The Americans’ Penultimate Season Was Its Messiest, Most Depressing One Yet
My current ranking from greatest to least is 4, 3, 2, 1, and then 5.
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This is one of the most honest, least-talked-about series on TV.
House of Cards’ Fifth Season Is Bonkers, in a Good Way
Not since season four of Boardwalk Empire has a show made me want to go back and reconsider every withering thing I’ve written about it.
David Lynch Forces Your Brain to Work Differently
What we’re dealing with here is a work like no other, unveiled in a manner no one has ever experienced before.
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Twin Peaks: The Return Is Riveting, Horrifying, and Patience-Taxing
It’s David Lynch as the experimental filmmaker he’s always been.
Why Twin Peaks Is Not the Series We’ve Convinced Ourselves It Was
Here are seven things you need to keep in mind as you watch the show.
Television’s Best Shows Are Taking Their Cues From Literature
How shows like Master of None, The Handmaid’s Tale, Jane the Virgin, and Big Little Lies are mining books for onscreen gold.
Why Sunday Night’s Episode of The Leftovers Was Inspired by Matt Zoller Seitz
A conversation between Matt and Damon Lindelof.
Jill Soloway’s I Love Dick Has a Mesmerizing Energy
This half-hour series works like gangbusters part of the time.
What Other Coen Brothers Movies Would Make for Good TV?
We discuss on this week’s Vulture TV Podcast.
Master of None’s Second Season Is Even Better Than Its First
The new batch of episodes is on my short list for scripted show of the year.
Barry Jenkins on How He Directed Dear White People’s Most Pivotal Episode
“We are trying to work the audience into an empathic feeling, so that we understand what it’s like to be Reggie.”
From The Handmaid’s Tale to 13 Reasons Why, Book Adaptations Are All Over TV
And they’re more prestige-y than ever.
American Gods Is a Bizarre, Dazzling Show
It’s one of the strangest series ever to air on American television.
Netflix’s Dear White People Is a Feat
It’s superior in almost every way to Justin Simien’s 2014 same-named film.
Damon Lindelof on Why The Leftovers Is Ultimately a Love Story
And why it’s so hard to say no to a naked Theroux.
Fargo Creator Noah Hawley Explains Why Ewan McGregor Is Playing Two Characters
“Whatever empathy you have for the underdog you probably also carry some of it over to rooting for the older brother.”
Girls’ Final Season Was the Show at Its Saddest, and Best
It ended true to its maddening heroine.
Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner on the End of Girls and Hannah’s Final Pants-Free Shot
“It wouldn’t be Girls if Hannah had pants on, right?”
The TV Theme Songs We Have to Sing Along to (and the Ones We Have to Skip)
And the ones long enough you can get up to get a snack.