Standout Seasons
A standout season sticks in your mind, from its significance to the larger story, thematic unity, or just by being an exceptional chunk of TV
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The X-Files Season 8 and the Tragedy of the ‘MSR’
For many a fan of the MSR (Mulder-Scully Romance), there exists no eighth and ninth season of The X-Files in conventional terms. While such fans appreciate aspects of the second movie, I Want to Believe, and the subsequent revival seasons, for them the classic era of the series ends with ‘Requiem’. The seventh season finale […] More
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in The X-Files, Standout SeasonsThe X-Files Season 7 and the ‘MSR’ Maturation
If we are to consider the sixth season of The X-Files to be the year the show comes to terms with the Mulder-Scully Romance, the subsequent Season 7 could be seen as the year their relationship grows up. The seventh season of The X-Files is generally considered the series on autopilot. Until the 2016 revival, […] More
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in The X-Files, Standout SeasonsThe X-Files Season 6 and the ‘MSR’ Evolution
As with most fandoms, The X-Files contains multitudes, not just in terms of storytelling but of audiences. The series practically cultivated the term ‘shipper’ at the turn of the 1990s, as ‘X-Philes’ very swiftly in significant numbers began to root for the platonic professional friendship of intrepid FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully to […] More
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in Standout SeasonsWhy Season 2 of Spin City Was Its Boldest and Funniest
There have been many television “best of” lists over the past 25 years and many comedy television lists as well. If you’ve even read a few of these you’ll have noticed many of the same titles on each list. We all know these titles: Arrested Development, 30 Rock, NewsRadio, Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Office […] More
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Remembering the Second Season of Just Shoot Me!
The first season of many shows is never the best one out there. People are still figuring out what the show will be, the writing is setting up plotlines for the series, and things are just getting started. The second season is usually where things pick up and come into a life of their own. […] More
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in Standout SeasonsThe Simpsons Season 8: Insanity Peppers and Gay Steel Mills
The Simpsons was undoubtedly one of the best shows on television for its first nine seasons, but for me, Season 8 always stood out as being truly exceptional. It contains, in my opinion, 11 of the best episodes of all time (“You Only Move Twice,” “Bart After Dark,” “Lisa’s Date with Density,” “Hurricane Neddy,” “El […] More
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in Standout SeasonsA Love Letter to Game of Thrones Season 4
Oh, Game of Thrones, you have done me dirty. You have done the world dirty. And worst of all, you have done yourself dirty. It was just last year that you were concluding your epic tale of swords and sorcery with a limp fart, some half-baked excuses about things like “foreshadowing,” and how you honestly […] More
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in Standout SeasonsHalt and Catch Fire Ignites in Season 2
Despite the critical acclaim, Halt and Catch Fire is a criminally under-watched show. Many of the people I’ve spoken to about it claim that the first season didn’t grab them, which—while I did not share that experience—is somewhat understandable. Much has been written about how Halt and Catch Fire was, in its first season, trying […] More
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in Lost, Standout SeasonsLost Season 2 and the Question of Faith
Most avid television viewers can rattle off a list of their favorite shows. Many of us can take that list and narrow it down to a few classic shows that will stand the test of time to us. Then, there’s that next layer of obsessives who take things a little bit further and examine their […] More
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in Standout SeasonsHawaii Five-0 Season 1 Kicks off With a Momentum That Inspires a New Legacy
I remember the first episode of the re-imagined Hawaii Five-0 that I saw. “Mai Ka Wa Kahiko,” or “Out of the Past,” the 15th episode of the second season. I caught it right at the part where Danny (Scott Caan) is driving the wrong way down a road in time to get to a cell phone to […] More
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in Standout SeasonsThe Answer’s In These Guns Somehow: How Red Dwarf S6 Brought Action to Isolation
Most avid television viewers can rattle off a list of their favorite shows. Many of us can take that list and narrow it down to a few classic shows that will stand the test of time to us. Then, there’s that next layer of obsessives who take things a little bit further and examine their […] More
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in Standout SeasonsMad Men Season 4 and the Art of an Existential Crisis
Most avid television viewers can rattle off a list of their favorite shows. Many of us can take that list and narrow it down to a few classic shows that will stand the test of time to us. Then, there’s that next layer of obsessives who take things a little bit further and examine their […] More