Episodes: What we talk about when we talk about multi-camera sitcoms
Fairly early in my critical career, I read a piece by someone (almost certainly Jaime Weinman) that reconfigured a lot
Episodes: Why we all decided we don't like rape scenes at once (spoilers for everything)
If you read a lot of TV criticism, the spring of 2015 must have seemed as if every critic on
Episodes: The first rule of criticism
(This was by far my favorite picture when I Google image searched "writing.")
People often ask me for
Episodes: Celebrity Jeopardy is the best thing Saturday Night Live has ever done
I am, generally speaking, not a fan of sketch comedy. I've been trying to figure out why recently.
Episodes: Make room for time travel (Spoilers for Make Room for Daddy, I guess?)
Until today, I'm relatively certain I had never seen an episode of Make Room for Daddy, the Danny
Episodes: Counting stars
When I was 10 or 11, a relative gave me a big sack of glow in the dark stars to
Episodes:
Privilege is a hard thing to talk about, both in art and in life. It's almost impossible to
Episodes: Darkness on the Edge of Town
The hospital where I visit my wife as she convalesces sits at the square corner of the town I grew
Episodes: Missing Chrissy (spoilers for The X-Files)
"For although we may not be alone in the universe, in our own separate ways on this planet, we
The Fall (spoilers for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Hannibal)
At first blush, "The Gift," the fifth season finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and "The Wrath
