In this episode, we do a deep dive into Netflix shows like Sex Education, Sabrina, Umbrella Academy and Stranger Things and their disturbing tendency towards uncritical nostalgia. Where does this nostalgia come from? Why is it so prevalent, especially on a platform like Netflix which has a tendency towards algorithmically designed TV? And why does modern TV not want to historicise itself? We then move on to discuss how this trend may be exemplified in modern depictions of the Cold War, specifically the uneasy allure of time's ultimate destruction in Tenet (2020) and The House With a Clock in its Walls (2018).
