2/16/22Midge stops performing for other people in the fourth season of The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselIn the Amazon series’ much-anticipated new season, Midge Maisel embraces discomfort and discovers what makes her a…
1/27/22Raised By Wolves understands its androids better than its humans in season 2The HBO Max sci-fi drama offers an interesting take on robot emotions, but misses the mark on humans in its second…
8/13/21Sandra Oh presides over the intellectual Thunderdome of Netflix’s The Chair The politics of academia becomes a battlefield in this Netflix series from Amanda Peet and Annie Wyman
2/5/21The road to hell is paved with social media posts in Syfy’s Devil May CareOne of the true joys of watching adult animation is seeing how deftly the genre combines zany humor with earnest…
9/25/20Everyone starts making choices in the penultimate episode of Raised By WolvesOne of the defining features of civilization in the world of Raised By Wolves is the lack of true choice. The…
9/24/20An excellent new Raised By Wolves delivers on the show’s potentialIn an earlier episode this season, Mother expressed sadness that she would never be able to have her own child. In…
9/18/20Raised By Wolves explores whether people (or androids) can changeWhat is our core self? Is it something we possess when we are born? Or something that is shaped by time and…
9/17/20Father is the most compelling character in Raised By WolvesWe’re in the second half of the season and what started as a really compelling new world now seems increasingly…
9/11/20Raised By Wolves asks what a robot girl wants without offering any interesting answers“Infected Memory” provides our first real glimpse at Mother’s origin story. After many episodes of hearing talk of a…
9/10/20In Raised By Wolves, empathy is a problem and a potential vehicle for changeThroughout Raised By Wolves, human civilization is presented as unwaveringly brutal, so much so that Paul’s first…
9/5/20Raised By Wolves explores the stories we tell each other and ourselvesIn the first few moments of “Virtual Faith,” Mother tells the children—Campion (Winta McGrath), Hunter (Ethan…
9/4/20HBO Max’s Raised By Wolves asks big questions about identity in its second episodeAfter the shockingly violent end of episode one, “Pentagram” shifts our attentions away from Mother in order to…
9/3/20In the Raised By Wolves premiere, Mother is optimistic—and so are weIn the thrilling and foreboding first episode of Raised By Wolves, we learn that Earth has been destroyed and that…
3/9/20Unlike recent depictions of fascism, David Simon’s Plot Against America refuses to sanitize or glorify hatredThe Plot Against America, David Simon’s engrossing HBO series based on Philip Roth’s 2004 novel of the same name, is…
12/9/19Midge goes straight up antihero in a rollercoaster of a season finale on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel The biggest critics of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel have always complained that the show is a bunch of…
12/9/19Everyone takes a step back when The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel returns to New YorkIf “Kind of Bleu” was about disappointment, “Marvelous Radio” is about all kinds of despair, as characters who want…
12/8/19Midge learns an important lesson in The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselAs the title implies, “Kind of Bleu” is an episode about important realizations, as well as disappointments. It…
12/8/19Everything is sizzling as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel heads to MiamiEverything is hot, hot, HOT in Miami, as Midge continues on the next leg of her tour at the gorgeous Fontainebleu…
12/7/19The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel explores what Midge wantsWho is the marvelous Mrs. Maisel exactly? Is she a woman who craves her freedom or a lady who continues to be bound…
12/7/19Midge lands in Sin City when The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel heads to Vegas“Panty Pose” is an episode about taking genuine risks, as each character explores new and untested waters. What…