Clay Dockery is an actor, author, and impresario extraordinaire. They are the co-editor of Why I Geek: An Anthology of Fandom Origin Stories and was the co-head organizer and creative director of MISTI-Con, Coal Hill Con, and The West Wing Weekend fandom conventions. They live in New York City with their girlfriend and their two chonky cats.
The following contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premiere, S1E1, “A Shadow of the Past” (written by J. D. Payne & Patrick McKay, and directed by J.A. Bayona) and S1E2, “Adrift” (written by Gennifer Hutchison, and directed by J.A. Bayona) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power […] More
Amazon’s new series A League of Their Own is a quintessential example of rebooting content in the modern era. The show is a loose remake of the original 1992 movie of the same name, which in turn was a loose retelling of real history. Abbi Jacobson (who co-created Broad City with Ilana Glazer among other […] More
The following contains spoilers for all of Stranger Things Season 4. Netflix’s model makes writing consistently on their shows difficult for those of us who don’t seem to have the time to binge multiple episodes of a series all at once. For Stranger Things Season 4 they did, thankfully, tweak the model by releasing the […] More
The following contains spoilers for Only Murders in the Building Season 2 Episode 1, “Persons of Interest” (written by John Hoffman, Steve Martin & Noah Levine, and directed by John Hoffman), and S2E2, “Framed” (written by John Hoffman, Steve Martin & Kristin Newman, and directed by John Hoffman), as well as all of Season 1. Only […] More
The following contains spoilers for Community, S1E21 “Contemporary American Poultry” (written by Emily Cutler & Karey Dornetto and directed by Tristram Shapeero) Community, S1E21, “Contemporary American Poultry” was a departure at the time. Up until that point, series creator Dan Harmon and the writers had basically been working on a traditional, if reference heavy and […] More
The following contains spoilers for the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premiere, S1E1, “Strange New Worlds” (Teleplay by Akiva Goldsman, with a story by Akiva Goldsman & Jenny Lumet, and directed by Akiva Goldsman) Much has been made about how Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a departure from both of the other current live-action […] More
The following contains spoilers for Russian Doll Season 2, S2E1, “Nowhen” (written and directed by Natasha Lyonne), and S2E2, “Coney Island Baby” (written by Allison Silverman & Zakiyyah Alexander and directed by Alex Buono) When the first season of Natasha Lyonne’s Netflix series, Russian Doll, debuted back in 2019 it was an unexpected critical sensation. […] More
The following contains spoilers for the premiere of Julia on HBO Max: Episode 1, “Omelette” (written by Daniel Goldfarb and directed by Charles McDougall), Episode 2, “Coq au Vin” (written by Daniel Goldfarb and directed by Charles McDougall), and Episode 3, “Boeuf Bourguignon” (written by Daniel Goldfarb & Eboni Booth and directed by Melanie Mayron) […] More
There are a lot of memorable parts of the Season 3 finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Graduation Day, Part 2”. From beginning to end, the episode represents some of the show’s best writing and character development. But Buffy’s graduation scene, featuring the climactic battle between the Scoobys and the Mayor and his minions as […] More
The following contains spoilers for the Star Trek: Discovery S4E13, the Season 4 finale, “Coming Home” S4E13 (written by Michelle Paradise and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi) Star Trek: Discovery S4E13, “Coming Home”, the Season 4 finale, wraps up the season-long arc with a rollicking race to the DMA controller while continuing the season’s deep dive […] More
The following contains spoilers for the Minx premiere S1E1, “Not like a shvantz right in the face” (written by Ellen Rappoport and directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg) and S1E2 “Au revoir, le double dong” The Minx premiere is not subtle—we were promised fun and breezy comedy set in the 1970s with sharp takes on feminism […] More
When the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode, “Once More, With Feeling,” first aired in November of 2001, I did not watch it. Nor did I have any intention to do so. I had never seen the show. I was living in Colorado working at a ski resort and I’m not even certain I had […] More
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