recaps

The internet was supposed to kill TV, but the two have become BFFs. Superfans turn to entertainment sites, YouTube, and podcasts to sustain the experience of their favorite shows. Episode recaps have been driving traffic to Entertainment Weekly, Slate, and Rolling Stone for years, but the form has evolved from a plot summary to an art with video series like Funny or Die’s Gay of Thrones, in which a Los Angeles hair stylist waxes outrageous on medieval mayhem. Sean Rameswaram speaks with Gay of Thrones host Jonathan Van Ness and Vulture’s Margaret Lyons.