“I wish New York had cobblestone streets, like in Spain. They [would make it easier] to water the city, the trees would thrive and, on top of that, people could interact with them: lift the stones, reposition them, move them around.” John Wilson – with his blond beard, thick-rimmed glasses and faded red t-shirt that depicts Yo La Tengo (an American indie rock band) – is trying to recover from a hangover: “I drank a lot of wine and ate a whole rabbit.”

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Glamorama, the fourth novel by Bret Easton Ellis, arrived to U.S. bookstores just in time for Christmas 1998. The book tells the story of Victor Ward, a young, attractive model who becomes involved in an international terrorist group. To critics, Glamorama seemed delirious. To Ellis, it was a satire of ‘90s society, obsessed with consumerism, brands and success. During the same era, Hoyt Richards, who is considered the first male supermodel, was immersed in his own thriller rife with conspiracy and paranoia. At 36 years of age, he was a fashion legend. He had worked for the best designers, walked runways around the world, and earned millions. What no one knew is that he was also trying to escape from an exclusive sect for the hot and rich.

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Spoiler Alert: This list contains spoilers for the Euphoria series finale.Everyone literally comes crashing down in the Season 3 finale of Euphoria. Since its premiere in 2019, audiences have watched Rue's (Zendaya) volatile highs and lows as a struggling drug addict. But even with every type of substance entering her bloodstream, Rue seems to have cheated death countless times — until it finally catches up to her in the finale.

Even HBO is not immune to bad shows or seasons declining in quality. The network is easily one of the most celebrated for its storytelling, with bold and imaginative series like The Wire, The Sopranos, and Game of Thrones. The aforementioned shows are hailed as some of the best HBO has ever produced, but they also attracted criticism with seasons varying in quality or an ending that was unsatisfactory. Still, the network has managed to release shows that have maintained their quality throughout, and one of them is a 2018 drama series that played all its cards right.

When Mindhunter debuted on Netflix in 2017, it became an immediate hit. For two seasons, David Fincher's psychological thriller followed two FBI agents tracking down the worst killers. Mindhunter ended much too soon in 2019, but if you're searching for something similar and missed out on it the first time around, check out HBO's The Outsider. The 2020 miniseries is an adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name. It follows two detective-types as well, played to perfection by Ben Mendelsohn and Cynthia Erivo, as they come face to face with a different, even more terrifying kind of killer. Produced, co-directed, and co-starring Jason Bateman, The Outsider only needed one season to tell its shocking story.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a certified hit, and House of the Dragon is flying off to war later this month, but the next title planned in HBO's Game of Thrones franchise has a major problem. That production is known as Aegon's Conquest, and if its problem has a singular name, it's Balerion the Black Dread. Last we heard, Aegon's Conquest is the working title for a spin-off movie in development, which would be about how and why House Targaryen took over Westeros in the first place. However, based on George R.R. Martin's writing so far, this story is massive in scale and is not ideally suited for a movie or TV adaptation.