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Shrinking Premieres with a “Coin Flip” (S1E1)
The following contains spoilers for Shrinking S1E1, “Coin Flip” (written by Jason Segel & Brett Goldstein & Bill Lawrence and directed by James Ponsoldt) Here’s the premise of Shrinking, as encapsulated in the promotional blurb you can find on IMDb and elsewhere: A grieving therapist starts to tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring […] More
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The Last of Us S1E2: “Infected” — A Perfect Substrate
The following contains spoilers for The Last of Us S1E2, “Infected” (written by Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin and directed by Craig Mazin) Through the first two episodes of HBO’s The Last of Us, the three flashback scenes that precede the 20-years-later timeline have been some of the show’s most compelling and dramatic revelations. These world-building […] More
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February 2023 TV Premiere Dates: Upcoming Series We’re Excited For
Welcome back! In this installment, we’re going to focus on upcoming new and returning TV series set to premiere in February 2023, though we’ll include as much as we can working later into the year, prioritizing things with release dates. Putting this list together is unfortunately difficult, as it involves pulling from multiple sources of […] More
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The Night Court Reboot Exists, for Some Reason
So the Night Court reboot has finally premiered. And with that, Night Court, which initially went off the air in 1992, has joined the extremely long list of shows from the ’80s that are back on television. Like Magnum P.I. and Quantum Leap, and so many other shows that seem to be rebooted everywhere, it […] More
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The Last of Us S1E1: “When You’re Lost in the Darkness” — In That Scenario, We Lose
The following contains spoilers for The Last of Us S1E1, “When You’re Lost in the Darkness” (written by Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin and directed by Craig Mazin) From the very first moments of HBO’s new Sunday night prestige action-drama, The Last of Us, we know that this will not be like any other Zombie-apocalypse […] More
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Bold, meta, weird, and stoopid. Velma has emerged from the deep, dark, and messed up imagination of Charlie Grandy and is bending the rules of the Scooby Doo franchise with this adult-themed animated comedy. It takes on the speculated queerness of characters and shoves them into the forefront of the conversation. It emulates nostalgia and […] More
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With “Walkabout” Lost Beautifully Established the Essence of John Locke
The following contains spoilers for the whole series and the character arc of John Locke, particularly for the events of “Walkabout” Lost, S1E4, (written by David Fury and directed by Jack Bender) which first aired on ABC in the United States on October 13, 2004. “Walkabout” begins, as so many episodes of Lost do, with […] More
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His Dark Materials S3E5 & S3E6: Prophecy Fulfilled
The following contains spoilers for His Dark Materials S3E5, “No Way Out” (written by Amelia Spencer and directed by Weronika Tofilska), and S3E6, “The Abyss” (written by Francesca Gardiner and directed by Amit Gupta). Welcome back, dear reader, as we continue our coverage of the final season of His Dark Materials. Lyra and Will’s entrance […] More
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Rick and Morty S6E10: “Rictional Mortpoon’s Rickmas Mortcation” — A Ricksmas Miracle
The following contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S6E10 “Rictional Mortpoon’s Rickmas Mortcation” Rick and Morty S6E10 “Rictional Mortpoon’s Rickmas Mortcation” closes out the season with a hilarious Christmas-themed finale. Rick surprises the family with a series of gifts from across the multiverse: Jerry gets an extradimensional edition of Miracle on 34th Street, two hours […] More
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2023 TV Premieres: Upcoming Series and Seasons Pinging Our Radar
2023 is just around the corner, and we’ve been keeping an eye out for all of the new TV you may want to watch in the new year. Or perhaps I should say all of the new TV we might want to watch. The only standard for inclusion in the list that follows is the […] More
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The Sex Lives of College Girls Haven’t Finished Yet! (Season 2 Finale)
The following contains spoilers for the Season 2 finale of The Sex Lives of College Girls, S2E9, “Sex & Basketball” (written by Rupinder Gill & Caroline Goldfarb and directed by Rupinder Gill) and S2E10, “The Rooming Lottery” (written by Beth Appel and directed by Justin Noble) With The Sex Lives of College Girls officially renewed […] More
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His Dark Materials S3E3 & S3E4: Betrayal After Betrayal
The following contains spoilers for His Dark Materials S3E3, “The Intention Craft,” and S3E4, “Lyra and Her Death” (both written by Jack Thorne and directed by Charles Martin). Welcome back, dear reader, as we continue our coverage of the final season of His Dark Materials. With these two episodes now behind us, we are halfway […] More