Babylon Berlin: "Episode 3" and "Episode 4" (with Liz Shannon Miller)
In which the show's tonal audacity becomes apparent and Emily really hopes a certain two people kiss
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.
An incomplete list of things I miss
Mourning without mourning
Babylon Berlin: "Episode 1" and "Episode 2" (with Libby Hill)
In which Gereon Rath gets to Berlin, Lotte wears a great hat, and Emily finds a new favorite TV show
Name a TV character. How are they handling quarantine?
How are we all doing?
Life during wartime
On Tolstoy, Talking Heads, and slow-motion tragedy
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And now Marianne and Heloise from Portrait of a Lady on Fire go to see Hadestown
Or: Sophie the maid has some thoughts on capitalism
Green light
Or: Some things I realized about men once I finally admitted I wasn't one
Why I'm leaving New York
And what it means to come home
Listen to some audio fiction podcasts already
Tired of Netflix? Allow me to suggest an entertainment medium that I, personally, benefit from.
Just watch the early "bad" episodes
A TV show teaches you how to watch it. Sometimes, it has to teach you via episodes that don't quite seem to work.