Jun
24
Episodes: Friday mailbag (June 23)
I've got company, so we're going to keep this week's mailbag short and/or
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Jun
21
Episodes: The most exciting Emmy drama race in years, part the second
As I said back in January, this should be the most exciting Emmy drama race in years. Longtime nominee Downton
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Jun
17
Episodes: Friday mailbag (June 16)
Hey, everyone. Sorry for the unexpected absences this summer. I've had a busier schedule than I was expecting,
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Jun
08
Episodes: Low places
In my early 20s, my best friend got married, to a girl from New Jersey. Only a few of us
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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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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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