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This week’s episodes are packed with drama! Greg tries to convince Katie not to give up, fearing she’ll end up like him. Archie faces a truly awful day, while Dylan fiercely advocates for her students. We’re also introduced to Alan Ruck as the Dean of Ludlow, and he’s brilliantly playing a thoroughly unpleasant character. In his first scene, he dismissively explains to Dylan why poetry isn’t a priority for the college, using a sarcastic analogy about sports teams and shouting the name of a poet as a joke. (Just for the record, I’d put Alfred Lord Tennyson on my poetry jersey!) I’m really looking forward to seeing Ruck and Carell act together – it’s going to be great.

The episode “Go Getter” shifts focus from the current murder case to explore the events that led up to it, which breathes new life into the characters and their complicated relationships in DTF St. Louis. It feels like a complete, well-developed TV episode. The way the story jumps between past and present isn’t about delaying answers, but about building a strong foundation for the increasingly complex love triangle and the emotional secrets – hidden behind what Detective Homer calls “suburban lies” – that are starting to come to light.

Several important things happened this week that are fairly straightforward. Billie saw a picture of Leroy with a woman she recognized as her mother, leading her to believe Leroy is hiding at her home. However, the NTP officers are currently unaware of this information. They’re also dealing with their own issues, particularly Chee, which require further investigation.

The 2026 awards show has already seen some surprises, like early wins for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and the very first award for Achievement in Casting, which went to Cassandra Kulukundis of One Battle After Another. But the biggest shock of the night came when a tie was announced – something that has only happened seven times in the history of the Oscars.

This year’s Oscars saw a rare tie in the Short Film category, with both The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva winning. This was only the seventh tie in the Academy Awards’ history. Interestingly, one of the winners incorrectly stated that this had only happened three times before. The most well-known tie was in 1969, when Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand jointly won Best Actress for The Lion in Winter and Funny Girl. More recently, Best Sound Editing ended in a tie in 2013, with awards going to both Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall. This year’s tie had an amusing outcome: one of the Two People Exchanging Saliva winners playfully teased Timothée Chalamet during their acceptance speech, which alone makes the moment worth remembering!

Madigan expressed her gratitude to her daughter and all of her dogs – we’re curious to hear more about those furry friends! – and especially her husband, Ed Harris. His reaction to her win was incredibly sweet, possibly the most romantic moment of the night. When Madigan’s name was called, she seemed a bit surprised, but Harris just smiled, looking at her with a knowing expression, as if he’d always believed in her. It’s wonderful that Madigan was recognized for her work in a genre film – which doesn’t happen often – but she truly deserved an award regardless.

Whether it’s unexpected incidents during award shows or controversies happening privately, many celebrities have clashed with the organizations that are supposed to celebrate them.

Keep up with MovieWeb’s active list of Oscar winners, updated live as each category is presented!

Billy Bob Thornton made a guest appearance on 1883 as a personal favor to Taylor Sheridan, who initially intended to cast an unknown actor in the role of Marshal Courtright. They worked together so well that Sheridan then wrote the series Landman specifically for Thornton to star in. Considering how many Yellowstone spin-offs there are now, it would be great to see a story that further explored Thornton’s character, Courtright.

I was so fascinated to hear about a panel from the IMART festival in Japan! Kodansha representatives were talking about how risky adapting Attack on Titan actually was. Apparently, internally, they genuinely thought the anime might fail! They were worried it was too dark and lacked those typical ‘moe’ elements – you know, the really cute, endearing qualities – that a lot of anime rely on to become popular. It’s amazing how wrong they were, honestly!