‘Shrill’ (Hulu)

“Pool”

Annie (Aidy Bryant) wants to write about the Fat Babe Pool Party for the alt weekly where she works, but her boss pooh-poohs it. “The last thing we need is everybody feeling comfortable in their own skin,” he tells her dismissively. “That would be the ’70s.” He’s joking, but he’s not actually joking, and over the course of the episode, Annie realizes how much she has lost in her life by feeling ashamed and unworthy. She decides she doesn’t want that anymore, the “mind prison” of self-loathing, and over the course of one monologue, you can see her become freer and more determined. It’s beautiful to watch someone become herself. (Streaming at Hulu.)

‘Jeopardy!’ (Syndicated)

June 3

Every few years something major happens on “Jeopardy!,” and suddenly a dorky staple becomes water-cooler buzz. For several weeks this spring, “Jeopardy James” — James Holzhauer — captured everyone’s attention with his bananas earnings, his big wagers, his unusual style of play. I wouldn’t call him a heel exactly, but there was something unnerving about it all, a feeling that maybe he would never lose and “Jeopardy!” would be different forever. So when Emma Boettcher triumphed over the most dominant contestant ever, it was both a tremendous win for propriety — the librarian topples the gambler! — and a crushing end to a literal game-changing era.

‘Molly of Denali’ (PBS Kids)

“Grandpa’s Drum”

“Molly of Denali” follows the adventures of a 10-year-old Alaska Native girl who likes vlogging, solving puzzles and the outdoors. The show’s pilot is not just a solid episode of an educational kids show, though; it also tells an important and often glossed over story. Molly wants her grandfather to sing at a community event with her, but he refuses, and she can’t understand why — until she learns that, as a child, he was forced to go to a boarding school that tried to strip him of his cultural identity, his language, his music, his traditions. The episode has a happy ending, but it’s also one that acknowledges Grandpa’s real suffering in meaningful but kid-appropriate ways. (Streaming at PBS Kids.)

‘Couples Therapy’ (Showtime)

Episode 6

I gobbled down “Couples Therapy” like it was my last chance for human contact before going to space. Immerse me in it, let me revel in its imperfections, which will become beautiful in my imagination when I can no longer observe them so closely. The show, a documentary series that follows four couples through their therapy sessions, is one of the richest depictions of the human condition TV has produced in a long time, and Episode 6 is when some of the couples finally break through all the layers of despair and we start to see glimmers of joy. It was the first episode where I thought one of the couples actually should stay together, and by the time the show finished, I had a weird amount of hope for them all. (Streaming at Sho.com.)