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One of the true joys of watching adult animation is seeing how deftly the genre combines zany humor with earnest…
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One of the defining features of civilization in the world of Raised By Wolves is the lack of true choice. The…
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In an earlier episode this season, Mother expressed sadness that she would never be able to have her own child. In…
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What is our core self? Is it something we possess when we are born? Or something that is shaped by time and…
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We’re in the second half of the season and what started as a really compelling new world now seems increasingly…
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“Infected Memory” provides our first real glimpse at Mother’s origin story. After many episodes of hearing talk of a…
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Throughout Raised By Wolves, human civilization is presented as unwaveringly brutal, so much so that Paul’s first…
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In the first few moments of “Virtual Faith,” Mother tells the children—Campion (Winta McGrath), Hunter (Ethan…
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After the shockingly violent end of episode one, “Pentagram” shifts our attentions away from Mother in order to…
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In the thrilling and foreboding first episode of Raised By Wolves, we learn that Earth has been destroyed and that…
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The Plot Against America, David Simon’s engrossing HBO series based on Philip Roth’s 2004 novel of the same name, is…
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The biggest critics of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel have always complained that the show is a bunch of…
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If “Kind of Bleu” was about disappointment, “Marvelous Radio” is about all kinds of despair, as characters who want…
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As the title implies, “Kind of Bleu” is an episode about important realizations, as well as disappointments. It…
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Everything is hot, hot, HOT in Miami, as Midge continues on the next leg of her tour at the gorgeous Fontainebleu…
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Who is the marvelous Mrs. Maisel exactly? Is she a woman who craves her freedom or a lady who continues to be bound…
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“Panty Pose” is an episode about taking genuine risks, as each character explores new and untested waters. What…
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One thing I love about The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is its commitment to allowing Midge to have a bad night. “It’s the…
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In the opening shot of “Strike Up the Band”, we see a close up of Midge’s face as she wakes from her one night stand…
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If “Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy” was a pitch perfect episode, “All Alone” is a strangely uneven season…