Year: 2022

A sweet pup is finally home with her family where she belongs after way too many years away.

Ginger the dog was stolen from her family back in 2017. Her owner, Barney Lattimore of Janesville, Wisconsin, never gave up the hope that his sweet girl was out there somewhere. Whenever he’d see a dog listed on a rescue website or humane society website that even remotely resembled his Ginger, he would inquire about the dog. Unfortunately, it was never her. You’d think that after a while he would stop, but if he had, he likely wouldn’t have gotten the sweetest reunion.

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On May 1, the City of Beloit Police Department posted on Facebook about a dog they had found, asking people to call if they had any information. Lattimore saw the post and reached out, believing that this dog could finally be his long lost Ginger. He learned that the pup had been transferred to the Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin for care while they searched for the animal’s owner.

So Barney Lattimore rushed to the Humane Society to see if this was indeed his Ginger. I can only imagine how anxiously excited he must have been at the potential reunion. Five years is a long time, especially for a dog. There is no way to know anything about what had happened to her while she was out of his care. Would she still be the same dog she was when she disappeared? Lattimore didn’t care, he just wanted his pet back.

When he arrived at the Humane Society, his prayers were answered. There before him was his baby girl Ginger, after all those years. As soon as they saw each other, it was like no time had passed at all; both of them were just so darn happy to see each other.

The Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin posted about the reunion on its Facebook page.

“Over 5 years ago, Ginger was stolen from her owner, Barney. Ginger’s family tried everything they could to get her back. They continuously searched for her and every time they saw a dog that resembled her in the slightest, it would ignite a spark of hope that maybe it was her. Throughout the years, they proceeded to adopt new dogs and even welcomed another child into their home, but they never forgot about Ginger,” it wrote.

“Recently, the Beloit Police Department posted on Facebook about a stray female dog, in hopes of reuniting her with her owner. She was eventually brought to HSSW, where we could search as well. After a few days, we received a call from Barney, thinking it was Ginger! When he arrived, staff led Barney to the back of the shelter to make sure it was her. As soon as they saw each other, there was no doubt. The excitement on the family’s faces, as well as Ginger’s, when they were finally reunited was beyond memorable. Ginger is back with her true family and now has the opportunity to meet her new “pack” members and make up for lost time!”

Lattimore replied to the post, saying “I thank everyone. prayers do get answered she’s back home doing well. Thanks again for the love and support. All you people are so amazing and love you all.”

Sometimes, never giving up can have a really happy reward. Barney and Ginger are back together, and this is proof that nothing comes between the bond of a dog parent and their pup.

Environmentalism, climate change action and the like are terms usually associated with liberal politics in the U.S. That association might lead one to believe that blue states have a leg up on implementing earth-friendly technologies and practices, but that’s not always the case.

In fact, the most recent report from American Clean Power shows the No. 1 state for clean energy installations in 2021 was Texas—a traditionally red state—and it wasn’t even a close contest.

Texas had more than double the clean power additions as the No. 2 state, California, last year—enough to power Delaware and Hawaii combined. After the Golden State came Oklahoma, Florida, New Mexico, Kansas, Illinois, Virginia, Indiana and Georgia. In other words, a total political mix.

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According to the Clean Power Report, the states with the highest growth rates for clean power were Alabama, Virginia and Connecticut—also a political split.

In fact, throughout the report, we see states where legislators tend to reject climate change policies actually embracing clean energy sources.

For example, the report shared which states hold the most cumulative capacities for the three primary clean energy sources—wind, solar and battery storage. The top five states in each category are:

WIND

1. Texas

2. Iowa

3. Oklahoma

4. Kansas

5. Illinois

(Four out of five = traditionally red states.)

SOLAR

1. California

2. Texas

3. North Carolina

4. Florida

5. Nevada

(Three out of five = traditionally red states.)

BATTERY STORAGE

1. California

2. Texas

3. Florida

4. Massachusetts

5. Illinois

(Two out of five = traditionally red states.)

So what’s the story here?

There are several reasons why renewable energy is booming in conservative areas.

One is that it simply makes good economic sense. Wind and sun are free and plentiful, so once the initial investment is made in the infrastructure to generate power from them, they are more cost-efficient than fossil fuels.

Another is that these clean energy sources make land more valuable. If farmers and ranchers can lease out their land for a wind turbine or solar farm, it’s good for their bottom line in addition to being good for the Earth. Some see it almost as an insurance policy that keeps them afloat during drought or crop failure years.

A third reason is that these clean energy sources create jobs. Lance Hull, an Oklahoma power plant manager who switched from natural gas to wind power, explained to CNN how the move took the plant from around 30 to 40 employees to about 50, negating the argument that dropping fossil fuels kills jobs.

“There are a lot of jobs with the wind farm that you don’t have at the typical power plant,” Hull said. “Industries change, things change, but there’s a lot of automation in the gas plants as well. It’s automatic control, people monitoring operations. It’s very similar.”

President and founder of the American Conservation Coalition Benji Backer says focusing on those benefits is exactly how to bring more conservative-leaning people into the climate conversation.

“These states aren’t embracing these energy sources because they are necessarily better for the climate,” he tells Upworthy. “They’re doing it because it’s good for the economy, and it’s creating jobs and it’s lowering their energy costs.”

Backer says we need to stay open-minded about how we bring people into the climate dialogue because there are lots of ways to push toward a pro-climate future.

“It doesn’t really matter why people embrace certain energy sources—it’s what actually ends up occurring because they embrace those energy sources,” he says. “There needs to be a bigger focus on tangible, relatable impact in people’s lives, whether that’s improving their day-to-day life by lowering costs or creating a job or creating efficiency in their life.

“Those are the sorts of things people take action on,” he adds. “That builds real support, not just political support, and it allows things to happen like we’ve seen in these red states.”

Backer says focusing on the benefits to people’s daily lives, not what they might lose, is the key to reaching more people with climate change messaging.

“By fighting climate change, we’re giving a lot of opportunities to communities and improving lives, instead of taking away.” he says.

It’s not as if environmental protection is unfamiliar to conservative ideology. In fact, the National Park Service, the United States Forest Service, the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association were all started under Republican presidents. The Clean Air Act of 1970 and the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990 were championed and passed by Republican administrations. A Republican president also signed and ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

There is a long history of conservative conservation (it’s right there in the name, after all), so it’s a shame that the political divide has pushed so many away from those roots. Hopefully, these clean energy numbers are a sign that the tide is turning. Climate change is apolitical and all of us benefit from environmental protection regardless of political ideology. As long as we ultimately end up on the same page with our actions, how and why we get there doesn’t really matter.

For some kids, simply getting a toy fire truck as a gift is the greatest thing ever. But Kanye West’s kids just leveled that dream wayyy up. That’s because Ye showed up to ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s house in a fire truck this week and took his two kids, eight-year-old North and six-year-old Saint to school in it. How dare you people question Kanye West’s ability to be a good father! This is next some next level Super Dad stuff.

The whole thing was captured in the latest episode of The Kardashians. Ye rolls up in the truck and North was in on the plan. He turns to his daughter and says “Did you tell Saint?” To which she replies, “Nope. Mom said it was a surprise.” Three year old Psalm hops on the truck and immediately sits behind the wheel and Kanye jokes with him, “When’d you learn to drive?” When they drive off, an elated North says, “We’re going to school in a fire truck!”

It’s a refreshing scene to see for West, whose troubling behavior earlier this year has seen him repeatedly take shots at Kardashian and her new boyfriend, Pete Davidson. He openly said that he thought Davidson would get Kardashian “hooked on drugs” and famously depicted an animated version of Davidson getting kidnapped, buried, and turned into a plant in the “Eazy” video. In weathering the storm, Kardashian said she hoped that “we are the ‘co-parenting goals’ at the end of the day.” West seems to be doing his part with this over-the-top, but frankly, adorable, display

“I think sometimes people are kinda bashful to be super dads,” Kanye said. “Everybody wants to be a cool dad and sometimes you just gotta wear the fire hat. Sometime you gotta wear the Easter bunny costume.”

The perfect tortilla chip is hard to find — we know, we’ve tried. There are a lot of factors to consider, salt to corn flavor ratio, structural integrity, and shape. In the market aisle, you’re spoiled with choices, with wide-ranging variations on the simple snack including white corn, yellow corn, blue corn, triangles, rounds, strips, and scoops.

It’s pretty overwhelming. But as someone who has had most (if not all) of the brands available nationwide, I can say with confidence that none of them come close to being as good as what you can easily make with those stale tortillas at the end of the pack sitting in your fridge.

The perfect homemade tortilla chip is crispy, salty, and thick enough to handle being drudged through guacamole, and salsa. It’s also strong enough to handle the weight of mounds of refried beans, cheese, and whatever else you like on your nachos. You can use them as a base for your breakfast chilaquiles, win the cookout with your from scratch nachos, and have the perfect chip to dip and scoop in whatever you love to dip and scoop in, from cheese to guacamole, to salsa, to bean dip, and hummus!

And all you’ll need is three ingredients. So let’s make the best homemade tortilla chips you’ll ever eat and say goodbye to the store-bought stuff forever.

Homemade Corn Tortilla Chips

Ingredients:

• Corn tortilla (white or yellow, whatever your preference)
• Neutral high heat cooking oil (pick your poison, canola, avocado, and vegetable are fine options, I used peanut so I could fry them hot and fast)
• Salt (kosher salt, sea salt, table salt, use what you’ve got. I like coarse ground Kosher personally).

You can get picky about what type of corn tortilla you want to use, but at the end of the day, I think the best practice is to use whatever you have in your fridge. Choosing between white and yellow isn’t that important — what you want to make sure above all else is that you’re using stale corn tortillas. Stale tortilla chips will crisp up better (they have less moisture!), giving you a crispier end result.

The best practice is to cut your corn tortilla the night before you plan on making chips and let them sit in the fridge or under a plate, unwrapped, until the next day. They’ll be nice and stale and perfect for frying. It’s not the end of the world if you don’t do this, but fresher tortillas will result in a more pliable chip, so at the very least throw them in the oven at 200 degrees for about 10 minutes to dry them out.

Method:

Stack anywhere between 4-8 corn tortillas and cut them into equal triangles. This will make enough chips for two servings of nachos. There are several ways you can cut your tortillas, I used very small street food-style corn tortillas so I cut them with a single horizontal and vertical cut, giving me four chips per tortilla. If you have bigger tortillas or want to produce more chips you can cut them into sixths, or use two to three equal vertical and horizontal cuts to make strips and triangles. My tortillas were clearly too small to turn into strips, so I went with triangles.

Personally, I prefer a big triangular chip that allows me to double dip or serve as a strong foundation to build homemade nachos on top of. So that’s how I cut my stack but you do you. (To reiterate: Once your tortillas are cut, let them sit for at least an hour (or let them sit overnight for chilaquiles) and fry when noticeably stale and dry to the touch.)

Heat the neutral cooking oil of your choice over medium-high heat until the oil starts to ripple. If this is your first time, cook your tortillas in batches, making sure not to let the tortillas crowd and overlap one another. They’re going to fry fast and if you aren’t prepared for that, you will burn your tortillas. My pan is only 10-inches, I make tortilla chips all the time so… I’m crowding. Don’t do this at home folks.

Flip your tortillas after about two minutes and let them fry for an additional minute on the other side and remove them onto a paper towel-lined plate or bowl to drain the excess oil. Don’t worry if your tortilla still looks white or yellow, they’ll darken after a few seconds out of the oil. If your chips are even the least bit brown while still in the oil, you fucked up, they’re burnt.

Before your chips cool, sprinkle a pinch of your favorite style salt. You want to salt your chips while they are still hot, this way the salt adheres to the chip instead of rolling off. This goes for any other seasonings you want to do. Mix it up and combine paprika, garlic powder, black pepper, chili powder, and cayenne pepper, and you’ve got yourself the best Dorito you’ve ever eaten in your life.

If you forget this crucial step, squeeze some fresh lime across your bed of chips and then add the salt afterward.

Once your tortillas cool you now have the perfect chip to dip, build nachos upon, or use for chilaquiles.

The Bottom Line:

This recipe is so easy to nail that after you’ve made your first batch of tortilla chips, you’ll wonder why you, or anyone, fucks with the store-bought stuff.

Instead of an over-salted chip that breaks on the way from the store shelf to your pantry, you have a structurally sound tortilla chip that provides a pleasing, audible crunch and can handle the thickest, sauciest and heaviest dips.

In a video recently released by The Dodo—the beloved source of all sweet animal things—a female raccoon is spotted peeking her little eyes and paws from inside a public trash bin.

It’s the kind with a top lid, making it her private cave. Meaning anyone who comes close is a trespasser. She aggressively swipes at anyone who dares approach.

The man taking the video is a professional animal rehabilitator of some sort and clearly knows what’s up. He’s seen warning passersby to “don’t go near there! There’s a raccoon in there!”

Despite the handler’s smooth talking and gentle maneuvering, Miss Raccoon is not happy as she wriggles and screeches. But still, she is successfully removed from her post.

And then, small chirps continue from the bin…

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Cuddled up in the corner of the can, under a blanket of red coffee cups, are six raccoon kits, only about 21 days old. The sounds they make are unbelievably cute. Like, cartoon-in-real-life cute.

Raccoon is very protective over garbage can for the sweetest reason 🖤

Follow along on Instagram https://t.co/BFNEhREIL6. pic.twitter.com/dtLhS1pWhV

— The Dodo (@dodo) May 19, 2022

A litter of raccoons might not be the first thing we expect to see when we toss our takeout, but it makes sense. The inside of a trash can is usually warm, enclosed and small—everything that a raccoon likes to make a shelter. Especially when they need to keep little ones safe and sound.

But of course, in this case (being smack dab in a public place), the sanctuary would be short-lived for Mama Raccoon.

But never fear: Mama Raccoon might have been temporarily upset, but the family has been safely relocated to the wild.

If you’d like to see even more family photos of these adorable trash pandas, you can go to the Gates’ Wildlife Control’s Instagram, where you can catch gems like this one.

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A big shoutout to all the fierce mamas of the world. So glad this family found their way to a safe home.

Educators are almost always the heroes of their classrooms, but earlier this year at Cedar Hill Elementary in Ardmore, Alabama, a group of first-graders showed amazing courage by helping their teacher during a medical emergency.

First-grade teacher Tracy Hodges began experiencing blurry vision on January 20 when her students sat down after singing and marching in a music exercise. Attendance was low that day, with only 12 out of 18 children in attendance due to COVID-19.

“Mrs. Hodges was shaking and we thought she was just joking,” Dalton Widener, 6, who was in the classroom at the time, said according to USA Today. “Then she fell out of the chair and hit her head.”

“She fell out of the chair and her glasses fell off and she dropped,” Emily Johnson, 7, added.

“I couldn’t even find the door and I couldn’t make out the three children who were sitting in front of me,” said Hodges.

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Before Hodges lost consciousness, she made a last-ditch attempt to tell the children to get help but wasn’t sure if they understood. But the kids got the message. Ten students took to the hallways to get help while the remaining two stayed behind to watch over their teacher.

“Some people went and got the other teacher and then we went and got the nurse,” said Widener.

The librarian saw the children in the hallway and directed them away from their classroom, unsure of the severity of Hodges’ condition. “I just grabbed them and didn’t have a clue what was going on, but grabbed them and kind of comforted them and just tried to keep them calm until we could figure out what was going on,” said librarian Heather Snyder.

When Hodges woke up, she was surrounded by teachers and medical personnel. The kids were the only witnesses to the event, so one of them told the paramedics what had happened.

When Hodges arrived at the hospital she learned the seizure was caused by COVID-19, which she didn’t even know she had. After a few days, she recovered from her fall and the illness and she was later able to return to the classroom.

The students were commended for their bravery the next month at a school assembly where they were presented with medals and given a new name, “Hodges’ Heroes.”

“There were many heroes that day,” said Cedar Hill Elementary School Principal Glen Garner. “Everyone stepped up that day because that’s what heroes do, but none so more than you. Hodges’ Heroes, that’s the class I know.”

After hearing about the students’ bravery, Marvel Studios and Dole teamed up to give the kids a little more hero treatment. A Dole representative came to the school and gave each student hero certificates, Marvel masks, capes and a healthy banana split.

Hodges is glad that she had the seizure when she did. “I think I was in the right place at the right time because had I been home I would have been by myself,” she told WUSA9.

“I just thank God every day for them,” Hodges said, according to WHNT.

Pete Davidson’s hasn’t been on SNL as long as Kenan Thompson, of course (because no one has), but eight years ain’t nothing to scoff at. He joined the cast in 2014 at age 20 and has kept jokes about his mom’s basement going strong all along. He’s also earned the admiration of Martha Stewart and the contempt of Ted Cruz (both of them equally coveted) by dating a string of lovely Hollywood ladies. Of course, he’s currently dating Kim Kardashian, and although he’s not tapped to appear on this season of Hulu’s The Kardashian, it appears that he’s getting growing tight with the family.

A source that spoke with Us Weekly (which is totally not Kris Jenner) has revealed that (ever since Kim’s divorce from Kanye West went through), it’s been on like Donkey Kong because Kim and Pete can now “attend events together and be in public.” They attended the White House Correspondents Dinner together and the Met Gala, and they’re apparently as close as can be. And with word of Pete being expected to leave SNL leaving following this season’s finale, it’s worth going back to note the Us report, which details how being around the Kardashians has made Pete think more about the future. He’s got “longevity” in mind and even looks to Kris for advice. Here’s an excerpt:

“[T]he insider revealed that Kardashian, 41, has influenced Davidson’s outlook on his future, saying, “Kim has also made Pete grow up in a big way and think about his future and business in a huge way. He’s investing, saving and thinking about longevity for the first time. He goes to Kris [Jenner] for advice.”

Of course, it must be mentioned that Pete’s movie career has been on the upswing for a handful of years. There was the starring role in Judd Apatow’s The King of Staten Island and a tinier-but-still-high-profile turn in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. And there’s much more on the way, including an A24 movie, which says a lot about his booming cred. He may or may not actually be listening to Kris, but whatever he was doing already has been working, so good on ya, Pete.

(Via Us Weekly)

Remember when the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers premiered in the ’90s, and you were like, “What the heck is this show that looks like Godzilla and Voltron had a baby, but somehow, it’s about Americans doing karate?” Well, the feds just charged one of those kids with allegedly defrauding the government through the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program.

Austin St. John, who played Jason in the original Power Rangers series, is among 17 individuals who were scooped up by the Department of Justice for allegedly applying for over $3.5 million worth of fraudulent PPP loans. St. John is facing up to 20 years in prison if found guilty. Via The Hollywood Reporter:

Instead of putting money towards employee salaries, utility payments or healthcare benefits, St. John and 17 others are accused of in some instances paying [Michael] Hill and [Andrew] Moran, who transferred the money to personal accounts before spending it on personal purchases. Others allegedly sent their fraudulently obtained funds to a third individual, Jonathon Spencer, so that it could be invested in foreign exchange markets.

According to the feds, St. John and the other conspirators lied about the true nature of their small businesses to secure the emergency funds, which they then allegedly pocketed. Of course, they’re not the only people to think they could get away with it as others across the country are facing charges over fraudulent loans, which were intended to keep businesses afloat and protect the economy during the pandemic.

Being a Power Ranger, you’d think St. John would know that evil never wins, but it looks like the only place he’ll get to “go go” to is jail. (That theme song surprisingly rips, right? Tell us this doesn’t rip.)

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

Pete Davidson has been on Saturday Night Live longer than you might realize. He was all of 20 years old (!) when he joined the cast in 2014 (!). He’s still only 28 years old, but now that he’s a movie star with multiple projects in development — not to mention the fact that he’s dating one of the most famous people in the world; also, Martha Stewart thinks he’s adorable — Davidson has decided the time is right to leave SNL.

Variety reports that this week’s season 47 finale will also be Davidson’s SNL finale.

Pete Davidson, who joined Saturday Night Live as a relative unknown and has become a superstar whose presence graces gossip pages daily, is expected to leave Saturday Night Live after the broadcast of this weekend’s season finale, according to a person familiar with the matter. He is one of a handful of long-serving cast members including Kenan Thompson, Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant, and Kate McKinnon whose tenure on the show has come up for scrutiny at the conclusion of recent seasons.

Davidson has been discussing his SNL exit since 2020, when he told Charlamagne Tha God that he believes he’s outgrown the show and that he’s tired of feeling like his personal life is “just fodder now.” He added, “Everybody’s always been like, ‘You’ll know when you know, and it’ll be alright.’ I personally think I should be done with that show because they make fun of me on it.” Davidson is now officially done with that show.

Natasha Lyonne hosts the season finale with musical guest Japanese Breakfast.

(Via Variety)

(SPOILERS for this week’s Atlanta will be found below.)

Following ten weeks of chaos, dark humor, a European music tour that seemingly improved everyone’s life, and much more, the third season of Atlanta has come to a close. This season featured an alternating plot pattern with every other episode focusing on the same world — that being the dealings between Earn, Paper Boi, Darius, Vanessa, and more or something going on somewhere in White America. Following last week’s “Rich Wigga, Poor Wigga” episode that featured an unexpected appearance from the late Kevin Samuels, the main crew of Atlanta is back at center stage.

In this week’s episode, titled Tarrare (named after a French showman and soldier who was known for his odd eating habits), Vanessa leads the way as she’s gotten quite comfortable in her new life in Europe. She eventually runs into an old friend, and from that moment on, they along with two other women find themselves on a wild journey in the Paris city streets. Finally, after a day’s worth of chaos, things come to an end but not in the way that any of the aforementioned names thought it would.

Here are some of the biggest questions we had after season three’s final episode.

What Is Vanessa Running Away From Or Trying To Find?

In the second episode of season three, we see Vanessa join Earn and Darius on Paper Boi’s European music tour. Shortly after she arrives, she stumbles into quite the unique memorial service, but it’s here that she says that she hopes to find herself during her time in Europe. Vanessa was fresh off a breakup with Earn, and she’d also lost out on a job that she really wanted. During a conversation with a “death doula,” Vanessa admits to being “aimless,” however, she’s told that she’s exactly where she’s meant to be. As we now know thanks to the season finale, Vanessa’s aimless approach put her in a dangerous predicament, one that found her completely detached from the person she once was. Through it all, was Vanessa seeking a thrill? Running away from the pressures of her Atlanta life? Start fresh? Or something in between all of that? Regardless of the answer, Vanessa will now have to start fresh on her journey toward rediscovering herself.

Things Can Always Get Worse, Can’t They?

Just when you think things can’t possibly get any worse, life will pop up and show you that they in fact can. Vanessa’s season was filled with a bit of turmoil following struggles with her now ex-boyfriend Earn, raising her daughter and figuring out a co-parenting plan with Earn, difficulties with landing a new job, as well as self-doubt. It’s certainly a lot to deal with, which makes sense why she took a trip to Europe to find herself, but it’s there that things go downhill. While she strives to rediscover herself, she only loses herself more after stumbling into an odd cult that serves fried hands for blindfolded attendees. Vanessa seems brainwashed in the whole ordeal, and it’s not until her longtime friend Candice mentions Vanessa’s daughter Lottie that she snaps out of it, but not without erupting into a fit of rage and stress after she comes to her senses. It’s also not until she sits with Candice later that Vanessa realizes that things can actually get worse than what she thought was the worse. We’ll have to wait until season four this fall to see how it all pans out.

Would You Rather Eat A Fried Hand Or A Moldy Six-Month Old Baguette?

Stick with me now. In this season finale we that she, Vanessa, Candice, and her two friends end up at some dinner where the two friends and others are blindfolded and served a dish that featured a large person’s hand. Moments before that, Vanessa assaults a man with a moldy baguette that she says she’s kept out for six months. So with that being said, if you were forced to eat either of the items (pre-blood splatter of course) would you eat if your life was on the line? Yes, this is a very extreme situation that will result in you either being labeled a cannibal for the rest of your life or having to suffer from irreversible stomach damage. I, for one, will not supply an answer because as the person who asked the question, I don’t have to!

How Does So Much Happen In Two Weeks?

During Vanessa’s conversation with Candice towards the end of the episode, she reveals that it was just two weeks ago that she landed in Amsterdam to join Earn, Paper Boi, and Darius for the tour. Vanessa’s arrival in season three of Atlanta occurs in episode two which means that all of season three’s events occurred in just two weeks. Phones were stolen, extremely trippy drug trips were conducted, reparations were (somewhat) paid, trees were nearly cut down, Nigerian cuisines were explored, and a whole lot more went in season three. It’s chaotic, but it’s in line with what we expect from Atlanta. We can only imagine what’s in store for season four.

How Does That Guy Know Earn?

At the end of the season three finale, Donald Glover aka Earn appears as he’s called down to collect his lost luggage from his trip to Europe. If you recall from earlier this season, Earn reveals that they were lost in transit in episode six, “White Fashion.” When the bags are handed to him, Earn notes that he already retrieved his luggage, making for an award situation between him and the delivery man. Nonetheless, Earn accepts the bag and goes back to his room to see what’s inside it. It’s here that we see that the items belong to a familiar white man. That individual originally appeared in “The Big Payback,” and at the end of that episode, he commits suicide and falls into a pool. Earn has never interacted with that man throughout Atlanta, so it makes us curious as to why his bags were sent to him after his death. That seems to be of little concern to Earn as he takes out a Deftones t-shirt from the bag to seemingly put with the rest of his belongings.

What Will Season Four Bring Us?

With season three in the books, it leaves us to wonder what will go down in season four. We can only speculate, but season four can go in a lot of directions. The group could continue their journey in Europe to close out the series, as Glover previously said season four would be the show’s last. However, it’s unlikely that things end outside of Atlanta for the show, but you never know what it comes to Atlanta. Earn and Vanessa may reconcile and resume their relationship. Paper Boi may move on to be a worldwide superstar. Darius will most likely continue to be his wacky and eccentric self. There will even be some notable celebrities to join the cast and crew for quick appearances. Whatever it is, we just hope that the show’s farewell season is one that caps off a series that delivered excellent and unique entertainment for its fans over the last almost six years.

FX’s ‘Atlanta’ will return sometime this fall for season four.