Spoiler Specials

Plot holes, twist endings, and other secrets of current movies.

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About the Show

On Slate’s Spoiler Specials, Slate critics, such as Dana Stevens and Willa Paskin, discuss new movies and TV shows in spoiler-filled detail. We dissect twist endings, plot holes, and other secrets you won’t read in reviews.

WARNING: This podcast contains spoilers (duh).

Emma

Marissa Martinelli and Heather Schwedel spoil the Autumn de Wilde adaptation.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Spoiling the captivating 18th-century French romance.

Slate Spoiler Specials: The Witcher

Should you toss a coin to your witcher?

Cats

Sam Adams and Marissa Martinelli come to the Jellicle Ball to spoil Cats. 

Little Women

Spoiling Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic.

Slate Spoiler Specials: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The ninth, and final, episode of the Skywalker saga, in spoiler-filled detail.

Uncut Gems

Dana Stevens, Jeffrey Bloomer, and Heather Schwedel spoil Uncut Gems.

Slate Spoiler Specials: Marriage Story

Dana Stevens and Sam Adams spoil Marriage Story.

Slate Spoiler Specials: Knives Out

Dana Stevens and Forrest Wickman spoil Knives Out.

Slate Spoiler Specials: Frozen 2

Sam Adams and Marissa Martinelli spoil the sequel to Frozen.

Doctor Sleep

Spoiling the sequel to The Shining.

Last Christmas

Spoiling the holiday rom-com … with a twist.

Slate Spoiler Specials: Terminator: Dark Fate

Dana Stevens, Forrest Wickman, and Sam Adams spoil the nostalgic follow-up to T2.

Jojo Rabbit

Spoiling Taika Waititi’s Hitler Youth spoof.

Slate Spoiler Specials: Parasite

Dana Stevens, Forrest Wickman, and Inkoo Kang spoil Parasite.

Slate Spoiler Specials: El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Willa Paskin and Sam Adams spoil El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.

Joker

Our critics spoil Todd Phillips’ new film.

Downton Abbey

June Thomas and Seth Stevenson spoil the movie.

Slate Spoiler Specials: It: Chapter Two

Jeffrey Bloomer, Laura Bradley, and Jack Hamilton spoil Andy Muschietti’s It sequel.

Slate Spoiler Specials: Blinded by the Light

Sam Adams, Inkoo Kang, and Nitish Pahwa spoil Blinded by the Light.