Emily St. James

Emily St. James

Los Angeles
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.
Oct
28
Episodes: Thriller's "Pigeons from Hell" and the eternal horror of the human face

Episodes: Thriller's "Pigeons from Hell" and the eternal horror of the human face

(For the next four days, I'm going to look at some scary TV episodes, ideally ones I haven&
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Oct
27
Episodes: Standalone episodes versus serialization

Episodes: Standalone episodes versus serialization

(Don't worry. I still plan on doing some Halloween type stuff this week. Just promised some people I&
4 min read
Oct
24
Episodes: The four best months of the year

Episodes: The four best months of the year

Let's just admit it: Summer is hugely overrated. Spring is just fine. I can enjoy a nice, crisp
5 min read
Oct
23
Episodes: Whatever happened to Mary Richards?

Episodes: Whatever happened to Mary Richards?

When I was a kid, the de facto "best TV show of all time" was The Mary Tyler
4 min read
Oct
22
Episodes: Why don't American TV critics talk about foreign TV more?

Episodes: Why don't American TV critics talk about foreign TV more?

Of all the questions people ask of American TV critics, there's one that's become harder and
4 min read
Oct
21
Episodes: Libby's kitchen

Episodes: Libby's kitchen

One of the delights of moving (if moving can be said to have delights) is the part where you find
3 min read
Oct
20
Episodes: The scariest computer game I've ever played

Episodes: The scariest computer game I've ever played

You wouldn't know it to look at me now, but I was a bit of a nerd in
5 min read
Oct
17
Episodes: Structure vs. content (or, why I get into 99 percent of the Twitter fights I get into)

Episodes: Structure vs. content (or, why I get into 99 percent of the Twitter fights I get into)

Today, I got exasperated with people on Twitter, and it all boiled down to the same thing it always does:
4 min read
Oct
16
Episodes: Why is baseball so much better on the radio?

Episodes: Why is baseball so much better on the radio?

Somehow, the last several Octobers have involved a lot of car travel for me, which has meant lots of listening
4 min read
Oct
15
Episodes: 2 bed, 1 bath

Episodes: 2 bed, 1 bath

The night we moved into the apartment on Bonito, we were already running behind. I was to leave the next
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