A review of this week’s Ted Lasso, “Do the Right-est Thing,” coming up just as soon as I’m so dehydrated, I look like one of them trees from a Tim Burton movie… “Do the Right-est” thing is simultaneously Ted Lasso at its most heartwarming and Ted Lasso at its silliest. …
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A review of this week’s The Mandalorian, “The Siege,” coming up just as soon as I use the Force to steal your macaroons… Everything old is new again on The Mandalorian, from the use of practical effects like the Baby Yoda puppet to the mission-of-the-week structure. So why not revive …
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A review of this weeks’ Lovecraft Country, “Meet Me in Daegu,” coming up just as soon as I’m Judy Garland’s butler… “We’ve both done monstrous things. But that does not make us monsters.” —Ji-Ah Even for a show that morphs wildly from week to week in structure and in tone, …
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Hey guys, have you heard about this show called Fleabag? Have you watched it? You totally should! I’ll wait. You don’t have to read this recap right away. Go ahead, watch it. Read Alan Sepinwall’s review if you need more convincing. OK, just wanted to get that out of the …
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A review of “Easter,” this week’s Better Things, coming up just as soon as I tell you what your going rate should be… Late in “Easter,” Sam‘s brother Marion offers the closest thing to a mission statement that Better Things has given us. He’s giving a pep talk to Duke, …
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A review of “What Is Jeopardy?,” this week’s Better Things, coming up just as soon as I sing our old camp anthem… Some major circle of life stuff goes down throughout “What Is Jeopardy?” Duke takes a major step on the path to womanhood when she has her first period. …
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Time may or may not be a flat circle, but the success rate of Wayne Hays and Roland West sure is. This week’s True Detective — “If You Have Ghosts” — comes straight from series creator Nic Pizzolatto, who shows our heroes working together diligently to solve the mystery of …
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Let’s not bury the lede: That was the best Saturday Night Live episode all season. Watching SNL is not unlike watching a sporting event or a concert: All three are live experiences in which anything can happen, and when something magical unfolds, it becomes contagious. Donald Glover and the Not …
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Last week, The Walking Deadended with Negan meeting an unseen character on the road, someone who he described thus: “If shit could shit it still wouldn’t look as shitty as you.” [Sigh] The man with the Louisville Slugger then drove this person back to the Sanctuary, before enlisting the mystery …
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Anyone who keeps up with all the news about The Walking Dead franchise probably already knows that the character Morgan Jones will be moving over to Fear the Walking Dead when the spinoff series’ fourth season debuts in two weeks. So now’s as good a time as any to ask: …
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