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Feb
17

Ask Emily Anything (about writing novels)

You have questions? Emily possibly has answers.
1 min read
Feb
05
Kendall Roy, tiny, in a flight suit, stands in front of enormous screens showing his face and the logo for Living+.

This Succession episode from 2023 perfectly captures the first few weeks of 2025

We're all afraid of death, but nobody wants to talk about it.
8 min read
Sep
15
Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force talks on the phone.

20 episodes that should have made Rolling Stone's best episodes list (part 2)

8 min read
Sep
13
Fonz from Happy Days stretches his arms out side as he cruises along the water's surface on waterskis.

20 episodes that should have made Rolling Stone's best episodes list (part 1)

10 min read
Aug
23
Eleanor's face looks deeply surprised as she points at Michael in the season one finale of The Good Place.

August mailbag

10 min read
Feb
14
Jess, in a monochrome dress, sits in the lap of Nick, in a red shirt.

New Girl and the art of the will they/won't they

What we can learn about love stories fictional and real from an unfairly maligned TV couple.
11 min read
Jan
10
The people of Springfield gather to sing joyfully of their new monorail.

The Simpsons and our long 1990s hangover

"Marge Vs. the Monorail" is maybe the best TV episode ever made... and a paean to neoliberalism.
6 min read
Jan
05
The test pattern broadcast stations used for most of the black-and-white era.

Episodes in 2024

Here's what's coming in the new year!
3 min read
May
30
The single episode that broke Netflix

The single episode that broke Netflix

Stranger Things season two tried to break the binge model wide open. Fans hated it.
10 min read