If you watched the painfully slow final season of The Bear—is there anything duller than repeatedly watching others watch it rain?—you were rewarded in its final episode with a blissful celebration of friends and family, both born and found. The routinely sad, destructive, lonely, and often angry staff at Chicago’s least believable fine-dining establishment gathered together and seemed, to a person, thrilled to be part of—or at least adjacent to—the dysfunctional but (finally) loving Berzatto clan.

This same vibe, an unabashed celebration of deep connection, also grounds the end of Hacks. Deborah and Ava, together 4eva, still love their work. But, the show implies, they love each other more. It is their friendship the show leaves us with. Hugs for all!

The message of Remarkably Bright Creatures, in both the novel and the television film—I <3 Sally Field so hard—is just as clear. You need family, whether you are born into it or—thank the gods—find it later, to thrive. (It also helps to have a giant Pacific octopus looking out for you.)

Might prestige pop culture finally have had enough of mayhem, betrayal, and horrible humans behaving horribly? Perhaps the wild success of Ted Lasso nudged the culture away from “life sucks” and toward “love is the answer.” Whatever the reason, I am glad to see it. Maybe next, we’ll rediscover sex. A girl can dream.