“If we began lockdown in March by addictively binge-watching the darkly bizarre ‘Tiger King,’ by early winter we were transfixed by a different sort of animal: the graceful octopod of ‘My Octopus Teacher,’ extending her tentacles to make connections that seemed achingly poignant in a time when mere hugs between humans are taboo.” Pop Culture in (ugh) 2020, from the bizarre to the sublime.