi Wilson) caused the car crash. Even though we all know Jordan and Curtis caused their car crash. So, Curtis may tell Jordan that he’s already told DA Justine Turner (Nazneen Contractor) and that Laura Spencer (Genie Francis) advised him to drop this.

Jordan seems really vengeful and petty over this wreck that she herself caused. So, I don’t think she’s going to drop it. Plus, she’s already got animosity towards Isaiah. Also, Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) has a request for Laura. It may involve her boys, or maybe Liz wants to tell Laura about Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) and ask if she can convince Willow Corinthos (Katelyn MacMullen) to be open to this.

GH Spoilers Wednesday, May 6th: Laura Takes Action

Wednesday, May 6th, we’ve got Laura making a move to protect someone she cares about. Could be Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr), could be Lulu Spencer (Alexa Havins Bruening). We’ll see. Plus, Ethan has to cover his tracks on Wednesday. This could be something about Sidwell or it could be about something dodgy that Ethan was up to before he came to Port Charles because we have heard that there’s things he is hiding. Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) tracks down Elizabeth and Sonny has to deal with a dilemma on Wednesday. Plus, Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) is stunned. This may be about Cassius telling her he got aggressive with Josslyn or it could be something to do with her work on Faison’s final project.

General Hospital Spoilers Thursday, May 7th: Willow Gets Cocky

Thursday, May 7th, we’ve got Willow thinking that her plan is foolproof. And this is probably about Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) losing the kids, or it could be about keeping Drew locked in while making sure he cannot rat her out. So, she does have to deal with the Liz issue.

Carly gets upsetting info. Could be about Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) or about Jack going after Valentin. Trina makes a deal with Gio. And I think this involves them performing together at Charlies again. And Molly Lansing Davis (Kristin Vaganos) is suspicious. This could involve Cody Bell (Josh Kelly), but maybe about her dad, Ric, because he’s up to something more often than not.

Plus, Valentin goes to see Nina. And we could have Valentin giving Nina a heads up that Jack knows he is in Port Charles so that he can’t keep pressuring Nina. I do wonder if Valentin will tell Nina that he has been hiding out with Carly this whole time.

Friday, May 8th on GH

Friday, May 8th, we’ve got Dante in shock. And I’m hoping this is when he finds out Rocco is the one who shot Cullum. Dante may also find out that Lulu and not Nathan have been keeping it from him and Dante is going to be furious. Sonny takes extreme measures on Friday and it may be about this Sidwell problem. I wonder if he will give Ethan the green light to go ahead and kill the bad guy. Although I don’t think he’s going to die anytime soon, but he might tell him go ahead and give it a shot.

Carly announces something and I wonder if it’s that she wants to be with Valentin and is going to, you know, work to clear his name so they can be together or she could let Jack know that she knows he recruited Josslyn and she wants him to pay for that. Lucas gets support from Felicia Scorpio (Kristuna Wagner) and Cassius is back to pressuring Lulu. So, he may be back to harping on Lulu sending Rocco away, but she’s not going to do that, and Lulu may tap the brakes if Cassius pushes her too far on General Hospital.

General Hospital Spoilers Week of May 11th-15th

The next week, May 11th through the 15th, we’ve got Dante still reeling from the shocking thing that he found out. Plus, Lulu is pushing back on Cassius. And if Lulu pushes too much, we could see Cassius’s inner Faison side come out. He may look like Nathan, but he is not. He is much worse.

Carly deals with fallout from Brennan, who probably wants to crush Valentin more than ever, but I don’t think Carly’s going to make it easy on him. Josslyn’s going to be even more riled up after not-Nathan got so aggro with her. Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) is going to be back on screen pretty soon, maybe by the end of May sweeps.

Rick soon surprises Elizabeth with a big night of romance. I’m wondering if they finally make love. Brook Lynn and Chase make a decision about Phoebe and Portia and Isaiah enjoy some romance, but trouble is ahead thanks to Curtis and Gio is there to support Emma as her fears about Anna intensify.

By Chris Snellgrove
| Published 12 seconds ago

Sadly, blooper reels have largely become a relic of the past. Back in the day, bloopers would sometimes appear at the end of a film, giving the audience something to laugh at after all the tension had been resolved. After DVD became a thing, many TV shows included blooper reels as part of their physical media offerings. It was a real value add for buyers. They might have seen the episode a hundred times, but this would be their first time seeing a beloved actor flub a line so hard it cracks up everyone in the room. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation was no exception, and the DVDs and Blu-rays for this legendary sci-fi show include more than a few hilarious bloopers. For the episode “The Booby Trap,” this includes a line from Worf actor Michael Dorn that made his fellow Trek actors cackle in maniacal glee. Back in the day, what he said felt like nothing more than a simple screw-up, but these days, it would almost certainly get him canceled. You see, Dorn made the Klingon say “I did not play with boys” in a way that sounded suspiciously defensive!

The Stage Is Set

For this tale to make sense, you’ll need a little context for “Booby Trap.” In this episode, the Enterprise is exploring an asteroid field when it receives an urgent distress signal. Unfortunately, they find the distressed ship’s crew long dead, and our heroes get stuck in the same booby trap that doomed the ancient vessel. Geordi LaForge helps solve the problem by replicating warp expert Dr. Leah Brahms on the holodeck and, in a creeper move, falling in love with her. Eventually, the Enterprise escapes the titular booby trap, with Picard stunting and flexing on his crew by personally piloting everyone out of danger.

So, where does the offending blooper come into play? Early on in “Booby Trap,” Picard geeks out about the prospect of beaming over to a ship whose crew died so long ago. He compares it to a “ship in a bottle,” which is a fairly antiquated reference in the 24th century. So antiquated, in fact, that he gets confused looks from the rest of the crew. An exasperated Picard then blurts out, “Good Lord, didn’t anybody here build ships in bottles when they were boys?”

When All You Can Do Is Laugh

This leads to a pretty funny comedy beat. Worf replies, “I did not play with toys,” and Data points out, “I was never a boy.” Fortunately for Picard, the conversation is saved when Miles O’Brien pipes up and says that, like the captain, he used to assemble ships in a bottle. Sadly, though, nobody could save Michael Dorn, who screwed up his line by conflating it with Data’s!

Instead of saying “I did not play with toys,” the actor declares, in his powerful baritone, “I did not play with boys.” The result is instantaneous and infectiously funny. Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner immediately break character, absolutely cackling at what Dorn had accidentally said. Offscreen, you can hear Jonathan Frakes and others howling with laughter. While he certainly didn’t mean to, Star Trek’s most serious character dropped the funniest line in blooper history.

In the charged political climate of the modern world, a character suddenly blurting out, “I didn’t play with boys,” would likely get canceled quicker than you can say, “Make it so.” Does this mean we need to check the flight logs to see if Worf ever had too much fun on a certain island? Probably not. Based on his own misadventures on Risa a few years later, we know exactly what the Klingon would do with a tropical island paradise: ruin it for everyone with a little light terrorism before going back to work and never worrying about it, ever again.