• Noah Tsika

King of Boys: The Return of the King, a seven-part limited series of Netflix, is a sustained — if ultimately pessimistic — critique of Nigerian corruption.

• Liz Timbs

The story of Surya Bonaly, and her unwillingness to yield to racist demands and expectations in the sport of figure skating.

• Pablo Medina Uribe

How a Mexican show helped to construct a patchy and ill-defined “Latin American” identity.