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The Hilarity and Heartbreak of Scrubs
In September 2001, several iconic shows of the aughts premiered, including one comedy that, despite acclaim and consistent solid writing, rarely found itself at the Emmys over its 9-season run. Scrubs is one of my favorite TV shows of all time, and revisiting several episodes recently led me to the opinion that the series, in […] More
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My Name Is Michael Westen and I Used To Be a Spy: Revisiting Spy Dramedy Burn Notice After 10 Years
Michael Westen used to be a spy…That is until, he was handed a burn notice in the middle of an operation and dumped in Miami, with no cash and no job history, where he takes on odd jobs helping people fight injustice while hunting down the people who burned him. Burn Notice was a thrilling […] More
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Dexter Revisited: TV’s Favorite Serial Killer To Return in Prequel Show
Looking forward to the upcoming prequel series, the following contains spoilers for Dexter and Dexter: New Blood The Dexter franchise is officially continuing with Dexter: Original Sin, a prequel series that tells the story of the title character in his younger days as an intern with the Miami Metro Police Department. To recast Dexter, along […] More
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House of the Dragon Season 2 Preview: Dancing With Dragons
The following contains spoilers for House of the Dragon Season 1 (created by Ryan Condal and George R.R. Martin and produced by Ryan Congal and Miguel Sapochnik) Not since “The Dress” debate of 2015 have two colors divided the culture so significantly. As House of the Dragon returns with Season 2 on Sunday night, the question viewers […] More
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The Sympathizer Comes to a “Hard” End
The following review contains spoilers for the entirety of The Sympathizer on HBO As I reflect on the close of The Sympathizer (with the meta-episode title “Endings Are Hard, Aren’t They?”), it is difficult not to agree with most of the critics that this seven-episode series falls just short of “greatness” (whatever that means in […] More
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Friends: The One About “The Last One”
When the series finale of Friends aired on May 6, 2004, a reported 52.5 million tuned in to watch it live. Not counting anything having to do with the Super Bowl, no episode of scripted television has attracted close to that amount since, and it’s been twenty years. Also, it’s important to repeat that 52.5 […] More
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A World of Its Own: The Wonder of CBS’s Brooklyn Bridge
In the late-1980s and early-1990s, producer and writer Gary David Goldberg wasn’t sure he wanted to work on television. And why would he need to? The acclaimed producer just spent seven years producing the classic sitcom Family Ties. The deal to syndicate that show is a show-biz legend, with some noting it made him a […] More
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Mary & George: May Twinks Reign Britain Forever!
This queer little period drama is inspired by the very true story of James VI and his notorious lover George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham’s rise to power in the king’s court. A combined effort between Sky and Starz, Mary & George spans seven dramatic episodes filled with sex, grit, blood and deception. Airing first on […] More
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X-Men ’97 Is X-cellent
It’s been 26 years since we’ve seen the X-Men that most people in my generation grew up with. Although it has been such a long time, X-Men ’97 almost doesn’t skip a beat. It catches up to the old cartoon show like it’s just been yesterday. As a continuing narrative to what was built so long ago, X-Men […] More
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Some Thoughts on the Hugo Simberg Paintings in Constellation
The fourth episode of Constellation ends with a close-up of the painting on the wall of the family cabin, where we saw Jo take Alice in the show’s premiere and where we saw Magnus take Alice in Episode 4. It’s not entirely clear which cabin, or which timeline, the shot at the end of Episode 4 […] More
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My Love of Goosebumps Almost Masks My Existential Terror About the Current State of TV
The following review contains some spoilers for Disney+/Hulu’s Goosebumps (2023) Let me let you in on a secret: the best part of Disney+/Hulu’s new Goosebumps series is, oddly enough, how un-Goosebumps it often feels. Let me explain. While Goosebumps—as part of what I consider to be the holy trinity of entry-level kid’s horror along with […] More
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Why the Absurdity of Riverdale Works
I never read the Archie Comics as a kid. They weren’t popular here in the UK, so my introduction to the ‘Archieverse’ was in 2017, when the first season of Riverdale began airing. Like many others, I went into it expecting a run-of-the-mill teen drama, akin to Pretty Little Liars or One Tree Hill. But, […] More
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