I wish someone had told me that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla had the option to HOLD AND PET CATS AND DOGS! I would have started playing it two years ago! As it is, I just started over the weekend, and the first time a cat jumped into my arms, I screamed! Cold blooded viking murder -+ cat lover? That’s how my week’s going so far! And here is how queer pop culture is shaking out!

+ Here’s our first look at the second season of Gentleman Jack, which lands on HBO Max this spring!

+ Everyone involved with Batwoman is telling Wildmoore shippers to get hydrated before tonight’s episode.

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+ Related: Javicia Leslie joins Jasmin Savoy Brown on a new episode of The Homo Schedule.

+ It’s a good month for New Yorker profiles of queer celebs. This week, Céline Sciamma’s quest for a new feminist grammar of cinema.

+ Viola Davis posted the first photos from The Woman King yesterday — and HOT DAMN.

+ Jada Pinkett Smith will reunite with Queen Latifah in The Equalizer.

+ ICYMI, the full trailer for Killing Eve’s final season dropped yesterday. 

+ Jennifer Beals has joined Ilene Chaiken’s Law & Order: Organized Crime. 

+ And Just Like That‘s showrunner reveals what would have happened to Stanford.

+ Hocus Pocus 2 will arrive on Disney+ this Halloween.