CBS’s Ghosts returns from its lengthy winter break with an episode that introduces even more ghosts. Season five, episode 11 – “The Others” – will air on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 8:30pm ET/PT.
“The Others” Plot: Sam and the ghosts face The Others, a new group of spirits from one ghost’s past. Meanwhile, Trevor tries to deal with a demanding Patience, who seeks a committed relationship in the wake of their holiday hookup.
Mary Holland returns to guest star as Patience Skander and Brandon Knox guest stars as Marvin. Halim wrote the script and Todd Biermann directed.
Season five stars Rose McIver as Sam, Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay, Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac, and Richie Moriarty as Pete. Danielle Pinnock is Alberta, Asher Grodman is Trevor, Román Zaragoza stars as Sasappis, Rebecca Wisocky plays Hetty, Devan Chandler Long is Thorfinn, and Sheila Carrasco plays Flower.
Ghosts is a single-camera comedy about Samantha and Jay, a cheerful freelance journalist and chef from the city, respectively, who threw both caution and money to the wind when they decided to convert Woodstone Mansion, which Sam inherited, into a bed & breakfast—only to find it was inhabited by the many spirits of deceased residents who now call it home.
The departed souls are a close-knit, eclectic group that includes a saucy Prohibition-era lounge singer (Pinnock); a pompous 18th-century militiaman (Scott Jones); a ‘60s hippie fond of hallucinogens (Carrasco); an overly upbeat ‘80s scout troop leader (Moriarty); a cod-obsessed Viking explorer from 1009 (Chandler Long); a slick ‘90s finance bro (Grodman); a sarcastic and witty native from the 16th century (Zaragoza); and a society woman and wife of a 19th-century robber baron who is Sam’s ancestor (Wisocky), to name a few.
The opening of the B&B and Jay’s new restaurant are a source of intrigue, anxiety, and curiosity among the spirits, but they will gladly put up with the commotion as long as they can continue to interact with a living inhabitant.
‘First Day on Earth’ cast (Photos provided by HBO)
Westworld‘s Thandiwe Newton has joined the cast of First Day on Earth, created by and starring Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You). HBO announced the addition of four actors to the drama, including Emmy winner Newton as Anya, Maxine Peake (I Swear, Say Nothing) as Helen, Danny Sapani (Halo) as Ernest, and Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who) as Darren.
Production is currently taking place on the 10-episode first season.
HBO offers this description of Coel’s new series: “British-Ghanaian novelist Henri (Coel) is on the run—from herself, her life, her partner, and that weird guy at her book talk. When she ends up in Ghana, her ancestral homeland, she finds herself submerged in an altogether different world. Amidst new friends, fresh joy, and many different and nuanced relationships, Henri also finds secrets, lies, difficulty, and denial, leading her to question everything about herself, her heritage, and her family.”
Coel serves as a writer, executive producer, and director. Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke, Roberto Troni, and Jo McClellan are executive producers, along with Sam Miller, who is also directing. Johann Knobel is on board as a producer. The series is a Various Artists Limited production, co-produced by HBO and the BBC in association with A24.
Fox’s Best Medicine episode seven finds the town and Martin at odds over an annual event. Episode seven, “There Might Be Blood,” will air on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 8pm ET/PT.
“There Might Be Blood” Plot: When Port Wenn puts on their annual ‘Blood Factory,’ celebrating the gory horror novel set there, Martin must contain his secret debilitating blood phobia when Louisa gets seriously ill and needs his help. Meanwhile, the town is all atwitter when the novel’s author is rumored to be making a surprise visit to the event.
Season one stars Josh Charles as Dr. Martin Best, Abigail Spencer (Suits) as Louisa Gavin, Annie Potts (Young Sheldon) as Aunt Sarah, Josh Segarra (Sirens) as Sheriff Mark Mylow, and Cree (Twinless) as Elaine Denton. Recurring guest stars include Didi Conn as councilwoman Geneva Potter, Clea Lewis as pharmacist Sally Mylow, Stephen Spinella as Greg Garrison, Jason Veasey as George Brady, Cindy De La Cruz as Jeannie, John DiMaggio as Bert Large, Carter Shimp as Al Large, and Wattson as Copernicus.
The series follows Martin Best (Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin’s blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, including schoolteacher Louisa Gavin (Spencer). He quickly alienates the town, even though he’s all they have.
Although Martin can expertly address any medical ailment or mystery in this idiosyncratic town, he’s really just desperate to be left the hell alone. Instead, he keeps getting dragged smack into the middle of their personal chaos, feuds, and fantasies. What the locals don’t know is that Martin’s terse demeanor masks a debilitating new phobia and deep-seated psychological issues that prevent him from experiencing true intimacy with anyone. But tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.
Lucy goes undercover in ABC’s The Rookie season eight, episode seven, “Baja.” Episode seven will air on Monday, February 16, 2026 at 10pm ET/PT.
“Baja” Plot: Harper and Lucy go undercover in Baja while investigating the murder of two young women. Back in LA, Bradford and the FBI task force assist in the investigation, while Nolan and Bailey navigate their long-distance relationship.
The series stars Nathan Fillion as John Nolan, Mekia Cox as Nyla Harper, Alyssa Diaz as Angela Lopez, Richard T. Jones as Wade Grey, Melissa O’Neil as Lucy Chen, Eric Winter as Tim Bradford, and Jenna Dewan as Bailey Nune. Shawn Ashmore plays Wesley Evers, Lisseth Chavez is Celina Juarez, and Deric Augustine is Miles Penn.
Arjay Smith and Mekia Cox in ‘The Rookie’ season 8 episode 7 (Disney/Mike Taing)
The Rookie Description, Courtesy of ABC:
John Nolan, once the oldest rookie in the LAPD, now uses his life experience, determination, and sense of humor to keep up with rookies 20+ years his junior. John and the team must navigate the intense, unpredictable nature of their jobs and personal challenges while uplifting the next generation of first responders.
Nathan Fillion, Deric Augustine, and Eric Winter in season 8 episode 7 (Disney/Mike Taing)Mekia Cox and Melissa O’Neil in season 8 episode 7 (Disney/Mike Taing)Eric Winter, Deric Augustine and Nathan Fillion in season 8 episode 7 (Disney/Mike Taing)Mekia Cox in season 8 episode 7 (Disney/Mike Taing)
Netflix has set an April 2, 2026 premiere date for season three of XO, Kitty and released the first batch of photos. Season three has eight episodes, just like season two.
Anna Cathcart reprises her role as Kitty, Minyeong Choi stars as Dae, Gia Kim is Yuri, Sang Heon Lee is Min Ho, Anthony Keyvan plays Q, Regan Aliyah is Juliana, Sule Thelwell plays Marius, and Hojo Shin is Jiwon. Rounding out the ensemble are Peter Thurnwald as Alex, Joshua Lee as Jin, Sasha Bhasin as Praveena, Michael K. Lee as Professor Lee, Philippe Lee as Mr. Moon, Jocelyn Shelfo as Madison, Han Bi Ryu as Eunice, Sunny Oh as Mihee, Soy Kim as Yisoo, and Christine Heesun Hwang as Gigi.
“Kitty Song Covey returns for her final year at KISS with her perfect senior year mapped out. She’s going to make meaningful memories with her friends, grow closer to her relatives in Korea, and make big decisions about her future,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “And she’s going to define her relationship with Min Ho. For real this time. But when surprise revelations throw her plans and relationships off course, Kitty will have to learn to embrace the unexpected.”
Valentina Garza guides season three as showrunner, writer, and executive producer. Additional executive producers include series creator Jenny Han, Matt Kaplan, and Bradley Gardner.
JACOB ELORDI as Heathcliff and MARGOT ROBBIE as Catherine Earnshaw in ‘Wuthering Heights’ (Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)
Between Promising Young Woman and Saltburn, Emerald Fennell has become one of the more under-the-radar filmmakers to watch – not quite a household name, but someone who definitely knows how to make a movie. Well, now she’s taking a crack at one of the classics by adapting Emily Brontë’s famous novel Wuthering Heights.
Wuthering Heights is about a young woman named Catherine Earnshaw (Barbie’s Margot Robbie) who lives on the Yorkshire moors with her wealthy family in an estate called Wuthering Heights. As a child, the family takes in a young ruffian boy named Heathcliff (Frankenstein’s Jacob Elordi), and after becoming fast friends, Cathy and Heathcliff fall in love with each other. Except, as they are growing up, neither knows how the other feels. Over the years, the two lovers come in and out of each other’s lives, always with obstacles that get in the way of their passionate and intense affair.
For those familiar with Brontë’s novel, Fennell takes a few liberties with the story. Some characters are cut and some subplots are trimmed, so this is more of a streamlined, simplified Wuthering Heights. But what this movie lacks in depth is more than made up for in lush imagery. With just three movies, Emerald Fennell has established a distinct visual style that instantly lets people know that they are watching an Emerald Fennell movie.
The set designs and locations in Wuthering Heights are stunning. Locations range from palatial beauty to dilapidated ruin, depending upon the estate and time period of the scene, but every detail onscreen is thought and planned out. If there’s a significant prop, it’s going to be used and probably thrown at something or someone. The lavish and intricate sets allow the camera of veteran cinematographer Linus Sandgren (Babylon, Don’t Look Up) to both capture and create the intricate scenes. Wuthering Heights is a gorgeous looking film.
The simplified story does not mean that the narrative is economical, however. Fennell makes use of the wonderous sets by milking every last second out of them. Wuthering Heights is a slowly paced movie, at times glacially so, and feels much longer than its two hour and thirteen-minute runtime. It’s not exactly boring, as Robbie and Elordi chew every stick of scenery in the joint, but even the perfectly melodramatic performances don’t keep the audience from just begging for something to happen. And something always eventually does, but there’s a lot of downtime in between the things happening.
As far as period pieces go, Wuthering Heights is above average. It’s not as snobby and uppity as many movies of its ilk are, and Fennell has a taste for the visceral that does hold the viewer’s attention, even through the slower sections. So, while the burn is slow, the movie is accessible to an average audience. The gothic horror approach provides more than enough to look at, even with the pacing issues.
Wuthering Heights is an interesting choice for a Valentine’s Day release, because while it technically is a love story, there’s not much love in it. Yes, Cathy and Heathcliff possess a burning, yearning desire for each other, but they’re both horrible people that use and abuse everyone around them. By the time things reach their inevitable conclusion, it’s hard to feel any sympathy or empathy for them. Heck, it almost feels like they deserve each other. And not in the good way. This is not exactly a Harlequin Romance.
Basically, Wuthering Heights is more of a feast for the eyes than it is for the brain or heart. So, let’s give it an A for visual spectacle and a C- for narrative and emotional impact. And we’ll average that out.
GRADE: B-
Rating: R for sexual content, language, and some violent content
Running Time: 2 hours 16 minutes
Release Date: February 13, 2026
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
NBA star Steph Curry and Sony Pictures Animation teamed up for the wild animated comedy sports film GOAT. Once again, audiences are introduced to a world where there are no humans, only talking animals (think Zootopia but without the slick, fun, and original characters). And in this new imaginary world, every animal’s favorite sport is roarball, an extremely dangerous version of basketball.
The action begins with little Will Harris (voiced by Caleb McLaughlin, Stranger Things), a goat on his way to a roarball game with his mom. Jett Fillmore (voiced by Gabrielle Union), a sleek black panther, is Will’s favorite player on his home team. As he watches her lead the team to victory, Will tells his mom, “When I get big, I’m going to be just like her.”
Fast-forward a few years and Will hasn’t gotten much bigger. However, he’s determined to keep practicing, and it turns out he’s very talented on the court. But there’s a problem. Professional roarball only takes large animals like panthers, elephants, and rhinos. Still, Will refuses to give up on his dream.
His talent doesn’t go unnoticed and shortly after a video goes viral of him almost defeating a roarball player on the practice court, The Thorns team owner, Florence Everson (a warthog voiced by Jenifer Lewis), pays Will a visit. “Seeing as we haven’t won a game all season, you might be exactly what this team needs right now,” says Flo and signs him on the spot.
The signing doesn’t go over well with Jett, who was hoping the new player would be a large animal, like an alligator or lion, and wasn’t expecting a goat. Jett’s tempted to eat him to solve the problem, but, fortunately for Will, she’s stopped by Flo.
Yet being signed to the team doesn’t end Will’s problems. He’s not given any playtime on the court and is ridiculed for his small stature by his teammates. Will’s got to keep his head in the game and find a way to hit the court. It is all about proving himself to his teammates, especially Jett, and really showing what he is made of to himself too.
GOAT is an animated sports comedy with a talented voice cast but jumbled action scenes, which sadly take away from the film’s enjoyment. It’s too frenetic for its own good, something that’s likely to bother adults in the audience.
Caleb McLaughlin does a solid job voicing Will, the underdog who refuses to quit because he wants to show his mother that she was right to believe in him. McLaughlin gives him endless confidence and just the right amount of cockiness to make the audience root for him.
Gabrielle Union is perfect as Jett, the star player whose career is fading as she closes in on retirement. Jett refuses to go down without a fight and won’t be upstaged by, of all animals, a goat. Her character’s arc of realizing she needs not just Will but all her teammates to turn the season around is the best storyline in the film.
The animation is bright and colorful but not groundbreaking. GOAT skillfully handles the messages for kids about believing in yourself, the importance of family, and giving someone a chance. But the message and style battle the film’s frantic action scenes and over-the-top sports sequences, which are almost impossible to follow.
Colorful, chaotic, and loud, GOAT is an animated underdog story with solid messages for kids and enough zaniness to keep them entertained. Adults, not so much.
GRADE: B-
Rating: PG for some rude humor and brief mild language
Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Release Date: February 13, 2026
Directed By: Tyree Dillihay
Studio: Sony Pictures Animation
Kiara Pichardo as Nicole Herrera, Peyton List as Maddie Nears and Rainbow Wedell as Claire Zomer in ‘School Spirits’ episode 5, season 3 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel / Paramount+)
Paramount+’s School Spirits season three, episode five, is the series’ creepiest episode yet. Episode five starts with Simon (Kristian Ventura) in the creature’s grasp and being shown what happened in the church on the day of the flood. A loud thud from above echoes in the church’s basement as children sing in a choir just before their deaths.
(The following is a recap of season three, episode five, so there are spoilers ahead.)
Simon describes the encounter to the ghost gang, and Wally (Milo Manheim) adds that the being grabbed Simon and forced him to look into his “milky white eyes.” The super-tall Mr. White Eyes pounced on Simon and Wally couldn’t get to him fast enough before the mind meld took place.
The town’s history shows eight children and one adult died that day in the flood. Yuri (Miles Elliot) wonders why White Eyes would show Simon that story. Is White Eyes the adult who drowned? Simon’s weirded out and doesn’t want to go back down again, but Yuri thinks the rest of them need to go into the hole since there’s strength in numbers. Charley (Nick Pugliese) volunteers to stay with Simon since he doesn’t have much luck dealing with tall guys.
Xavier continues to help out hospital ghost Kyle by tracking down Tracey. When Xavier mentions that he’s calling about her former bandmate Kyle Jensen, Tracey quickly ends the conversation.
Maddie (Peyton List) fills Xavier in on White Eyes and admits it was good to spend the night at his house instead of home alone.
Claire (Rainbow Wedell) decides she can get info on plans for the school’s destruction from her stepdad if she acts like she’s moving back home. Claire’s changed her hair and looks gorgeous, which Nicole (Kiara Pichardo) points out. Nicole promises she will have her back, no matter what.
Over at the school, Quinn (Ci Hang Ma) wants to clear the air about trying to kiss Rhonda (Sarah Yarkin) in the hallway when she was high on mushrooms. Rhonda doesn’t think they need to talk about it.
Charley (Nick Pugliese) watches as Simon looks through his thumb drive full of horror movies for the one about a psycho who transfers his evil thoughts into a shrink’s brain. Charley has no idea what he’s talking about since he’s not a horror fan. Wally and Yuri lug boxes of supplies (rope, flashlight, cheese spreader) for their trip back down into the hole. Mr. Martin (Josh Zuckerman) points out they don’t need a hatchet, but Wally insists they need to be prepared. Wally is convinced White Eyes might not be the only creature they need to worry about down there. Even if they’re dead, they can’t be too careful.
“What if we go in the hole and it closes it up and we’re trapped down there forever?” says an upset Wally, who thinks they’re not taking this seriously enough. Rhonda points out this is a lousy pep talk.
Simon finds the film he was looking for (The Sender), just as the other ghosts head off to the hellhole.
Maddie stays in the car as Xavier goes into the hospital to speak with Kyle. Kyle’s shocked that Tracey didn’t want to talk about him and believes he’ll never have the answers he’s looking for. He recalls that right before he got on the bus, he asked her to go to the prom. She looked stunned, maybe because they’d been in the friend zone. Tracey was supposed to answer him the next day, but he died in the crash.
Maddie sees a message from Simon’s parents that they want to FaceTime with him. Suddenly she has another vision that includes Simon repeating, “You can’t save me,” right before he lands on the hood of Xavier’s truck, dead.
When Xavier finds her, she’s standing outside the truck and staring into space. Kyle gave him some useful info, so he wants to talk to Tracey at the Harvest Festival. Also, Maddie’s dad told him that there was a foundry on the hospital site decades ago. The foundry collapsed and the ghosts that were inside it are trapped here forever. Since the building they died in was demolished, they can’t cross over. These trapped ghosts are known as The Forgotten.
Maddie thinks they should keep this quiet and not alarm Simon or the ghosts. She wants to figure out how to get Simon out first.
Maddie puts a rubber band around her wrist at the suggestion of her therapist. If she sees something that’s not real, she should pull it to snap herself out of it.
Charley munches on popcorn as Simon watches The Sender, and Simon abruptly decides to stop watching the film. He wonders why White Eyes was holding rosary beads in his memory, and Charley thinks it’s because it was a church. But Simon points out Lutherans don’t have rosary beads. Also, Simon is certain those specific beads are the ones he had when he was adopted. They belonged to his birth mother!
Simon thinks White Eyes has his memories but doesn’t know why or why White Eyes sucked him into the ghost world.
The ghosts explore around inside the hole, exposing a stained-glass window. Wally reminds them to keep their distance from the water, and Rhonda grabs the cheese spreader for protection—just in case.
Yuri finds a paper with faded numbers and Finnish while Quinn plays a note on the piano. They wonder if White Eyes or the kids who drowned drew the freaky paintings of people either screaming or singing on the wall. Also, are they drawn in blood or mud?
The piano plays by itself as Rhonda screams about the water. Wally orders everyone to leave before they’re trapped. Mr. Martin refuses, even after Wally reminds him that he’ll be stuck there because he doesn’t have the watch.
Wally gets Yuri out and Rhonda grabs Quinn, who tried to get the piano to stop and encountered a ghost. Mr. Martin remains transfixed on the drawings on the wall.
Meanwhile, Superintendent Deborah Hunter-Price (Jennifer Tilly) is at the town’s Harvest Festival at the high school, using a puppet show to explain how great leaders make life better for future generations. She talks about when they split the river to make the town prosper. Maddie, Claire, and Nicole are in the audience, and Maddie reminds Claire they need to find out ASAP about the school getting bulldozed. Claire reluctantly leaves, dreading talking to her stepdad.
Deborah brings up the town’s first great statesman, Alfred Van Heidt, the man who was killed with the kids in the church.
Simon tries to clear his head by running, and Charley’s out of breath by the time they stop. It didn’t work, and Simon still has questions. But first, he has a confession. He told Maddie that he emailed his sister, Sabrina, back after she found him, but he actually never replied. Simon believes his sister resents him since their mom died giving birth to him.
Charley disagrees. Sabrina wouldn’t have tried connecting with him if she resented him. Charley thinks Simon needs to return to the living so he can call his sister. “The only way I’m getting back to my life is finding out why I’m here,” says Simon.
Simon spots Maddie and Nicole walking around the festival and admits to feeling really guilty for lying to Maddie.
Wally, Rhonda, Quinn, and Yuri try and figure out what the papers they retrieved mean. Yuri thinks one says something about “final offer,” and Rhonda searches for a magnifying glass to exam it better.
Quinn reveals she saw a child in the church who told her not to tell on him. She thanks Rhonda for grabbing her hand and pulling her out and then confesses she’s been wanting to kiss her for a long time. Their conversation’s interrupted when Charley runs into the library, breathless and admitting he lost Simon.
The group splits up after Charley teases that Simon withheld something important about the hole. Wally takes off with Charley and Rhonda to find Simon, leaving Yuri and Quinn to decode the hellhole papers.
Mr. Martin, still in the church, hears sobbing and sees a woman crying about her poor baby. A man shows up behind him, toasting the man of the hour and complimenting him that “all it cost him was one family heirloom.” The man says he better hurry before the dam breaks, and Mr. Martin hears a noise and follows it.
Livia’s manning the town’s Harvest Festival booth with her mom, Deborah, and Maddie wonders if there’s more about the town’s history on display. She sees a design for the new high school, and Deborah asks if she wishes she were a freshman because the new building will be amazing. Deborah believes you can’t stop progress but doesn’t confirm when demolition will take place.
Sarah Yarkin as Rhonda and Nick Pugliese as Charley in ‘School Spirits’ episode 5, season 3 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)
The ghosts find Maddie at the festival but can’t talk to her. However, they can hear her when she tells Nicole that if the building is torn down, the ghosts will be trapped there and forgotten. Charley, Rhonda, and Wally are stunned when Maddie confesses that she doesn’t want to tell Simon or the ghosts—the people she loves—that their only option is crossing over, if they can.
Simon sneaks back into the library and takes the watch just as his mom calls Maddie, worried about him. Maddie lies and says Simon’s at a lake house with spotty reception.
Claire’s stepdad wasn’t helpful so that’s a dead end. A woman walks by who walked out of Deborah’s puppet show while calling her something in a foreign language. Claire translates what she said as “devil” in Finnish. They follow the lady, and Livia notices Maddie left her backpack behind.
Simon joins Mr. Martin in the hole and touches the drawing on the wall. It’s wet. Simon recalls seeing these drawings when White Eyes grabbed his face and wonders whose blood was used to paint them. Mr. Martin thinks the walls are speaking to them and that Simon was chosen for a specific reason.
Over at the hospital, Maddie’s dad, Dave, asks Kyle to join him on a mission. He doesn’t want Kyle to give up, but Kyle’s lost hope. Still, he agrees to go on a mission.
Yuri and Quinn figure out that someone was trying to buy the church, but the church didn’t want to sell it. However, that bit of news doesn’t seem to matter when Wally, Charley, and Rhonda reveal that if the school is torn down, they will be permanently trapped with White Eyes and the rest of the ghosts.
Wally suggests they concentrate on getting Simon out first and then address their situation. They realize that Simon stole the watch, which means they need to go through Yuri’s scar, the closest scar to Mr. Martin’s, to get him.
Xavier attends Tracey’s students’ performance, and it’s while they’re playing “Tubular Bells” that we’re shown Simon looking around the church. He’s being watched as he finds a gold ring in the collection plate. Mr. Martin thinks it might be the bribe the man was talking about minutes earlier. Suddenly, they hear pounding, and White Eyes appears.
Nicole, Maddie, and Claire speak with the woman who left Deborah’s puppet show, and Claire asks why she called her a devil. The woman reveals it was Alfred she was referring to, not Deborah. He called the townspeople vermin and killed those children in the church. He also died in the church, but that might just be karma. She says he was a twisted, greedy man who only cared about power and money. Alfred wanted to own the whole town and believed that killing the children would make the townspeople leave.
Charley’s been listening and since this is in the greenhouse, he can talk to Maddie. He informs her that Simon’s in the church and Maddie tells him to get Simon to safety.
Simon demands White Eyes tell him why he was pulled into this dimension. Simon yells at him to lift the veil and let him out of there, and White Eyes grabs his head again and forces him to see what happened.
Wally, Rhonda, Quinn, and Yuri show up as Simon’s still with White Eyes, and Wally orders White Eyes to let him go. Mr. Martin thinks they need to see what White Eyes is telling them, but just then Charley runs in and says White Eyes is Alfred and he killed all the children.
The vision shows a woman locking the basement door, trapping Alfred and the children.
Back at the Harvest Festival, Xavier’s ready to leave and it’s only then that Maddie realizes her backpack is missing with Simon’s iPad. They split up to look for it. Maddie’s in the puppet show tent looking around when she hears Simon say she can’t save him as she’s thrust into another vision.
Quinn picks up a board and tries to knock Simon away from White Eyes, but Simon screams at her not to. It’s too late and she accidentally hits Simon. As this is happening, Maddie hears Simon’s warning again. She snaps her rubber band and comes out of it as Xavier hands over her backpack he found in the petting zoo.
Peyton List as Maddie Nears and Spencer Macpherson as Xavier Baxter in ‘School Spirits’ episode 5, season 3 (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+)
Xavier and Maddie have a heart-to-heart, and he knows he’s lost her trust but thinks maybe she’s seeing scary stuff because her brain is trying to help her heal. He’s working at the hospital now and sees ghosts all over, but he’s doing it to help them. She might be going through the same thing to help herself and her friends.
Maddie goes into the school, runs into Quinn, and asks where Simon is. Rhonda joins them and says Simon is a little injured but will be fine. Maddie swears she won’t let the school be demolished or let them be stranded there.
Rhonda assures Quinn that what she did was actually brave. She’s referring to the kiss, not hitting Simon. Rhonda hasn’t kissed anyone in 62 years, and she wasn’t even sure she could let someone get close. Quinn says she’s willing to wait…but she doesn’t need to. They kiss!
Xavier runs into Tracey and learns she didn’t have a good time at prom. Tracey drops a bombshell, revealing she went with Kyle. According to Tracey, he didn’t die in the bus accident; instead, he had a personality shift and became a real jerk. Tracey describes him as sweet and kind before the accident, but to this day she crosses the street when she sees him. She asks Xavier to lose their prom picture; she doesn’t want any reminders.
This means someone’s been walking around in Kyle’s body all these years!
After a lengthy mid-season break, CBS’s FBI returns with a wedding-themed episode, welcoming back Shantel VanSanten as Special Agent Nina Chase. Season eight, episode 11, “Confetti,” will air on Monday, February 23, 2026 at 9pm ET/PT.
“Confetti” Plot: When an undercover operation being led by Special Agent Nina Chase goes sideways, the team works together to flip their only witness to help them hunt down a rip crew at a cartel wedding. The aftermath leads Nina and Scola to realize they are ready to tie the knot. The episode’s written by Ryan Maldonado and Eduardo Javier Canto and directed by Alex Chapple.
Missy Peregrym stars as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Zeeko Zaki plays Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, Jeremy Sisto returns as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, Alana De La Garza is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, John Boyd stars as Special Agent Stuart Scola, and Juliana Aidén Martinez plays Eva Ramos.
FBI is a fast-paced drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This elite unit brings to bear all their talents, intellect, and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep New York and the country safe. Born into a multigenerational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects.
Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom “OA” Zidan, a West Point graduate via Bushwick who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, who operates under intense pressure and has undeniable command authority.
The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator, as well as Special Agent Stuart Scola, an Ivy League-educated Wall Streeter-turned-FBI agent. These first-class agents tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime, and counterintelligence.
Written, directed, and narrated by Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), Ghost Elephants charts the search for the world’s largest land mammals. The documentary, which just released an official trailer, opens in limited release on February 27, 2026 and will be available on March 7th on National Geographic.
Ghost Elephants will stream on Disney+ and Hulu beginning on March 8th.
National Geographic Documentary Films and Abramorama released this description of Herzog’s latest documentary:
“In the mist-covered highlands of Angola, deep within its forests, a mystery endures: the elusive ghost elephants of Lisima, the potential living descendants of the largest land mammal ever recorded. Steve Boyes, conservation biologist and leader of the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, is determined to prove their existence.
In order to find these elusive elephants, Boyes and fellow National Geographic Explorer Kerllen Costa have teamed up with three KhoiSan master trackers—Xui, Xui Dawid, and Kobus—to succeed where advanced technology could not.”
Herzog and Ariel León Isacovitch serve as producers, with Brian Nugent, Andrew Trapani, Emerson G. Farrel, David Sze, David B. Kirk, Terrence Battle, Richard Sneider, Christopher White, and Casey Graf executive producing. Additional executive producers include Carolyn Bernstein and Tim Horsburgh.
The coffee table book Okavango and the Source of Life by Steve Boyes, expanding on the documentary, will be released on March 3, 2026.
