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September 11, 2017
Rachel Syme
Bojack Horseman’s Fourth Season Is A Masterwork of Sadness
As Bojack goes awol, the women of Hollywoo face a series of painful challenges.
September 8, 2017
MagazineRachel Syme
David Simon’s Mean Streets
"The Deuce" refuses to glamorize '70s New York.
August 29, 2017
Jo Livingstone
The Defenders Could Be a Good Show, if it Weren’t for its Awful Main Character
The latest Marvel/Netflix series is less than the sum of its parts.
August 29, 2017
Alex Shephard
Game of Thrones Learned All the Wrong Lessons From George R.R. Martin
The author has taken too long finishing his magnum opus. The show, in contrast, has been too quick.
August 28, 2017
The New Republic
Game of Thrones: Walls Come Tumbling Down
We discuss “The Dragon and the Wolf,” the final episode in the seventh season of the fantasy series.
August 21, 2017
The New Republic
Game of Thrones: We Have an Ice Dragon
We discuss “Beyond the Wall,” the sixth episode in the seventh season of HBO’s fantasy series.
August 14, 2017
The New Republic
Game of Thrones: Beyond the Pale
We discuss “Eastwatch,” the fifth episode in the seventh season of HBO’s fantasy series.
August 10, 2017
Rachel Syme
Difficult People Delivers a Dose of Political Satire
United by a love of sarcasm, two friends take on a regressive world in the show's third season.
August 7, 2017
The New Republic
Game of Thrones: Into the Fire
We discuss “The Spoils of War,” the fourth episode in the seventh season of HBO’s fantasy series.
July 31, 2017
The New Republic
Game of Thrones: Sons and Lovers
We discuss “The Queen’s Justice,” the third episode in the seventh season of HBO’s fantasy series.
July 29, 2017
Rachel Syme
The Constrained Elegance of Room 104
The Duplass brothers' new HBO series shows how to do a lot with a little.
July 24, 2017
The New Republic
Game of Thrones: Hungry Like the Wolf
We discuss "Stormborn," the second episode in the seventh season of HBO’s fantasy series.
July 20, 2017
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump gives us Drunk History—while sober.
July 20, 2017
Jo Livingstone
The New “Hot Shakespeare” Show Is ... Good?
TNT’s new drama "Will" is an odd but invigorating fantasy of the Bard's salad days.
July 19, 2017
Clio Chang
The Sex and the City of the Trump Era?
“The Bold Type” is a reboot of a now-familiar television genre, with an updated politics that doesn’t quite meet its moment.
July 17, 2017
The New Republic
Game of Thrones’s New Hard-Edged Morality
We discuss "Dragonstone," the first episode in the seventh season of HBO’s fantasy series.
July 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump likes to cosplay Morning Joe.
July 10, 2017
MagazineRachel Syme
How the New Twin Peaks Made Television Strange Again
David Lynch wanted to create a small-town Marilyn Monroe. He came up with Laura Palmer.
June 30, 2017
Rachel Syme
GLOW Serves Up Liberation in Lycra
The women of wrestling grapple with their bodies and forge their own destinies.
June 23, 2017
Sarah Marshall
Blood Drive Misses Out on Everything Good About Gore
SyFy's new series shows how much potential dystopian TV can have—by fulfilling none of it.

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