Genevieve Koski

7/5/14

Sailor Moon Crystal: “Act 1: Usagi - Sailor Moon”

Sailor Moon Crystal is a reboot of the original anime Sailor Moon, not a remake, though at this point in the series,…

Genevieve Koski

PublishedJuly 5, 2014

5/29/14

How Sailor Moon was sanitized—and made much less interesting

Welcome to the TV Roundtable, where some of TV Club’s writers tackle episodes that all deal with a central theme.…

Carrie Raisler,

Zack Handlen,

Emily St. James,

and Genevieve Koski

PublishedMay 29, 2014

5/21/14

The Americans: “Echo”

“It would destroy her.”
“To be like us?” – Philip and Elizabeth

Genevieve Koski

and Emily St. James

PublishedMay 21, 2014

5/14/14

The Americans: “Operation Chronicle”

Genevieve: This season of The Americans has repeatedly tested Philip and Elizabeth’s commitment to protecting their…

Genevieve Koski

and Emily St. James

PublishedMay 14, 2014

5/7/14

The Americans: “Stealth”

Todd: “Stealth” is the “get everything set up for the last two episodes” episode, the “holy shit, has this show…

Genevieve Koski

and Emily St. James

PublishedMay 7, 2014

4/30/14

The Americans: “Yousaf”

Genevieve: From the very first scenes of the very first episode, The Americans has been a show about sex. Oh sure,…

Genevieve Koski

and Emily St. James

PublishedApril 30, 2014

4/23/14

The Americans: “Martial Eagle”

Todd: One of the raps those who don’t like The Americans have against The Americans is that it’s a cold, emotionless…

Genevieve Koski

and Emily St. James

PublishedApril 23, 2014

4/21/14

Song Exploder joins the ’mass, explores the theme to Bob’s Burgers

Podmass comments and suggestions for future coverage can be directed to podmass@avclub.com.

Dan Telfer,

Dan Jakes,

Tim Karan,

Matt Kodner,

and D.X. Ferris

PublishedApril 21, 2014

4/17/14

Unleashing the cartoon anarchy and wacky violence of Looney Tunes

Welcome to the TV Roundtable, where some of TV Club’s writers tackle episodes that all deal with a central theme.…

Carrie Raisler,

Zack Handlen,

Emily St. James,

and Genevieve Koski

PublishedApril 17, 2014

4/16/14

The Americans: “New Car”

Genevieve: That’s a commercial for the Camero Z28 from 1982, which means that that is the jingle and the imagery…

Genevieve Koski

and Emily St. James

PublishedApril 16, 2014

4/9/14

The Americans: “Arpanet”

Todd: One of the things that both fans and detractors of The Americans can often come to terms on is the idea that…

Genevieve Koski

and Emily St. James

PublishedApril 9, 2014

4/2/14

The Americans: “Behind The Red Door”

Genevieve: Have you ever had anything you would die for? That’s the question Sandinista agent Lucia asks…

Genevieve Koski

and Emily St. James

PublishedApril 2, 2014

4/1/14

Nickel Creek returns from a 7-year hiatus with a ready-made best-of album

Nickel Creek didn’t officially break up when it went on the dreaded “indefinite hiatus” in 2007, but given the…

Genevieve Koski

PublishedApril 1, 2014

3/26/14

The Americans: “The Deal”

Todd: Obviously, there’s no way for me to know how you felt, Genevieve, but “The Deal” was, to me, some crazy great…

Genevieve Koski

and Emily St. James

PublishedMarch 26, 2014

3/20/14

RuPaul’s Drag Race finds common ground between drag and stand-up

RuPaul’s Drag Race, “Ru Ha Ha” (season three, episode seven; originally aired 3/7/2011)

Carrie Raisler,

Zack Handlen,

Emily St. James,

and Genevieve Koski

PublishedMarch 20, 2014

3/19/14

The Americans: “A Little Night Music”

Genevieve: Of all of Elizabeth and Philip's many super-spy abilities—hand-to-hand combat, code-breaking, wiring up…

Genevieve Koski

and Emily St. James

PublishedMarch 19, 2014

3/12/14

The Americans: “The Walk In”

Todd: “The Walk In” does that thing where the episode throws dozens of balls into the air at its beginning, then…

Genevieve Koski

and Emily St. James

PublishedMarch 12, 2014

3/5/14

The Americans: “Cardinal”

Genevieve: “Things can go wrong. They usually do. It’s part of the job.”

Genevieve Koski

and Emily St. James

PublishedMarch 5, 2014

2/27/14

“Unfinished Business” was Battlestar Galactica’s most moving episode—and a total mess

Welcome to the TV Roundtable, where some of TV Club’s writers tackle episodes that all deal with a central theme.…

Carrie Raisler,

Zack Handlen,

Emily St. James,

and Genevieve Koski

PublishedFebruary 27, 2014

2/26/14

The Americans: “Comrades”

Todd: Well. That was a hell of a premiere, no?

Genevieve Koski

and Emily St. James

PublishedFebruary 26, 2014