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Reflections #14: Paradise

And the many reasons why I might not post about a show on Instagram.

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Apr 03, 2026
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Sinatra was zen as hell while the world collapsed in on her (Paradise, Hulu S2)

Every Monday and Thursday, the first thing I do when I wake up is play Vulture’s Telematrix game. It’s my Wordle, basically. I had the great pleasure of curating my own grid this week, for which I selected six Canadian actors who work quite consistently in the medium. Consider testing your TV knowledge and playing my grid, which is up now until Monday! My score was 2690, try and beat that…


I’ll let you in on a little secret: I don’t make an Instagram grid post for everything I watch. Let me explain my process and why some shows “slip through the cracks.”

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