From the cutting room floor...
A cut excerpt from my recent end-of-the-2010s culture piece
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A French Village, Season 1, Episodes 5 and 6: "Black Market" and "Cold Spell"
On doing good things for selfish reasons and bad things for noble ones.
How Rod Serling invented modern television (more or less)
Alan Sepinwall on his new book, the scariest Twilight Zones, and the tragic hopefulness underpinning the series.
The Devils is still shocking. Just not for the reasons you think.
Plus: Robert Pattinson in Primetime, Steven Spielberg's Duel, and the dark origins of MLB mascot DJ Kitty.
October mailbag! (preview)
A little preview of this month's mailbag!