Jun
03
Episodes: Friday mailbag (June 2)
Hey, folks! I haven't done one of these in a couple of weeks for a variety of reasons,
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Emily St. James
Emily St. James is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in Vox, The A.V. Club, and the New York Times. She is the co-creator of the podcast Arden and a writer on the TV series Yellowjackets.
Jun
01
Episodes: Effect-cause
Toward the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, a movie I mostly hated, I realized
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May
26
Episodes: Taylor -- Why She Disappeared (with apologies to US Weekly)
It's been nearly six months since Taylor Swift stepped into a fallow corn field near Gallatin, Tennessee, and
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May
23
Episodes: The asshole
Dylan McDermott, the Fox executives assured all of us attending the network's upfront presentation, would be playing the
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May
17
Episodes: Riley
When I was growing up, the death of an animal wasn't so much a moment for mourning as
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May
13
Episodes: Friday mailbag (May 12)
I'm writing this to you from The Bean at 12th and Broadway in Manhattan, one of my favorite
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May
06
Episodes: Friday mailbag (May 5)
We only got two questions this week, but maybe I can convince one of my cats to ask me something
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May
04
Episodes: How I make the top 18 shows list
Ever since I started doing my semi-regularly updated "18 best shows on TV" list at Vox (which I
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May
02
Episodes: Your show in one word
Back when I was first starting out as a wannabe TV critic and/or TV writer, I read a blog
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Apr
29
Episodes: Friday mailbag (April 28)
Howdy, mailbageroos! It's time to answer your questions!
Kim writes:
I am so into Superstore, it's
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