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Decades ago, Margaret Anderson (Jane Wyatt) had a premonition of her husband’s death on the seminal family sitcom Father Knows Best. The plotline was unconventional, largely because it not only validated Anderson’s paranoia surrounding the premonition but actually paid it off in the end. Suitably spooked, her husband skips his work trip. That same evening, the road he would have taken was washed away in a flood.

While Father Knows Best is a sitcom, the horror genre has maintained a longstanding fascination with premonitions of impending doom. The Final Destination franchise is built around the conceit, while Asian horror fare like Premonition and The Eye toy with clairvoyance with remarkable ease. Heck, even The Mothman Prophecies ultimately arrives at an augur of disaster our hero must somehow prevent from happening. Premonitions are ripe with possibilities for scares and tension, and one underrated offering starring a future Oscar winner...

Television has long reflected society’s evolving expectations of women.

In its early days, the medium served up characters who embodied traditional ideals — devoted homemakers, charming sidekicks, or doting love interests.

But as cultural attitudes shifted, so did the women on our screens. Today’s female characters are unapologetically powerful, navigating morally gray worlds with grit and intelligence.

This is a screenshot from Yellowstone Season 4 Episode 3 to be used with the review. (Paramount Network)

The journey from perfect housewives to complex antiheroes didn’t happen overnight.

It’s a story of gradual transformation, with each TV era breaking boundaries and paving the way for the next generation of trailblazing women.

TV offered a reassuring vision of women’s roles in the post-wwii era.

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Spock (Leonard Nimoy) has long been one of the most popular characters of the Star Trek universe, and just like Spock himself, his parents have been played by several actors across the Star Trek franchise. Spock's Vulcan father, Sarek, and his human mother, Amanda Grayson, were both introduced in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Journey to Babel." Sarek served as a Vulcan Ambassador for the United Federation of Planets and as a representative on the Federation Council, while Amanda worked as a teacher and assisted Sarek with his diplomatic duties.

As established in Star Trek: Discovery, Sarek and Amanda adopted the young human Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) after her parents were killed by Klingons. Sarek had also had a son named Sybok with a Vulcan princess before he met and married Amanda. Sarek and Amanda raised Spock, Sybok, and Michael on Vulcan. After Spock decided to attend...