Everything comes with a cost: 1923-Teonna I just finished watching the final episode of 1923, and it left me with a heavy heart. There’s so much chaos and emotion tangled up in that season, but one scene hit me particularly hard—a moment that captured the profound defeat and heartbreak of Teonna. In that scene, the Indian sheriff gently places the reins on her horse and sends her toward California. As she’s about to ride off, he calls out, “You were right to fight back.” Teonna, carrying the weight of everything she’s endured and everything she’s done, responds, “Maybe, but it cost me everything.” The sheriff replies quietly, “Always does,” before…

Reflections After Watching Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer I just finished the Netflix series on Rex Heuermann (Gone Girls), and I’m still sitting with a pit in my stomach. It was haunting in a way that true crime usually isn’t—because this one hit terrifyingly close to home. I live on Long Island now, and growing up, my family used to take me to the same beaches where these poor women were found. As a kid, those beaches were just sandcastles and sea gulls—pure summer joy. To now learn that those same shores were a burial ground is beyond chilling. It’s like a childhood memory has been retroactively darkened.…