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Like peanut butter and jelly, France and white wine were simply made for each other. From crisp, high-acid Sauvignon Blanc to age-worthy White Burgundy, France’s white wine production spans a plethora of grape varieties and styles. French wine — whether red, white, or sparkling — can also be found at basically every price point, from bottom-of-the-barrel jug wine all the way up to coveted auction house gems that garner the highest profits in the world.

Today, we’re focusing on the former — or at least skewing much more in that direction — with wines under $20. As always, we’ll reinforce that not all budget-friendly wine is created equal. In fact, most of it is made pretty poorly. When seeking out affordable bottles, we recommend sticking with those produced from responsibly-farmed fruit (organic, biodynamic, or sustainable) to start. To find this information, simply do a quick check on the producer’s (or their importer’s) website to see what’s going on.

Read on to read our ranking of 10 of the best French white wines to be found under the $20 price point. Select a few, or even better, build a case and try ‘em all.

10. Anne Pichon Sauvage Viognier 2021

ABV: 13.5%
Region: Rhône Valley, France
Price: $19.99

The Wine:

Anne Pichon and her late husband Marc Pichon moved to the southern base of Mont Ventoux during the late 1990s. Today, Anne and her sister-in-law, Véronique, farm 15 hectares of vines all organically, with a focus on producing ripe, fruit-forward wines that speak to the place from which they come.

Tasting Notes:

Classic to Viognier, this wine is all things stone fruit, canned peaches, and apricot, with hints of honeysuckle, tangerine, and white flower blossoms. The Pichons vinify this wine entirely in steel (no oak), so as to preserve the wine’s juicy flavors and natural acidity.

The Bottom Line:

Viognier-based wines aren’t for the faint of heart. They’re full-bodied, flavor-packed, and have some serious punch. If this sounds up your alley, then Anne Pichon’s expression is a great place to start.

9. Souleil Vin de Bonté Le Blanc 2020

ABV: 13%
Region: Languedoc, France
Price: $18

The Wine:

Founded by longtime friends Marianne Fabre-Lanvin and Thomas Delaude, who grew up surfing and shucking shellfish in the sunny south of France together, Souleil embodies the style of wine that the two love to drink: fresh and food-friendly, yet easy to enjoy during at-home happy hours on its own.

Tasting Notes:

Bright and refreshing, Le Blanc jumps with flavors of pineapple, tropical fruits, and orange blossom, marked by a long, saline-driven finish. Enjoy on its own or with salty shellfish, cheese boards, or Macona almonds. Fun fact: Souleil means sun in ancient French, and bonté means goodness—upon first sip, that’ll all make sense.

The Bottom Line:

Many budget-friendly whites from the south of France tend to be richer, lower in acid, and lack structure—not this wine. Expect all things saline, acid, and coastal influence here; like sunshine in a glass. Added bonus: A portion of all of Souleil’s proceeds go to ocean restoration.

8. Les Deux Moulins Sauvignon Blanc 2020

ABV: 11.5%
Region: Loire Valley, France
Price: $13.99

The Wine:

Les Deux Moulins is a sustainability-focused company that produces budget-friendly wines from the Loire Valley’s signature grapes. The white cuvée is 100% Sauvignon Blanc, while the red is 100% Pinot Noir. Fruit for this cuvée comes from gravelly soils between the subregions of Anjou and Saumur.

Tasting Notes:

Flinty and citrus-driven, this refreshing wine shows flavors of grapefruit, lemon, green apple skin, and crushed rocks. Pair with a warm goat cheese salad and relive your best bistro-inspired life.

The Bottom Line:

The Loire Valley’s most famous expressions of Sauvignon Blanc hail from Sancerre, though they’ll cost you quite a bit. For more budget-friendly expressions, look to those produced in Touraine and other more westerly areas for similar, lower-priced options.

7. Font-Mars Picpoul de Pinet

ABV: 13%
Region: Languedoc, France
Price: $14

The Wine:

Picpoul de Pinet wines are known for their zippy acidity and lingering finishes, as well as their very accessible price tags. Font-Mars’ expression ticks all of our boxes, plus, it’s produced from sustainably-farmed fruit.

Tasting Notes:

Picpoul de Pinet is the appellation, but the grape is actually called Piquepoul, which loosely translates to lip stinger. Truthfully, the wine is just that—acid, acid, and more acid. Expect flavors of lemon, green apple skin, dried herbs, and crushed oyster shell.

The Bottom Line:

If you love high-acid French whites like Muscadet and Sancerre, Picpoul de Pinet is a great budget-friendly alternative. Look for the signature tall, green bottles and get the party started.

6. Leon Manbach Riesling ‘Granite’ 2021

Region: Alsace, France
Price: $14.96

The Wine:

Old vines, organic farming, and granite-based soils are the foundations of this world-class Riesling, and if you’re looking for a bottle to change your mind about the grape, this bone-dry expression is totally it.

Tasting Notes:

Contrary to the sweet stereotypes that Riesling often gets pigeonholed into, this zingy, dry expression from Leon Manbach is all things lemon-lime, grapefruit rind, crushed stones, and coarse sea salt.

The Bottom Line:

Not all Riesling is sweet, and this bone-dry bottle from Granite is a great pick to break all of your preconceived notions about the variety. Seriously, it’s like lightning in a bottle.

5. Domaine du Haut Bourg Muscadet Cotes de Grandlieu Sur Lie 2021

ABV: 12%
Region: Loire Valley, France
Price: $15.99

The Wine:

Muscadet is known for its bright, refreshing, and salty flavor profiles, and Domaine du Haut Bourg’s perfectly embodies all of those things. This wine is produced from 60 to 80-year-old vines, which yield smaller amounts of high-quality, concentrated fruit.

Tasting Notes:

Think of this like tasty ocean water in the best way possible—salt, lemon, wet stones, and crushed oyster shell. Pour a glass for an instant mental escape to the craggy French coastline (and grab some freshly shucked oysters for the ride).

The Bottom Line:

Muscadet is the perfect happy hour wine—it’s affordable, it’s high acid, and it’s an all-around crowd-pleaser. You really can’t go wrong here.

4. Jean-Paul Brun Terres Dorées Chardonnay Beaujolais Blanc

ABV: 13%
Region: Beaujolais, France
Price: $13.99

The Wine:

Jean-Paul Brun is a Beaujolais legend, especially in the very small white winemaking world. Unlike those based in the more famous crus, Brung got his start in the southerly Terres Dorées, then eventually moved his way up to the bigger appellations. Today, his estate spans 45 hectares in total.

Tasting Notes:

This unique bottle of Beaujolais Blanc is juicy, medium-bodied, and laden with flavors of yellow apple, lemon curd, and hints of citrus. The wine is unoaked, which allows its fruit flavors to be the star of the show.

The Bottom Line:

Beaujolais is generally known for its red wines, though a minuscule amount of white, like this tasty bottle from Jean-Paul Brun, is made. For something tasty and unique, this bottle’s your answer.

3. Domaine du Pas St. Martin Saumur Blanc ‘Pierres Frites’

ABV: 13%
Region: Loire Valley, France
Price: $17

The Wine:

This varietal Chenin Blanc is produced at the hands of Laurent Charrier, who took the reins at his family estate back in 1994. An early adopter of organic farming, the winery received certification back in 1997, far before this style of farming was popular. His Saumur Blanc is vinified in steel to maintain the wine’s freshness. Fun fact: In 2012, the winery received an award (Eco-Trophée) from the local Parc National for their pioneering work in environmentally-friendly viticulture and vinification.

Tasting Notes:

Medium-bodied and bright, this palate-coating wine exudes flavors of pear, honeyed stone fruit, freshly sliced apple, and a touch of toast.

The Bottom Line:

In terms of quality-to-price ratio regions, the Loire Valley is probably France’s best. However, remember that the area’s three sub-regions are home to different signature white varieties: to the west, Melon de Bourgogne (Muscadet), in the center, Chenin Blanc (Anjou, Saumur), and to the east, Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé).

2. Jean-Francois Quenard Chignin 2021

ABV: 11.5%
Region: Savoie, France
Price: $18

The Wine:

For Alpine-influenced wines that can go to the limits with cheese and hearty chalet-inspired food, look no further than bottles from Savoie. The high acidity in these wines promises to cut through even the most savory of foods, yet they also taste delicious on their own.

Tasting Notes:

This 100% Jacquère comes from 40-year-old vines and is vinified in steel. On the palate, the wine is all things citrus, white pepper, and crushed stones. Refreshing as hell.

The Bottom Line:

Due to the fact that they live in the shadows of their more popular neighbors, off-the-beaten-path regions are home to a ton of hidden gem producers/bottles. Savoie is no exception.

1. Famille Paquet Bourgogne Blanc 2020

ABV: 12.5%
Region: Burgundy, France
Price: $15.97

The Wine:

The fact that this wine exists for this price is simply bonkers. Most sub-$20 White Burgundy comes from big-box brands, but the modest Paquet estate is the exact opposite. Rooted in the Maconnais, the family organically farms all of their vines, which are scattered across a handful of appellations.

Tasting Notes:

Everything you want from White Burgundy, with the unbelievable price tag being the cherry on top—ripe yellow apple, lemon cream, citrus, and a touch of pillowy brioche. Simply delightful.

The Bottom Line:

Steer clear of 90% of sub-$20 White Burgundy. Bottles like this are a serious exception—and nothing short of diamonds in the rough.

Harry Styles and Emily Ratajkowski blew up the internet this weekend: The two were spotted together in Tokyo, kissing in the street, which of course sparked dating rumors. It seems now that Styles from nine years ago would be proud of Styles today, as a throwback interview clip from the One Direction days that has resurfaced in light of the Ratajkowski situation would suggest.

In a 2014 interview with Telehit (as E! notes), Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Liam Payne were asked for their celebrity crush (at 4:53 into the video below). They all named some options and Styles chimed in, “Emily Ratajkowski from, uh… Gone Girl.”

Around the time of that interview, Ratajkowski’s career and public profile were starting to take off in a big way: Gone Girl was her first major movie role after she made headlines for her appearance in Robin Thicke’s now-infamous NSFW “Blurred Lines” video in 2013. In her recent memoir My Body, Ratajkowski alleged of a moment from working on the video, “Suddenly, out of nowhere, I felt the coolness and foreignness of a stranger’s hands cupping my bare breasts from behind. I instinctively moved away, looking back at Robin Thicke.”

In recent months, Styles has been romantically linked with Olivia Wilde while Ratajkowski was spending time with Eric Andre.

Jeremy Renner continues to update fans on his recovery, and the actor is making incredible progress after being crushed by a snow plow in a freak accident at the start of the year. In his latest Instagram Story, the Hawkeye actor is using an anti-gravity treadmill, which is helping him recover movement in his legs and get him back on his feet.

Via The Hollywood Reporter:

The machine allows for users to walk with less stress on the lower body joints and muscles. The actor confirmed he was able to do the “walking motion,” but with a lower percentage of his body weight, thanks to the treadmill.

He wrote in the post, “Now is the time for my body to rest and recover from my will.”

You can see a screenshot of Renner’s recovery workout below:

Renner also recently revealed that the snow plow involved in the accident has been returned home. The vehicle reportedly had a police escort back to Renner’s home, which the actor said “feels like the Green mile!”

According to police, Renner was crushed underneath the snow plow when he saw it starting to roll forward toward his nephew. The actor attempted to “divert” the machine, but instead, suffered severe injuries including 30 broken bones. As for why the plow rolled, police believe the parking brake wasn’t properly applied.

“Although the PistenBully had some mechanical issues, it is believed based on our mechanical inspection that the parking brake would keep the PistenBully from moving forward,” the Sheriff’s department wrote.

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)

It looks like new Kelly Clarkson music is finally on the way. Yesterday (March 26), the inaugural American Idol winner took to Instagram to announce her 10th studio album, Chemistry. Today, she revealed to Billboard that she will launch a 10-night Las Vegas residency to accompany the album.

The Chemistry residency will kick off in July at the Bakkt Theater. Though Clarkson has kept the details rather mum, she told Billboard that she will be joined by a full live band, and each night will be different.

“We’re calling it an intimate night and I don’t want to give it away,” she said. “There will be different elements every night and every show is not going to be the same. We will have the audience participate and I will talk to the audience because now I’m on a talk show and I’m used to engaging. It’s going to be a different kind of show than what people are used to in Vegas.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Clarkson revealed that Chemistry was inspired by her divorce, and promises not to hold back in her new material.

“I’m very honest about everything but also I have to navigate that I’m a mom of two kids that will be affected,” she said. “That is one reason why I chose certain songs for the record.”

You can see the list of dates below.

07/28 — Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
07/29 — Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
08/02 — Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
08/04 — Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
08/05 — Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
08/09 — Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
08/11 — Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
08/12 — Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
08/18 — Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
08/19 — Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas

Kelly Clarkson is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Succession returned with a bang last night — or at least a rummage in the pants. We’ll have a full recap later today, but for now, let’s talk about the Disgusting Brothers. It’s Tom and Greg‘s nicknames for themselves, now that Tom is separated from Shiv (poor Mondale) and Greg is New York City’s most eligible California Pizza Kitchen-loving bachelor.

Greg brings his suspicious date — the owner of a “ludicrously capacious” handbag — to Logan’s birthday party, even though “we’re in the middle of a very hotly contested election, your uncle’s on the brink of a very large sale, and scoping out a very sensitive acquisition,” as Kerry scolds him.

It’s a birthday party, not a “pre-fuck party,” but Greg and Bridget Random-F*ck sneak away to put their hands down each’s other pants. After rummaging to fruition, Greg proudly goes up to his fellow Disgusting Bro, the least sexy name for a sex pact since the Pussy Posse, to tell him all about it. An aghast Tom informs (f*cks with) Greg that he accidentally made a sex tape for Logan, who has cameras “up the wazoo,” and that he needs to confess what happened.

“So how did it go?” Tom asks later in the episode. “He says he finds me disgusting and despicable,” Greg recaps about Logan’s reaction, “but he kind of smiled.” Another victory (?) for the Disgusting Brothers.

“Season four is big for Greg, I would say in that department,” Nicholas Braun told Deadline when asked what to expect from the Beautiful Ichabod Crane Fuck in the final season. “Greg is tested and Greg puts himself forward as a different kind of guy at times this season and he’s more bold than we’ve ever seen him, and strategic. I mean, he’s always been a guy who’s tried to play whatever sides are available to him and he really leans into that this season.”

(Via Deadline)

Who among us (Succession viewers, that is) hasn’t seen (although we may not have wanted to acknowledge it) the split of Shiv and Tom coming? That’s been the case for me since this ^^ Season 2 beach discussion, in which Tom divulged the miserable state of their marriage for him. Heck, I probably should have seen the writing on the wall even before their marriage, or at the latest, upon their vows, when Shiv proposed an open marriage to a less-than-enthused Tom (and that blow stuck with him). Yet the final nails didn’t begin to land in the coffin until the Season 3 finale with Tom’s betrayal of Shiv.

And there is no reconciliation is to be had. The way I see it is this: as with most things involving Shiv, this relationship had always been about how it benefits Shiv, and once it ceased to satisfy that goal, she was pretty much out other than formalities. For sure, the Naomi Pierce and Disgusting Brothers stuff did not help matters. Yet at the end of it all, Tom still wanted to have a real discussion, and some actual emotion from her, but Shiv wouldn’t (and maybe even couldn’t) indulge that desire. She also seemed to expect Tom to keep pushing for her, yet finally, Tom had had enough as well.

The scene where Tom and Shiv held hands and declared that they “gave it a go” may have been too much for some viewers, who still couldn’t help being sad to see this coupling (finally) end.

Will we see Single Shiv hit the dating pool now? I feel like she’s got too much else going on to deal with dating, but I could be wrong!

HBO’s Succession airs on Sunday nights.

Grimes and Elon Musk have a couple of children together, and both of them have atypical names. Their son is called X AE A-XII Musk and their daughter is Exa Dark Sideræl Musk. It appears now, though, that Exa may actually have a different name.

On March 23, Grimes shared a pair of photos on Twitter: One of Exa with green hair in a red onesie, and another of Grimes rocking a similar look. In a follow-up tweet, Grimes added, “(Normally we post her for her privacy but she’s fairly unrecognizable here since shes channeling Goku or smthn).”

In response to a fan tweet, Grimes noted, “She’s Y now, or ‘Why?’ or just ‘?’ (But the government won’t recognize that). curiosity, the eternal question, .. and such.”

When the baby was revealed back in 2022, Grimes had already been calling her “Y” as a nickname, but based on her new tweet, it appears she and Musk have made “Y” the baby’s legal name. A Vanity Fair profile at the time noted, “Grimes is prepared for Y to dislike her name or get tired of it — Grimes got tired of Claire a long time ago — and if she ever decides to change it, her mother will be first in line to help her choose a new one. She’s already got dozens of ideas. She might even change it herself before this article comes out. In addition to Y, she and Musk occasionally call her Sailor Mars, a nod to the Sailor Moon manga series.”

Yellowjackets has returned to Showtime for Season 2, which is even darker than the first round of episodes. That includes picking back up with Tawny Cypress‘ character, Taissa, who should be properly celebrating her political victory during this second season premiere. As with everything else on this show, however, there are wrinkles to be had, and those complicating factors have to do with the occult happenings that could have been lurking in the woods and sticking with the crash survivors for life.

Lottie, obviously, embraced her so-called “Antler Queen” status, and in this premiere, we find out that she’s been leading a cult. Taissa’s situation, on the other hand, is a bit more nebulous, and she begins the premiere in a discombobulated place for a few reasons. For one thing, the core four recently attended their high school reunion after the dismantling of Shauna’s lover’s body. For another, the audience learned that Taissa has a shrine, complete with the head of the family dog. Granted, we’re not totally sure if Taissa realizes everything that she does, but she did go shopping for a new dog, which she then showed off like it was no big thing. Will this new dog meet the same fate as the last one?

This question had viewers feeling apprehensive as hell: “TAISSA GET AWAY FROM THAT DOG SGSKDHDKDHJ” was only the beginning.

Showtime’s ‘Yellowjackets’ airs on Sunday nights.

Drake’s international Lollapalooza sets aren’t going so well. Earlier this month, he cut his Lollapalooza Argentina set short, and this past weekend, he didn’t show up to his Lollapalooza Brasil performance at all.

On the morning of Sunday, March 26 (the day Drake was supposed to perform), a message shared on social media by Lollapalooza Brasil read (as translated via Google Translate), “Due to unforeseen circumstances, Drake is without members of his sound and production team, essential to the realization of the Lollapalooza show in São Paulo. Drake was excited to perform for his fans in Brazil. Unfortunately, this is beyond his control. Sorry.”

The festival tapped Skrillex to headline in Drake’s place and offered refunds if festivalgoers chose not to attend the final day. CNN Brasil notes that Willow, Dominic Fike, Blink-182, Omar Apollo, and 100 Gecs also pulled out of this year’s festival.

Per another CNN Brasil report, a video shared on social media shows Drake at a 50 Cent-led event at Miami’s Booby Trap On The River strip club, happily chatting with 50. This apparently happened hours before Drake canceled on Lollapalooza Brasil; The 50 Cent event was on Saturday night and the festival announced Drake would no longer be performing on Sunday morning. Some on social media also noticed that the jet Drake was set to take to Brazil deviated from its planned route before landing in Miami.

It’s not currently known if Drake’s presence at the party led to his Lolla cancellation, or if he decided to attend the event after it had already been determined he would not be able to perform at the festival.

The wildest show on TV is back.

The second season of Yellowjackets ramps up the mysticism and mystery as it follows the dual timelines of a team of high school soccer stars who accidentally crash-land in the Canadian wilderness. In this next installment, the unforgiving winter means resources are scarce and tensions are high, pushing the teens to resort to drastic measures with consequences that haunt their future selves.

There’s something for everyone in season two. Murder. Starvation. Kidnappings. Hallucinations. Weird Symbols. And New Age cults styled in bohemian rags practicing the kind of forest rituals that would leave a Goop writer salivating. But we’re keeping track of it all in a way that feels fitting given the nature of the unhinged players in this dark and twisted survival game.

Welcome to our Yellowjackets Sting Meter. We’ll measure the erratic, unexplainable behavior of the show’s main lineup, ranking them according to how dangerous, deadly, and certifiably insane they appear in each episode. Who’s just a whacky worker bee and who gets crowned Mad Queen of episode one’s “Friends, Romans, Countrymen”? Let’s find out.

Queen Bee – Lottie Matthews

As far as cult leaders go, Lottie Matthews has certainly earned the right to be worshipped at the altar of her own making. At the end of season one, she brought down a wild bear with just a switchblade and a bit of spunk, sacrificing the animal’s heart to a lone stump in the woods and naming herself the conduit between this sentient wilderness and the group of hungry, terrified teenagers trapped in the thick of it. Scoring a shed’s-worth of meat for your hormonal peers means they’re more willing to drink your bloody herbal teas and trust your psychic premonitions — but Lottie’s no one-trick-pony.

In the present, she’s found a way to mold the minds of the weak and suffering without the aid of starvation. She’s had her brain fried thanks to a years-long stay at a Swedish institution, and she’s emerged from her insanity cocoon as a backwoods self-help guru in flowing kimonos with a blowout to match. She’s having visions, hearing voices, and forcing grown men to expose their flaccid penises while being buried alive by disciples donning animal masks. She is an icon. She is the moment. She is … absolutely f*cking terrifying.

Van

Van is the kind of ride-or-die who happily camps out in a haunted attic and suffers nightly rope burns and lip munchings to keep her partner from wandering the woods in a sleepwalking haze. Get you a girlfriend like Van.

Coach Ben

Yes, Coach Ben is technically the only “adult” in this situation and he should be taking a more active role in leading the girls away from occult sacrifices and cannibalistic ideation. But he’s tired. He just lost a leg. Let him make his little maps and sleep on his rusty cot and dream about the gay life he could’ve led, okay?

Travis

Travis is just a teenage boy and as such, he will never reach Queen Bee status. In fact, I’d be surprised if he graduates to two stings over the course of this season. His panic attacks and hunting prowess make him a liability, but not a threat. Yet. If he insists on having these delusional hallucinations of his (most likely dead) brother Javi though, we’ll have to re-evaluate.

Misty

Teen Misty is still paying her dues for that whole shroom-poisoning-orgy debacle last season so as annoying as her culinary input is at the moment — of course the stew needs more herb girl! It could also use more meat if Shauna would just wrap up her kiki with that human popsicle — she’s fairly tame in this episode. Her adult counterpart is slightly more unhinged — who sends guests home with a plastic container of punch? — and her cookie decorating skills leave something to be desired. But, you know how it goes. Misty’s gonna Misty.

Jeff

Jeff just had to help his wife destroy an apartment full of her nudes painted by her dead ex-lover. Let Jeff get sweaty raging out to Papa Roach in his minivan and accidentally set a tiny tree or two on fire, okay? The world’s burning anyway.

Nat

Nat’s a good person with a solid head on her shoulders who’s being peer pressured into drinking blood and giving her boyfriend false hope that his missing brother isn’t buried under feet of snow. She’s also a recovering addict who recently attempted suicide and is now a hostage of Lottie’s cult. I’d say an errant fork lodged in the meaty bit of her captor’s hand is the least violent thing she could’ve done but blood was spilled so fine … two stings for Nat.

Taissa

Taissa’s sleepwalking episodes are getting dangerous and deadlier — in the past and in the present. Her dead-eyed alter-ego is taking out her night terrors on poor Van in the past while Tai refuses to seek help from Lottie in her waking hours. In the present, she’s slowly cracking under the pressure of an impending divorce and her recent election win. She’s beheaded one dog and adopted another – someone rescue Steve before it’s too late! — and her estranged wife is threatening to go to the press about it all. This woman needs the number of a good therapist, stat.

Shauna

It’s always a joy to watch Melanie Lynskey go completely off the rails but, while adult Shauna has a comedically hard time prepping for a police interrogation and scrubbing any trace of herself from her dismembered paramour’s art studio, it’s Sophie Nelisse who gets to chow down on the scenery — and a wayward ear — this episode. Shauna’s gone full Norman Bates, playing MASH with her dead friend’s frozen corpse and pocketing the bits of her that break off when an imaginary argument gets a little too heated. Eventually, she decides to snack on that lonely appendage and it’s hard to tell whether she dipped her toe into the depth of cannibalism because she misses her best friend or, you know, pregnancy cravings.

Citizen Detectives Thread

• Is it just us or does the weird symbol in the woods look a bit like the scar on Van’s face?
• Why didn’t Simone confront Tai about the family dog sacrifice before the fiasco in the school pickup line?
• How did Lottie know where to find Nat? More importantly, how did she know when to find her?
• What’s the significance of the burial therapy experiment that Lottie’s cult performs?
• Why didn’t Shauna laugh at Jeff’s nugget factory joke? It was funny.