Sequels have come to seem inescapable in movies and TV, where the commercial logic is to keep a franchise going — even if it has nowhere to go. That's why I was leery of Season 2 of Big Little Lies.

On the next Fresh Air, we talk with David Kirkpatrick, a New York Times international correspondent and former Cairo bureau chief, about what's behind President Trump’s alignment with the Crown Princes of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Christina Applegate describes grief as "completely messy and unexpected and unapologetic." At least that's the way it's portrayed in her new Netflix series, Dead To Me.

The show, which has been described as a "traumedy" (a trauma-infused comedy/drama), centers on two women who meet in a grief support group.