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Like many fans, I paper over the slow stretches in TV’s scheduling cycle with binges. The adults in my house have…
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Donna descends from her ivory tower every year or two to recap any TV show Vince Gilligan decides to set in Albuquerque.
Jun 20 2017
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In the centerpiece of tonight’s finale, Chuck McGill rips out paneling, punches holes in kitchen tile, and leaves…
Jun 12 2017
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Comedy psychiatrists get a lot of laughs by constantly distancing themselves from their own relationships through…
Jun 5 2017
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Uncle Bryn, on the BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey, once described a colorful acquaintance with the memorable sentence:…
May 15 2017
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Last week’s episode was such a climactic moment for the series, so intense and elegantly delivered, that a return to …
May 8 2017
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Fiat justitia, ruat caelum. Let justice be done, though the heavens fall. Normally this phrase is cited in a…
May 1 2017
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Let’s pause for a moment to remember how lucky we are to have Giancarlo Esposito on our television screens. What a…
Apr 24 2017
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If characters on TV were good at walking away from investments of time and energy—from jobs, marriages, quixotic…
Apr 17 2017
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Last week I began my review by talking about the pleasure of watching Mike Ehrmantraut at work. This week shows us…
Apr 10 2017
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I love procedurals. Police procedurals, sure—Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct books are my favorites. But really any kind…
Jul 19 2016
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In 5 To Watch, five writers from The A.V. Club look at the latest streaming TV arrivals, each making the case for a…
May 9 2016
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On October 2, 1950, cartoonist Charles M. Schulz’s daily newspaper strip Peanuts debuted with two kids sitting on a…
Apr 18 2016
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In talent competition shows, like American Idol or So You Think You Can Dance, producers make decisions about the…
Apr 11 2016
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I still hear some people say that nothing ever happens on Better Call Saul, or that the story moves too slowly. It’s…
Apr 4 2016
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Mar 28 2016
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This week’s episode is mostly about moving pieces into place. But as is always the case with Better Call Saul, the…
Mar 21 2016
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When Better Call Saul introduced the character of Kim Wexler, hardworking fourth-year associate at Hamlin, Hamlin &…
Mar 14 2016
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Breaking Bad showed us early and often the power of transforming a sidekick into a three-dimensional character.…
Mar 7 2016
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This week Jimmy’s story pauses for an update on his relationship with his brother, while Mike’s story takes center…
Feb 29 2016
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Almost every time someone praises a prestige cable drama, the word “complex” appears in an admiring context. To rise…