• TV Club : Glee “All Or Nothing”

    Brittany, Ryder, and Blaine prepare to move on as the New Directions face Regionals and leave the season unfinished. 

    May 10, 2013 | 2:15am -

  • AVQ&A The films you’ve loved longest

    In the third AVQ&A in a themed trilogy, we look at the films we discovered earliest in life and still enjoy rewatching.

    May 10, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : The Shield “Partners”/“Carte Blanche”

    Vic stakes out the Armenian Money Train and Dutch fails in a pair of episodes about the use of force.

    May 7, 2013 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Glee “Wonder-ful”

    Kurt, Mercedes, and Mike return home for a simplistic Stevie Wonder episode.

    May 3, 2013 | 12:55am -

  • AVQ&A The books you’ve loved longest

    This week, our staff and reader question addresses the books we discovered earliest in life and still have on the shelves.

    May 3, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : The Shield “The Quick Fix”/“Dead Soldiers” 

    Vic's unhinged, Claudette's onto him, and there's a violent new kingpin in town as the second season begins.

    April 30, 2013 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Glee “Lights Out”

    Ryder and Kitty bond over trauma, and Santana starts to focus in New York.

    April 26, 2013 | 3:00am -

  • TV Club : Glee “Sweet Dreams”

    Rachel auditions on Broadway and Marley writes a song as Glee gets lost in its own history.

    April 19, 2013 | 12:30am -

  • AVQ&A The album you’ve loved longest

    A reader asks about albums we discovered early in life and still consider essential listening.

    April 19, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : Suburgatory “Apocalypse Meow”/“Stray Dogs”

    Suburgatory rearranges itself as the kids start to move on.

    April 17, 2013 | 8:00pm -

  • TV Club : The Shield “Two Days Of Blood”/“Circles”

    Vic, Aceveda, and Gilroy fight to come out on top as the first season of The Shield comes to an end.

    April 16, 2013 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Top Of The Lake “Episode Six”/“Episode Seven”

    Rape, incest, patriarchy: Everything comes together as Robin cracks the case.

    April 15, 2013 | 10:00pm -

  • AVQ&A Willful cultural ignorance

    Our weekly reader-and-staffer question looks at art and information we’ve deliberately avoided because we don’t want it in our heads.

    April 12, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : Glee “Shooting Star”

    Gunshots at McKinley lead to a harrowing piece of exploitative trash.

    April 11, 2013 | 9:00pm -

  • TV Club : Suburgatory “Go, Gamblers”

    Suburgatory sets up the finale with some major life changes and plenty of comedy.

    April 11, 2013 | 12:35am -

  • TV Club : The Shield “Dragonchasers”/“Carnivores”

    Dutch catches a serial killer, and Vic trades up from Rondell.

    April 9, 2013 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Top Of The Lake “Episode Five”

    A lot happens but little has impact in an episode about cycles of violence.

    April 8, 2013 | 10:00pm -

  • TV Club : Suburgatory “Decemberfold”

    Tessa gets caught in a crazy web of gossip among Dalia, Lisa, and Jenna Werner.

    April 3, 2013 | 10:40pm -

  • TV Club : The Shield “Cupid & Psycho”/“Throwaway”

    Julien wrestles with his homosexuality and Vic charms everyone but his wife.

    April 2, 2013 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Top Of The Lake “Episode Four”

    The details of Robin's past come to light in an episode that clamps down on gender roles.

    April 1, 2013 | 10:00pm -

  • AVQ&A Empathizing with art

    Our weekly reader-and-staffer question looks at moments where we know exactly what someone in a story feels, because we’ve been there ourselves.

    March 29, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : Suburgatory “Brown Trembler”

    Noah and Dalia refuse to downsize but the Shays might have to in a money-focused gem.

    March 28, 2013 | 12:10am -

  • TV Club : The Shield “Cherrypoppers”/“Pay In Pain”

    D.J. Caruso directs a lament for street prostitutes and a wild west vigilante tale.

    March 26, 2013 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Glee “Guilty Pleasures”

    Blaine uses the guilty pleasure as a metaphor for homosexuality, and Rachel is finally single.

    March 22, 2013 | 3:45am -

  • TV Club : Suburgatory “Eat, Pray, Eat”

     Dalia is Suburgatory's anchor. Unfortunately, other characters are here, too.

    March 21, 2013 | 1:40am -

  • TV Club : The Shield “Dawg Days”/“Blowback”

    The Shield takes a second to ponder the American dream before Aceveda catches Vic.

    March 19, 2013 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Glee “Feud”

    The New Directions and the Old discover that singing out problems doesn’t resolve every conflict.

    March 15, 2013 | 4:25am -

  • TV Club : The Shield “Our Gang”/“The Spread”

    Shane starts to crack as Vic fends off both Internal Affairs and Aceveda.

    March 12, 2013 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Glee “Girls (And Boys) On Film”

    Glee's tribute to the movies features two stunning dreams, two awkward mash-ups, and a dud. 

    March 8, 2013 | 12:15am -

  • TV Club : Suburgatory “How To Be A Baby”

    Noah's feelings for Carmen come to a head in a passionate, expressive episode.

    March 7, 2013 | 12:05am -