ABOUT THIS EPISODE
What happens when four estranged people gather for a funeral on a fictional Georgia island and discover that Saturday keeps repeating? This episode explores Paige Harbison’s Destination Funeral, a magical realism novel that uses a Groundhog Day-style time loop to examine grief, friendship, family conflict, forgiveness, and the bonds that survive years apart.
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